Mechanics and Mechanism of Fracture

Preface
Chapter 1 Solid Mechanics of Homogeneous Materials
1.1 Key Types of Mechanical Behavior
1.2 Stress and Strain
1.3 Principal Stresses and Principal Strains
1.4 Equivalent Stress and Equivalent Strain
1.5 Stress Analysis of Monolithic Load-Carrying Members
1.6 Stress Analysis Using Finite Element Methods
1.7 Local Stress Distribution at a Geometric Discontinuity
1.8 Stress Analysis of Cracks

Chapter 2 Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms and Static Strength of Metals
2.1 Elastic and Plastic Behavior
2.2 Yield Criteria
2.3 Fracture Criteria
2.4 Fracture Mechanisms and Appearances
2.5 Fracture Strengths
2.6 Residual Stresses
2.7 Material Toughness
2.8 Deformation and Fracture under Sustained Loads


Chapter 3 Fatigue Strength of Metals
3.1 Mechanical Behavior under Cyclic Loads
3.2 Microscopic and Macroscopic Aspects of Fatigue and Crack Propagation
3.3 Fatigue Life,Crack Initiation,Crack Growth,and TotalLife
3.4 Infinite-Life (Stress-Based) Fatigue Strength
3.5 Finite-Life (Strain-Based) Fatigue Strength
3.6 Some Practical Fatigue Design Considerations



Chapter 4 Static and Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Metals
4.1 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
4.2 Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness:Static K
4.3 Dynamic K
4.4 Plane-Stress Fracture Toughness, K
4.5 Fracture under Mixed Modes 1 and 2







Chapter 5 Damage Tolerance of Metals
5.1 Stress-Intensity Factor and Damage Tolerance Analysis
5.2 Determination of Stress-Intensity Factors for Nonstandard Configurations
5.3 Fatigue Crack Growth in Room-Temperature Air

Chapter 6 Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
6.1 Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics
6.2 Time-Dependent Fracture Mechanics

Chapter 7 Mechanical Behavior of Nonmetallic Materials
7.1 Ceramics and Glasses
7.2 Polymers
7.3 Fractography

Chapter 8 Mechanics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites
8.1 Types of Composites
8.2 Coding System 1
8.3 Stresses and Strains in Composite Laminates
8.4 Failure Mechanisms of Composites
8.5 Fracture Mechanics for Fibrous Composites
8.6 Damage Tolerance of Composites
8.7 Some Practical Issues

Appendix 1 Lattice Structure and Deformation Mechanisms in Metallic

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