Fracture of Concrete and Rock : Recent developments /: Recent developments. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Surendra Shah, S.E. Swartz, B. Barr.
• Editors: Shah, Surendra; Swartz, S. E; Barr, B
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Keynote Lecture; Whither fracture mechanics for concrete; Mixed Mode (A); Crack propagation models for mixed -- mode loading; Fracture behaviour of concrete and rock under mode II and mode III shear loading; On the fundamental issues of mixed mode crack propagation in concrete; Softening of concrete under torsional loading; Modelling (A); A numerical study of the fracture process zone; High order integration and p-convergence of smeared crack elements Non-linear fracture toughness (J1C, Gf) of in organic polymer impregnated cement mortar reinforced by new material fiberNumerical studies of the fracture process zone in concrete; An analytical-fictitious boundary forces method for calculating multi-crack problem in arbitrary region with mixed mode boundaries; Rock (A); Acoustic measurements during fracture of triaxially deformed rock; Analysis of acoustice mission waveforms produced by rock during controlled fracture propagation; Two-dimensional numerical simulation of interacting fractures in rock Finite element studies of propagation of radial cracks in smooth blastingThe model III dynamic rupture of rocks as standard liner solid under Rayleigh damping; Fatigue and Dynamic Loading; Fracture of concrete at high strain-rates; Fatigue crack growth in cementitious solids under cyclic compression: theory and experiments; Fracture of bare concrete under gas-induced axisymmetric compression; Fatigue life of plain concrete under stress reversal; Nonlinear behaviour of concrete under high compressive loading rates; Fracture Models; Approximation of cohesive crack models by R-CTOD curves Fracture model of concrete loaded over a limited areaThe damage model of jointed rock mass and its experimental verifying; A fracture mechanics model for RC beams under repeated loadings; Observation of the development of fracture process zones in concrete; Invited Lecture; Simulation of non-planar crack propagation in three-dimensional structures in concrete and rock; Rock (B); Experimental microseismic evaluation of artificially induced defects on stonework; Monitoring of damaged injected rock with acoustic emission technique An experimental method for measuring the shear fracture toughness of rock under atmospheric and high confining pressureCharacterization of Fracture Process Zone; A hybrid analysis of fracture process zone in concrete; Fracture process zone and Kr-curve of hardened cement paste and mortar; Characterisation of microcracking and crack growth in notched concrete and mortar beams using the J-integral approach; Microscopical observation of the cracking propagation in fracture mechanics for concrete; A contribution of the holographic interferometry to studies on concrete fracture; Test Methods
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1/366; Structural engineering; Rock mechanics; Rock mechanics; Structural engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482286540; 1482286548
• Related ISBNs: 1851664149; 9781851664146
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