Applications of fracture mechanics to reinforced concrete / edited by Alberto Carpinteri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carpinteri, Alberto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reinforced concrete--Cracking--Congresses.

Reinforced concrete.

Fracture mechanics--Congresses.

Fracture mechanics.

Reinforced concrete--Testing--Congresses.

Reinforced concrete construction--Testing--Congresses.

Reinforced concrete construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (631 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2005.

Summary:

This volume is based on the papers presented at the International Workshop on the Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Reinforced Concrete held in Turin, Italy, 6 October 1990.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

1: Size effect in quasi-brittle micro-heterogeneous structures: deterministic and statistical theories

2: Size effect in concrete structures

3: Stress-crack opening relation and size effect in concrete

4: Size effects in two compact test specimen geometries

5: Scaling in tensile and compressive fracture of concrete

6: Prediction of fracture of concrete and fiber reinforced concrete by the R-curve approach

7: Size effect in concrete structures: an R-curve approach

8: Modelling crack toughness curves in fibre-reinforced cement composites

9: Fracture mechanics evaluation of anchorage bearing capacity in concrete

10: Anchor bolts modelled with fracture mechanics

11: Simulation of bond and anchorage: usefulness of softening fracture mechanics

12: Analysis of steel-concrete bond with damage mechanics: nonlinear behaviour and size effect

13: Splitting failure of a strain-softening material due to bond stresses

14: Fracture mechanics evaluation of minimum reinforcement in concrete structures

15: Minimum reinforcement requirements for concrete flexural members

16: Fracture mechanics application to reinforced concrete members in flexure

17: Role of compressive fracture energy of concrete on the failure behavior of reinforced concrete beams

18: Shear crack stability along a precast reinforced concrete joint

19: Shear strength of reinforced concrete beams

20: Effect of fiber modified fracture properties on shear resistance of reinforced mortar and concrete beams

21: Failure modes of longitudinally reinforced beams

22: Reinforced concrete beam behavior under cyclic loadings

23: An expert system approach to applying fracture mechanics to reinforced concrete

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4822-9662-4

OCLC:

1027767230