Mechanical damage and crack growth in concrete - Plastic collapse to brittle fracture (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)

Following Volumes III and IV that dealt with the fracture mechanics of concrete emphasizing both material testing and structural application in general, it was felt that specimen size and loading rate effects for concrete require further attention. The only criterion that has thus far successfully linearized the highly nonlinear crack growth data of concrete is the strain energy density theory. In particular, the crack growth resistance curves plotting the strain energy density factor versus crack growth known as the SR.curves are straight lines as specimen size and loading steps or rates are altered. This allows the extrapolation of data and provides a useful design methodology. This book is unique in that it is devoted specifically to the application of the strain energy density theory to civil engineering structural members made of concrete. Analyzed in detail is the strain softening behavior of concrete for a variety of different components including the influence of steel reinforcement. Permanent damage of the material is accounted for each increment of loading by invoking the mechanism of elastic unloading. This assumption is justified in concrete structures where the effective stiffness depends primarily on the crack growth rate and load history. Crack growth data are presented in terms of SR-curves with emphases placed on scaling specimen size which alone can change the mode of failure from plastic collapse to brittle fracture. Loading rate effects can also be scaled to control failure by yielding and fracture."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics, 5
Release date:	June 1986
First published:	June 1986
Editors-in-chief:	George C Sih
Authors:	Alberto Carpinteri
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
Edition:	1986 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-247-3233-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of solids > Stress & fracture Promotions
LSN:	90-247-3233-6
Barcode:	9789024732333

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