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Zdenek P. Bazant

Northwestern University

2001 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL Ilocos Norte 60208

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

DOWNLOADS

235

TOTAL CITATIONS

0

Scholarly Papers (3)

1.

Dissipation Mechanisms of Crack-Parallel Stress Effects on Fracture Process Zone in Concrete

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Jul 2023
Northwestern University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Brown University, Northwestern University and Northwestern University
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Gap test, Fracture parameters, Fracture mechanism, Fracture energy, Energy dissipation, Lattice discrete modeling, Material particle models, Frictional slip, Numerical simulation of fracture.

2.

Asymptotically Matched Extrapolation of Fishnet Failure Probability to Continuum Scale

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Sep 2023
Northwestern University, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Northwestern University, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Northwestern University
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Failure probability, Probability distribution, Scaling, Size effect, Series and parallel connections, Extreme value probability, Continuum homogenization, Weibull distribution, Weakest-link model, Fiber-bundle model, Tail distribution, Monte Carlo simulations, Material architecture, Nacre, Octet spin-off

3.

Fast Test of Rock Permeability with Osmotic Effects: A Mathematical Model

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Anh Tay NGUYEN, Pouyan Asem and Zdenek P. Bazant
Northwestern University, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and Northwestern University
Downloads 50 (1,063,489)

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Darcy permeability of rock, Permeability testing, Osmotic effects, Initial-boundary value problem of diffusion and osmosis, Parabolic profiles approximation, Pulsedecay test, Short duration test of permeability