Brittle Fracture
AimsBefore you startIntroductionWhen do atomic bonds break?Why do cracks weaken a material?Inglis and the crack tip stress ideaCan we calculate the energy changes?What about tension?Another way of expressing the energiesAnother way of calculating the energiesWhy bother if they are the same?Coping with a scatter in strengthSimulation of Weibull modulus experimentWhen does the sample fail completely?Sub-critical crack growth and R-curvesSummaryQuestionsGoing furtherTLP creditsTLP contentsShow all contentViewing and downloading resourcesAbout the TLPsTerms of useFeedbackCredits Print this page
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A best overall book on cracking is that by Brian Lawn, Fracture of brittle solids, 1993, Cambridge University Press. You should also look at Molecular adhesion and its applications by Kevin Kendall. For the metalllurgist, the short monograph by Withers & Knott is exceptionally useful.