Probabilities and Materials
Subtitle: Tests, Models and Applications
By: edited by D. Breysse
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 269; NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 269
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9789401045001; 9789401111423
Subjects: Mechanics; Distribution (Probability theory); Surfaces (Physics)
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on `PROBAMAT: Probabilities and Materials: Tests, Models and Applications', Cachan, France, November 23--25, 1993
Description: Most industrial and natural materials exhibit a macroscopic behaviour which results from the existence of microscale inhomogeneities. The influence of such inhomogeneities is commonly modelled using probabilistic methods. Most of the approaches to the evaluation of the safety of structures according to probabilistic criteria are somewhat scattered, however, and it is time to present such material in a coherent and up-to-date form. Probabilities and Materials undertakes this task, and also defines the great tasks that must be tackled in coming years. For engineers and researchers dealing with materials, geotechnics, solid mechanics, soil mechanics, statistics and stochastic processes. The expository nature of the book means that no prior knowledge of statistics or probability is required of the reader. The book can thus serve as an excellent introduction to the nature of applied statistics and stochastic modelling.
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