Scaling of Structural Strength

This book is concerned with the importance of experimental research, material modeling, structural analysis and design. It focuses on the structural strength and failure behavior.

Bazant's theory has found all quasibrittle materials, including rocks, ice, modern fiber composites and tough ceramics. The basics of energetic scaling, considered controversial until recently, and finally, the result of Bazant's pioneering work. In this new edition, there is a new app.

* The first book to show the 'size effect' theory of structure size on strength
* Presents the principles and applications of Bazant's pioneering work on structural strength
* Revised edition with new material on topics, including asymptotic matching, flexural strength of fiber-composite laminates, polymeric foam fractures and reinforced concrete


Introduction; Asymptotic Analysis of Size Effect; Randomness and Disorder; Energetic Scaling for Sea Ice and Concrete Structures; Energetic Scaling of Compression Fracture and Further Applications to Concrete, Rocks and Composites; Scaling via J-Integral, with Application to Kink Bands in Fiber Composites; Time Dependence, Repeated Loads and Energy Absorption Capacity; Computational Approaches to Quasibrittle Fracture and its Scaling; New Asymptotic Scaling Analysis of Cohesive Crack Model and Smeared-Tip Method; Size Effect at Continuum Limit on Approach to Atomic Lattice Scale; Future Perspectives; Appendices