Cementitious materials, rocks and fibre-reinforced composites commonly termed as quasibrittle, need a different fracture mechanics approach to model the crack propagation study because of the presence of significant size of fracture process zone ahead of the crack-tip. Recent studies show that concrete structures manifest three important stages in fracture process: crack initiation, stable crack propagation and unstable fracture or failure. Fracture Mechanics concept can better explain the above various stages including the concepts of ductility, size-effect, strain softening and post-cracking behavior of concrete and concrete structures.
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From the reviews:
"The book presents various nonlinear models of concrete fracture with definition of the corresponding fracture parameters. ... this comprehensive analysis of real behavior of concrete gives new findings in the systematization of results of different authors. The book will be useful not only to teachers and students concerning with the concrete fracture and related issues, but also to specialists incorporating the basic fracture principles into design standards." (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1215, 2011)
"The book presents various nonlinear models of concrete fracture with definition of the corresponding fracture parameters. ... this comprehensive analysis of real behavior of concrete gives new findings in the systematization of results of different authors. The book will be useful not only to teachers and students concerning with the concrete fracture and related issues, but also to specialists incorporating the basic fracture principles into design standards." (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1215, 2011)