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Overview

Ignacio Carol is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses notably on several subfields, including Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ocean Engineering, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientist's research outputs cover a range of topics relevant to engineering and materials science. Key topics include:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Concrete Properties and Behavior

Ignacio Carol has published several papers in reputable venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Model for alkali-silica reaction expansions in concrete using zero-thickness chemo-mechanical interface elements," 2020, International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • "Application of zero-thickness interface elements to sanding prediction analysis," 2020, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Numerical modeling of rock spalling around a tunnel using visco-plastic interface elements and a rock removal strategy," 2025, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • "Application of configurational mechanics to crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials," 2020, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "'Onion-peel' cracking and spalling in coupled meso-mechanical analysis of External Sulfate Attack in concrete using zero-thickness interface elements," 2024, Construction and Building Materials

Their frequent co-authors include Joaquín Liaudat, D. Garolera, Carlos M. López, Laura Crusat Codina, and Andreu Escanellas, indicating collaboration within a research network specializing in related subject areas.

Publication venues where their work appears most often include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Best Publications

  • Microplane Model M4 for Concrete. I: Formulation with Work-Conjugate Deviatoric Stress

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Ferhun C. Caner;Ignacio Carol;Mark D. Adley

  • NORMAL/SHEAR CRACKING MODEL: APPLICATION TO DISCRETE CRACK ANALYSIS

    I Carol;P C Prat;C M Lopez

  • Study of the Behavior of Concrete under Triaxial Compression

    Domingo Sfer;Ignacio Carol;Ravindra Gettu;Guillermo Etse

  • Chemo-mechanical analysis of concrete cracking and degradation due to external sulfate attack: A meso-scale model

    Andrés E. Idiart;Carlos M. López;Ignacio Carol

  • RILEM draft recommendation: TC-242-MDC multi-decade creep and shrinkage of concrete: material model and structural analysis. Model B4 for creep, drying shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage of normal and high-strength concretes with multi-decade applicability

    Zdenek Pavel Bazant;MIlan Jirásek;M. H. Hubler;Ignacio Carol

  • Meso-structural study of concrete fracture using interface elements. I: numerical model and tensile behavior

    Carlos M. López;Ignacio Carol;Antonio Aguado

  • 3D meso-structural analysis of concrete specimens under uniaxial tension

    A. Caballero;C.M. López;I. Carol

  • Micromechanical analysis of quasi-brittle materials using fracture-based interface elements

    Ignacio Carol;Carlos M. López;Olga Roa

  • Damage and plasticity in microplane theory

    Ignacio Carol;Zdenĕk P. Bazant

  • On the formulation of anisotropic elastic degradation. I. Theory based on a pseudo-logarithmic damage tensor rate

    Ignacio Carol;Ignacio Carol;Egidio Rizzi;Kaspar Willam

  • A unified theory of elastic degradation and damage based on a loading surface

    Ignacio Carol;Egidio Rizzi;Kaspar Willam

  • AN INTERFACE ELEMENT FORMULATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOIL-REINFORCEMENT INTERACTION

    Antonio Gens;I. Carol;Eduardo Alonso

  • Coupled HM analysis using zero-thickness interface elements with double nodes. Part I: Theoretical model

    J. M. Segura;I. Carol

  • A thermodynamically consistent approach to microplane theory. Part I. Free energy and consistent microplane stresses

    Ignacio Carol;Milan Jirásek;Zdenek P Bazant

  • Viscoelasticity with Aging Caused by Solidification of Nonaging Constituent

    Ignacio Carol;Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • New explicit microplane model for concrete: Theoretical aspects and numerical implementation

    Ignacio Carol;Pere C. Prat;Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • A constitutive model for rock joints formulation and numerical implementation

    Antonio Gens;I. Carol;Eduardo Alonso

  • On zero‐thickness interface elements for diffusion problems

    J. M. Segura;I. Carol

  • Meso-structural study of concrete fracture using interface elements. II: compression, biaxial and Brazilian test

    Carlos M. López;Ignacio Carol;Antonio Aguado

  • Spurious energy dissipation/generation in stiffness recovery models for elastic degradation and damage

    Ignacio Carol;Kaspar Willam

  • On the formulation of anisotropic elastic degradation.: II. Generalized pseudo-Rankine model for tensile damage

    Ignacio Carol;Ignacio Carol;Egidio Rizzi;Kaspar Willam

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaspar Willam
Kaspar Willam University of Houston
Eduardo Alonso
Eduardo Alonso City, University of London
Zdeněk P. Bažant
Zdeněk P. Bažant Northwestern University
Milan Jirásek
Milan Jirásek Czech Technical University in Prague
Antonio Gens
Antonio Gens Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Paul Steinmann
Paul Steinmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Antonio Aguado
Antonio Aguado Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Stein Sture
Stein Sture University of Colorado Boulder
Brian Moran
Brian Moran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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