Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Reinforced Concrete

Alberto Carpinteri is Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Among his many awards he is Past President of the European Structural Integrity Society and of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures; a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the Member of the American Academy of Mechanics; Recipient of RILEM‘s Robert l'Hermite Medal, and of the JSME Medal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Size effect in quasi-brittle micro-heterogeneous structures: deterministic and statistical theories. Size effects in concrete structures. Stress-crack opening relation and size effect in concrete. Size effects in two compact test specimen geometries. Scaling in tensile and compressive fracture of concrete. Prediction of fracture of concrete and fibre reinforced concrete by the R-curve approach. Size effect in concrete structures: an R-curve approach. Modelling crack toughness curves in fibre-reinforced cement composites. Fracture mechanics evaluation of anchorage bearing capacity in concrete. Anchor bolts modelled with fracture mechanics. Simulation of bond and anchorage: usefulness of softening fracture mechanics. Analysis of steel-concrete bond with damage mechanics: nonlinear behaviour and size effect. Splitting failure of a strain-softening material due to bond stress. Fracture mechanics evaluation of minimum reinforcement in concrete structures. Minimum reinforcement requirements for concrete flexural members. Fracture mechanics application to reinforced concrete members in flexure. Role of compressive fracture energy of concrete on the failure behaviour of reinforced beams. Shear crack stability along a precast reinforced concrete joint. Shear strength of reinforced concrete beams. Effect of fibre modified fracture properties on shear resistance of reinforced mortar and concrete beams. Failure modes of longitudinally reinforced beams. Reinforced concrete beam behaviour under cyclic loadings. An expert system approach to applying fracture mechanics to reinforced concrete. Index.