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1. Minimizing Shrinkage, Creep and Cracking Damage to Concrete Bridges
2. Introducing Size Effect Into Design Practice and Codes for Concrete Infrastructure

Minimizing Shrinkage, Creep and Cracking Damage to Concrete Bridges
(A423, A447)

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Title

Author(s)

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2010 Creep Database v1.1 Kyung-Tae Kim .XLS
2010 Database of Slender Beam with Stirrups Qiang Yu .XLS
2010 Relaxation Database v1.1 Kyung-Tae Kim .XLS
2008 Random Permutation Generator Guang-Hua Li Link
2008 "Comprehensive Database on Concrete Creep and Shrinkage". Structural Engineering Report No. 08-3/A210c.
Download the database (.rar)		 Zdenek P. Bazant,
Guang-Hua Li

PDF
2007 Unbiased Statistical Comparison of
Creep and Shrinkage Prediction Models		 Zdenek P. Bazant, Guang-Hua Li PDF
  Minimizing Shrinkage, Creep and Cracking Damage to Concrete Bridges (TEA-21 Years 1-2 Final Report) Zdenek P. Bazant PDF

 

Introducing Size Effect Into Design Practice and Codes for Concrete Infrastructure
(A456, A466, A475, A488, A497, A206, A210, A222, 60020778)

