The art of modeling in science and engineering. (©1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diran Basmadjian.
• Other Names: Basmadjian, Diran; CRC Press.
• Contents: INTRODUCTION; Prelude; Philosophical; Motivation; Reference States; Engineering Materials and Matter; Continuous, Discontinuous or Mixture; Transformation and Self Adjustment; Disturbed Sate Concept; Disturbance and Damage Models; DSC and Other Models; Scope; ; THE DISTURBED STATE CONCEPT: Preliminaries; Introduction; Engineering Behavior; Mechanism; Fully Adjusted State; Characteristic Dimension; Observed Behavior; Formulation of DSC; Alternative Formulations of DSC; Material Element Composed of Two Materials; DSC-Multi -Component System; DSC For Porous Media; Composite Materials; Bonded Materials; Self Organized Criticality; ; RELATIVE INTACT AND FULLY ADJUSTED STATES AND DISTURBANCE; Specializations; Disturbance and Function; Laboratory Tests; Stiffening or Healing; Representations of Disturbance; Creep Behavior; Rate Dependence; Disturbance Based on Disorder (Entropy) and Free Energy; Material Parameters; DSC EQUATIONS AND SPECIALIZATIONS; Relative Intact Response; Fully Adjusted Response; Specializations; Thermal Effects; Disturbance Models; DSC With and Without Relative Motions; Critical State for FA Response; DSC Euqations with Critical State; Strain Equations; General Formulation; Examples 1 to 4; THEORY OF ELASTICITY IN DSC; Linear Elasticity; Nonlinear Elasticity; Relative Intact Behavior; Fully Adjusted Behavior; Disturbance Function; Material Parameters; Thermal Effects; Examples 1 to 8; ; THEORY OF PLASTICITY IN DSC; Mechanisms; Theoretical Development; Continuous Yielding or Hardening; To Hierarchical Single Surface Models; Incremental Equations; Parameters and Determination from Laboratory Tests; Thermoplasticity; Examples 1 to 7; ; HIERARCHICAL SINGLE SURFACE PLASTICITY MODELS IN DSC; Basic HISS Model; Specializations of HISS Model; Material Parameters; Thermal Effects; Rate Effects; Repetitive Loading; Derivation of Elastoplastic Equations; Incremental Iterative Analysis; Correction Procedures; Thermoplasticity; Examples including Validations 1 to 16; Sensitivity Analysis; ; CREEP BEHAVIOR: VISCOELASTIC AND VISCOPLASTIC MODELS; Elastoviscoplastic Model (Perzyna); Mechanism of Viscoplastic Solution; Elastoviscoplastic Equations; One-Dimensional Formulation of Perzyna's Model; Disturbance Function; Finite Element Equations; Rate Dependent Behavior; Parameters for Viscoplastic Model; Temperature Dependence; Multi-component DSC and Overlay Models; Specializations: Elastic(e), Viscoelastic(ve), Elastoviscoplastic(evp); Material Parameters in Overlay Models; Examples 1 to 9; ; DSC FOR SATURATED AND UNSATURATED MATERIALS; Brief Review; Fully Saturated Materials; Equations; Terzaghi's Equation; Incremental DSC Equations; Disturbance; Effective Stress Parameter; Residual Flow Concept; HISS and DSC Models; Softening, Degradation and Collapse; Material Parameters; Examples 1 to 3; ; DSC FOR STRUCTURED AND STIFFENED MATERIALS; Definition of Disturbance; Structured Soils; Dislocation, Softening and Stiffening; Reinforced and Jointed Systems; Equivalent Composite; Individual Solid and Joint Elements; Rest Periods: Unloading; Examples 1 to 3; ; DSC FOR INTERFACES AND JOINTS; General Problem; Review; Thin Layer Interface Model; Disturbed State Concept; Disturbance Function; Incremental Equations; Determination of Parameters; Mathematical and Physical Characteristics of DSC; Testing; Examples 1 to 11; Computer Implementation; ; MICROSTRUCTURE, LOCALIZATION AND INSTABILITY; Microstructure; Wellposedness; Localization; Nonlocality and Characteristic Dimension; Regularization and Nonlocal Models; Rate Dependent Models; Continuum Damage Model; Nonlocal Continuum; Strain and Energy Based Models; Gradient Enrichment of Continuum Models; Cosserat Continuum; Stability; Disturbed State Concept: Nonlocality, Micro-crack Interaction, Characteristic; Mesh Dependence; Instability; Approximate Decoupled DSC; Stability Analysis of DSC; Examples 1 to 4; Appndix 12-1: Thermodynamical Analysis of DSC; ; IMPLEMENTATION OF DSC IN COMPUTER PROCEDURES; Finite Element Formulation; Solution Schemes; Algorithms for Creep Behavior; Algorithms for Coupled Dynamic Behavior; Partially Saturated Systems; Cyclic and Repetitive Loading; Initial Conditions; Hierarchical Capabilities and Options; Mesh Adaption Using DSC; Examples of Applications: Field and Laboratory Simulated Tests 1 to 12; ; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS; ; APPENDIX I : DISTURBED STATE, CRITICAL STATE AND SELF ORGANIZED; CRITICALITY CONCEPTS; APPENDIX II : DSC PARAMETERS, OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 1999
• Copyright Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (654 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 511/.8; Mathematical models; Science -- Mathematical models; Engineering -- Mathematical models; Engineering -- Mathematical models; Mathematical models; Science -- Mathematical models; Models, Theoretical; Engineering; Science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420041916; 9781420041910; 9781439858172; 1439858179
• Related ISBNs: 0584880120; 1584880120; 084930248X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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