| Title | : | Concrete Fracture Models and Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Shailendra Kumar & Sudhirkumar V Barai |
| Release | : | 2011-02-08 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Civil Engineering, Books, Professional & Technical, Engineering, Science & Nature, Mathematics |
| Size | : | 5573168 |
| 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. |
