On the application of representative volume elements for steel fiber reinforced high performance concrete ‐ a numerical study

In this contribution, ellipsoidal and hexagonal prism representative volume element (RVE) which characterize the steel fiber reinforced high performance concrete (HPC) along a preferred direction are constructed analyzed numerically. A virtual experiment is simulated using microscopic boundary value problem based on two different RVEs. The suitable mechanical periodic conditions applied each RVE at microscale. homogenized macroscopic quantities computed their counterparts. response of behavior HPC analyzed.