Fracture Mechanics An Introduction /

• Main Author: Gdoutos, E.E (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 123
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Mechanical engineering.; Materials science.; Mechanical Engineering.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

New developments in the applications of fracture mechanics to engineering problems have taken place in the last years. Composite materials have extensively been used in engineering problems. Quasi-brittle materials including concrete, cement pastes, rock, soil, etc. all benefit from these developmen...

Table of Contents:

• Linear Elastic Stress Field in Cracked Bodies
• Elastic-Plastic Stress Field in Cracked Bodies
• Crack Growth Based on Energy Balance
• Critical Stress Intensity Factor Fracture Criterion
• J-Integral and Crack Opening Displacement Fracture Criteria
• Strain Energy Density Failure Criterion: Mixed-Mode Crack Growth
• Dynamic Fracture
• Fatigue and Environment-Assisted Fracture
• Micromechanics of Fracture
• Composite Materials
• Thin Films
• Nanoindentation
• Cementitious Materials.