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Modjabi-Sangnier, François. "Approche quantitative de la notion de compatibilité des bétons de réparation autoplaçants." Thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2010/27477/27477.pdf.
Full textKabagire, K. Daddy. "Modélisation expérimentale et analytique des propriétés rhéologiques des bétons autoplaçants." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/11635.
Full textHuon, Vincent. "Une étude expérimentale et une première modélisation du comportement thermomécanique endommageable de quelques bétons." Montpellier 2, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001MON20045.
Full textVauboin, Christophe. "Analyse et controle de la thermomaturation du béton." Perpignan, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PERP0188.
Full textTchamba, Jean Claude. "Contribution à l'étude expérimentale du comportement des matériaux cimentaires au jeune âge : pression, rhéologie et perméabilité." Lorient, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008LORIS112.
Full textThe advent of the Self Compacting Concretes brought important evolutions in the sectors of building behaviour of materials with cementing matrix in a fresh state in particular self compacting concrete. The objective is to follow the evolution of the constraints of structuring and the intrinsic parameters (particularly the threshold of shearing) of these materials, before, during and after the implementation. Experiments of pore water pressures coupled with rheology were carried out on pastes cement and concretes at constant temperature 20° C. The studied mixtures were manufactured with same cement. The approach among other things consists in crossing the results obtained using a casing column, of a rheometer of laboratory for better determining the behaviour of materials tested. A first trial run made it possible to be interested in the problems of recoveries of shear stresses the walls using three devices to determine the constraints of structuring. A test on the column making it possible to measure the pore water pressure and the vertical pressure is carried out. Moreover, one study relating to the constraints with the interfaces was undertaken while being based on the evolution of the apparent mass of a plate immersed in studied materials. Lastly, the dimensional checks of endogenous withdrawal were carried out in parallel with the tests on the column. In the second time, a rotary rheometer, with Vane geometry coupled to interstitial pressure pick-ups was developed to describe the rheological characteristics of these materials. The aim is to follow the evolution of the flow property of material. In this context, the evaluation of the intrinsic parameters according to the model of Bingham was carried out. The results show the influence of the parameters of the composition on the rheological properties. Lastly, because of our interrogation on the evolution of the properties of transfer when the fresh material is at rest, an experimental campaign aiming at characterizing the permeability of a cement paste fresh by device of test oedometric and filtration is presented. We thus precisely measure compressing of material under load in conditions draining as well as the evolution of the permeabilities during the maturation of a cement paste
Hamrat, Mostefa. "Comportement structurel du béton à hautes performances (flexion et effort tranchant)." Lorient, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010LORIS178.
Full textThe structural behaviour of high performance concrete (HPC) remains insufficiently investigated, compared to the abundant literature on the ordinary concrete (OC). In the absence of results and experimental data consequent, the design models developed for the OC have been extrapolated to HPC and therefore needs more calibration. In this context, an experimental study was conceived to study the structural behaviour of 42 reinforced concrete beams with OC and HPC; the tests were made in 4 points bending. The tests on beams in bending showed that the strength capacity of beams in HPC is higher (6 to 20%) than those of beams in OC. In addition, under a given load level (the serviceability limit state), the use of HPC is more efficient than the OC to delay the cracking occurrence and, hence, to strongly reduce the cracks widths. At failure, it was also observed a better behaviour of beams in HPC that were more ductile than beams in OC; the average value of the ductility index for beams in HPC is 1. 37 times those of the beams in OC. The tests on strength capacity of beams without transverse reinforcement showed that increasing the compressive strength (44 MPa to 85 MPa) increases the shear capacity of a beam from 7 to 14. This finding indicates that, unlike the ordinary concrete, the aggregate interlock mechanism is ineffective in the strength capacity of a beam in HPC. The test results also proved that the different theoretical predictions [ACI 318, BS 8110, Eurocode 2 and BAEL] of the contribution of the concrete to the strength capacity do not accurately reflect the increase in shear capacity of beams with shorter shear spans (a/d 1. 5). For a/d 2. 0, the recommendations of the models for the shear capacity given in the four codes are better suited to beams in OC and beams in HPC which exhibit ‘beam action’ behaviour. New Formulae have been proposed in this work to estimate the contribution of concrete to the shear capacity. These formulae give results almost similar to Eurocode-2, especially for the beams in HPC. Regarding the beams with transverse reinforcement, brittle fracture by diagonal cracking occurred in beams containing = 2. 4% (except for the beams with a/d = 3. 0) and this for the two types of concrete. On the other hand, a ductile failure occurs for the slightly reinforced beams ( = 1. 2 %) (except for the beams having a/d = 1. 5) for the two types of concrete (OC and HPC). Moreover, the shear capacity is only slightly improved (20 to 50%); this in contradiction with the orientations of the codes considered in this work which predict a significant improvement varying from 85 to 220%
Houde, Marie-Josée. "Modélisation de poutres en béton armé endommagées par chargements cycliques : comportement en flexion et en cisaillement." Thesis, Université Laval, 2007. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2007/24305/24305.pdf.
