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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956787703321

Autore

Bažant Z. P

Titolo

Scaling of structural strength / / Zdenek P. Bazant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

ISBN

9786610629350

9781280629358

1280629355

9780080461359

0080461352

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

624.171

Soggetti

Structural analysis (Engineering)

Strength of materials

Scaling laws (Statistical physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: London: Hermes Penton Science, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-312) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; table of contents; Foreword; Author's Preface; About the Author; 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

9 New Asymptotic Scaling Analysis of Cohesive Crack Model and Smeared-Tip Method10 Size Effect at Continuum Limit on Approach to Atomic Lattice Scale; 11 Future Perspectives; Addendum; Bibliography; index; Subject Index; Reference Citation Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 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. I