MECHANICS OF BRITTLE FRACTURE

Abstract

AFTER PRESENTING SOME DATA ON FRACTURE CRITERIA, THE AUTHOR OUTLINES THE BRITTLE FRACTURE THEORIES AND STUDIES EXACT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF FISSURATION. ONE CHAPTER DEALS WITH INTEGRAL CONCEPTS; ANOTHER PRESENTS KNOWN METHODS OF DETERMINING INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS ARE CONSIDERED; THE LAST CHAPTER AND APPENDICES ARE DEVOTED TO PROBLEMS OF THE DYNAMIC PROPAGATION OF CRACKS: SOME VERY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF THERMOELASTICITY, ROCK MECHANICS AND PLATE THEORIES ARE EXAMINED.