Full textThe objective of this research project is to develop a modeling tool (layer by layer) for the behavior of reinforced concrete members. For flexure, the model relies on the capacity to predict the behavior of a cracked section and also the behavior of the entire bent beam. Damage related to historic loading also applies, including permanent deformations and a diminished rigidity to the material. It is therefore possible to set up an alarm threshold by upgrading the reliability index of the structure which constitutes a complementary tool to telesurveillance or monitoring. An experimental program was setup to obtain results to validate the model with static and cyclic loading of instrumented beams. The comparison between the experimental results and the model predictions shows an excellent agreement for the static loading behavior, even though it is on the safe side of the performance index indicators. The phenomenon is nonetheless favourable for the proposed telesurveillance alarm threshold. Finally, the model can generate a rupture envelop including the interaction between the shear force and bending moment. The use of the modified compression field theory allows the follow-up of the crack inclination and the deformation in the stirrups at rupture. In summary, this prediction tool reveals to be a very useful one to simulate the behavior of reinforced concrete members subjected to shear and bending.
Zdiri, Mustapha. "Etude de formulation et de comportement mécanique des Bétons Compactés au Rouleau (BCR) : Applications routières - Cas des matériaux de gisements locaux." Artois, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008ARTO0202.
Full textThis research work presents a study of the Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) for an application in road engineering. The RCC was prepared using materials of local quarries with the specificity of a low cement proportioning. The study dealt with the formulation problem through graphics, semi-empirical methods and the Compressible Packing Model “CPM”. We introduced also, into this work, the use of the special aggregates type Siderite and the addition of the admixtures in the formulation of the RCC. The rheology of the fresh RCC and the sensitivity of this mixture to the compaction phenomenon were studied by proposing a new approach, based on Compactability, for the prediction of this material rheology. The characterization of the hardened RCC was carried out by experimental measurements of strengths and elastic modules E as well as ultrasonic tests. The experimental results were compared with those obtained by predictions through models like those of Feret-De Larrard-Tondat, ACI, Ouellet and Oluokun. Some models were considered to be reliable for the formulation and the predictions of the RCC strengths. However, we proposed others models which were adapted to this mixture and their components. A 3D modelling of a rigid RCC pavement, using the computer code of finite elements "Abaqus 6. 7" was achieved by introducing to this code the behaviour law corresponding to this material. This modelling was made for several cases of loadings on RCC slabs. A convergence was deduced between the results obtained, of the distribution in 3D of the stresses and of the deformations in the RCC slabs and those obtained by the other 2D methods such as that of Westergaard, of Ioannides et al
Guenet, Thomas. "Un modèle numérique pour structures en béton fibré à ultra-hautes performances : prise en compte de l'orientation des fibres par une approche d'endommagement micromécanique." Thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2012/29177/29177.pdf.
Full textThe behavior of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) strongly depends on fibers’ orientations relatively to the direction of stresses. Fibers’ orientations are mostly due to concrete casting of the structure and therefore the ductility of a structure is highly dependent of those orientations. In this MSc thesis, a numerical model is developed to capture the effect of fiber orientation considering the fiber pull-out mechanism. A micromechanical damage model based on linear elastic fracture mechanics to model crack propagation, energy dissipation and thus structure’s ductility. This approach also corrects spurious mesh sensitivity and captures size effect. In this work, UHPFRC are made of short steel fibers with fiber content inferior to 3%. The compressive strength of UHPFRC is so important that the material is assumed to be purely linear elastic in compression. The model is implemented in Code_Aster software for calibration, validation and application on tensile tests and four-point bending tests : the developed model can reproduce these experimental results.
