Cracking and Damage. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Z.P. Bazant, J. Mazars.
• Authors: Bažant, Z. P; Mazars, J
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributing Authors; Part I: Observation and Measurement of Damage and Localization; Various techniques for the assessment of the damage zone between two saw cuts; Experimental observation of cracking and damage; Application of stereophotogrammetry to the strain localization in concrete compression; Field measurements of strain localization in soft clay; An experimental procedure to delocalize tensile failure and to identify the unilateral effect of distributed damage; Image analysis of microcracks Part II: Micromechanics and Micro-Macro RelationshipsSimulation of strain localization processes with numerical concrete; The usefulness of statistical models to describe damage and fracture in concrete; Models of fracture process zone in concrete, rock and ceramics; Fatigue damage mechanics of metal matrix composite laminates; A damage micromechanics approach to a heterogeneous material; The role of microdefects in fracture propagation process; Transition from continuous damage to failure at uniaxial loading of elastic-brittle materials A mesomechanical model of concrete and its application to the size effect phenomenonPart III: Stability, Bifurcation, and Localization; Stable states and stable paths of propagation of damage zones and interactive fractures; On some aspect of stability and bifurcation in fracture and damage mechanics; Stability and bifurcation of simple dissipative systems: application to brutal damage; On thermodynamic foundations of a damage theory in elastic solids; Justification of some brittle damage laws by Iliushin's Postulate and study of their singular character Some mathematical aspects of the damage softening rate problemTransition from localized to discontinuous behaviour in porous dilatant materials; An overview of finite element methods for the analysis of strain localization; Localization bifurcation analysis for damage softening elasto-plastic materials; Bifurcation analysis of the triaxial test on rock specimens; No-tension finite element analysis of reinforced concrete beams subject to shear; Analysis of spurious kinematic modes in finite element analysis of strain-softening solids Part IV: Nonlocal Models, Localization Limiters, and Size EffectLocalization limiters and numerical strategies for strain-softening materials; Simulation issues of distributed and localized failure computations; Local and nonlocal models for strain-softening, and their comparison based on dynamic analysis; A multiscale approach to distributed damage and its usefulness for capturing structural size effect; Creep crack-growth prediction by a non-local damage formulation; Nonlocal analysis of stable states and stable paths of propagation of damage shear bands
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.171; Concrete; Cement; Structural engineering; Cement; Concrete; Structural engineering; Concrete & Cement; Structural Engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482296525; 1482296527
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