Fracture Mechanics : Current Status, Future Prospects.

Front Cover -- Fracture Mechanics: Current Status, Future Prospects -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. MICROMECHANISMS OF FRACTURE IN STATIC AND CYCLIC FAILURE -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Micromechanisms of Fracture -- 3. Fracture Mechanism Maps -- 4. Maps for Metals and Ceramics -- 5. Mechanisms of Fracture and Order of Magnitude of Kc and Gc -- 6. Mechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue Crack Growth -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- CHAPTER 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND TO ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modes of Crack Surface Displacement -- 3. Stress Intensity Factors -- 4. Effect of Yielding -- 5. Measuring Fracture Toughness -- 6. Fatigue Crack Growth -- 7. Short Crack Limitations -- 8. Combined Mode Behaviour -- 9. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notation -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION OF FRACTURE MECHANICS TO INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS -- Summary -- 1) INTRODUCTION -- 2) FATIGUE CRACKING IN A LARGE GENERATOR ROTOR -- 3) CREEP CRACKING IN CrMoV PIPEWORK WELDS -- 4) STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING IN STEAM TURBINE DISCS -- 5) CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 6) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- 7) REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. GREEN'S FUNCTIONS IN FRACTURE MECHANICS -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic principles of Green's functions -- 3. Stress intensity factors as Green's functions -- 4. Systematic use of Green's functions -- 5. Available Green's functions -- 6. Simple methods expressed as Green's functions -- 7. Applications of Green's functions -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 5. VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE OF WELDED STRUCTURES -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYSIS OF VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE -- CRACK SHAPE PROBLEMS -- K HISTORY -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOMENCLATURE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION.

2. GENERAL PHYSICAL ASPECTS -- 3. GENERAL MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION -- 4. THE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS -- 5. APPLICATIONS -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- CHAPTER 7. ELEVATED TEMPERATURE FRACTURE MECHANICS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CRACK CHARACTERISATI0N -- CREEP CRACK GROWTH -- FATIGUE AND CREEP-FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: CAVITY LINKAGE BY A CRACK DISPLACEMENT FIELD -- CHAPTER 8. FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN FIBROUS COMPOSITES -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Models of Fracture -- 3. Statistical Analysis of Fracture -- 4. Estimation of Fracture Energy -- 5. Energies of Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 9. FRACTURE CRITERIA IN ELASTIC AND ELASTIC/PLASTIC SOLIDS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- PLASTIC ZONE SIZE CORRECTION -- THE PLANE STRAIN/PLANE STRESS TRANSITION -- INITIATION AND PROPAGATION -- THE J INTEGRAL CRITERION FOR FRACTURE -- THE CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT -- SLOW CRACK GROWTH -- THE PRESENT POSITION -- REFERENCES.

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