Brubeck Lee Freeman

Articles

• Ricketts, E. J., de Souza, L. R., Freeman, B. L., Jefferson, A. and Al-Tabbaa, A. 2024. Microcapsule triggering mechanics in cementitious materials: a modelling and machine learning approach. Materials 17(3), article number: 764. (10.3390/ma17030764)
• Alex, A., Freeman, B., Jefferson, A. and Masoero, E. 2023. Carbonation and self-healing in concrete: Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of mineralization. Cement and Concrete Composites 144, article number: 105281. (10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105281)
• De Nardi, C., Freeman, B., Gardner, D. and Jefferson, T. 2023. Mechanical response and predictive modelling of vascular self-healing cementitious materials using novel healing agents. Cement and Concrete Composites 142, article number: 105143. (10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105143)
• Freeman, B. L. and Jefferson, A. 2023. A 3D coupled finite element model for simulating mechanical regain in self-healing cementitious materials. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 149(7), article number: 6944. (10.1061/JENMDT.EMENG-6944)
• Ricketts, E. J., Freeman, B. L., Cleall, P. J., Jefferson, A. and Kerfriden, P. 2023. A statistical finite element method integrating a plurigaussian random field generator for multi-scale modelling of solute transport in concrete. Transport in Porous Media (10.1007/s11242-023-01930-8)
• 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)
• Freeman, B. L. 2022. A multi-point constraint unfitted finite element method. Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 9, article number: 19. (10.1186/s40323-022-00232-w)
• Jefferson, A. D. and Freeman, B. L. 2022. A crack-opening-dependent numerical model for self-healing cementitious materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures 244-24, article number: 111601. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111601)
• Selvarajoo, T., Davies, R., Freeman, B. and Jefferson, A. 2020. Mechanical response of a vascular self-healing cementitious material system under varying loading conditions. Construction and Building Materials 254, article number: 119245. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119245)
• 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)
• Selvarajoo, T., Davies, R. E., Gardner, D. R., Freeman, B. L. and Jefferson, A. D. 2020. Characterisation of a vascular self-healing cementitious material system: Flow and curing properties. Construction and Building Materials 245, article number: 118332. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118332)
• Freeman, B. L. and Jefferson, T. 2020. The simulation of transport processes in cementitious materials with embedded healing systems. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 44(2), pp. 293-326. (10.1002/nag.3017)
• Freeman, B. L., Cleall, P. J. and Jefferson, A. D. 2019. An indicator-based problem reduction scheme for coupled reactive transport models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120(13), pp. 1428-1455. (10.1002/nme.6186)
• Jefferson, A., Javierre, E., Freeman, B., Zaoui, A., Koenders, E. and Ferrara, L. 2018. Research progress on numerical models for self‐healing cementitious materials. Advanced Materials Interfaces 5(17), article number: 1701378. (10.1002/admi.201701378)

Book sections

• Freeman, B. L. and Jefferson, A. 2021. Numerical simulation of self-healing cementitious materials. In: Kanellopoulos, A. and Norambuena-Contreras, J. eds. Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications. Springer International Publishing, pp. 151-185., (10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_6)

Conferences

• Freeman, B. and Jefferson, A. 2024. A 3D coupled finite element model for self-healing quasi-brittle materials. 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. 29-33., (10.18573/conf1.h)
• Jefferson, A. and Freeman, B. 2023. The application of a curing front model to simulate healing in a cementitious microbial system. 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/202337809001)
• Freeman, B., De Nardi, C., Gardner, D. and Jefferson, A. 2023. Tailoring healing agents for self-healing cementitious materials using predictive modelling and physical testing. Presented at: Self-Healing Materials ICSHM 2022, Milan, Italy, 20-22 June 2022.

Thesis

• Freeman, B. 2017. A numerical and experimental investigation into multi-ionic reactive transport behaviour in cementitious materials. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.