Bounding the Multi-Scale Domain in Numerical Modelling and Meta-Heuristics Optimization: Application to Poroelastic Media with Damageable Cracks.

It is very common for natural or synthetic materials to be characterized by a periodic or quasi-periodic micro-structure. This micro-structure, under the different loading conditions may play an important role on the apparent, macroscopic behaviour of the material. Although, fine, detailed information can be implemented at the micro-structure level, it still remains a challenging task to obtain experimental metrics at this scale.