Scaling of strength and lifetime probability distributions of quasibrittle structures based on atomistic fracture mechanics

The failure probability of engineering structures such as aircraft, bridges, dams, nuclear structures, and ships, as well as microelectronic components and medical implants, must be kept extremely low, typically <10−6. The safety factors needed to ensure it have so far been assessed empirically....

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Main Authors: Bazant, Zdenek P., Le, Jia-Liang, Bazant, Martin Z.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52486