Towards an Advanced Virtual Testing Environment for Concrete Materials

Netcentric Virtual Laboratories for Composite Materials

“…Based on these observations and developments, the authors of this book chapter have initiated a number of R&D projects which main focus was to explore the concept of virtual laboratories for cement-based materials in real-life settings. A number of (journal) papers have been published about the findings of these projects in the past [4][5][6][7]. The main focus of this book chapter will be on a relatively new concept for establishing virtual laboratories which is based on a 'netcentric' approach.…”