Towards understanding deformation and fracture in cementitious lattice materials: Insights from multiscale experiments and simulations

Tailoring lattice structures is a commonly used method to develop lattice materials with desired mechanical properties. However, for cementitious lattice materials, besides the macroscopic lattice structure, the multi-phase microstructure of cement paste may have substantial impact on the mechanical responses. Therefore, this work proposes a...

Architected Cementitious Cellular Materials: Peculiarities and opportunities

Conventionally, the properties of cementitious materials are tailored by a simple but efficient method: mixture proportion design. For a given cementitious mixture, the chemical and physical properties of cementitious materials have already been determined. Consequently, the mechanical performance of the hardened cementitious material is...