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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.

Fracture mechanics. --- Materials --- Fatigue. --- Fatigue of materials --- Fatigue testing --- Fracture mechanics --- Strains and stresses --- Strength of materials --- Structural failures --- Vibration --- Failure of solids --- Fracture of materials --- Fracture of solids --- Mechanics, Fracture --- Solids --- Deformations (Mechanics) --- Brittleness --- Penetration mechanics --- Dynamic testing --- Testing --- Fracture --- Fatigue --- Mechanical engineering. --- Mechanics, applied. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Mechanics. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Classical Mechanics. --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Materials science. --- Material science --- Physical sciences

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Fatigue and wear are the most damaging phenomena affecting machines since they result in some 90% of breakdowns. This tutorial book systematically develops a unified overview, named tribo-fatigue, which aims to address the complex wear-fatigue damages. Tribo-fatigue synthesizes aspects of three disciplines: mechanical fatigue, tribology, and reliability of mechanical systems. Tribo-fatigue opens new perspectives for increasing the durability of machines according to the most important criteria of their serviceability. Detailed damage measurement and wear-fatigue tests that enable engineers to design more durable and reliable systems are developed. The book is intended for advanced students, researchers and engineers.

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