Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Reinforced Concrete. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Alberto Carpinteri.
• Editors: Carpinteri, Alberto
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; 1: Size effect in quasi-brittle micro-heterogeneous structures: deterministic and statistical theories; 2: Size effect in concrete structures; 3: Stress-crack opening relation and size effect in concrete; 4: Size effects in two compact test specimen geometries; 5: Scaling in tensile and compressive fracture of concrete; 6: Prediction of fracture of concrete and fiber reinforced concrete by the R-curve approach; 7: Size effect in concrete structures: an R-curve approach 8: Modelling crack toughness curves in fibre-reinforced cement composites9: Fracture mechanics evaluation of anchorage bearing capacity in concrete; 10: Anchor bolts modelled with fracture mechanics; 11: Simulation of bond and anchorage: usefulness of softening fracture mechanics; 12: Analysis of steel-concrete bond with damage mechanics: nonlinear behaviour and size effect; 13: Splitting failure of a strain-softening material due to bond stresses; 14: Fracture mechanics evaluation of minimum reinforcement in concrete structures 15: Minimum reinforcement requirements for concrete flexural members16: Fracture mechanics application to reinforced concrete members in flexure; 17: Role of compressive fracture energy of concrete on the failure behavior of reinforced concrete beams; 18: Shear crack stability along a precast reinforced concrete joint; 19: Shear strength of reinforced concrete beams; 20: Effect of fiber modified fracture properties on shear resistance of reinforced mortar and concrete beams; 21: Failure modes of longitudinally reinforced beams; 22: Reinforced concrete beam behavior under cyclic loadings
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1/376; Concrete; Cement; Structural engineering; Cement; Concrete; Structural engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482296624; 1482296624
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