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Computational Homogenization of Fresh Concrete Flow Around Reinforcing Bars

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science 2016-06-07 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Motivated by casting of fresh concrete in reinforced concrete structures, we introduce a numerical model of a steady-state non-Newtonian fluid flow through a porous domain. Our approach combines homogenization techniques to represent the reinforced domain by the Darcy law with an interface coupling of the Stokes and Darcy flows through the Beavers-Joseph-Saffman conditions. The ensuing two-scale problem is solved by the Finite Element Method with consistent linearization and the results obtained from the homogenization approach are verified against fully resolved direct numerical simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1511.08920,
  title  = {Computational Homogenization of Fresh Concrete Flow Around Reinforcing Bars},
  author = {Filip Kolařík and Bořek Patzák and Jan Zeman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08920},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages, 15 figures