Title: Size-scale effects in the failure mechanisms of materials and structures : proceedings of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(IUTAM) Symposium on Size-Scale Effects in the Failure Mechanisms of Materials and Structures , 3-7 October 1994, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract: Preface. Scientific Committee. Official picture of the symposium. Part One: Renormalization and scaling laws: Chapter One: Strength and toughness in disordered materials: complete and incomplete similarity - A. Carpinteri Chapter Two: A renormalisation technique in the study of concrete elements of increasing size - F. Bontempi & F. Casciati Chapter Three: Comparison of lattice type fracture models for concrete under biaxial loading regimes - M.R.A. van Vliet and J.G.M. van Mier Chapter Four: Examples of fractals in rock mechanics - H.J. Herrmann, A.N.B. Poliakov & F. Tzschichholz Chapter Five: Damage incurred during the polymerisation of thermosets - D. Krajcinovic. Part Two: Fractality and self-similarity: Chapter Six: Roughness and fracture toughness of cement-based matrices - D.A. Lange & S.P. Shah Chapter Seven: Tortuosity of crack path, fracture toughness and scale effect in brittle fracture - A. Chudnovsky & M. Gorelik Chapter Eight: On the relation between fracture surface characteristics and material properties - G. Frantziskonis Chapter Nine: The roughness of fracture surfaces: relevant lengthscales and fracture toughness - E. Bouchaud Chapter Ten: Strain localisation and crack dispersion on concrete beams in bending - K. Rokugo, N. Kurihara, Y. Uchida & W. Koyanagi. Part Three: Disorder and statistics: Chapter Eleven: Representatives of laboratory strength testing - M.P. Luong Chapter Twelve: Interface fracture energy and aggregate size effects in particulate solids - G. Baker Chapter Thirteen: On the influence of local disorder on size-effect - D.Breysse & P. Renaudin Chapter Fourteen: A probabilistic discrete cracking model of concrete in tension and compression - P. Rossi Chapter Fifteen: Dimensional effect in electrical breakdown of insulating materials and strucures - L. Simoni, G. Mazzanti & G.C. Montanari. Part Four: Continuums models: Chapter Sixteen: Higher order gradients and size effects - E.C. Aifantis Chapter Seventeen: Stochastic approaches for damage evolution in local and non-local continua - R. de Borst & J. Carmeliet Chapter Eighteen: A continuum thermodynamics approach for size effects in the faulure of concrete-type materials and structures - C. Huet Chapter Nineteen: Scaling of cohesive fracture (with ramification to fractal cracks) - Y.N. Li & Z.P. Bazant Chapter Twenty: Size effect in concrete and reinforced concrete structures - J. Ozbolt & R. Eligehausen. Part Five: Discrete models: Chapter Twenty-one: Prediction of size-effect based on cohesive crack models - M. Elices, G.V. Guinea and J. Planas Chapter Twenty-two: Physical causes for size effect in concrete structures - B.L. Karihaloo
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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