The present paper gives a technical review of fracture toughness testing, evaluation and
standardization for metallic materials in terms of the linear elastic fracture mechanics as well …

Featuring in-depth discussions on tensile and compressive properties, shear properties,
strength, hardness, environmental effects, and creep crack growth," Mechanical Properties …

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

Fracture Mechanics covers classical and modern methods and introduce new/unique
techniques, making this text an important resource for anyone involved in the study or …

Nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, is a hard biological composite found in the inside
layer of many shells such as oyster or abalone. It is composed of microscopic ceramic …

Since the first edition published in 1991, this has been one of the top-selling books in the
field. The first and second editions have been used as a required text in over 100 …

A unified derivation of crack tip flux integrals and their associated domain representations is
laid out in this paper. Using a general balance statement as the starting point, crack tip …

A number of methods are now available for assessing the integrity of structures containing
flaws in all loading regimes. In this paper one of these methods is used to define a route for …

Material tests and analyses are presented to investigate the accuracy of two
micromechanics-based continuum criteria for predicting ductile crack initiation in low-carbon …

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 …