Simulation of Fresh Concrete Flow, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 State-of-the Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 222-SCF RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports Series, Vol. 15

Introduction.- Physical Phenomena Involved In Flows Of Fresh Cementitious Materials.- Introduction.- Is Concrete A Discrete Or A Continuum Material?.- Macroscopic Rheological Behavior.- Multi-Scale Approach.- Particle Interactions.- Stability And Static Segregation.- Dynamic Segregation And Granular Blocking.- Fiber Orientation And Induced Anisotropy.- Thixotropy And Transient Behavior.- Behavior At The Walls.- References.- Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Introduction To Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Material Behaviour Law.- Solving A Fluid Problem.- Analytical Solutions.- Numerical Solution.- Simulation Of Fresh Cementitious Materials.- References.- Simulation Of Fresh Concrete Flow Using Discrete Element Method (Dem).- Introduction.- Discrete Element Method.- Simulating Concrete Flow Using Dem.- Calibration And Verification.- Industrial Applications.- Future Perspectives.- Summary.- Rerefences.- Numerical Errors In Cfd And Dem Modeling.- Introduction.- Basics Of Cfd – Understanding The Source Of Errors.- Numerical Errors (E1).- Coding Errors (E2).- User Error (E3).- Error From Input Uncertainties (U1).- Physical Model Uncertainty (U2).- Sources Of Numerical Error In Dem Simulations.- References.- Advanced Methods And Future Perspectives.- Introduction.- Case Studies.- References.

Constitutes one of the first books dedicated to this emerging field Includes industrial applications Covers the state of the art in this very specific topic, as do all publications in this series