Probamat-21st century : probabilities and materials : tests, models, and applications for the 21st century / edited by George N. Frantziskonis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frantziskonis, George N.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

NATO ASI series. High technology ; Partnership sub-series 3, vol. 46.

NATO ASI series. Partnership sub-series 3, High technology ; vol. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials--Mathematical models.

Materials.

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

xvi, 615 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1998]

Contents:

Purpose and Workshop outcome ix

Chapter 1. Material structure, description and applications

Simultaneous failures in fiber bundles / A. Hansen, P.C. Hemmer 1

Synergetical models of fatigue-surface appearance in metals: the scale levels of self-organization, the rotation effects, and density of fracture energy / A.A. Shanyavskii 11

Lacunarity of the contact domain between elastic bodies with rough boundaries

Numerical analysis and scale effects / M. Borri-Brunetto, A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia 45

How far can we control the heterogeneity of wood and wood based materials through design? / P. Castera 65

Crack roughness / A. Tanguy, M. Gounelle, S. Roux 73

Common characteristics of damage accumulation and fracture of solids / L.R. Botvina 93

Chapter 2. Scaling, fracture and applications

Mechanical response of disordered media/patterns, measurements and modelling / D. Breysse 109

Failure scaling as multiscale instability in defect ensemble / O.B. Naimark, M.M. Davydova, O.A. Plechov 127

A statistical-probabilistic approach to microstructure-structure relations in failure and damage of ceramic composites / J. Lamon, N. Lissart 143

Kinetic models of brittle crack growth: crack pattern statistics and longevity of solids / A.I. Malkin 161

From classic to fractal mechanics of disordered media: self-consistency versus self-similarity / T. Chelidze, Y. Gueguen, M. Le Ravalec 197

Chapter 3. Structures and structural components

Probabilistic models of structures / D. Jeulin 233

A new model for inter-fibre-failure of high-strenght unidirectionally reinforced plastics and its reliability implications / R. Rackwitz, S. Gollwitzer 259

Probabilistic approach to dimensioning of structures exposed to stochastic operating loads / M. Bily 275

Modeling of material uncertainties using the nonlinear stochastic finite element method / A. Haldar, J. Huh 299

Structural approach in contimuun modeling of damageable particulate composites / V.V. Moshev, L.A. Golotina, O.K. Garishin, L.L. Kozhevnikova 311

Finite element and reliability: combined methods by response surface / M. Lemaire 317

Probabilistic design of performance in glued laminated timber / H. Mihashi, N. Itagaki 333

Chapter 4. Numerics, simulation techniques and design processes

Scale effect for concrete specimens: a numerical model.-Numerical modelling of concrete elements of increasing size / F. Bontempi, F. Casciati 347

Multiscale material characterization and applications / G.N. Frantziskonis, M.P. Blodgett 367

Probailistic aspects in shape memory alloy modelling-Constitutive law for energy dissipators / L. Faravelli, L. Petrini 379

Homogenization of random granular media / K. Sab 393

Towards quantitatively correct micromechanics models / J.G.M van Mier, A. Vervuurt 405

Chapter 5. Porous and granular media

Multiscale permeability and dispersion in randomly heterogeneous geologic media / V. Di Federico, S.P. Neuman 419

Probabilistic modeling of granular media anisotropy / G. Auvinet 455

A unique model for the sand and clay behavior / J.L. Favre, J. Biarez, F. Hachi 465

A comparison between "measured" and "calculated" values in geotechnics - An application to settlements / C. Cherubini, V.R. Greco 481

Informational methods in optimization of tools / L.L. Mishnaevsky Jr, S. Schmauder 499

Chapter 6. Fracture, fatigue

Stochastic modeling of fatigue crack growth in metals / K. Dolinski 511

Two plasticity models considering micromechanics of observed phenomena / P.V. Trusov, I.E. Keller, A.V. Kluev 531

Statistical kinetics of fracture of heterogeneous solids / V.S. Kuksenko, N.G. Tomilin, E.E. Damaskinskaya 539

Deterministic and stochastic aspects of strain localization in the fatigue of metals / M. Zaiser, M. Avlonitis, E.C. Aifantis 557

Part II Synthetic papers and round table discussions

Scales! / S. Roux 573

Introductory remarks to session C: structures and structural components / D. Jeulin 579

About the use of probabilities in material response prediction and material design / D. Breysse 585

Natural materials and composites / L.L. Mishnaevsky Jr. 595

Crack growth and damage accumulation

A review of five papers for Probamat

21st Century / F. Casciati 601.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0792349776

OCLC:

38199424