Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle Structures Bazant Le Hardback

Probabilistic Mechanics of Quasibrittle StructuresStrength, Lifetime, and Size Effect\nAuthor(s): Zdenek P. Bazant, Jia-Liang Le\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107151703, 978-1107151703\nSynopsis\nQuasibrittle (or brittle heterogeneous) materials are becoming increasingly important for modern engineering. They include concretes, rocks, fiber composites, tough ceramics, sea ice, bone, wood, stiff soils, rigid foams, glass, dental and biomaterials, as well as all brittle materials on the micro or nano scale. Their salient feature is that the fracture process zone size is non-negligible compared to the structural dimensions. This causes intricate energetic and statistical size effects and leads to size-dependent probability distribution of strength, transitional between Gaussian and Weibullian. The ensuing difficult challenges for safe design are vanquished in this book, which features a rigorou.