Explicit expressions for the mean nominal strength

✍ Scribed by Saralees Nadarajah

• Book ID: 103828637
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 155 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-7944
• DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.05.002

✦ Synopsis

The strength of quasibrittle structures and those of that kind is represented by what is known as the mean nominal strength. In this note, explicit and general expressions are derived for the mean nominal strength considering three popular models. The practical advantages of using the expressions are established.