Abstract
Although fracture can often be considered as time-dependent, in many situations the time dependence of fracture must be taken into account. This case holds true for both dynamic fracture and for static fracture under long-time loading. The time dependence of fracture has in the past been studied chiefly for the materials in which the fracture process zone is small relative to the structure size. This cannot be assumed for quasibrittle materials with coarse heterogeneous microstructure. In these materials, the time-dependent generalization must be based on models that take the existence of a large fracture process zone into account.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 852-856 |
Number of pages | 5 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1996 |
Event | Proceedings of the 1996 11th Conference on Engineering Mechanics. Part 1 (of 2) - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA Duration: May 19 1996 → May 22 1996 |
Conference
Conference | Proceedings of the 1996 11th Conference on Engineering Mechanics. Part 1 (of 2) |
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City | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA |
Period | 5/19/96 → 5/22/96 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Architecture