Damage And Cracking Of Concrete Structures From Theory To Practice Jacky Mazars And Stphane Grange by Jacky Mazars And Stéphane Grange instant download after payment.

Every year, almost as many cubic meters of concrete are used worldwide as there
are people on the planet. It is by far the most widely used material, in particular to
construct all kinds of buildings and infrastructures. In a world where sustainable
development has become an unavoidable subject, where the increase in world
population and the consequences of climate change constitute enormous challenges
for future generations, engineers and civil engineering researchers have a duty and
responsibility to ensure the durability and safety of all of these constructions.
Schematically, we can say that the damage to constructions is related to:
− the aging of materials under the effect of time, climatic variations and/or an
“aggressive” environment;
− the repetition of heavy loads and the effects of excessive loads due to
accidental (natural or technological risks), or even intentional causes (terrorist
attacks).
Having a good control of these different aspects requires both a good command
of the design of the structures, the manufacture of the materials and an in-depth
knowledge of the way in which the materials and the structures react in the event of
mechanical or chemical attacks. In all cases, these “attacks” result in more or less
intense cracking, which themselves become the vector of environmental attacks (by
water or certain corrosive products).
The understanding of cracking, initially approached by empirical concepts, then
by fracture mechanics, has seen, during the last four decades, the emergence of
approaches linked to the concept of damage to describe the degradation of concrete
by cracking. The use of this concept and the development of tools for small-scale