Crack Control
Using Fracture Theory to Create Tough New Materials

Covers the fundamentals of crack propagation, prevention, and healing, as well as how to develop materials more resistant to cracking

Kevin Kendall (Author)

9780128215043, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 21 October 2020

308 pages, 155 illustrations (15 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg

Crack Control: Using Fracture Theory to Create Tough New Materials goes beyond just trying to understand the origin of cracks and fracture in materials by also providing readers with the knowledge and techniques required to stop cracks at the nano- and micro-levels, covering the fundamentals of crack propagation, prevention, and healing. The book starts by providing a concise foundational overview of cracks and fracture mechanics, then looks at real-life ways that new tougher materials have been developed via crack inhibition. Topics such as crack equilibrium, stress criterion, and stress equations are then outlined, as are methods for inventing new crack-resistant materials. The importance of crack healing is emphasized and cracks that grow under tension, bending, compression, crazing, and adhesion are discussed at length as well

1. Cracks: A century of toughness 2. Using the Griffith defect idea 3. Cracking observations4. Cracking equilibrium5. Bending history6. Improving fracture mechanics7. Crack equations8. Tough laminates9. Nano-cracks in nature10. Inventing a new tough material11. Cracking future: new tougher materials

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering [TGB]