Many modern engineering structures are composed of brittle heterogenous, or quasibrittle,
materials. These include concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, cold asphalt mixtures …

The objective in materials or structure design has been to maximize the mean strength.
However, as generally agreed, engineering structures, such as bridges, aircraft or …

Low temperature cracking of asphalt pavements is a major distress in cold regions. Accurate
assessment of strength of asphalt mixtures at low temperatures is of great importance for …

This paper presents a new method to indirectly determine the probability distribution function
of strength of quasibrittle structures. The method is derived within the framework of the finite …

Many modern engineering structures are made of brittle heterogenous (quasibrittle)
materials, such as concrete, composites, and tough ceramics. Recent studies have shown …

The mechanical behavior of ceramic–metal (WC-Co) composites at small specimen level is
subject to significant uncertainty due to the random assembly of (1) its constituent phases,(2) …

Anchored by the theory of extreme value statistics, Weibull distribution is the most widely
used mathematical model for strength distribution of brittle structures. In a series of recent …

In preceding studies, the type of cumulative probability distribution functions (cdf) of strength
and of static lifetime of quasibrittle structures, including their tails, was mathematically …

The design of various engineering structures, such as buildings, infrastructure, aircraft,
ships, as well as microelectronic components and medical implants, must ensure an …

Engineering structures are often designed to have complex geometries, which could
introduce stress singularities that are weaker than the conventional− 1/2 crack-tip singularity …