Springer Concrete Fracture Models and Applications

Concrete-Fracture Models and Applications provides a basic introduction to nonlinear concrete fracture models. Readers will find a state-of-the-art review on various aspects of the material behavior and development of different concrete fracture models. Review From the reviews:“The book presents various nonlinear models of concrete fracture with definition of the corresponding fracture parameters. … this comprehensive analysis of real behavior of concrete gives new findings in the systematization of results of different authors. The book will be useful not only to teachers and students concerning with the concrete fracture and related issues, but also to specialists incorporating the basic fracture principles into design standards.” (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1215, 2011) From the Back Cover Cementitious materials, rocks and fibre-reinforced composites commonly termed as quasibrittle, need a different fracture mechanics approach to model the crack propagation study because of the presence of significant size of fracture process zone ahead of the crack-tip. Recent studies show that concrete structures manifest three important stages in fracture process: crack initiation, stable crack propagation and unstable fracture or failure. Fracture Mechanics concept can better explain the above various stages including the concepts of ductility, size-effect, strain softening and post-cracking behavior of concrete and concrete structures. About the Author Shailendra Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India. He received his B.Sc. (Engg) degree in Civil Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur, India in 1993, M.E. degree in Structural Engineering from NIT Rourkela, India in 1996 and Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, India in 2010. His research interests are Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, Fibre-reinforced Concrete and Soft Computing Applications. He has authored/co-authored more than 40 papers in International/National Journals and Conferences. Sudhirkumar V Barai is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. In 1995, he obtained Ph.D (Eng.) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received the degrees of B.E.(Civil) and M.E.(Civil) with specialization in Structural Engineering in 1987 and 1989, respectively, from the Faculty of Engineering, MS University of Baroda, Baroda, India. His research interests are: Structural Health Monitoring, Computational Mechanics and Concrete Technology. He has published more than 130 papers in leading international journals and conferences in his research fields.