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Scaling of Structural Strength

Author : Zdenek P. Bazant
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080461352
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Scaling of Structural Strength by : Zdenek P. Bazant

Download or read book Scaling of Structural Strength written by Zdenek P. Bazant and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with a leading-edge topic of great interest and importance, exemplifying the relationship between experimental research, material modeling, structural analysis and design. It focuses on the effect of structure size on structural strength and failure behaviour. Bazant's theory has found wide application to all quasibrittle materials, including rocks, ice, modern fiber composites and tough ceramics. The topic of energetic scaling, considered controversial until recently, is finally getting the attention it deserves, mainly as a result of Bazant's pioneering work. In this new edition an extra section of data and new appendices covering twelve new application developments are included. - The first book to show the 'size effect' theory of structure size on strength - Presents the principles and applications of Bazant's pioneering work on structural strength - Revised edition with new material on topics including asymptotic matching, flexural strength of fiber-composite laminates, polymeric foam fractures and the design of reinforced concrete beams

Scaling of Structural Strength

Author : Z. P. Bažant
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560329848
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)

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Book Synopsis Scaling of Structural Strength by : Z. P. Bažant

Download or read book Scaling of Structural Strength written by Z. P. Bažant and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions of size effect and scaling on the integrity of structures have been around since at least the time of Leonardo da Vinci. Bazant (civil engineering and materials science, Northwestern U.) sketches the history of size effect studies before exploring size effect on fracture and crack mechanics in a number of materials. He explores applications of the known size effect law for the measurement of material fracture properties and the modeling of the size effect by the cohesive crack model, nonlocal finite element models, and discrete element models. Applications to quasibrittle materials, including concrete, fiber composites, sea ice, rocks, and ceramics are presented. The role of size effect in some famous structural catastrophes is then examined. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Scaling of Structural Strength

Author : Z. P. Bažant
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780750668491
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Scaling of Structural Strength by : Z. P. Bažant

Download or read book Scaling of Structural Strength written by Z. P. Bažant and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2005 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text focuses on the effect of size on the various factors that affect the performance of structures, for example, crack initiation, as well as the causes of such size effects.

Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle Structures

Author : Zdenek P. Bazant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107151708
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle Structures by : Zdenek P. Bazant

Download or read book Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle Structures written by Zdenek P. Bazant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an experimentally validated probabilistic strength theory of structures made of concrete, composites, ceramics and other quasibrittle materials.

Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques, Second Edition

Author : Harry G. Harris
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420049589
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (495 download)

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Book Synopsis Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques, Second Edition by : Harry G. Harris

Download or read book Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques, Second Edition written by Harry G. Harris and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques presents a current treatment of structural modeling for applications in design, research, education, and product development. Providing numerous case studies throughout, the book emphasizes modeling the behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete and masonry structures. Structural Modeling and Experimental Techniques: Concentrates on the modeling of the true inelastic behavior of structures Provides case histories detailing applications of the modeling techniques to real structures Discusses the historical background of model analysis and similitude principles governing the design, testing, and interpretation of models Evaluates the limitations and benefits of elastic models Analyzes materials for reinforced concrete masonry and steel models Assesses the critical nature of scale effects of model testing Describes selected laboratory techniques and loading methods Contains material on errors as well as the accuracy and reliability of physical modeling Examines dynamic similitude and modeling techniques for studying dynamic loading of structures Covers actual applications of structural modeling This book serves students in model analysis and experimental methods, professionals manufacturing and testing structural models, as well as professionals testing large or full-scale structures - since the instrumentation techniques and overall approaches for testing large structures are very similar to those used in small-scale modeling work.

Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials

Author : Zdenek P. Bazant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351447297
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Book Synopsis Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials by : Zdenek P. Bazant

Download or read book Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials written by Zdenek P. Bazant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials is the first in-depth text on the application of fracture mechanics to the analysis of failure in concrete structures. The book synthesizes a vast number of recent research results in the literature to provide a comprehensive treatment of the topic that does not give merely the facts - it provides true understanding. The many recent results on quasibrittle fracture and size effect, which were scattered throughout many periodicals, are compiled here in a single volume. This book presents a well-rounded discussion of the theory of size effect and scaling of failure loads in structures. The size effect, which is the most important practical manifestation of fracture behavior, has become a hot topic. It has gained prominence in current research on concrete and quasibrittle materials. The treatment of every subject in Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials proceeds from simple to complex, from specialized to general, and is as concise as possible using the simplest level of mathematics necessary to treat the subject clearly and accurately. Whether you are an engineering student or a practicing engineer, this book provides you with a clear presentation, including full derivations and examples, from which you can gain real understanding of fracture and size effect in concrete and other quasibrittle materials.

Structural Impact

Author : Norman Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139503332
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Structural Impact written by Norman Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-26 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural Impact is concerned with the behaviour of structures and components subjected to large dynamic, impact and explosive loads which produce inelastic deformations. It is of interest for safety calculations, hazard assessments and energy absorbing systems throughout industry. The first five chapters introduce the rigid plastic methods of analysis for the static behaviour and the dynamic response of beams, plates and shells. The influence of transverse shear, rotatory inertia, finite displacements and dynamic material properties are introduced and studied in some detail. Dynamic progressive buckling, which develops in several energy absorbing systems, and the phenomenon of dynamic plastic buckling are introduced. Scaling laws are discussed which are important for relating the response of small-scale experimental tests to the dynamic behaviour of full-scale prototypes. This text is invaluable to undergraduates, graduates and professionals learning about the behaviour of structures subjected to large impact, dynamic and blast loadings producing an inelastic response.

Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling

Author : Rex B. Kline
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462523005
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling written by Rex B. Kline and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling, Fifth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5191-0.

Long Term Durability of Structural Materials

Author : P.J.M. Monteiro
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080535593
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Long Term Durability of Structural Materials written by P.J.M. Monteiro and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-08-29 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long Term Durability of Structural Materials" features proceedings of the workshop held at Berkeley, CA in October, 2000. It brought together engineers and scientists, who have received grants from the initiative NSF 98-42, to share their results on the study of long-term durability of materials and structures. The major objective was to develop new methods for accelerated short-term laboratory or in-situ tests which allow accurate, reliable, predictions of the long-term performance of materials, machines and structures. To achieve this goal it was important to understand the fundamental nature of the deterioration and damage processes in materials and to develop innovative ways to model the behavior of these processes as they affect the life and long-term performance of components, machines and structures. The researchers discussed their approach to include size effects in scaling up from laboratory specimens to actual structures. Accelerated testing and durability modeling techniques developed were validated by comparing their results with performance under actual operating conditions. The main mechanism of the deterioration discussed included environmental effects and/or exposure to loads, speeds and other operating conditions that are not fully anticipated in the original design. A broad range of deterioration damage, such as fatigue, overload, ultraviolet damage, corrosion, and wear was presented. A broad range of materials of interest was also discussed, including the full spectrum of construction materials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and coatings. Emphasis was placed on scale-dependence and history of fabrication on resulting mechanical behavior of materials.

