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  3. Fracture of Brittle Solids
    2nd edition
    • Brian Lawn, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    14 January 2010
    03 June 1993
    ISBN:
    9780511623127
    9780521409728
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623127
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 138 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.66kg, 400 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Engineering, Materials Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Solid State Science Series
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    Subjects:
    Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Engineering, Materials Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Solid State Science Series
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    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 govern the intrinsic toughness of ceramics. These elements hold the key to the future of ceramics as high-technology materials - to make brittle solids strong, we must first understand what makes them weak. The underlying theme of the book is the fundamental Griffith energy-balance concept of crack propagation. The early chapters develop fracture mechanics from the traditional continuum perspective, with attention to linear and nonlinear crack-tip fields, equilibrium and non-equilibrium crack states. It then describes the atomic structure of sharp cracks, the topical subject of crack-microstructure interactions in ceramics, with special focus on the concepts of crack-tip shielding and crack-resistance curves, and finally deals with indentation fracture, flaws, and structural reliability.

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