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Courivaud, Jean-Michel. "Étude des transferts couplés de masse et de chaleur en milieu poreux : application à la cuisson par vapeur saturée d'un béton cellulaire." Toulouse, INPT, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993INPT082H.
Full textShink, Mélanie. "Compatibilité élastique, comportement mécanique et optimisation des bétons de granulats légers." Thesis, Université Laval, 2003. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2003/20771/20771.pdf.
Full textLi, Ling. "Etude de la fissuration engendrée par le séchage dans les matériaux cimentaires : influence des inclusions." Thesis, Lille 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL10176/document.
Full textDrying process of cementitious materials leads to microcracks, which has important consequences on transport and mechanical properties. The aim of this study is to investigate the evolution of microcracking of cementitious materials during drying and better understand the associated mechanisms. This work presents both an experimental study and a numerical simulation of drying shrinkage microcracking. The experiments are performed in order to study the effect of drying and the role of the aggregates. The study of the internal structure and crack propagation is conducted by X-ray microtomography. The influences of the stiffness and the surface roughness of inclusions on the occurrence of cracking are highlighted. Moreover, a series of mechanical tests is performed on the cement paste to understand the mechanical behaviour of this material and to use for identification of the model parameters in the numerical study developed in the framework of this thesis. Numerical models are then proposed to investigate the mechanisms associated with experimentally observed microcracks. These modellings are performed under the framework of poromechanics in partially saturated medium, and the material is considered as biphasic: the inclusions embedded in a porous cement matrix (elastic models, elastoplastic and damage). The results of numerical simulations allow access to the stress distribution and reproduce the observed cracking under microtomography. The influences of matrix behaviour and stiffness of inclusion are studied. Finally, a preliminary modelling based on extended finite element method focusing on the effects of paste-inclusions interface is proposed
Dubé, Jean-François. "Modélisation simplifiée et comportement visco-endomageable des structures en béton : applications aux séismes et aux choc des ouvrages en béton armé." Cachan, Ecole normale supérieure, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994DENS0021.
Full textDeddy, Bezeid. "Conception thermique d’une paroi complexe de datacentre pour une optimisation énergétique." Lorient, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LORIS274.
Full textThe reduction of energy consumption for telecommunication buildings is an international challenge for main telecommunication operators and principal actors of internet. Indeed, in these buildings there are electronics equipment with a strong power density and thus a very important thermal contribution. Therefore it is necessary to use large air-conditioning systems in order to maintain ambient conditions (temperature and relative humidity of the air) in fixed ranges. One possible approach for limit installed air conditioning systems is to clip the peaks of internal temperature by using a heat storage in the wall and by adopting a night cool storage directly in the masonry. In this thesis, the study describes a numerical and experimental study in order to define new conceptions of optimized telecommunication buildings. Walls are used in order to increased heat transfer and reduced cooling energy consumption. In the first step, the temperature response of the internal volume 1 m3 were followed and simulated under different test conditions. The thermal inertia is increased by incorporating phase change materials (PCM microencapsulated paraffin) in concrete. From experience and measurements of thermophysical properties, a one dimensional thermal model conduction that represents heat transfer in the walls were developed and validated. From these studies, a specific component, representative of a multilayer wall with PCM, is developed and coupled to TRNSYS Type 56. These TRNSYS developments are then applied to the study of a real "data center" site. After confrontation with experimental data, different configurations of walls have been studied in order to improve thermal inertia. New building architectures are proposed in order to reduce cooling energy consumption
Mohamad-Hussein, Assef. "Modélisation du comportement mécanique des géomatériaux semi-fragiles soumis à des sollicitations mécaniques et à la dégradation chimique." Lille 1, 2007. https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/LIBRE/Th_Num/2007/50376-2007-Mohamad_Hussein.pdf.
