02950nam 2200601 a 450 991045613660332120200520144314.01-282-75978-797866127597891-84816-283-9(CKB)2490000000001835(EBL)731246(OCoLC)719420469(SSID)ssj0000418040(PQKBManifestationID)12137065(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418040(PQKBWorkID)10370061(PQKB)11445513(MiAaPQ)EBC731246(WSP)0000P593(Au-PeEL)EBL731246(CaPaEBR)ebr10422469(CaONFJC)MIL275978(EXLCZ)99249000000000183520100707d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFracture and life[electronic resource] /Brian CotterellLondon Imperial College Pressc20101 online resource (500 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-282-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Foreword; Preface; Contents; Colour Plates; 1. Introduction and Basic Solid Mechanics; 2. Evolution of the Earth; 3. Evolution of Life; 4. Human Evolution and Stone Tools; 5. Building in Stone and Concrete in the Ancient World; 6. From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution; 7. From the Industrial Revolution to 1900; 8. The First Half of the Twentieth-Century; 9. Fundamentals of Fracture and Metal Fracture from 1950 to the Present; 10. The Diversity of Materials and Their Fracture Behaviour; 11. Cutting and Piercing; 12. Recent Developments and the Twenty-First CenturyAppendix: Glossary of Symbols and AbbreviationsBibliography; Name Index; Subject IndexThis book is an interdisciplinary review of the effect of fracture on life, following the development of the understanding of fracture written from a historical perspective. After a short introduction to fracture, the first section of the book covers the effects of fracture on the evolution of the Earth, plants and animals, and man. The second section of the book covers the largely empirical control of fracture from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century. The final section reviews the development of fracture theory as a discipline and its application during the twentieth century through to the present time.Fracture mechanicsStone implementsElectronic books.Fracture mechanics.Stone implements.620.1126Cotterell Brian1934-517283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456136603321Fracture and life850342UNINA