Fracture Scaling

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...

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Other Authors: Bazant, Zdenek P. (Editor), Rajapakse, Y. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Micromechanical Analysis
  • Models of interface separation accompanied by plastic dissipation at multiple scales
  • The effects of heterogeneity and anisotropy on the size effect in cracked polycrystalline films
  • Size effect relations associated with cohesive zone type fracture at a blunt stress concentration
  • Scaling laws for elastoplastic fracture
  • 2. Size Effects in Fiber Composites
  • Scale effects in the initiation of cracking of a scarf joints
  • Size effect in fracture of unidirectional composite plates
  • Size effect on compression strength of fiber composites failing by kink band propagation
  • Is there a thickness effect on compressive strength of unnotched composite laminates?
  • 3. Scaling and Heterogeneity
  • Failure and scaling properties of a softening interface connected to an elastic block
  • A Model for predicting grain boundary cracking in polycrystalline viscoplastic materials including scale effects
  • Effect of strain gradients on the size effect of concrete in uniaxial tension
  • Scaling phenomena due to fractal contact in concrete and rock fractures
  • Fractals and fractal scaling in fracture mechanics
  • 4. Computational Aspects and Nonlocal or Gradient Models
  • A unified framework for concrete damage and fracture models including size effects
  • Finite element simulation of ring expansion and fragmentation: The capturing of length and time scales through cohesive models of fracture
  • Strain gradient interpretation of size effects
  • Use of neural networks for fitting of FE probabilistic scaling model parameters
  • 5. Size Effects in Concrete, Ice and Soils
  • Scale effects on the in-situ tensile strength and fracture of ice. Part I: Large grained freshwater ice at Spray Lakes Reservoir, Alberta
  • Scale effects on the in-situ tensile strength and fracture of ice. Part II: First-year sea ice at Resolute, N.W.T.
  • Size effect and inverse analysis in concrete fracture
  • Size effect in shallow and deep notched quasi-brittle structures
  • Size effect on the concrete cone pullout load
  • Fracture and size effect characters of cemented sand
  • Author index