TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
T2 - How the theory evolved and how it impacts practice
AU - Bažant, Zdeněk P.
AU - Jirásek, Milan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Complex physical phenomena usually have a long history, must draw on many fields of science, and have a multifaceted practical impact. The creep, shrinkage, moisture diffusion, and thermal effects in concrete are an excellent example. This brief chapter highlights the main historical advances, beginning in 1887. It introduces the reader to the general problematics and breadth of the present complex phenomenon and points out diverse creep, moisture, and thermal effects on practical concrete structures, not only negative but also positive. Additionally, recognizing that various concrete structures have very different levels of sensitivity to these effects, the present chapter discerns five different structure types requiring different levels of sophistication in design calculations, depending on the practical impact. They range from simple and crude quasi-elastic estimates to computations based on experimentally verified theory of greater, though inevitable, complexity.
AB - Complex physical phenomena usually have a long history, must draw on many fields of science, and have a multifaceted practical impact. The creep, shrinkage, moisture diffusion, and thermal effects in concrete are an excellent example. This brief chapter highlights the main historical advances, beginning in 1887. It introduces the reader to the general problematics and breadth of the present complex phenomenon and points out diverse creep, moisture, and thermal effects on practical concrete structures, not only negative but also positive. Additionally, recognizing that various concrete structures have very different levels of sensitivity to these effects, the present chapter discerns five different structure types requiring different levels of sophistication in design calculations, depending on the practical impact. They range from simple and crude quasi-elastic estimates to computations based on experimentally verified theory of greater, though inevitable, complexity.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-024-1138-6_1
DO - 10.1007/978-94-024-1138-6_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85041126077
T3 - Solid Mechanics and its Applications
SP - 3
EP - 8
BT - Solid Mechanics and its Applications
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -