Quasibrittle Fracture Mechanics and Size Effect: A First Course

by Zdenek P Bazant, Jia-Liang Le, Marco Salviato, et al.

Many modern engineering structures are composed of brittle heterogenous, or quasibrittle, materials. These include concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, cold asphalt mixtures, and many brittle materials at the microscale. Understanding the failure behavior of these materials is of paramount importance for improving the resilience and sustainability of various engineering structures including civil infrastructure, aircraft, ships, military armors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192846248
• ISBN13: 9780192846242
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"