ABSTRACT
UNIFICATION OF THERMO-PHYSICS OF MATERIALS AND MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES - TOWARD A LIFE SPAN SIMULATOR OF STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
Abstract The performance based design obligates quantitative assessment of required performances by means of transparent and objective science. In this design scheme, simulation of both macro and micro-scale structural behaviors is thought to be a powerful tool. This paper proposes a way how to unify the structural safety and serviceability check method and durability assessment of RC structures. Though component chemical-physical processes are crudely assumed, system dynamics of micro-scale pore structure formation and macro-scale defects and deformation of structures was shown as a possible and promising approach in future. The authors understand that the unification of structural and durability design has just
started. For further progress and development, predictive tool of structural behaviors from birth to death of concrete under any specified environment and load serves as an essential technicality. Keywords: Performance based design, Life-span Simulation, Structural performance, Durability.
