Nano-mechanics based modeling of lifetime distribution of quasibrittle structures

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2521-2529

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a   Le, Jia Liang ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Quasibrittle materials; Size effect; Statistics; Strength

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LATTICE; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CONSTANT LOADS; CREEP RUPTURES; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FIBER COMPOSITE; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW; PROBABILISTIC THEORY; QUASIBRITTLE MATERIAL; QUASIBRITTLE MATERIALS; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECTS; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; STRUCTURE SIZES; STRUCTURE STRENGTH; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; TAIL PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCRETES; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FRACTURE; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; SAFETY FACTOR; SIZE DETERMINATION;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69249226283     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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