Modeling statistical size effect in concrete by the extreme value theory

5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 867-875

  Vořechovský, Miroslav ^a   Novák, Drahomír ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; LARGE STRUCTURES; SIZE EFFECTS; STABILITY PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL SIZE EFFECT; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TEST DATA; WEIBULL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; STABILITY;

SIZE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33846445335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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