ABSTRACT

Almost all books available on fracture mechanics cover the majority of topics presented in this book, and often much, much more. While great as references, this makes teaching from them more difficult because the materials are not typically presented in the order that most professors cover them in their lectures and more than half the information p

chapter 1|84 pages

Fundamentals of the Theory of Elasticity

chapter 2|28 pages

Elastic Crack Model

chapter 3|34 pages

Energy Balance

chapter 4|28 pages

Effect of Plasticity

chapter 5|14 pages

J-Integral

chapter 6|8 pages

Fatigue Crack Growth

chapter 8|20 pages

Numerical Analysis

chapter 9|20 pages

Westergaard Stress Function

chapter 10|22 pages

Advanced Topics