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- Title: Concrete Fracture Models and Applications
- Author : Shailendra Kumar & Sudhirkumar V Barai
- Release Date : January 08, 2011
- Genre: Civil Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 5573 KB
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.