%0 Journal Article %A Nagai, Gakuji %A Yamada, Takahiro %D 2006 %I Begell House %N 4 %P 461-474 %R 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v4.i4.40 %T Three-Dimensional Finite Element Modeling for Concrete Materials Using Digital Image and Embedded Discontinuous Element %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/61fd1b191cf7e96f,673d6da370432cd3,16a6af5257150bb5.html %V 4 %X A three-dimensional finite element modeling is proposed to simulate mechanical behaviors of concrete materials subjected to macroscopic loadings. Concrete materials are modeled as two-phase composites consisting of coarse aggregates, mortar, and their interfaces in order to consider tensile failures. Digital image processing techniques are employed for finite element modeling, and a mixed formulation based on the assumed enhanced strain method is employed to model the interfacial discontinuities in a voxel finite element. Numerical comparisons between a real concrete model and two imitative models are made. %8 2006-12-14