Scaling of Structural Strength
Published on 3. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-903996-63-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is concerned with a leading-edge topic of great interest and importance, exemplifying the relationship between experimental research, material modeling, structural analysis and design. It focuses on the effect of structure size on structural strength and failure behaviour. Bazant's theory has recently found wide application to all quasibrittle materials, including rocks, ice, modern fiber composites and tough ceramics. The topic of energetic scaling, considered controversial until recently, is finally getting the attention it deserves, mainly as a result of Bazant's pioneering work.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-903996-63-8 (9781903996638)
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Person
Zdenek P Bazant was appointed to the WP Murphy Chair at Northwestern University in 1990. He has published over 420 journal articles and written and edited several books on the subject of size effect on strength of structures.
Content
1. Introduction. 2. Asymptotic Analysis of Size Effect. 3. Randomness and Disorder. 4. Energetic Scaling for Sea Ice and Concrete Structures. 5. Energetic Scaling of Compression Fracture and Further Applications to Concrete, Rocks and Composites. 6. Scaling via J-Integral, with Application to Kink Bands in Fiber Composites. 7. Time Dependence, Repeated Loads and Energy Absorption Capacity. 8. Computational Approaches to Quasibrittle Fracture and its Scaling. 9. New Asymptotic Scaling Analysis of Cohesive Crack Model and Smeared-Tip Method. 10. Size Effect at Continuum Limit on Approach to Atomic Lattice Scale. Future Perspectives.