TY - BOOK ID - 207410 TI - Fracture Mechanics : An Introduction PY - 2005 SN - 1280283505 9786610283507 140203153X 1402028636 9048167345 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Fracture mechanics. KW - Materials KW - Fatigue. KW - Fatigue of materials KW - Fatigue testing KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Strains and stresses KW - Strength of materials KW - Structural failures KW - Vibration KW - Failure of solids KW - Fracture of materials KW - Fracture of solids KW - Mechanics, Fracture KW - Solids KW - Deformations (Mechanics) KW - Brittleness KW - Penetration mechanics KW - Dynamic testing KW - Testing KW - Fracture KW - Fatigue KW - Mechanical engineering. KW - Mechanics, applied. KW - Surfaces (Physics). KW - Mechanics. KW - Mechanical Engineering. KW - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Classical Mechanics. KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Surface chemistry KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Applied mechanics KW - Engineering, Mechanical KW - Engineering mathematics KW - Engineering KW - Machinery KW - Steam engineering KW - Mechanics, Applied. KW - Materials science. KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:207410 AB - New developments in the applications of fracture mechanics to engineering problems have taken place in the last years. Composite materials have extensively been used in engineering problems. Quasi-brittle materials including concrete, cement pastes, rock, soil, etc. all benefit from these developments. Layered materials and especially thin film/substrate systems are becoming important in small volume systems used in micro and nanoelectromechancial systems (MEMS and NEMS). Nanostructured materials are being introduced in our every day life. In all these problems fracture mechanics plays a major role for the prediction of failure and safe design of materials and structures. These new challenges motivated the author to proceed with the second edition of the book. The second edition of the book contains four new chapters in addition to the ten chapters of the first edition. The fourteen chapters of the book cover the basic principles and traditional applications, as well as the latest developments of fracture mechanics as applied to problems of composite materials, thin films, nanoindentation and cementitious materials. Thus the book provides an introductory coverage of the traditional and contemporary applications of fracture mechanics in problems of utmost technological importance. With the addition of the four new chapters the book presents a comprehensive treatment of fracture mechanics. It includes the basic principles and traditional applications as well as the new frontiers of research of fracture mechanics during the last three decades in topics of contemporary importance, like composites, thin films, nanoindentation and cementitious materials. The book contains fifty example problems and more than two hundred unsolved problems. A "Solutions Manual" is available upon request for course instructors from the author. ER -