Overview
- Serves as a comprehensive textbook on fracture mechanics
- Presents the state of the art in the field
- Accompanied by a solutions manual
Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 263)
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This book discusses the basic principles and traditional applications of fracture mechanics, as well as the cutting-edge research in the field over the last three decades in current topics like composites, thin films, nanoindentation, and cementitious materials.
Furthermore, numerical methods are often used for the determination of fracture mechanics parameters. They include finite and boundary element methods, Green’s function and weight functions, boundary collocation, alternating methods, and integral transforms continuous dislocations.
This third edition of the book covers the basic principles and traditional applications, as well as the latest developments of fracture mechanics. Featuring two new chapters and 30 more example problems, it presents a comprehensive overview of fracture mechanics, and includes numerous examples and unsolved problems. This book is suitable for teaching fracture mechanics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A “solutions manual” is available for course instructors upon request.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
He is member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, of Academia Europaea, and of the European Academy of Sciences. He is a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, the International Academy of Engineering, and the Russian and Bulgarian Academies of Sciences. He is a fellow and honorary member of various international societies. He was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Russian Academy of Sciences and from the University of Nis, Serbia, and has received numerous international awards. He is an honorary citizen of the prefecture of Lesvos, Greece.
He was the President of theEuropean Structural Integrity Society, the European Society for Experimental Mechanics, and the Society for Experimental Mechanics. He has taught in several universities in Greece and USA. His research interests include experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, advanced composite materials, sandwich construction, and nanotechnology. He has authored/co-authored more than 300 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and 40 books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fracture Mechanics
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Emmanuel E. Gdoutos
Series Title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35098-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35097-0Published: 24 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35100-7Published: 24 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35098-7Published: 23 March 2020
Series ISSN: 0925-0042
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7764
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XIX, 477
Number of Illustrations: 242 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Classical Mechanics