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Fracture Mechanics

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Dominique P. Miannay

    1. Départment d’Évaluation de Sûreté Nucléaire, Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France

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  • Intended for engineers from a variety of disciplines that deal with structural materials - Describes the current state of knowledge of how fractures in materials form and propagate, leading to failure - Concludes with discussions of generalized plasticity and the link between the microscopic and macroscopic aspects

Part of the book series: Mechanical Engineering Series (MES)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Microscopic aspects of fracture: Cohesive stress

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 1-3

  3. Linear elastic behaviour of flaws: Purely elastic treatment

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 4-51

  4. Linear elastic treatment of flaws: Plasticity correction

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 52-81

  5. Linear elastic treatment of fracture: The risk of brittle fracture

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 82-101

  6. Microscopic aspect of fracture: Cleavage and ductile rupture

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 102-154

  7. Plastic treatment of discontinuities: Fully plastic treatment and large deformation correction

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 155-211

  8. Plastic treatment of discontinuities: Elastic-plastic treatment

    • Dominique P. Miannay
    Pages 212-266

  9. Elastoplastic treatment of discontinuities: The risk of fracture

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    Pages 267-319

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 320-338
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About this book

Intended for engineers from a variety of disciplines that deal with structural materials, this text describes the current state of knowledge of how fractures in materials form and propagate, leading to failure. The book begins by describing the fracture process at the two extremes of scale: first in the context of atomic structures, then in terms of a continuous elastic medium. Treating the fracture process in increasingly sophisticated ways, the book then considers plastic corrections and the procedures for measuring the toughness of materials. Practical considerations are then discussed, including crack propagation, geometry dependence, flaw density, mechanisms of failure by cleavage, the ductile-brittle transition, and continuum damage mechanics. The text concludes with discussions of generalized plasticity and the link between the microscopic and macroscopic aspects. The text is suitable for advanced undergraduates. Problems are provided at the end of each chapter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Départment d’Évaluation de Sûreté Nucléaire, Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France

    Dominique P. Miannay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fracture Mechanics

  • Authors: Dominique P. Miannay

  • Series Title: Mechanical Engineering Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1740-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98242-7Published: 19 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7259-5Published: 12 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1740-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0941-5122

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-063X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 338

  • Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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