Full textGuenet, Thomas. "Modélisation du comportement des bétons fibrés à ultra-hautes performances par la micromécanique : effet de l'orientation des fibres à l'échelle de la structure." Thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC1006/document.
Full textThis Ph.D. project has been prepared within the context of an industrial and economic optimisation of UHPFRC structural elements to ensure ductility at the structural level, while adjusting the amount of fibre and optimising the manufacturing process. The model developed explicitly describes the participation of local fibre reinforcement in tension, thanks to a hardening behaviour followed by a softening one. The constitutive law is a function of the local fibre content, of the fibre orientation with respect to tensile principal directions, of the fibre slenderness and other usual material parameters related to the fibres, the cementitious matrix and their interaction. The fibre orientation is taken into account using a normal probability distribution with one or two variables to reproduce any orientation either obtained from a representative simulation of casting fresh UHPFRC or informed by experimental analysis on prototypes. Lastly, the model reproduces the cracking of UHPFRC based on the principle of smeared rotating crack models. The constitutive law is implemented in a structural finite element software as a predictive tool of reliability and overall ductility of UHPFRC elements. Two experimental campaigns were carried out, one at Laval University in Quebec and one at Ifsttar, Marne-la-Vallée. The first one is used to confirm the model ability to reproduce the overall behaviour under typical tensile and bending loads in simple structural elements for which the preferential fibre orientation was measured by microtomography. The second experimental campaign demonstrates the capabilities of the model, in an optimisation process, to help manufacture relatively complex ribbed triangular plates of industrial interest in which different manufacturing process and fibre volume have been considered. The identification of fibre distribution and orientation has been performed using mechanical tests on sawn samples. The model predictions have been compared to the global structural behaviour, and to the ductility demonstrated experimentally. The model could be qualified through comparison with conventional analytical engineering methods, taking into account the statistical variability. Improvement and additional developments have been identified
Jourdain, Xavier. "Étude numérique méso-macro des propriétés de transfert des bétons fissurés." Thesis, Cachan, Ecole normale supérieure, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014DENS0058/document.
Full textThe durability of concrete structures is nowadays fully integrated in the civil engineering constructions design process. Whatever the loading is (mechanical, thermic, hydric), cracks may appear and impact the structure lifespan by the infiltration of aggressive agents. The serviceability can be directly impacted for the structures playing an air/water tightness role (containment building nuclear power plants, liquefied natural gas storage tanks, dams, radioactive waste disposal, etc.). The prediction of the flow going through elements composed of a cementitious material is therefore a major scientific and industrial issue. To achieve this goal, a hydro-mechanical coupling must be implemented. The anisotropic cracking induced by complex mechanical loadings leads to an anisotropic macroscopic permeability tensor. This tensor computation is an important issue dealing with phenomenological models for macroscopic problems. The cracking modelling of quasi-brittle materials, heterogeneous at the mesoscopic scale like concrete, is complex and different mechanical approaches can lead to various results. Therefore, permeability calculations are an elegant way to examine cracking patterns obtained with several mechanical models. Consequently, this study compares two mechanical approaches: - the first one is based on an Embedded Finite Element Method (E-FEM) mechanical model [Benkemoun et al., 2010] - - the second one is based on a damage mechanical model [Mazars, 1984] regularised by the fracture energy of the material [Hillerborg et al., 1976]. This thesis presents a hydro-mechanical approach weakly coupling a mechanical model with a permeation model in 3D at the mesoscopic scale. This work is based on the “double porosity” concept splitting the permeability into two parts: the first one is isotropic and corresponds to flows within the porosity of the material- the second one, based upon a set of cracks with different orientations and openings, is anisotropic. For the latter, each crack is a path for mass flow according to the fluid laws considering two infinite planes. In order to check this approach relevance, numerical results are compared to experimental results extracted from the literature (an experiment where water goes through a specimen made of a steel reinforcing bar covered with concrete under load [Desmettre et Charron, 2011] and a device where dry air goes through a structural element made of reinforced concrete [Nahas et al., 2014]). The computation of the flow going to those cracked concrete elements helps to understand the presented approach efficiency and the differences between the two used mechanical models
Ghorbanbeigi, Hamid. "Modélisation multi-échelle du comportement mécanique des matériaux cimentaires soumis à la carbonatation ou à la lixiviation." Thesis, Lille 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LIL10214/document.
