Scaling of structural strength

Scaling of structural strength / Zdeněk P. Bažant.

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bažant, Z. P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
Strength of materials.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
strength of materials.
structural analysis.
Strength of materials
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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Foreword; Author's Preface; About the Author; body; 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, Rock and Composites; 6 Scaling via J-integral, With Application to Kink Bands in Fiber Composites; 7 Time Dependance, Repeated Loads and Energy Absorption Capacity; 8 Computational Approaches to Quasibrittle Fracture and Its Scaling.

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