Publication detail

Modeling statistical size effect in concrete by the extreme value theory

VOŘECHOVSKÝ, M., NOVÁK, D.

Original Title

Modeling statistical size effect in concrete by the extreme value theory

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper analyzes various modeling alternatives for the statistical size effect in quasibrittle structures. The problematic feature of stochastic finite element method: how to capture the statistical part of the size effect phenomenon for structures of very large structures is tackled. The idea is to emulate the recursive stability property from which the Weibull extreme value distribution is derived. The feasibility of proposed approach is demonstrated on the crack initiation problem and predictions are compared with the existing test data.

Key words in English

Size effect, extreme value theory, random strength, fracture energy, chain of bundles

Authors

VOŘECHOVSKÝ, M., NOVÁK, D.

RIV year

2004

Released

16. 6. 2004

Publisher

A.A. Balkema Publishers

Location

London

ISBN

90-5809-676-9

Book

5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Pages from

867

Pages to

875

Pages count

9

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT12267,
  author="Miroslav {Vořechovský} and Drahomír {Novák}",
  title="Modeling statistical size effect in concrete by the extreme value theory",
  booktitle="5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering",
  year="2004",
  pages="9",
  publisher="A.A. Balkema Publishers",
  address="London",
  isbn="90-5809-676-9"
}