Published 2011 | Version v1
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Concrete fracture models and applications

Creators

  • 1. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (India). Civil Engineering Dept.
  • 2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India). Civil Engineering Dept.

Description

Cementitious materials, rocks and fibre-reinforced composites commonly termed as quasibrittle, need a different fracture mechanics approach to model the crack propagation study because of the presence of significant size of fracture process zone ahead of the crack-tip. Recent studies show that concrete structures manifest three important stages in fracture process: crack initiation, stable crack propagation and unstable fracture or failure. Fracture Mechanics concept can better explain the above various stages including the concepts of ductility, size-effect, strain softening and post-cracking behavior of concrete and concrete structures. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Also electronically available via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16764-5

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-16764-5;

Publishing Information

Publisher
Springer
Imprint Place
Berlin (Germany)
ISBN
978-3-642-16763-8
Imprint Pagination
432 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
42016816
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CONCRETES; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MANUALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN SOFTENING
Descriptors DEC
BUILDING MATERIALS; DOCUMENT TYPES; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; TENSILE PROPERTIES