Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials
eBook - ePub

Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials

About this book

Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials is the first in-depth text on the application of fracture mechanics to the analysis of failure in concrete structures. The book synthesizes a vast number of recent research results in the literature to provide a comprehensive treatment of the topic that does not give merely the facts - it provides true understanding. The many recent results on quasibrittle fracture and size effect, which were scattered throughout many periodicals, are compiled here in a single volume. This book presents a well-rounded discussion of the theory of size effect and scaling of failure loads in structures. The size effect, which is the most important practical manifestation of fracture behavior, has become a hot topic. It has gained prominence in current research on concrete and quasibrittle materials. The treatment of every subject in Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials proceeds from simple to complex, from specialized to general, and is as concise as possible using the simplest level of mathematics necessary to treat the subject clearly and accurately. Whether you are an engineering student or a practicing engineer, this book provides you with a clear presentation, including full derivations and examples, from which you can gain real understanding of fracture and size effect in concrete and other quasibrittle materials.

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Yes, you can access Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials by Zdenek P. Bazant,Jaime Planas, W.F. Chen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Chemical & Biochemical Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Vector and Tensor Notation
  7. 1 Why Fracture Mechanics?
  8. 2 Essentials of LEFM
  9. 3 Determination of LEFM Parameters
  10. 4 Advanced Aspects of LEFM
  11. 5 Equivalent Elastic Cracks and R-curves
  12. 6 Determination of Fracture Properties From Size Effect
  13. 7 Cohesive Crack Models
  14. 8 Crack Band Models and Smeared Cracking
  15. 9 Advanced Size Effect Analysis
  16. 10 Brittleness and Size Effect in Structural Design
  17. 11 Effect of Time, Environment, and Fatigue
  18. 12 Statistical Theory of Size Effect and Fracture Process
  19. 13 Nonlocal Continuum Modeling of Damage Localization
  20. 14 Material Models for Damage and Failure
  21. References
  22. Reference Citation Index
  23. Index