Author: Andrzej M Brandt
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-01-06
Total Pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9789400943209
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The papers contained herein were presented at Euromech 204 'Structure and Crack Propagation in Brittle Matrix Composite Materials' held at Jablonna, Poland, from 12 to 15 November 1985. The Colloquium was organised and sponsored by The Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, under the auspices of the European Mechanics Committee (Euromech). The Euromech Committee is affiliated to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUT AM). IUT AM was organised early in the 1920s with the First Congress being held in Delft in 1924. The Euromech Colloquia were initiated some 20 years later with the intention of promoting European co-operation in the Mechanical Engineering Sciences. As the title implies, the Colloquium addressed a variety of problems associated with three main groups of materials, namely: high-strength composites, ceramics and cement-based materials, the common theme in each case being the relative brittleness of the matrix material. The problems considered ranged from fracture processes peculiar to such materials to projected design guidelines which will ensure their safe operation under a variety of conditions. Participants from thirteen countries (Czechoslovakia, France, FRG, GDR, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, UK, and USSR) contributed to the success of this event. For ease of reference, the 38 papers presented at the Colloquium have been subdivided into six distinct sections, viz. General Problems and Methods, Cracking in Ceramics, Fracture of Polymer Composites, Crack ing in Cement Based Composites, Fracture of Fibre Reinforced Cements and Fracture Mechanics of Concretes.