Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Glossary of symbols and abbreviations
- 1 The Griffith concept
- 2 Continuum aspects of crack propagation I: linear elastic crack-tip field
- 3 Continuum aspects of crack propagation II: nonlinear crack-tip field
- 4 Unstable crack propagation: dynamic fracture
- 5 Chemical processes in crack propagation: kinetic fracture
- 6 Atomic aspects of fracture
- 7 Microstructure and toughness
- 8 Indentation fracture
- 9 Crack initiation: flaws
- 10 Strength and reliability
- References and reading list
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Glossary of symbols and abbreviations
- 1 The Griffith concept
- 2 Continuum aspects of crack propagation I: linear elastic crack-tip field
- 3 Continuum aspects of crack propagation II: nonlinear crack-tip field
- 4 Unstable crack propagation: dynamic fracture
- 5 Chemical processes in crack propagation: kinetic fracture
- 6 Atomic aspects of fracture
- 7 Microstructure and toughness
- 8 Indentation fracture
- 9 Crack initiation: flaws
- 10 Strength and reliability
- References and reading list
- Index
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- Chapter
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- Fracture of Brittle Solids , pp. 372 - 378Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993