Dr Iulia Mihai

2025

• Sayadi Moghadam, S., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2025. Rate dependent self-healing model for cementitious materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures 309, article number: 113196. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.113196)
• He, S. et al. 2025. Perspectives on the incorporation of self-healing in the design practice of reinforced concrete structures. Structural Concrete (10.1002/suco.202401045)
• De Nardi, C., Sayadi Moghadam, S., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2025. Simulation of autogenous self‐healing in lime‐based mortars. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 49(1), pp. 359-375. (10.1002/nag.3870)

2024

• Sayadi Moghadam, S., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2024. Biomimetic materials in construction industry: the necessity of simulation. Presented at: Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023, Cardiff, UK, 12-14 July 2023 Presented at Spezi, E. and Bray, M. eds.Proceedings of the Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press pp. 55-57., (10.18573/conf1.n)

2023

• Sayadi Moghadam, S., Chang, Z., He, S., Schlangen, E., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2023. An enhanced lattice beam element model for the numerical simulation of rate-dependent self-healing in cementitious materials.. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 292, article number: 109632. (10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109632)
• Sayadi, S., Ricketts, E., Schlangen, E., Cleall, P., Mihai, I. and Jefferson, A. 2023. Effect of microstructure heterogeneity shapes on constitutive behaviour of encapsulated self-healing cementitious materials. Presented at: SMARTINCS’23 Conference on Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems, 22-23 May 2023, Vol. 378. EDP Sciences, (10.1051/matecconf/202337809004)

2022

• Bagga, M. et al. 2022. Advancements in bacteria based self-healing concrete and the promise of modelling. Construction and Building Materials 358, article number: 129412. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129412)
• Mihai, I. C., Bains, A. and Grassl, P. 2022. Modelling of cracking mechanisms in cementitious materials: The transition from diffuse microcracking to localized macrocracking. In: Meschke, G., Pichler, B. and Rots, J. G. eds. Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures. Taylor and Francis, pp. 212-217., (10.1201/9781003316404-26)

2021

• Azua-Gonzalez, C. X., Mihai, I. C. and Jefferson, T. 2021. Micromechanics-driven variational method for diffuse-to-localised fracture in quasi-brittle solids. Presented at: 14th WCCM-Ecomas Congress 2020, Virtual, 11-15 January 2021WCCM-ECCOMAS2020, Vol. 100. Scipedia, (10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.200)

2020

• Maddalena, R., Bonanno, L., Balzano, B., Sweeney, J. and Mihai, I. 2020. A crack closure system for cementitious composite materials using knotted shape memory polymer (k-SMP) fibres. Cement and Concrete Composites 114, article number: 103757. (10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2020.103757)
• Freeman, B. L., Bonilla-Villalba, P., Mihai, I., Alnaas, W. and Jefferson, A. 2020. A specialised finite element for simulating self-healing quasi-brittle materials. Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 7, article number: 32. (10.1186/s40323-020-00171-4)
• Kerfriden, P., Claus, S. and Mihai, I. 2020. A mixed-dimensional CutFEM methodology for the simulation of fibre-reinforced composites. Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 7(1), article number: 18. (10.1186/s40323-020-00154-5)

2017

• Mihai, I. C. and Jefferson, A. D. 2017. A micromechanics based constitutive model for fibre reinforced cementitious composites. International Journal of Solids and Structures 110-11, pp. 152-169. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.01.032)

2016

• Mihai, I. C., Jefferson, A. D. and Lyons, P. 2016. A plastic-damage constitutive model for the finite element analysis of fibre reinforced concrete. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 159, pp. 35-62. (10.1016/j.engfracmech.2015.12.035)
• Jefferson, A. D., Mihai, I. C., Tenchev, R., Alnaas, W. F., Cole, G. and Lyons, P. 2016. A plastic-damage-contact constitutive model for concrete with smoothed evolution functions. Computers and Structures 169, pp. 40-56. (10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.02.008)

2015

• Jefferson, A. D. and Mihai, I. C. 2015. The simulation of crack opening-closing and aggregate interlock behaviour in finite element concrete models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 104(1), pp. 48-78. (10.1002/nme.4934)

2014

• Jefferson, A. D., Tenchev, R., Chitez, A., Mihai, I. C., Garry, C. and Lyons, P. 2014. Finite element crack width computations with a thermo-hygro-mechanical-hydration model for concrete. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering 18(7), pp. 793-813. (10.1080/19648189.2014.896755)
• Mihai, I. C., Jefferson, A. D. and Lyons, P. 2014. Constitutive modelling of fibre reinforced cementitious composites based on micromechanics.. Presented at: EURO-C 2014 Conference, St. Anton am Arlberg; Austria, 24th - 27th March 2014Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis
• Jefferson, A. D., Mihai, I. C. and Lyons, P. 2014. An approach to modelling smoothed crack closure and aggregate interlock in the finite element analysis of concrete structures. In: Bícanić, N. et al. eds. Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures. CRC Press, pp. 219-223.

2013

• Mihai, I. C. and Jefferson, A. D. 2013. A multi-asperity plastic-contact crack plane model for geomaterials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 37(11), pp. 1492-1507. (10.1002/nag.2094)
• Mihai, I. C. and Jefferson, A. D. 2013. Smoothed contact in a micromechanical model for cement bound materials. Computers & Structures 118, pp. 115-125. (10.1016/j.compstruc.2012.11.002)

2012

• Mihai, I. 2012. Micromechanical constitutive models for cementitious composite materials. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2011

• Mihai, I. C. and Jefferson, A. D. 2011. A material model for cementitious composite materials with an exterior point Eshelby microcrack initiation criterion. International Journal of Solids and Structures 48(24), pp. 3312-3325. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.08.001)