Fracture of Brittle Solids
This is an advanced text for higher degree materials science students and researchers concerned with the strength of highly brittle covalent-ionic solids, principally ceramics. It is a reconstructed and greatly expanded edition of a book first published in 1975. The book presents a unified continuum, microstructural and atomistic treatment of modern day fracture mechanics from a materials perspective. Particular attention is directed to the basic elements of bonding and microstructure that...
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This book is a monograph on the brittle fracture of ceramic materials, in a unified continuum, microstructural and atomistic treatment.
PrefaceGlossary of symbols and abbreviations1The Griffith concept12Continuum aspects of crack propagation I: linear elastic crack-tip field163Continuum aspects of crack propagation II: nonlinear crack-tip field514Unstable crack propagation: dynamic fracture865Chemical processes in crack propagation: kinetic fracture1066Atomic aspects of fracture1437Microstructure and toughness1948Indentation fracture2499Crack initiation: flaws30710Strength and reliability335References and reading list363Index372
