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Predicting stochastic fracture in hardened alite paste via a microstructure-informed multiscale reconstruction of mechanical fields

Muduo Li, Xiaohong Zhu, Ziqi Wang, Xing Quan Wang, Yan Zhuge, Hailong Ye, Xian Chen, Daniel C.W. Tsang

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