LEADER 03956nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910462824703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a2-86978-565-8 010 $a2-86978-567-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000371029 035 $a(EBL)1190901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001071317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11603198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001071317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11114214 035 $a(PQKB)10024855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1190901 035 $a(OCoLC)849923928 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27953 035 $a(PPN)198684738 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1190901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10701907 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL753591 035 $a(OCoLC)850161813 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000371029 100 $a20130603d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aValues and development in Southern Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Hans Mu?ller, Pinkie Mekgwe, Marvellous Mhloyi 210 $aDakar, Senegal $cCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 0 $aCodesria book series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-336-22305-7 311 $a2-86978-554-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $asection I. Introducing the issues -- section II. Theoretical reflections -- section III. Exploratory empirical investigations. 330 $aDevelopment has been on Africai?s agenda for a long time but progress has been both varied and limited, partly due to the diverse levelsof the discussions ont he challenges and the interventions for tackling them. Africai?s greatest challenge is the uneven development within and between its countries, and the pressing issues of extreme poverty in southern Africa, and the continent as a whole. Poverty causes its victims to suffer social exclusion and political repression. In addition, societies that experience poverty are also mostly under continuous threat of ecological disasters and diseases. All poor people are therefore plagued by loss of freedom and dignity, and are often unable to participate effectively in the political, economic, legal and social processes of their countries. 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Bottom-Up: From Atoms to Concrete Structures; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. A realistic molecular model for calcium-silicate hydrates; 1.2.1. Background; 1.2.2. Molecular properties of C-S-H; 1.2.3. From molecular properties to C-S-H microtexture; 1.3. Probing C-S-H microtexture by nanoindentation; 1.3.1. Does particle shape matter?; 1.3.2. Implementation for back analysis of packing density distributions 327 $a1.3.3. Functionalized properties: nanogranular origin of concrete creep1.4. Conclusions; 1.5. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Poromechanics of Saturated Isotropic Nanoporous Materials; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Results from molecular simulations; 2.3. Poromechanical model; 2.3.1. Nomenclature and definitions; 2.3.2. Effective pore pressure; 2.3.3. Thermodynamical equilibrium condition; 2.3.4. Constitutive equation of the effective pore pressure; 2.3.5. Effect on the volumetric strain; 2.3.6. Effect on the permeability; 2.4. Adsorption-induced swelling and permeability change in nanoporous materials 327 $a2.4.1. Comparison with data by Day et al. 2.4.2. Comparison with data by Ottiger et al.; 2.4.3. Variation of effective permeability; 2.5. Discussion - interaction energy and entropy; 2.6. Conclusions; 2.7. Acknowledgments; 2.8. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Stress-based Non-local Damage Model; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Non-local damage models; 3.2.1. Continuum damage theory; 3.2.2. Original integral non-local approach; 3.2.3. Non-local integral method based on stress state; 3.2.4. Numerical implementation; 3.3. Initiation of failure; 3.4. Bar under traction; 3.4.1. Global behavior 327 $a3.4.2. Mechanical quantities in the FPZ3.4.3. Crack opening estimation; 3.5. Description of the cracking evolution in a 3PBT of a concrete notched beam; 3.5.1. Global behavior; 3.5.2. Cracking analysis; 3.6. Conclusions; 3.7. Acknowledgments; 3.8. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Discretization of Higher Order Gradient Damage Models Using Isogeometric Finite Elements; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Isotropic damage formulation; 4.2.1. Constitutive modeling; 4.2.2. Implicit gradient damage formulation; 4.3. Isogeometric finite elements; 4.3.1. Univariate B-splines and NURBS 327 $a4.3.2. Multivariate B-splines and NURBS 4.3.3. Isogeometric finite-element discretization; 4.4. Numerical simulations; 4.4.1. One-dimensional rod loaded in tension; 4.4.2. Three-point bending beam; 4.5. Conclusions; 4.6. Acknowledgments; 4.7. Bibliography; Chapter 5. Macro and Mesoscale Models to Predict Concrete Failure and Size Effects; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Experimental procedure; 5.2.1. Material, specimens and test rig descriptions; 5.2.2. Experimental results; 5.2.3. Size effect analysis; 5.3. Numerical simulations; 5.3.1. Macroscale modeling; 5.3.2. Mesoscale modeling approach 327 $a5.3.3. 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