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145
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 2005 - Theodore von Karman Medal
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - William Prager Medal
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to solid mechanics, particularly structural stability and size effects in fracture.
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Zdeněk P. Bažant is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States, focusing primarily on the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, materials chemistry, building and construction, and mechanical engineering. The research output is significantly concentrated in understanding material behavior and structural responses under various conditions.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Rock mechanics and modeling
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • High-velocity impact and material behavior
  • Structural behavior of reinforced concrete
  • Structural response to dynamic loads
  • Concrete corrosion and durability

Zdeněk P. Bažant has contributed to multiple papers, some of the recent ones listed are:

  • "Gap Test of Crack-Parallel Stress Effect on Quasibrittle Fracture and Its Consequences" (2020), Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • "New perspective of fracture mechanics inspired by gap test with crack-parallel compression" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Critical Comparison of Phase-Field, Peridynamics, and Crack Band Model M7 in Light of Gap Test and Classical Fracture Tests" (2022), Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • "Structural strength scaling law for fracture of plastic-hardening metals and testing of fracture properties" (2020), Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • "Elastic and fracture behavior of three-dimensional ply-to-ply angle interlock woven composites: Through-thickness, size effect, and multiaxial tests" (2021), Composites Part C Open Access

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Hoang T. Nguyen
  • Abdullah Dönmez
  • Gianluca Cusatis
  • Houlin Xu
  • Anh Tay Nguyen

The venues where their work is commonly published include:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Zdeněk P. Bažant has been recognized by numerous professional organizations and societies. Awards and honors received include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2015)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2014)
  • Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2009)
  • Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Theodore von Karman Medal (2005)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2002)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1996), for contributions to solid mechanics, particularly structural stability and size effects in fracture
  • William Prager Medal (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1991)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1978)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Best Publications

  • Crack band theory for fracture of concrete

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;B. H. Oh

  • Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials

    Zdenĕk P. Bažant;Jaime Planas

  • Stability of structures : elastic, inelastic, fracture, and damage theories

    Zdenek P Bažant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Nonlocal damage theory

    Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot;Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • Size Effect in Blunt Fracture: Concrete, Rock, Metal

    Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • Nonlocal integral formulations of plasticity and damage: Survey of progress

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Milan Jirásek

  • Concrete at High Temperatures: Material Properties and Mathematical Models

    Zdenek P Bažant;Maurice F Kaplan

  • Nonlocal Continuum Damage, Localization Instability and Convergence

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

  • Nonlinear water diffusion in nonsaturated concrete

    Z. P. Bažant;L. J. Najjar

  • Determination of fracture energy, process zone longth and brittleness number from size effect, with application to rock and conerete

    Z. P. Bazant;M. T. Kazemi

  • Instability, Ductility, and Size Effect in Strain-Softening Concrete

    Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • PHYSICAL MODEL FOR STEEL CORROSION IN CONCRETE SEA STRUCTURES­ THEORY

    Zdenek P. Bazant

  • Mathematical modeling of creep and shrinkage of concrete

    Z. P. Bažant

  • RANDOM PARTICLE MODEL FOR FRACTURE OF AGGREGATE OR FIBER COMPOSITES

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Mazen R. Tabbara;Mohammad T. Kazemi;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

  • Continuum Theory for Strain‐Softening

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;Ted B. Belytschko;Ta Peng Chang

  • Concrete fracture models: testing and practice

    Zdeněk P. Bažant

  • Creep and shrinkage prediction model for analysis and design of concrete structures - model B3

    Zdenek P Bazant;W. P. Murphy

  • Microprestress-Solidification Theory for Concrete Creep. I: Aging and Drying Effects

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Anders Boe Hauggaard;Anders Boe Hauggaard;Sandeep Baweja;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Measurement of Characteristic Length of Nonlocal Continuum

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot

  • Statistical prediction of fracture parameters of concrete and implications for choice of testing standard

    Zdeněk P Bažant;Emilie Becq-Giraudon

  • Nonlocal Integral Formulations of Plasticity and Damage: Survey of Progress

    Zdeněk P. Bažant;Milan Jirásek

Frequent Co-Authors

Milan Jirásek
Milan Jirásek Czech Technical University in Prague
Gianluca Cusatis
Gianluca Cusatis Northwestern University
Goangseup Zi
Goangseup Zi Korea University
Ignacio Carol
Ignacio Carol Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Yewang Su
Yewang Su University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Isaac M. Daniel
Isaac M. Daniel Northwestern University
Sinan Keten
Sinan Keten Northwestern University
Anthony M. Waas
Anthony M. Waas Arizona State University
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko Northwestern University

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