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- Systematically addresses the complex aspects of damage, microcracking and fracture in composite materials
- Written by a leading expert in the field
- Presents state-of-the-art findings
Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 237)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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From Stress Singularity to Strain Energy Release Rate: Local Versus Global Approach to Fracture Mechanics
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From Simple Nonlinear Constitutive Laws to Complex Mechanical Behaviour: Catastrophe and Chaos
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From Complex Morphological Patterns to Simple Mechanical Models: Fractality and Critical Phenomena
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About this book
The book explores the two opposite natural trends of composite systems: (i) order and structure emerging from heterogeneity and randomness, and (ii) instability and chaos arising from simple nonlinear rules. Providing insights into the rapidly growing field of complexity sciences, the book focuses on the role of complexity in fracture mechanics. It firstly discusses the occurrence of self-similarity and fractal patterns in deformation, damage, fracture, and fragmentation of heterogeneous materials and the apparent scaling of the nominal mechanical properties of disordered materials, as well as of the time-to-failure after fatigue and creep loading. Then the book addresses criticality in the acoustic emissions from damaged structures and tectonic faults. Further, it examines the snap-back instability in the structural behavior of relatively large composite structures in the framework of catastrophe theory, and lastly describes the transition toward chaos in the dynamics of cracked elements.
Authors and Affiliations
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Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Alberto Carpinteri
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fracture and Complexity
Book Subtitle: One Century since Griffith’s Milestone
Authors: Alberto Carpinteri
Series Title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2026-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-2024-1Published: 28 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-2028-9Published: 29 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-2026-5Published: 26 June 2021
Series ISSN: 0925-0042
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7764
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 949
Number of Illustrations: 615 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid Mechanics, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Classical Mechanics