PROBAMAT-21st Century: Probabilities and Materials: Tests, Models and Applications for the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Simultaneous Failures in Fiber Bundles....Pages 1-10
Synergetical Models of Fatigue-Surface Appearance in Metals: the Scale Levels of Self-Organization, the Rotation Effects, and Density of Fracture Energy....Pages 11-44
Lacunarity of the Contact Domain Between Elastic Bodies with Rough Boundaries....Pages 45-64
How Far Can We Control the Heterogeneity of Wood and Wood Based Materials Through Design ?....Pages 65-72
Crack Roughness....Pages 73-91
Common Characteristics of Damage Accumulation and Fracture of Solids....Pages 93-107
Mechanical Response of Disordered Media / Patterns, Measurements and Modelling....Pages 109-126
Failure Scaling as Multiscale Instability in Defect Ensemble....Pages 127-142
A Statistical-Probabilistic Approach to Microstructure-Structure Relations in Failure and Damage of Ceramic Composites....Pages 143-160
Kinetic Models of Brittle Crack Growth: Crack Pattern Statistics and Longevity of Solids....Pages 161-196
From Classic to Fractal Mechanics of Disordered Media: Self-Consistency Versus Self-Similarity....Pages 197-231
Probabilistic Models of Structures....Pages 233-257
A New Model for Inter-Fibre-Failure of High Strength Uni-Directionally Reinforced Plastics and its Reliability Implications....Pages 259-274
Probabilistic Approach to Dimensioning of Structures Exposed to Stochastic Operating Loads....Pages 275-298
Modeling of Material Uncertainties Using the Nonlinear Stochastic Finite Element Method....Pages 299-310
Structural Approach in Continuum Modeling of Damageable Particulate Composites....Pages 311-316
Finite Element and Reliability: Combined Methods by Response Surface....Pages 317-331
Probabilistic Design of Performance in Glued Laminated Timber....Pages 333-345
Scale Effect for Concrete Specimens: A Numerical Model....Pages 347-366
Multlscale Material Characterization and Applications....Pages 367-378
Probabilistic Aspects in Shape Memory Alloy Modelling....Pages 379-391
Homogenization of Random Granular Media....Pages 393-403
Towards Quantitatively Correct Micromechanics Models....Pages 405-417
Multiscale Permeability and Dispersion in Randomly Heterogeneous Geologic Media....Pages 419-453
Probabilistic Modeling of Granular Media Anisotropy....Pages 455-464
A Unique Model for the Sand and Clay Behavior....Pages 465-479
A Comparison Between “Measured” and “Calculated” Values in Geotechnics....Pages 481-498
Informational Methods in Optimization of Tools....Pages 499-510
Stochastic Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth in Metals....Pages 511-530
Two Plasticity Models Considering Micromechanisms of Observed Phenomena....Pages 531-537
Statistical Kinetics of Fracture of Heterogeneous Solids....Pages 539-556
Deterministic and Stochastic Aspects of Strain Localization in the Fatigue of Metals....Pages 557-572
Scales !....Pages 573-577
Introductory Remarks to Session C: Structures and Structural Components....Pages 579-583
About the Use of Probabilities in Material Response Prediction and Material Design....Pages 585-593
Natural Materials and Composites....Pages 595-599
Crack Growth and Damage Accumulation....Pages 601-604
Round Table I.: Understanding Materials and Technological Applications....Pages 605-612
Back Matter....Pages 613-615