Application on Maximum Entropy Principle in Inversion Analysis of Fracture Toughness of Dam ConcreteCONG Pei-Jiang1,ZHANG Yan2 (1.School of Water Conservancy & Hydropower Engineering,Hehai University,Nanjing 210098,China;2.Chengdu Hydroelectric Investigation & Design of SPC,Chengdu 610072,China)Stress intensity factor set of dam concrete crack was calculated according to monitoring data.The maximum entropy was used to generate the maximum entropy probability density function(MEPDF) of the set,based on which the inversion analysis method of dam concrete fracture toughness was provided.The MEPDF was concluded just from the digital values of the sample,not from the assumption of classical probability distribution,which included the least subjective assumptions.Combined with engineering project,the efficacy and feasibility of MEPDF was approved based on the comparative analysis with the traditional method.The more solid calculated theoretical foundation was provided by MEPDF for the small-probability method of inversion analysis.maximum entropy;dam;fracture toughness;inversion analysis