Author : Alexander Chudnovsky
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000929450
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Long-Term Strength of Materials by : Alexander Chudnovsky
Download or read book Long-Term Strength of Materials written by Alexander Chudnovsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The physics of fracture processes, which includes Fracture mechanics, is crucial for understanding the longevity and reliability of any structure, from fracture initiation to propagation and final catastrophic failure. This textbook introduces the thermodynamics of irreversible processes along with entropy to address the time dependency of fracture. Working from observations of structural failure, the book identifies the principal failure types such as brittle fracture, with considerations of solo crack initiation and crack propagation associated with collective distributed damage. The other type is ductile fracture, when a crack blunts immediately on the application of stress resulting in large deformation. The book then addresses the life of a structure in a specific environment and load condition, using irreversible thermodynamics and the entropy criterion to address cooperative fracture and novel statistical Fracture mechanics to address solo fracture. Applies well-established concepts from mechanics, absent in contemporary Fracture mechanics Uses novel concepts of mechanics, irreversible thermodynamics, and statistical Fracture mechanics The book is ideal for graduate students and design engineers in civil and materials engineering, as well as mechanical and chemical engineering. Students using the book need no more than basic college-level mechanics, mathematics, and statistics knowledge.