Table of Contents

PrefaceNotationPart 1 - Basic Concepts and ExperimentsChapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Some Basic Properties of Concrete and SteelPart 2 - Concrete Elasticity and Failure CriteriaChapter 3 - Linear-Elastic Brittle-Fracture ModelsChapter 4 - Nonlinear-Elastic Fracture ModelsChapter 5 - Failure Criteria of ConcretePart 3 - Concrete Plasticity: Theory and ApplicationChapter 6 - Elastic Perfectly Plastic Fracture ModelsChapter 7 - Limit Analysis of Perfect PlasticityChapter 8 - Elastic-Hardening Plastic-Fracture ModelsChapter 9 - Numerical Implementation of Elastoplastic Fracture ModelsAuthor IndexSubject Index

About the Author

Dr. Wai-Fah Chen was Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii from 1999 to 2006. From 1976 to 1999, he was Head of the Department of Structural Engineering at Purdue University and George E. Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering; prior to that he taught at Lehigh University. The author of more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and author or co-author of 20 books, his primary areas of research are constitutive modeling of engineering materials, soil and concrete plasticity, structural connections, and structural stability. He received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and an Honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.