文档介绍：Concrete Fracture Models and Applications
Shailendra Kumar · Sudhirkumar V. Barai
Concrete Fracture Models
and Applications
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Asst. Professor Shailendra Kumar Prof. Sudhirkumar V. Barai
National Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering Department Civil Engineering Department
Jamshedpur Kharagpur
India India
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Foreword
Fracture mechanics as a discipline of mechanics goes back to the early years of the
20th century. It started with the description and explanation of the cracking behavior
and failure of glass which could not be explained by means of the strength of mate-
rials approach. The material to which the new theory was applied had to be elastic
an