Fracture of Concrete and Rock: SEM-RILEM International Conference, June 17-19, 1987, Houston, Texas, USA

This book focuses on the problems related to a comprehensive treatment of mechanics of fracture of quasi-brittle materials, such as ceramics, concrete and some rock. Experimental treatment of fracture process zone using laser holographic interferometry and infrared thermography as well as theoretical treatment of nonlinear fracture mechanics are discussed in detail. In addition, numerical simulations of strain softening, discrete cracks, and smeared cracks are presented. Models for quasi-static …