Elements of Fracture Mechanics

Fracture Mechanics is an essential tool to evaluate whether a component is likely to fil or not. This book has been written in a simple and step-wise manner to help readers familiarise with the basic and advanced topics. Elements of Fracture Mechanics comprehensively covers: - Stress Intensity Factor- Energy Release Rate- J-Integral- Experimental techniques- Fatigue Failure- Environment assisted fracture- FEA of cracks- Mixed mode fracture- Non-desctructive test methodsAdditionally it has over 185 illustrations to further reinforce and simplify the learning process. With this coverage, the book will be useful to professionals and students of engineering.