New Perspective of Quasibrittle Fracture Mechanics Inspired by Novel Test with Crack-Parallel Compression Zdeněk P. Bažant TUESDAY – June 2nd 2020, 10 AM (Chicago) https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/94584352713 ABSTRACT: The line-crack models, including the linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), cohesive crack model (CCM), and extended finite element method (XFEM), rest on the century-old hypothesis of constancy of material’s […]