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| Most chapters include anIntroduction | |
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| Summary | |
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| ReferencesandExercises | |
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| Introduction to Fracture Mechanics | |
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| Historical Overview of Brittle Fracture | |
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| Elementary Brittle-Fracture Theories | |
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| Crack Extension Behavior | |
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| Elements of Solid Mechanics | |
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| Concepts of Stress and Strain | |
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| Equations of Elasticity in Cartesian Coordinates | |
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| Equations of Elasticity in Polar Coordinates | |
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| Solution of the Biharmonic Equation | |
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| The Problem of the Elliptical Hole | |
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| Elasticity of Singular Stress Fields | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Williams Problems | |
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| The Generalized Westergaard Approach | |
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| The Central Crack Problem | |
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| Single-Ended Crack Problems | |
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| The Effect of Finite Boundaries | |
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| Determining the Geometric Stress Intensity Factor | |
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| The Three-Dimensional Crack Problem | |
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| Numerical Methods for K Determination | |
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| Boundary Collocation | |
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| The Finite Element Method | |
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| Experimental Methods for K Determination | |
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| Overview | |
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| Classical Photoelesatic Methods | |
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| The Method of Caustics | |
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| Strain Gages | |
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| Multi-Parameter Full-Field Methods | |
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| Local Collocation | |
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| Interference Patterns | |
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| Moire Patterns | |
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| Photoelasticity. | |
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| A Stress Field Theory of Fracture | |
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| The Critical Stress-State Criterion | |
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| Crack-Tip Plasticity | |
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| The Effect of Variables on Fracture Toughness.R-Curves | |
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| The Energy of Fracture | |
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| Griffith's Theory of Brittle Fracture | |
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| A Unified Theory of Fracture | |
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| Compliance | |
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| Fracture Toughness Testing | |
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| Fracture Toughness Standards | |
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| Nonstandard Fracture-Toughness Tests | |
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| Fatigue | |
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| Stages of Fatigue Crack Growth | |
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| Mathematical Analysis of Stage II Crack Growth | |
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| The Effects of Residual Stress on Crack Growth Rates | |
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| Life Prediction Computer Programs | |
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| Measuring Fatigue Properties: ASTM | |
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| Designing against Fracture | |
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| Fracture Mechanics in Conventional Design | |
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| The Role of NDE in Design. U.S | |
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| Air Force Damage-tolerant Design Methodology | |
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| Designing by Hindsight: Case Studies | |
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| Elastoplastic Fracture | |
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| Nonlinear Elastic Behavior | |
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| Characterizing Elastoplastic Behavior | |
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| Comments on theJ-Integral in Elastoplastic Fracture Mechanics | |
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| Comprehensive Exercises | |
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| General Comments | |
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| Complex Variable Method in Elasticity | |
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| Complex Numbers | |
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| Complex Functions | |
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| An Abbreviated Compendium of Westergaard Stress Functions. | |
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| Fracture Properties of Engineering Materials | |
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| NASGRO 3.0 Material Constants for Selected Materials | |
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| Index | |