Probabilistic assessment of fatigue crack growth in concrete

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2156-2164

  Sain, Trisha ^a   Chandra Kishen, J M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fatigue; Fracture; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic assessment; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

APPLIED LOADING; CONCRETE; CONCRETE BEAMS; CRACK WIDTHS; CYCLIC STRESSING; FATIGUE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE FAILURES; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE PROCESSES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM STRESS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOTCH LENGTH; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS HISTORIES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR RANGE; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES; STRUCTURAL FAILURES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50249171017     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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