This special session is devoted to coupled and multi-scale methods. Especially in civil engineering, material or structure behaviour does not depend only on mechanical properties but also on temperature and moisture distribution. Coupled heat and moisture transport, thermo-mechanical and hydro-thermo-mechanical analyses are used for detailed description of structure behaviour. Strongly heterogeneous materials can be modelled with the help of homogenization. Homogenized material parameters of structure, which represents macro-level, are obtained from solution of micro or meso-level problems.

Contributions dealing with the following topics are welcome:

• Coupled heat and moisture transport
• Thermo-mechanical analysis
• Hydro-thermo-mechanical analysis
• Homogenization
• Modelling of concrete or masonry
• Implementation of coupled methods
• Implementation of multi-scale methods

For specific questions regarding the scope of this session please contact the organiser:

• Dr J. Kruis
  Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  (jk AT cml.fsv.cvut.cz)

Please note that papers that are found to fall outside the scope of this session may be considered for other sessions.

To submit abstracts for this special session, please follow the normal abstract submission procedure but please select "ECT2012-S07" when asked "Is this paper part of a special session?"