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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 c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author:
Zdenek P Bazant has held the W P Murphy Chair of Civil Engineering and Materials Science at Northwestern University, Illinois since 1990, where he was also Director of the Center for Concrete and Geomaterials from 1981 to 1987. He served as President of the Society of Engineering Science and of IA-FRAMCOS, and Editor of the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. The author of 6 books and over 400 journal articles, he has been inducted to the US National Academy of Engineering and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research contributions have been recognized by many awards, including the SES Prager Medal, ASME Warner Award, ASCE Newmark Medal and Croes Medal and RILEM L'Hermite Medal, and by honorary doctorate from universities in Prague, Karlsruhe, Milan and Boulder, CO.
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'Consolidates most of Bazant's pioneering research work in energetic strength scaling in an accessible format... a fascinating read and I highly recommend it to any practitioners of this subject.'
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- PublisherTaylor & Francis
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 156032984X
- ISBN 13 9781560329848
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages210
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