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2010 Excessive Long-Time Deflections of Prestressed Box Girders Z.P. Bazant, Q. Yu, G. Li PDF
2008 Dependence of size effect law for quasibrittle materials on loading duration. In Attard, T., editor, Applied Mechanics in the Americas Vol. 12 (Proc. Tenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics – PACAM X), Cancun, Mexico. Le, J.-L. and Bažant, Z. P. N/A
2008 Size effect on strength and lifetime distributions of quasibrittle structures implied by interatomic bond break activation. In Pokluda, J. et al, editor, Proc. 17th European Conference on Fracture (ECF-17), Technical University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic. Bažant, Z. P., Le, J. L., and Bažant, M. Z. N/A
2008 Atomistically based prediction of size effect on strength and lifetime of quasibrittle structures. In Proc. ASCE/AIAA/ASME Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, Illinois. Paper number 2008-2294. Bažant, Z. P. and Le, J.-L. N/A
2008 Mechanics based statistical prediction of structure size and geometry effects on safety factors for composites and other quasibrittle materials. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 35(1–3):53–71. Z.P. Bazant N/A
2008 Guide for modeling and calculating shrinkage and creep in hardened concrete. Technical report, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan. ACI Committee 209 N/A
  Introducing Size Effect into Design Practice and Codes for
Concrete Infrastructure (TEA-21 Years 3-8 Final Report)		 Z.P. Bazant PDF
2007 Nano-mechanics based size effect on safety factors and lifetime of quasibrittle structures. In Proc., ECCOMAS Thematic Conf. on Modelling of Heterogeneous Materials, pages 198–199, Prague Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Microplane modeling of damage or fracture and multiscale concepts. In Proc., ECCOMAS Thematic Conf. on Modelling of Heterogeneous Materials, pages 5–6, Prague Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Nano-based reformulation of weibull statistical strength theory for composites and other quasibrittle materials, with consequences for lifetime. In NSF Symp. on Mechanics of Composites in the Era of Energy and Nanotechnology (in honor of G.J. Dvorak) Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Recent progress in energetic probabilistic scaling laws for quasibrittle fracture. In IUTAM Symp. on Scaling in Solid Mechanics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Size effect. In ACC Energy Research Meeting, Southfield, MI Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Research on constitutive material models at northwestern university. In AFOSR Workshop on Particulate Mechanics in Extreme Environments, Univ. of Florida Res. & Engrg. Facility (REEF), Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, FL Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Can multiscale-multiphysics methods predict softening damage and structural failure? Mechanics (American Academy of Mechanics), 36 (5-6):5–12 Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Mechanics based prediction of structure size and geometry effects on safety factors for composites and other quasibrittle materials. In Proc., 48th ASCE/AIAA/ASME Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, pages 1–15, Honolulu, Hawaii Z.P. Bazant N/A
2007 Probabilistic mechanics of scaling strength, lifetime and safety factors of quasibrittle structures: nano to macro. In N. Bazeos, D.L. Karabalis, D. Polyzos, D.E. Beskos, and J.T. Katsikadelis, editors, Proc., 8th HSTAM International Congress of Mechanics, pages 1–10, Univ. of Patras, Greece, July 2007. Hellenic Soc. of Theor. & Appl. Mech. plenary opening lecture. Z.P. Bazant and Jia-Liang Le N/A
2007 Activation energy based extreme value statistics and size effect in brittle and quasibrittle fracture. J. of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55:91–134 Z.P. Bazant and S.-D. Pang N/A
2007 Mechanics of progressive collapse. J. of Engrg. Mechanics ASCE, 133(3):308–319 Z.P. Bazant and M. Verdure N/A
2007 Response to A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, P. Cornetti and S. Puzzi’s comments on “is the cause of size effect on structural strength fractal or energetic-statistical?”. Engrg. Fracture Mechanics, 74:2897–2910 Z.P. Bazant and A. Yavari N/A
2007 Energetic-statistical size effect simulated by SFEM with stratified sampling and crack band model. Int. J. for Numerical Methods in Engrg., 71:1297–1320 Z.P. Bazant, M. Vorechovsky, and D. Novak. N/A
2007 Asymptotic prediction of energetic-statistical size effect from deterministic finite element solutions. J. of Engrg. Mechanics ASCE, 128:153–162 Z.P. Bazant, M. Vorechovsky, and D. Novak. N/A
2006 Size effect on compression fracture of concrete with or without V-notches: a numerical mesomechanical study.” Computational Modeling of Concrete Structures: Proc., EURO-C, Mayrhofen, Austria, pp. 71-83. Cusatis, G., and Bazant, Z.P. N/A
2006 Reliability, brittleness and fringe formulas in concrete design codes. J. of Structural Engineering, 132 (1), 3-12. Bazant, Z.P., and Yu, Q. N/A
2006 Box girder deflections: Why is the initial trend deceptive?. ACI Concrete International, 28 (1),
55-63.		 Kristek, V., Bazant, Z.P., Zich, M., and Kohoutkova. N/A
2006 “Rozmerovy efekt, jeho podil na pripadech katastrofickeho zhrouceni konstrukci a dusledky pro navrhove normy (Size effect, its role in structural catastrophes and consequences for design codes), Beton (Prague), 6 (2), 42-49, and 6 (3), 48 (in Czech). Bazant, Z.P. N/A
2006 Mechanics based statistics of failure risk of quasibrittle structures and size effect on safety factors. Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences, 103 (25), 9434-9439. Bazant, Z.P., and Pang, S.D. PDF
2006 Confinement-shear lattice CSL model for fracture propagation in concrete. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195, 7154-7171. Cusatis, G., Bazant, Z.P., and Cedolin, L. N/A
2006 Guest editorial: Vision of the future of solid mechanics. J. of Applied Mechanics, 73, 181-182. Bazant, Z.P. N/A
2006 Reliability, Brittleness, Covert Understrength Factors, and Fringe Formulas in Concrete Design Codes Z.P Bazant, F.ASCE, Qiang Yu PDF
2005 Rozmerovy efekt, jeho podil na pripadech katastrofickeho zhrouceni konstrukci a dusledky pro navrhove normy (Size effect, its role in structural collapses and consequences for design codes). Proc. 12 Betonarske dny (12th Concrete Days), Ceska betonarska spolecnost CSSI (Czech Concrete Society), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, pp. 17-36 (in Czech). Bazant, Z.P. N/A
2005 Effect of size on safety factors and strength of quasibrittle structures: Beckoning reform of reliability concepts. Proc. Structural Engineering Convention (SEC 2005), Bangalore, India, pp. 2-20. Bazant, Z.P., and Pang, S.D. N/A
2005 Designing against size effect on shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without stirrups: II. Verification and Calibration. J. of Structural Engineering ASCE, 131 (12),
1885-1897.		 Bazant, Z.P., and Yu, Q. N/A
2005 Designing against size effect on shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without stirrups: I. Formulation. J. of Structural Engineering, 131 (12), 1877-1885. Bazant, Z.P., and Yu, Q. PDF
2005 Revision of reliability concepts for quasibrittle structures and size effect on probability distribution of structural strength. Safety and Reliability of Engineering Systems and Structures: Proc., 8th Int. Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR 2005, Rome, Italy,
pp. 377-386.		 Bazant, Z.P., and Pang, S.D. N/A
2005 Procedure of statistical size effect prediction for crack initiation problems. Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Fracture (ICF-11), Turin, Italy, paper 40-6-1, pp. 1-6. Vorechovsky, M., Bazant, Z.P., and Novak, D. N/A
2005 Is the cause of size effect on structural strength fractal or energetic-statistical?. Engineering. Fracture Mechanics,
72, 1-31.		 Bazant, Z.P., and Yavari, A. PDF
2005 Model-Based Simulation of Durability of Materials and Structures. Special issue of J. of Materials Engineering, 17 (3), 239-369 (with Editorial, pp. 239-240). Xi, Y., Bazant, Z.P., Pijaudier-Cabot, G., and Bittnar, Z., Guest Editors N/A
2005 Microplane model M5 with kinematic and static constraints for concrete fracture and anelasticity. I. Theory” J. of Engineering Mechanics, 131 (1), 31-40. Bazant, Z.P., and Caner, F.C. N/A
2005 “Microplane model M5 with kinematic and static constraints for concrete fracture and anelasticity. II. Computation.” J. of Engineering Mechanics, 131 (1), 41-47. Bazant, Z.P., and Caner, F.C. N/A
2004 Scaling theory for quasibrittle structural failure. Inzenyrska Komora, (156):3–11, 2007. in Czech. Z.P. Bazant PDF
2004 “Quasibrittle fracture scaling and size effect--Final report.” Materials and Structures 37 (272), 547-586. RILEM TC QFS (chaired by Z.P. Bazant) N/A
2004 Probability distribution of energetic-statistical size effect in quasibrittle fracture. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 19 (4), 307-319. Bazant, Z.P. N/A
2003 Designing Against Size Effect on Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams Without Stirrups. ITI Report, submitted to ACI Committee 445, Shear and Torsion; version also submitted for publication in Journal of Structural Engineering, 2003 Zdenek P. Bazant, Qiang Yu PDF
2002 Lateral Confinement Needed to Suppress Softening of Concrete in Compression, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 128, No. 12, pp. 1304-1313, December 2002 Ferhun C. Caner, Zdenek P. Bazant PDF
2002 Choice of Standard Fracture Test for Concrete and Its Statistical Evaluation, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 118, No. 4, pp. 303-337, December 2002 Zdenek P. Bazant, Qiang Yu PDF
2001 Proposal for Standard Test of Modulus of Rupture of Concrete with its Size Dependence Zdenek P. Bazant, Drahomir Novak PDF
2000 Energetic-Statistical Size Effect in Quasibrittle Failure at Crack Initiation, ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 97, No.3, pp. 381-392, May-June 2000 Zdenek P. Bazant, Drahomir Novak PDF