Fracture of Brittle Solids / by B. Lawn. [Electronic Resource]
Material type: Computer filePublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993Edition: 2nd EdDescription: ix, 204pISBN:- 9780511623127
- 620.112 6Â L429F
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620.110113 T569M Modeling Materials : Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale Techniques | 620.110286 As34M Materials and the Environment | 620.112 6 F896D Dynamic Fracture Mechanics | 620.112 6 L429F Fracture of Brittle Solids | 620.112 92 B487N Nonlinear Solid Mechanics : Bifurcation Theory and Material Instability | 620.112 96 L74C Computational Thermodynamics of Materials | 620.112 C456S Smart Structures Theory |
This is an advanced text for higher degree materials science students and researchers concerned with the strength of highly brittle covalent-ionic solids, principally ceramics. It is a reconstructed and greatly expanded edition of a book first published in 1975. The book presents a unified continuum, microstructural and atomistic treatment of modern day fracture mechanics from a materials perspective. Particular attention is directed to the basic elements of bonding and microstructure that govern the intrinsic toughness of ceramics. These elements hold the key to the future of ceramics as high-technology materials - to make brittle solids strong, we must first understand what makes them weak. The underlying theme of the book is the fundamental Griffith energy-balance concept of crack propagation. The early chapters develop fracture mechanics from the traditional continuum perspective, with attention to linear and nonlinear crack-tip fields, equilibrium and non-equilibrium crack states. It then describes the atomic structure of sharp cracks, the topical subject of crack-microstructure interactions in ceramics, with special focus on the concepts of crack-tip shielding and crack-resistance curves, and finally deals with indentation fracture, flaws, and structural reliability.
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