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The mechanical role of the shape of the aggregates, and their spatial distribution in concrete materials is examined. The effect on the macroscopic mechanical response as well as on the local stress fields are investigated by numerical means, making use of a recently developed Poisson-polyhedra model in which the aggregates have polyhedral shapes. Comparison is made with previous microstructure models...