This article reviews the general mechanical properties and test methods commonly used for
ceramics and three categories of polymers, namely, fibers, plastics, and elastomers. The …

The state of the art in computational mechanics of dynamic fracture is reviewed. The concept
of dynamic fracture mechanics is essentially based on asymptotic behaviors of a …

The dynamic drop-weight test is taken as a convenient basis for assessing the fidelity and
predictive ability of cohesive models of fracture in applications involving dynamic crack …

This paper provides a review on the state of the art in computational dynamic fracture
mechanics. The following important essential ingredients in computational dynamic fracture …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of microscale inertia in dynamic ductile crack
growth. A constitutive model for porous solids that accounts for dynamic effects due to void …

A primary issue in the study of ductile vs. brittle crack extension concerns how adequate is
the present understanding of the competition between cleavage decohesion and crack tip …

Atomistic simulations of bicrystal samples containing a grain boundary are used to examine
the effect of hydrogen atoms on the nucleation of intergranular cracks in Ni. Specifically, the …

This paper will review energy aspects of the acoustic emission (AE) phenomenon and its
relationship to material properties especially brittleness. The spectral energy density of the …

Although initiation criteria have been the subject of many publications, the phenomena
associated with the propagation and arrest of brittle cracks have not. To be able to predict …

The microstructure and mechanical properties of Al 67 Ni 8 Ti 25 have been investigated.
After homogenization, the microstructure consists primarily of large grains of the π phase …