TY - BOOK ID - 5513283 TI - Scaling of structural strength PY - 2005 SN - 1280629355 9786610629350 0080461352 0750668490 9780080461359 9780750668491 9781280629358 6610629358 PB - Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, DB - UniCat KW - Engineering. KW - Scaling laws (Statistical physics). KW - Strength of materials. KW - Structural analysis (Engineering). KW - Civil Engineering KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Structural analysis (Engineering) KW - Scaling laws (Statistical physics) KW - Ratio and proportion (Statistical physics) KW - Scale invariance (Statistical physics) KW - Scaling hypothesis (Statistical physics) KW - Scaling phenomena (Statistical physics) KW - Architectural engineering KW - Engineering, Architectural KW - Materials, Strength of KW - Resistance of materials KW - Structural mechanics KW - Structures, Theory of KW - Physical laws KW - Ranking and selection (Statistics) KW - Statistical physics KW - Building materials KW - Flexure KW - Mechanics KW - Testing KW - Elasticity KW - Graphic statics KW - Strains and stresses KW - Structural engineering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5513283 AB - This book is concerned with a leading-edge topic of great interest and importance, exemplifying the relationship between experimental research, material modeling, structural analysis and design. It focuses on the effect of structure size on structural strength and failure behaviour. Bazant's theory has found wide application to all quasibrittle materials, including rocks, ice, modern fiber composites and tough ceramics. The topic of energetic scaling, considered controversial until recently, is finally getting the attention it deserves, mainly as a result of Bazant's pioneering work. I ER -