Scaling of structural failure

ZP Bazant, EP Chen - 1997 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
… achieved in the understanding of scaling and size effect in the failure of structures. Particular
… Extensions to compression failure and to the rate-dependent material behavior are also …

Looming global-scale failures and missing institutions

B Walker, S Barrett, S Polasky, V Galaz, C Folke… - Science, 2009 - science.org
… about proposed large-scale ocean fertilization experiments, … what such large-scale experiments
should investigate and … collective action failures that cause global-scale problems. For …

Scaling laws in mechanics of failure

ZP Bažant - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 1993 - ascelibrary.org
… AB~"I'nACT: Scaling laws are the most fundamental aspect … of scaling law and size effect in
the theories of structural failure has … analysis of scaling in various types of failure theories in …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale failure modes of dielectric elastomer actuators

JS Plante, S Dubowsky - International journal of solids and structures, 2006 - Elsevier
… of failure that have prevented their practical application. Here, large scale modes of failure of
… and bound the performance of DEAs that avoid failure. An idealized DEA is modeled and its …

Five lessons for avoiding failure when scaling in conservation

T Pienkowski, A Jagadish, W Battista… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
… Many attempts to scale conservation actions have failed to … calling for scaling to pause and
reflect on past scaling efforts, … can change depending on scale for multiple reasons; feedback …

Sensitivity and specificity of the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), the maintenance of wakefulness test and the Epworth sleepiness scale: failure of the MSLT as a …

MW Johns - Journal of sleep research, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is an important symptom that needs to be quantified, but
there is confusion over the best way to do this. Three of the most commonly used tests: the …

Scaling theory for quasibrittle structural failure

ZP Bažant - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
… quasibrittle on the scale of normal beams and columns but perfectly brittle on the scale of a
… are quasibrittle on the scale of 10 km, 0.1 mm, or 0.1 μm but brittle on the scale of 1,000 km, …

A micromorphic model for the multiple scale failure of heterogeneous materials

FJ Vernerey, WK Liu, B Moran, G Olson - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2008 - Elsevier
… of introducing a length scale in the formulation but has two main limitations: first, it is not
based on the underlying failure mechanisms and second, only the scale of primary particles is …

Large scale failure of the external waste dump at the “South Field” lignite mine, Northern Greece

E Steiakakis, K Kavouridis, D Monopolis - Engineering Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
… This paper presents the failure process of the external waste … The failure occurred when
the third phase of the deposit was … As a consequence, a large scale slope failure incident …

Super-scale failure of the southern Oregon Cascadia margin

C Goldfinger, LVD Kulm, LC McNeill… - Pure and Applied …, 2000 - Springer
Using SeaBeam bathymetry and multichannel seismic reflection records we have identified
three large submarine landslides on the southern Oregon Cascadia margin. The area …