Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics for Engineers

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Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics for Engineers
By Ashok Saxena

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Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: 1998-03-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849394961
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849394966
Binding: Hardcover

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Product Description:

Fracture mechanics is an essential tool for engineers in a number of different engineering disciplines. For example, an engineer in a metals- or plastics-dependent industry might use fracture mechanics to evaluate and characterize materials, while another in aerospace or construction might use fracture mechanics-based methods for product design and service life-time estimation. This balanced treatment, which covers both applied engineering and mathematical aspects of the topic, provides a much-needed multidisciplinary treatment of the field suitable for the many diverse applications of the subject. While texts on linear elastic fracture mechanics abound, no complete treatments of the complex topic of nonlinear fracture mechanics have been available in a textbook format - until now. Written by an author with extensive industry credentials as well as academic experience, Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics for Engineers examines nonlinear fracture mechanics and its applications in mechanics, materials testing, and life prediction of components. The book includes the first-ever complete examination of creep and creep-fatigue crack growth. Examples and problems reinforce the concepts presented. A complete chapter on applications and case studies involving nonlinear fracture mechanics completes this thorough evaluation of this dynamic field of study.

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Summary: "for Engineers" in Book Title Sold Me
Rating: 4

The book has a good review of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) which flows nicely into Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics (EPFM). At the time of this review, I am using guidelines from the book to determine applicability of LEFM and/or EPFM methods to aerospace structure which I am currently analyzing for flaw growth under cyclic loading. The examples are very practical; in particular, I gained a considerable understanding in the author's analytical solutions demonstrating the calculation of the "J integral".

Although I have no need for it at this time, for those of you with interest in creep considerations in fracture mechanics, there is a large section of the book devoted to that topic.

The last chapter deals with several "Case Studies", which (except for one) are hypothetical, but give excellent examples of procedures for performing fracture mechanics analysis on structures in very realistic situations.

The only reason I didn't give it five "stars" was that the artwork/illustrations were not quite on par with other writings on the subject
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