Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics : Theory, Test Methods and Applications / by Pietro Paolo Milella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milella, Pietro Paolo.

Series:

Engineering Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanics, Applied.

Engineering design.

Surfaces (Technology).

Thin films.

Metals.

Engineering Mechanics.

Engineering Design.

Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film.

Metals and Alloys.

Local Subjects:

Engineering Mechanics.

Engineering Design.

Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film.

Metals and Alloys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (830 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This book covers both the theory and applications of linear and non-linear fracture mechanics, together with the relevant testing methods, providing the essential knowledge of solid mechanics and materials science required for a complete understanding of fracture mechanics. This book on fracture mechanics is also a history of this science as it developed after World War II, particularly through the attempt to explain the inexplicable brittle fractures of Liberty ships. The reader is guided through the chapters from the early efforts to prevent brittle fracture using empirical approaches based on the transition temperature NDT—assessed with a test specimen introduced at the turn of the nineteenth century, the Charpy V notch specimen—and the Fracture Appearance Diagram, to the introduction of the stress intensity factor by G. Irwin, who founded the new science of Fracture Mechanics. The text then progresses to the most recent analytical approaches of Elastic Plastic Fracture Mechanics and General Yield. It also includes three full chapters dedicated to topics never addressed in previous fracture mechanics books, such as warm prestressing, metallurgical variability, and piping and vessel integrity assessment. With more than 800 graphs, drawings, and photographs—many of which have never appeared before in textbooks—this book can be considered one of the most comprehensive references available today on fracture mechanics and serves as a valuable resource for anyone involved in its theory and applications.

Contents:

Brittle Fracture of Metals

Slip in Crystals

Transition Temperature

Plain Strain Fracture

Temperature and Strain Rate Effects

Morphological Aspects of Fracture

Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics

Crack Tip Plastic Zone

Experimental Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics

Elastic Plastic Fracture Mechanics.-Experimental Elastic Plastic Fracture Mechanics

Dynamic Propagation and Arrest of a Crack

Warm prestressing

Pressure Vessels and Piping Integrity Assessment

Metallurgical Variability and Data Scatter

Stress Intensity factor, J integral and Fully Plastic Solutions for Selected Configurations.

Notes:

Print version record.

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ISBN:

9783032230812

OCLC:

1610749716