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Fracture Scaling

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Editors:
  1. Zdeněk P. Bažant

    1. Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

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  2. Yapa D. S. Rajapakse

    1. Office of Naval Research, Arlington, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  3. Size Effects in Fiber Composites

    1. Scale effects in the initiation of cracking of a scarf joint

      • D. Liu, N. A. Fleck
      Pages 67-88

    2. Size effect in fracture of unidirectional composite plates

      • G. J. Dvorak, A. P. Suvorov
      Pages 89-101

    3. Size effect on compression strength of fiber composites failing by kink band propagation

      • Zdeněk P. Bažant, Jang-Jay H. Kim, Isaac M. Daniel, Emilie Becq-Giraudon, Goangseup Zi
      Pages 103-141

    4. Is there a thickness effect on compressive strength of unnotched composite laminates?

      • I. M. Daniel, H. M. Hsiao
      Pages 143-158

  4. Scaling and Heterogeneity

    1. Failure and scaling properties of a softening interface connected to an elastic block

      • Arnaud Delaplace, Stéphane Roux, Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot
      Pages 159-174

    2. A model for predicting grain boundary cracking in polycrystalline viscoplastic materials including scale effects

      • K. L. E. Helms, D. H. Allen, L. D. Hurtado
      Pages 175-194

    3. Effect of strain gradients on the size effect of concrete in uniaxial tension

      • Marcel R. A. Van Vliet, Jan G. M. Van Mier
      Pages 195-219

    4. Scaling phenomena due to fractal contact in concrete and rock fractures

      • M. Borri-Brunetto, A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia
      Pages 221-238

    5. Fractals and fractal scaling in fracture mechanics

      • Feodor M. Borodich
      Pages 239-259

  5. Computational Aspects and Nonlocal or Gradient Models

    1. A unified framework for concrete damage and fracture models including size effects

      • René De Borst, Miguel A. Gutiérrez
      Pages 261-277

    2. Finite element simulation of ring expansion and fragmentation: The capturing of length and time scales through cohesive models of fracture

      • A. Pandolfi, P. Krysl, M. Ortiz
      Pages 279-297

    3. Strain gradient interpretation of size effects

      • E. C. Aifantis
      Pages 299-314

    4. Use of neural networks for fitting of FE probabilistic scaling model parameters

      • E. M. R. Fairbairn, C. N. M. Paz, N. F. F. Ebecken, F.-J. Ulm
      Pages 315-324

  6. Size Effects in Concrete, Ice and Soils

    1. Scale effects on the in-situ tensile strength and fracture of ice. Part I: Large grained freshwater ice at Spray Lakes Reservoir, Alberta

      • J. P. Dempsey, S. J. Defranco, R. M. Adamson, S. V. Mulmule
      Pages 325-345

    2. Scale effects on the in-situ tensile strength and fracture of ice. Part II: First-year sea ice at Resolute, N.W.T

      • J. P. Dempsey, R. M. Adamson, S. V. Mulmule
      Pages 347-366
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About this book

This volume is a collection of the papers given at the workshop on Fracture Scaling, held at the University of Maryland, USA, 10-12 June 1999, under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, USA.
These papers can be grouped under five major themes:
  • Micromechanical analysis
  • Size effects in fiber composites
  • Scaling and heterogeneity
  • Computational aspects and nonlocal or gradient models
  • Size effects in concrete, ice and soils
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This workshop is the result of a significant research effort, supported by the Office of Naval Research, into the problems of scaling of fracture in fiber composites, and generally into the problems of scaling in solid mechanics. These problems, which are of interest for many materials, especially all quasibrittle materials, share similar characteristics. Thus, progress in the understanding of scaling problems for one material may help progress for another material. This makes it clear that a dialogue between researchers in various fields of mechanics is highly desirable and should be promoted.
In view of this, this volume should be of interest to researchers and advanced graduate students in materials science, solid mechanics and civil engineering.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

    Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • Office of Naval Research, Arlington, USA

    Yapa D. S. Rajapakse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fracture Scaling

  • Editors: Zdeněk P. Bažant, Yapa D. S. Rajapakse

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4659-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5825-1Published: 31 May 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5965-7Published: 16 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4659-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 435

  • Topics: Solid Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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