NSF Workshop: Strain Localization and Size Effect Due to Cracking and Damage, Laboratory of Mechanics of CNRS, Paris-Cachan, Summer 1988

请拨资金部分支助将于1988年夏天在巴黎卡尚国家科学研究中心力学实验室举行的讲习班。本次研讨会的目的是评估脆性材料中裂纹和损伤引起的应变局部化和尺寸效应的研究现状。研讨会将为深入讨论这一领域的前沿研究提供一个论坛。讲习班将由该领域的几位领导人参加，并将对这一重要研究领域的未来方向提出建议。提高对损伤和开裂引起的应变局部化和尺寸效应的理解，对于混凝土结构、岩土工程、采矿、两相陶瓷复合材料的设计等许多材料与结构工程问题。巴赞特教授是唯一有资格组织和主持这个研讨会的人。建议颁发奖项。

Funds are requested to partially support a workshop to be held at the Laboratory of Mechanics of CNRS, Paris-Cachan, during the summer of 1988. The purpose of the workshop is to assess the current status of research in strain localization and size effect caused by cracking and damage in brittle materials. The workshop will provide a forum for an in-depth discussion of the frontiers of research in this field. The workshop will be attended by several leaders in the field and will result in recommendations for future directions in this important research area. Improvements in the understanding of strain localization and size effects due to damage and cracking is essential for further progress in the modeling of failure in concrete structures, geotechnical engineering, mining, design of two-phase ceramic composites and many other problems of materials and structural engineering. Professor Bazant is uniquely qualified to organize and chair this workshop. An award is recommended.