A Practical Approach to Fracture Mechanics provides readers with a concise overview of the fundamentals in this core area of engineering. It discusses the general concepts of mechanical behavior and fracture, exploring topics such as stress transformation, crack and fracture resistance, and the Tresca and Von Mises yield criteria, including examples of their use for design and materials selection. Analytical and experimental methods for determining stress intensity factors and critical crack size are outlined as are the characteristics of dynamic crack propagation and arrest. The use of fracture mechanics in failure analysis and the reinforcement of crack structures is covered, as well as the effects of variable loads on fatigue crack growth and the mechanical characteristics of crack propagation induced by stress-corrosion, creep, and absorbed hydrogen. The book concludes with a chapter on structural integrity that looks at integrity analysis of cracked components, the most common damage mechanisms affecting structural components, as well as how to use fracture mechanics to estimate the remaining life of cracked components and a methodology for predicting remaining life. Concisely outlines the underlying fundamentals of fracture mechanics making the physical concepts clear and simple and providing easily-understood applied examplesIncludes solved problems of the most common calculations along with step-by-step procedures to perform widely-used methods in fracture mechanicsDemonstrates how to determine stress intensity factors and fracture toughness, estimate crack growth rate, calculate failure load, and other methods and techniques INDICE: 1. General Concepts of Mechanical Behavior and Fracture2. Linear Fracture Mechanics3. The Energy Criterion and Fracture Toughness4. Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics5. Fracture Resistance of Engineering Materials6. Crack Propagation7. Structural Integrity
- ISBN: 978-0-12-823020-6
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 275
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés