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MECHANICS OF FAILURE MECHANISMS IN STRUCTURES -...

This book focuses on the mechanisms and underlying mechanics of failure in various classes of
materials such as metallic  ceramic  polymeric  composite and bio-material. Topics include
tensile and compressive fracture  crack initiation and growth  fatigue and creep rupture in
metallic materials  matrix cracking and delamination and environmental degradation in polymeric
composites  failure of bio-materials such as prosthetic heart valves and prosthetic hip joints
failure of ceramics and ceramic matrix composites  failure of metallic matrix composites 
static and dynamic buckling failure  dynamic excitations and creep buckling failure in
structural systems. Chapters are devoted to failure mechanisms that are characteristic of each
of the materials. The work also provides the basic elements of fracture mechanics and studies
in detail several niche topics such as the effects of toughness gradients  variable amplitude
loading effects in fatigue  small fatigue cracks  and creep induced brittleness. Furthermore 
the book reviews a large number of experimental results on these failure mechanisms. The book
will benefit structural and materials engineers and researchers seeking a ¿birds-eye¿ view of
possible failure mechanisms in structures along with the associated failure and structural
mechanics.

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