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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 / edited by Alberto Carpinteri.

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Symposium on Size-Scale Effects in the Failure Mechanisms of Materials and Structures (1994 : Turin, Italy)

Publication

London ; New York : E & FN Spon

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Additional Authors

• Carpinteri, A.
• International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures.
• European Structural Integrity Society.

Description

x, 593 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Strength of materials > Congresses
• Structural failures > Congresses

Note

• Sponsoring organizations: IUTAM, RILEM, ESIS.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Strength and toughness in disordered materials: complete and incomplete similarity / A. Carpinteri -- 2. A renormalization technique in the study of concrete elements of increasing size / F. Bontempi and F. Casciati -- 3. Comparison of lattice type fracture models for concrete under biaxial loading regimes / M. R. A. van Vliet and J. G. M. van Mier -- 4. Examples of fractals in rock mechanics / H. J. Herrmann, A. N. B. Poliakov and F. Tzschichholz -- 5. Damage incurred during the polymerization of thermosets / D. Krajcinovic -- 6. Roughness and fracture toughness of cement-based matrices / D. A. Lange and S. P. Shah -- 7. Tortuosity of crack path, fracture toughness and scale effect in brittle fracture / A. Chudnovsky and M. Gorelik -- 8. On the relation between fracture surface characteristics and material properties / G. Frantziskonis -- 9. The roughness of fracture surfaces: relevant lengthscales and fracture toughness / E. Bouchaud --
• 10. Strain localization and crack dispersion on concrete beams in bending / K. Rokugo, N. Kurihara, Y. Uchida and W. Koyanagi -- 11. Representativeness of laboratory strength testing / M. P. Luong -- 12. Interface fracture energy and aggregate size effects in particulate solids / G. Baker -- 13. On the influence of local disorder on size-effect / D. Breysse and P. Renaudin -- 14. A probabilistic discrete cracking model of concrete in tension and compression / P. Rossi -- 15. Dimensional effect in electrical breakdown of insulating materials and structures / L. Simoni, G. Mazzanti and G. C. Montanari -- 16. Higher order gradients and size effects / E. C. Aifantis -- 17. Stochastic approaches for damage evolution in local and non-local continua / R. de Borst and J. Carmeliet -- 18. A continuum thermodynamics approach for size effects in the failure of concrete-type materials and structures / C. Huet --
• 19. Scaling of cohesive fracture (with ramification to fractal cracks) / Y. N. Li and Z. P. Bazant -- 20. Size effect in concrete and reinforced concrete structures / J. Ozbolt and R. Eligehausen -- 21. Prediction of size-effect based on cohesive crack models / M. Elices, G. V. Guinea and J. Planas -- 22. Physical causes for size effect in concrete structures / B. L. Karihaloo -- 23. Critical dimensions for scaling effects in the fracture of quasi-brittle materials / E. Smith -- 24. Analytical model for fictitious crack propagation in reinforced concrete beams without debonding / J. P. Ulfkjaer and R. Brincker -- 25. Scale effects in the cohesive process zone and structural response / F. Barpi and S. Valente -- 26. Size effect study in three fracture test specimens / B. I. G. Barr, D. R. Brokenshire and S. K. A. Al-Oraimi -- 27. Fracture mechanics properties and size effect in concrete / H. Mihashi, N. Nomura and J. K. Kim --
• 28. Fracture energy of concrete - Nonstandard evaluation / J. Kasperkiewicz -- 29. Size-effect sensitivity - Three-point bending test versus wedge splitting test / H. N. Linsbauer and A. Sajna -- 30. Size-scale effects in the failure of brittle materials and composite structures / K. P. Chong and D. H. Kim -- 31. Near-tip dual-length scale mechanics of laminate composites / R. Ballarini, S. Islam and P. G. Charalambides -- 32. Scaling in elastoplastic fracture mechanics / A. G. Atkins and Chen Zhong -- 33. Size effects in the ductile crack growth of metals / C. E. Turner -- 34. A numerical evaluation of resistance curves - geometry and size effects / O. Kolednik, G. X. Shan and F. D. Fischer -- 35. Size effects during crack propagation in ductile materials / E. Steck and M. Erbe -- 36. Optical field methods for 3-D deformation measurement in fracture mechanics / D. Bergmann, K. Galanulis and R. Ritter --
• 37. Some comments on the scaling of inelastic structures loaded dynamically / N. Jones -- 38. Macro-superdeep penetration: the mystery of a size-scale effect / G. P. Cherepanov -- 39. Mechanical size effect of impact strength and related applications / I. Maekawa -- 40. Simulation of concrete perforation based on a continuum damage model / E. P. Chen -- Let us cement our friendship (poem) / Cirdec Renrut.

ISBN

0419205209

OCLC

ocm34491236

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