SP-118
Fracture Mechanics: Application to Concrete
1989, 298 pp.
$61.50

This Special Publication of 13 papers presents advances in fracture mechanics involving characterization, resistance measurements, computation tools, and material toughness. The document is divided into two sections. One section deals with the application of fracture mechanics to cementitious materials. The other section covers the application of fracture mechanics to concrete structures.

Contents:
*Technological implications of Concrete Fracture

Research--An Overview of Tensile Failure in Cementitious

Materials and Structures, by V.C. Li

*Fracture Resistance of Acrylic Fiber Reinforced Mortar in

Shear and Flexure, by R.J. Ward, K. Yamanobe, V.C. Li,

and S. Backer

*Fracture Toughness of Polymer Concrete, by C. Vipulanandan

and N. Dharmarajan

*A Nonlinear Model for Mode I Fracture of Fiber Reinforced

Concrete, by J.C. Chern, C.H. Young, and K.C. Wu

*Evaluation of Existing Fracture Models in Concrete, by

S. Ratanalert and M. Wecharatana

*Inelastic Constitutive Relations for Concrete, by L. Nobile

*Fracture Mechanics and the Concrete Codes, by A. Hillerborg

*Fracture Mechanics Size Effect and Ultimate Load of Beams

Under Torsion, by Z.P. Bazant, S. Sener, and P.C. Prat

*Size Effect in Concrete Structures Without Initial Crack, by

J. K. Kim, S. H. Eo, and H. K. Park

*Size-Scale Effects on the Brittleness of Concrete Structures:

Dimentional Analysis and Snap-Back Instability, by A. Carpinteri

*Shear Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Beams-A Fracture

Mechanics Approach by Y.S. Jeng and S.P. Shah

*Shear Strength of Large Reinforced Concrete Beams, by

T. Shioya, M. Iguro, Y. Nojiri, H. Akiyama, and T. Okada

*The Compression Stress-Strain Curve for Design of

Reinforced Concrete Beams, by A. Hillerborg