Fracture mechanics : current status, future prospects : proceedings of a conference held at Cambridge University, 16 March 1979 / / editor, R. A. Smith ; organised by Cambridge University Engineering Department, in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Engineers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814434503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, Ontario : , : Pergamon Press, , 1979; ©1979
• ISBN: 1-4831-5891-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: International series on the strength and fracture of materials and structures Fracture mechanics
• Disciplina: 620.1/126
• Soggetti: Fracture mechanics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Fracture Mechanics: Current Status, Future Prospects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. MICROMECHANISMS OF FRACTURE IN STATIC AND CYCLIC FAILURE; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Micromechanisms of Fracture; 3. Fracture Mechanism Maps; 4. Maps for Metals and Ceramics; 5. Mechanisms of Fracture and Order of Magnitude of Kc and Gc; 6. Mechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue Crack Growth; 7. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 2.THEORETICAL BACKGROUND TO ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Modes of Crack Surface Displacement; 3. Stress Intensity Factors4. Effect of Yielding; 5. Measuring Fracture Toughness; 6. Fatigue Crack Growth; 7. Short Crack Limitations; 8. Combined Mode Behaviour; 9. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notation; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3.APPLICATION OF FRACTURE MECHANICS TO INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS; Summary; 1) INTRODUCTION; 2) FATIGUE CRACKING IN A LARGE GENERATOR ROTOR; 3) CREEP CRACKING IN CrMoV PIPEWORK WELDS; 4) STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING IN STEAM TURBINE DISCS; 5) CONCLUDING REMARKS; 6) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 7) REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4.GREEN'S FUNCTIONS IN FRACTURE MECHANICS; Summary; 1. Introduction2. Basic principles of Green's functions; 3. Stress intensity factors as Green's functions; 4. Systematic use of Green's functions; 5. Available Green's functions; 6. Simple methods expressed as Green's functions; 7. Applications of Green's functions; 8. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5.VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE OF WELDED STRUCTURES; INTRODUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE; CRACK SHAPE PROBLEMS; K HISTORY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6.PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; Abstract; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL PHYSICAL ASPECTS; 3. GENERAL MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION4. THE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; 5. APPLICATIONS; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References; CHAPTER 7.ELEVATED TEMPERATURE FRACTURE MECHANICS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CRACK CHARACTERISATI0N; CREEP CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE AND CREEP-FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: CAVITY LINKAGE BY A CRACK DISPLACEMENT FIELD; CHAPTER 8.FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN FIBROUS COMPOSITES; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Models of Fracture; 3. Statistical Analysis of Fracture; 4. Estimation of Fracture Energy; 5. Energies of Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation; 6. ConclusionsReferences; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 9.FRACTURE CRITERIA IN ELASTIC AND ELASTIC/PLASTIC SOLIDS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PLASTIC ZONE SIZE CORRECTION; THE PLANE STRAIN/PLANE STRESS TRANSITION; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; THE J INTEGRAL CRITERION FOR FRACTURE; THE CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; SLOW CRACK GROWTH; THE PRESENT POSITION; REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: Fracture Mechanics