Mechanics of Failure Mechanisms in Structures

• Main Authors: Carlson, R.L (Author), Kardomateas, G.A (Author), Craig, J.I (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 187
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mechanical Engineering.

This book focuses on the mechanisms and underlying mechanics of failure in various classes of materials such as metallic, ceramic, polymeric, composite and bio-material.  Topics include tensile and compressive fracture, crack initiation and growth, fatigue and creep rupture in metallic materials, ma...