...., 2021 ; Hu and Guan, 2019). Numerous material tests must be conducted to obtain the material properties for various loading directions to reproduce the orthogonal anisotropy of deformation. A virtual material test using a multiscale approach could be effective to obtain material properties easily...

... occurs exclusively within the cement paste due to stresses induced by hydration-driven microstructural evolution, ultimately identifying potential inter-aggregate cracking zones in macroscopic structures. Design/methodology/approach A multiscale computational framework is proposed, coupling...