Structural Monitoring with Fiber Optic Technology

Author : Raymond M. Measures
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780124874305
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Structural Monitoring with Fiber Optic Technology written by Raymond M. Measures and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to address the field of structurally integrated fiber optic sensors. Fiber optic sensors embedded within materials and systems are able to measure a variety of parameters (i.e. temperature, vibration, deformation, strain, etc.) that allows for real time non-destructive evaluation. Examples include the following: monitoring structural fatigue in aging aircraft or loads in bridge structures. In more advanced applications, fiber optic sensors control actuators that allow materials to adapt to their environment. This gives rise to the names, "smart," "intelligent," and/or "adaptive" materials or structures. Structural Monitoring with Fiber Optic Technology is the firs single author book on the new field of fiber optic structural sensing. As such it provides: coverage of the fundamentals of the technology, a coherent and systematic discussion on the most important aspects of the subject, a broad view of the subject, while retaining a degree of focus on those advances most significant in terms of their future potential, particularly in regard to broad implementation of the technology. The book provides an introduction to the relevant value to structural monitoring. It also highlights the advantages of fiber optic based sensors over conventional electrical measurement technology. The book richly illustrates the subject matter with 615 figures and provides many examples of fiber optic structural sensing, including a detailed overview of a number of major field site applications. Most of these large scale applications are drawn from the civil engineering community as they have been the first to strongly embrace fiber optic structural monitoring. This is especiallytrue for bridges, where innovative new designs and the use of fiber reinforced polymer composite materials to replace steel represents a major advance that is expected to revolutionize the construction industry. Examples include new bridges, which are serving as testbeds for these new materials and are instrumented with arrays of fiber optic structural sensors. In one case, this state-of-the-art monitoring system permits engineers at a distant site to track the response of the bridge to traffic loads and keep an eye on the long term performance of the new materials. Fiber optic structural sensing technology is equally applicable to other industrial sectors, such as the aerospace and marine industries. Indeed, several examples of ships being instrumented with arrays of fiber optic sensors are also included. * The author directed one of the leading laboratories in the development of this technology and its application to civil engineering * Provides a strong, concise foundation in the basics of the technology * Includes many examples of the application of the technology, including many major field site case studies * Richly illustrated with 615 figures, many redrawn to make them easier to understand; also includes over 600 references * Written in a style designed to help the reader unfamiliar with fiber optic technology appreciate what can be accomplished with this new form of structural monitoring

Quasibrittle Fracture Mechanics and Size Effect

Author : Jia-Liang Le
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192846248
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Quasibrittle Fracture Mechanics and Size Effect written by Jia-Liang Le and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many modern engineering structures are composed of brittle heterogenous, or quasibrittle, materials. These include concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, cold asphalt mixtures, and many brittle materials at the microscale. Understanding the failure behavior of these materials is of paramount importance for improving the resilience and sustainability of various engineering structures including civil infrastructure, aircraft, ships, military armors, and microelectronic devices. Designed for graduate and upper-level undergraduate university courses, this textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of quasibrittle fracture mechanics. It includes a concise but rigorous examination of linear elastic fracture mechanics, which is the foundation of all fracture mechanics. It also covers the fundamental concepts of nonlinear fracture mechanics, and introduces more advanced concepts such as triaxial stress state in the fracture process zone, nonlocal continuum models, and discrete computational models. Finally, the book features extensive discussion of the various practical applications of quasibrittle fracture mechanics across different structures and engineering disciplines, and throughout includes exercises and problems for students to test their understanding.

IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics

Author : F. M. Borodich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402090331
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics by : F. M. Borodich

Download or read book IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics written by F. M. Borodich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on ‘Scaling in Solid Mechanics’, held in Cardiff from 25th to 29th June 2007. The Symposium was convened to address and place on record topical issues in theoretical, experimental and computational aspects of scaling approaches to solid mechanics and related elds. Scaling is a rapidly expanding area of research having multidisciplinary - plications. The expertise represented in the Symposium was accordingly very wide, and many of the world’s greatest authorities in their respective elds participated. Scaling methods apply wherever there is similarity across many scales or one need to bridge different scales, e. g. the nanoscale and macroscale. The emphasis in the Symposium was upon fundamental issues such as: mathematical foundations of scaling methods based on transformations and connections between multi-scale approaches and transformations. The Symposium remained focussed on fundam- tal research issues of practical signi cance. The considered topics included damage accumulation, growth of fatigue cracks, development of patterns of aws in earth’s core and inice, abrasiveness of rough surfaces, and soon. The Symposium consisted of forty-two oral presentations. All of the lectures were invited. Full record of the programme appears as an Appendix. Several of the lectures are not represented, mainly because of prior commitments to publish elsewhere. The proceedings p- vide a reasonable picture of understanding as it exists at present. The Symposium showed that scaling methods cannot be reduced solely to dimensional analysis and fractal approaches.

Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures

Author : Gunther Meschke
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415397490
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (974 download)

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Book Synopsis Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures by : Gunther Meschke

Download or read book Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures written by Gunther Meschke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-03-16 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceedings brings together the work of researchers and practising engineers concerned with computational modelling of complex concrete, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures in engineering practice. The subjects considered include computational mechanics of concrete and other cementitious materials, including masonry. Advanced discretisation methods and microstructural aspects within multi-field and multi-scale settings are discussed, as well as modelling formulations and constitutive modelling frameworks and novel experimental programmes. The conference also considered the need for reliable, high-quality analysis and design of concrete structures in regard to safety-critical structures, with a view to adopting these in codes of practice or recommendations. The book is of special interest to researchers in computational mechanics, and industry experts in complex nonlinear simulations of concrete structures.

Scaling

Author : Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521319874
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Scaling written by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-07-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the importance of animal size. We tend to think of animal function in chemical terms and talk of water, salts, proteins, enzymes, oxygen, energy, and so on. We should not forget, however, that physical laws are equally important, for they determine rates of diffusion and heat transfer, transfer of force and momentum, the strength of structures, the dynamics of locomotion, and other aspects of the functioning of animal bodies. Physical laws provide possibilities and opportunities for an organism, yet they also impose constraints, setting limits to what is physically possible. This book aims to give an understanding of these rules because of their profound implications when we deal with animals of widely different size and scale. The reader will find that the book raises many questions. Remarkable and puzzling information makes it read a little like a detective story, but the last chapter, instead of giving the final solution, neither answers all questions nor provides one great unifying principle.

Size Effect in Concrete Materials and Structures

Author : Xiuli Du
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813349433
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Size Effect in Concrete Materials and Structures written by Xiuli Du and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book gathers a large amount of the recent research results on this topic to provide a better understanding of the size effect by giving a quantitative description of the relationship between the properties of engineering concrete-making material (e.g. the nominal strength) and the corresponding structure size. To be precise, this is about to explore the new static and dynamic unified size effect laws for concrete materials, as well as size effect laws for concrete components. Besides presenting clear and accurate descriptions that further deepen our fundamental knowledge, this book provides additionally useful tools for the scientific design of concrete structures in practical engineering applications.

Fatigue and Fracture of Non-metallic Materials and Structures

Author : Andrea Spagnoli
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039287788
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Fatigue and Fracture of Non-metallic Materials and Structures written by Andrea Spagnoli and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mechanics of fracture and fatigue have produced a huge body of research work in relation to applications to metal materials and structures. However, a variety of non-metallic materials (e.g., concrete and cementitious composites, rocks, glass, ceramics, bituminous mixtures, composites, polymers, rubber and soft matter, bones and biological materials, and advanced and multifunctional materials) have received relatively less attention, despite their attractiveness for a large spectrum of applications related to the components and structures of diverse engineering branches, applied sciences and architecture, and to the load-carrying systems of biological organisms. This book covers the broad topic of structural integrity of non-metallic materials, considering the modelling, assessment, and reliability of structural elements of any scale. Original contributions from engineers, mechanical materials scientists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians are presented, applying both experimental and theoretical approaches.

Oil and Gas Pipelines

Author : R. Winston Revie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119019192
Total Pages : 855 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Oil and Gas Pipelines written by R. Winston Revie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and detailed reference guide on the integrity and safety of oil and gas pipelines, both onshore and offshore Covers a wide variety of topics, including design, pipe manufacture, pipeline welding, human factors, residual stresses, mechanical damage, fracture and corrosion, protection, inspection and monitoring, pipeline cleaning, direct assessment, repair, risk management, and abandonment Links modern and vintage practices to help integrity engineers better understand their system and apply up-to-date technology to older infrastructure Includes case histories with examples of solutions to complex problems related to pipeline integrity Includes chapters on stress-based and strain-based design, the latter being a novel type of design that has only recently been investigated by designer firms and regulators Provides information to help those who are responsible to establish procedures for ensuring pipeline integrity and safety