Full textThe objective of this thesis is to model the mechanical behavior of cement based materials, such as cement paste and concrete, which are subject to carbonation and leaching. These chemical reactions between the cementitious material and the surrounding aggressive environment lead to changes in the material microstructure and consequently on the mechanical behavior, and can have a significant impact on the durability of structures. To characterize the mechanical behavior of these chemically influenced materials, two different approaches are proposed in this thesis: the macroscopic and microscopic approach. In the first part, a macroscopic approach is used. The interest is to use a classical elastoplastic model to see the effect of carbonation and lixiviation on the elastic and plastic parameters. This model is then coupled with an interface model to describe the mechanical behavior and the failure process of cementitious materials, taking into account the localization of deformations on a shear band. In the second part, by taking advantage of micro-macro models, it is possible to explicitly link the microstructure evolution during the degradation to the mechanical behavior of the material. Two or three homogenization steps based on the modified secant method are needed to reach the macroscopic criterion. The predictive capabilities of micro-macro models proposed here have been demonstrated through a wide experimental validation
Kammouna, Zainab. "Effect of creep strains on the residual mechanical properties of concrete." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAI038/document.
Full textThe aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of creep on the concrete mechanical properties evolution. In prestress structures, in the first concrete is completely subjected to compressive stresses. With time, due to relaxation of the prestressed cables and applied load, some tensile stresses may take place in the concrete. So, it is necessary to know the value of the residual mechanical properties after creep effect.The work which concerns only with basic creep (where there is no drying), includes an experimental part and a numerical part. In the experimental part, compressive and tensile (Brazilian) creep tests were carried out on the concrete using different loading levels that applied at different ages of concrete.At the end of each creep test a strength test was carried out on the same concrete for determining the creep effect on the residual mechanical properties. To evaluate the effect of quasi-instantaneous loading in compression and then in tension, some preloading compressive tests were carried out. These tests were accomplished especially to distinguish the effect of quasi-instantaneous effect from that of creep. A quasi-instantaneous compressive test was achieved until a given level and then a Brazilian strength test was carried out to evaluate the effect of compressive preloading on the tensile strength.Numerically, a mesoscopic model was developed for simulating creep and mechanical properties after creep had taken place. The reason for which this mesoscopic technique was used is related to the fact that under the considered loading level of concrete, only the cement paste creeps while the aggregate act as an obstacle to this creep. As a result, tensile stresses arise at cement past-aggregate interface leading to micro cracks at this zone. With this technique, creep strain can generate some damage at mesoscale without any coupling between creep and damage as in sence phenomenological models
Lelièvre, Dylan. "Simulation numérique des transferts de chaleur et d’humidité dans une paroi multicouche de bâtiment en matériaux biosourcés." Thesis, Lorient, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LORIS359/document.
Full textIn a context of energy efficiency and durability in the field of building, the understanding of hygrothermal behaviour of building materials, especially hygroscopic ones, is essential. This study aim to understand and model heat and moisture transfers in a multi-layer building wall made of biosourced materials. We focus in particular on hysteretic phenomena observed on sorption isotherms. A one-dimensional numerical model developed with the COMSOL Multiphysics software is used to simulate transient temperature and vapour pressure in three situations. The first one is about the hygrothermal behaviour of materials, highly hygroscopic (hemp concrete) and lowly hygroscopic (lime-based plasters), exposed to several cyclical variations of relative humidity. A good agreement is observed between simulated and measured values of relative humidity, temperature and moisture content. However, results are highly sensitive to hydric properties. Then, a study is performed on an instrumented hemp-concrete wall built in a bi-climatic chamber and exposed to simultaneous temperature and relative humidity variations. The confrontation between measured and simulated values shows the importance of initial moisture content
Truong, Ba Tam. "Formulation, performances mécaniques, et applications, d’un matériau TRC pour le renforcement et la réparation de structures en béton/et béton armé : Approches expérimentale et numérique." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSEI076/document.
