Sanath Kahagalage

Early prediction of macrocrack location in concrete, rocks and other granular composite materials

Antoinette Tordesillas, Sanath Kahagalage, Charl Ras, Michal Nitka, Jacek Tejchman

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Heterogeneous quasibrittle composites like concrete, ceramics and rocks comprise grains held together by bonds. The question on wh..

Coupled Evolution of Preferential Paths for Force and Damage in the Pre-failure Regime in Disordered and Heterogeneous, Quasi-Brittle Granular Materials

Antoinette Tordesillas, Sanath Kahagalage, Charl Ras, Michal Nitka, Jacek Tejchman

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS

A disordered and heterogeneous, quasi-brittle granular material can withstand certain levels of internal damage before global fail..