Fatigue Crack Growth Detect - Assess - Avoid /

• Main Authors: Richard, Hans Albert (Author), Sander, Manuela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 227
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Structural materials.; Mechanical Engineering.; Structural Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.
• Physical Description: XIX, 292 p. 226 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319325347
• ISSN: 0925-0042 ;

This book offers a concise introduction to fatigue crack growth, based on practical examples. It discusses the essential concepts of fracture mechanics, fatigue crack growth under constant and variable amplitude loading and the determination of the fracture-mechanical material parameters. The book also introduces the analytical and numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth as well as crack initiation. It concludes with a detailed description of several practical case studies and some exercises. The target group includes graduate students, researchers at universities and practicing engineers.