This unique, practical reference covers the full spectrum of fracture mechanics methodologies currently used in industry, with illustrations showing how to apply them. Includes practical assessment of fracture strength and safe-life of metallic structures. Places strong emphasis on problem-solving aspects of stress analysis, with a balanced approach between theory and industrial practice. Covers all aspects of fatigue-crack growth, including fundamental and metallurgical aspects, their analysis, and state-of-the-art methods of representation. Also covers solutions for linear-elastic and elastic/plastic crack-tip stresses and new parameters for characterizing creep/fatigue-crack growth. Written for engineers involved in the design or analysis of structural parts, and students in aeronautical, civil, mechanical, or metallurgical and materials engineering.
Fracture-Mechanics Fundamentals
Crack Analysis
Fracture Phenomena
Fracture-Toughness-Data Representation
Fatigue-Crack Propagation
Life Assessment and Improvement Methods
Determining Stress-Intensity Factors
Crack-Opening-Mode Stress-Intensity-Factor Solutions
Environment-Assisted Crack Growth
Mixed Crack-tip-Displacement Modes
Crack-Growth Prediction Analysis
Example Problems
Preface
Chapter 1 : Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics
Chapter 2 : Fracture Phenomena
Chapter 3 : Fatigue Crack Propagation
Chapter 4 : Life Assessment and Improvement Methods
Chapter 5 : Crack Opening Mode Stress Intensity Factor Solutions
Chapter 6 : Environmentally Assisted Crack Growth
Chapter 7 : Fracture Mechanics for Mixed Crack Tip Displacement Modes
Chapter 8 : Application
Conversion Table
Index
