This book, which comprises contributions from researchers in 20 countries, was designed to be a forum within which to promote and exchange the latest experimental and theoretical research work on structural integrity, durability and failure analysis; with the emphasis being placed on fracture and damage mechanics. The collection covers a wide range of topics: Fracture Mechanics; Fatigue; Failure Analysis; Corrosion; Creep; Non-linear Problems; Dynamic Fracture; Residual Stress; Environmental Effects; Crack Propagation; Repair Techniques; Composite Materials; Ceramics & Polymers; Metallic Materials; Concrete; Probabilistic Aspects; Risk Analysis; Damage Tolerance; Fracture Control; Computational Methods; Microstructural & Micro-mechanical Modelling. These two volumes therefore constitute an up-to-date overview of the latest developments made in the field of fracture and damage mechanics. It will be essential reading material for anyone having an interest in this key research field.

Fracture and Damage Mechanics V: Proceedings of the International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics V, 13-15 September 2006, Harbin, China (Key Engineering Materials)

Science & Math

M. H. Aliabadi

Biological Sciences

Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.

This unique volume presents the latest developments in the field of advanced woven and braided textile composites, with particular emphasis on computational approaches (finite elements, meshfree). Advanced textile composites such as woven, braided, knitted and stitched fabrics are increasingly being used as structural materials in industrial applications due to their efficiency at reinforcing more directions within a single layer and their ability to conform to surfaces with complex curvatures. Furthermore, textile composites provide improved impact resistance, exceptional thermal, fatigue and corrosion resistance, as well as being easier and cheaper to handle and fabricate compared to UD composites.Topics covered in this book include: 2D and 3D plain, twill, satin woven and braided composites, micro-level and macro-level modelling, failure mechanisms, theoretical studies on cryogenic crack behaviour and the specific deformation modes of textile reinforcements, which include the kinematic and hypoelastic models.This book will be particularly relevant to professional engineers, graduate students and researchers interested in composite materials.

WOVEN COMPOSITES (Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures)

Astronomy & Space Science

IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS

This text bridges the gap between existing specialist books on theoretical fracture mechanics, and texts on numerical methods. It concentrates on the application of the boundary element method to fracture mechanics, although an account of recent advances in other numerical methods is presented.

Numerical Fracture Mechanics

D.P. Rooke

Springer-Verlag New York, LLC

A review of dynamic fracture mechanics with particular emphasis on computational methods. This text covers finite elements, finite volume, and boundary element methods providing fundamental concepts of advances in computational methods as well as the algorithms for use in practical applications.

Dynamic Fracture Mechanics (Computational Engineering)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Wit Press/Computational Mechanics

Covering many topics including surface coating, changing material properties, corrosion and stress corrosion, laser cutting, and laser surface treatment, this book contains papers from the third international conference on this subject.

Surface Treatment: Computer Methods and Experimental Measurements

Brebbia, C.A.

Chemistry

<p>Thin walled plate structures are used widely throughout engineering practice in the design of aircraft, spacecraft and ground structures. Studying their behavior when subjected to different loadings is thus important. </p>
<p>This book presents boundary element formulations for linear and non-linear problems in plate bending, providing readers with a detailed formulation and implementation of the Boundary Element Method for plate bending analysis. The book's 10 chapters were written by experts, at the invitation of the book's editor, and cover the application of the BEM to foundation plates, stability analysis, and fracture mechanics, as well as hypersingular formulations and adaptive techniques.</p>

Plate Bending Analysis With Boundary Elements (Advances in Boundary Elements Series, Volume 2)

Mathematics

WIT Press

Composites offer great promise as light and strong materials whose uses are no longer confined to high performance structures. Their major advantages, which are true for almost all composites, are increased stiffness with respect to homogeneous materials and in increased strength to crack extension. However, their application is still limited by the lack of complete knowledge about their strength under different load conditions and the prediction of the damage evolution and the way cracks develop in these materials is still an important topic of research. This book contains recent developments and results in composite materials science, including contributions from well-known researchers in this specialist field. Both polymeric and metal matrix composites are included and investigated with experimental, analytical and numerical analyses.

Fracture and Damage of Composites (Advances in Fracture Mechanics)

M. Guagliano

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Fracture and Damage Mechanics V: Proceedings of the International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics V, 13-15 September 2006, Harbin, China (Key Engineering Materials)

WOVEN COMPOSITES (Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures)

Numerical Fracture Mechanics

Dynamic Fracture Mechanics (Computational Engineering)

Surface Treatment: Computer Methods and Experimental Measurements

Plate Bending Analysis With Boundary Elements (Advances in Boundary Elements Series, Volume 2)

Numerical Fracture Mechanics

Fracture and Damage of Composites (Advances in Fracture Mechanics)