Full textThis study, using both experimental and numerical approaches, will help to better understand the behavior of structure strengthened/repaired by composite based on mineral matrix. It especially focuses on the study of a new coating for drinkable water reservoirs without bisphenol A. The main objective of this thesis is development of a mineral matrix composite. Feasibility, performances and behavior of composite are examined. The experimental program involves different levels of analysis. At material level, the formulation and characterization of a mineral matrix are studied. At structure level, the application of this composite for the strengthening and repair of concrete and reinforced concrete structures is considered. A bending experiment on concrete specimens and the study of twelve reinforced concrete beams submitted to four point bending load, allows presenting good disposition in terms of bearing capacity. Secondly, the local analysis highlights the efficacy of the composite to bridge the crack and stop opening propagation. The effect of two different conservation conditions of beams with TRC (immersion in water compared to in air) was studied. The objective is evaluating the pertinence of TRC conserving in the water environment to apply in the concrete water reservoir structure. The effect evaluation of load history of structures on the efficacy strengthened/repaired of TRC composite is presented. It seems that the pre-cracking does not influence on the qualitative and quantitative behavior of the structure. Concerning the numerical approach, this work aims to establish a numerical model of concrete structure and reinforced concrete structure strengthened/repaired by TRC composite materials. The model, which is based on non-linear behavior laws for the constitutive materials (concrete, steel and TRC composite), is compared, at several scales, with experimental results. The good agreement, both qualitative and quantitative, between the model used and the results as expressed in the load-deflection curves validates the proposed model at a global scale. At local level (longitudinal deformation of the steel, deformation of the concrete, deformation of the TRC, cracks opening…) the digital-experimental comparison confirms a good qualitative and, the quantitative agreement. Finally, the parametric study allows to evaluate the influence of the thickness of the composite TRC (indirectly, the reinforcement ratio of beam), and the influence of the pre-cracking configuration on the global and local behavior of the structure
Chuta, Caceres Edgar. "Impact de la rhéologie des matériaux cimentaires sur l’aspect des parements et les procédés de mise en place." Thesis, Paris Est, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PESC1004/document.
Full textThis thesis deals with the study of the influence of the water variations in the concrete-formwork interface. The proposed approach is intended to analyze two aspects. • The role of the concrete mixing formulation, and the casting procedures on the finished mortar surface. • The movement of water in concrete formwork interface. Firstly, we search to confirm the phenomenological results on the relationship between the luminance of the concrete surface and its roughness, this last being governed by the local W/C ratio in the formwork interface. This relationship will be established for compositions of modern concrete. After, we will examine the role of operational factors on the granular segregation on the mortar surface and their consequences on the bleeding of the specimens, on the water movements as well as on the color of the surface. Parameters : Formulation parameters : granular composition, G/S, S/G, W/C ratio and admixtures Parameters of implementation: Temperature and relative humidity, vibration, waiting time, type of formwork, release agents. Maturation parameters: temperature, relative humidity, form release deadline and carbonation
Liu, Guixian. "Modélisation aux éléments discrets du renforcement des bétons bitumineux par des grilles en fibre de verre." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019STRAD019.
Full textThe effect of fiberglass grid reinforcement in asphalt concrete is studied numerically by discrete element method in this work. Firstly, concerning on the quasi-brittle material, the elasticity of modelling are calibrated, and the rupture behaviour is verified with linear elastic fracture mechanics. Then the simulations of wedge splitting tests are performed under monotonic load. The interface elasticity and failure dominate in the fracture propagation of samples, which gives rise to a simplified interface model. The parameter calibration on Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio is conducted between interface model and discrete element method. Through the fitting with experimental results, the interface strength and energy release rate are also identified by discrete element method and simplified interface model. Comparing with linear elastic fracture mechanics, the interface rupture presents more released energy. The strength and energy release rate are reduced because of the application of the fiber glass grid. The fatigue behaviour is studied by simulations of 4-point bending fatigue tests. Bodin’s fatigue model 'L2R' is adapted with discrete element method. The effect of each parameter on the damage evolution is studied respectively. The fiber glass grid helps to extent the fatigue life mainly after the fatigue cracks cross the grid. The interface effect is observed on prolonging the fatigue life of all the phases. From both monotonic and fatigue tests, it indicates that good bonding between two asphalt concrete layers is important to the resistance of rupture