With its combination of practicality, readability, and rigor that is characteristic of any truly
authoritative reference and text, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications quickly …

Central to the J-based fracture mechanics approach is the existence of a HRR near-tip field
which dominates the actual field over size scales comparable to those over which the micro …

C entral to the J-based fracture mechanics approach is the concept of J-dominance whereby
J alone sets the stress level as well as the size scale of the zone of high stresses and strains …

The asymptotic stress and deformation fields for plane problems are developed for a crack
tip embedded in a power-law elastic-plastic material. Using an asymptotic expansion and …

Based on the asymptotic stress fields including higher order terms at the crack tip of a non-
linear material, conditions under which single or double parameter controlled onset of …

The structure of stress and strain fields at the border of three dimensional cracks in a tension
field is investigated for elastoplastic materials treated by a deformation theory. The …

A series of cracked specimen configurations have been tested to correlate the geometry
dependence of crack tip constraint and fracture toughness in full plasticity. Specimens with …

Specimen size and geometry effects on cleavage fracture of ferritic steels tested in the
ductile-to-brittle transition region remain an important technological impediment in industrial …

In this review we try to cover various topics in fracture mechanics in which mathematical
analysis can be used both to aid numerical methods and cast light on key features of the …

Two complementary methodologies are described to quantify the effects of crack-tip stress
triaxiality (constraint) on the macroscopic measures of elastic-plastic fracture toughness J …