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Fracture Mechanics Book

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Submitted by Alan Zehnder on Wed, 2007-01-31 03:53.

Over the past two years I've written up (or LaTex'd) a set of lecture notes on fracture mechanics. If you are interested you will find them at http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3075 in hyperlinked .pdf format. I've condensed a lot of material into these notes including LEFM, elastic-plastic fracture, experimental methods and some basics on computational fracture, so nothing is given in great detail. Of course a lot more could be done, but this served well for a one semester graduate class. The first reference in my notes is to Hutchinson's Course on Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics, the only useful text that we had to hang onto at Caltech when taking Rosakis's fracture course in the mid-80's.


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Yuval Freed's picture

Thanks

Submitted by Yuval Freed on Wed, 2007-01-31 14:29.

It is very useful. --
Yuval


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N. Sukumar's picture

Re: Fracture mechanics book

Submitted by N. Sukumar on Sat, 2007-02-03 00:46.

Alan,

Thanks for the post and link. I just viewed the book online (shall print it out) and found the topics that are presented to be very well-chosen and pertinent.  I do not know any text (off-hand) that integrates theory, experiments, and computational methods for fracture all in one place, and you have managed to strike a balance to achieve this end.  I am most familiar with the computational approaches you've touched-upon and they immediately resonated. Also included is a comprehensive (within the space constraints) treatment of elastic-plastic fracture, a topic that is difficult to digest (imo) by reading just the scientific literature.  This transition would be eased if one consults the book first. The book is a great resource for one who is interested in fracture mechanics, and it can be adopted as a textbook for a two-quarter course offering in fracture mechanics.


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Thanks

Submitted by Hüsnü Dal on Fri, 2007-02-23 13:52.

I have recently started going over the book and found it very useful. Especially for the researchers not familiar with the notion of Fracture Mechanics before, the book presents the subjects in a self consistent way. The formulations are presented with proofs from basic to academic level.

Thank you Alan for sharing it with us.


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Dhruv Bhate's picture

Wish I had seen this earlier!

Submitted by Dhruv Bhate on Sat, 2007-07-14 04:44.

Prof. Zehnder,
This looks like a very valuable set of notes. Thank you very much for sharing this with us.


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damoonmoetamedi's picture

Need help

Submitted by damoonmoetamedi on Sun, 2007-08-12 17:34.

Dear Mr.Zehnder,

I start studying about crack tip with complex varaible and boundry value.

I studied Mr.Suo note about advanced elasticity.Please let me know about any notes or refrences.

Thanks

Damoon 


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Please Explain...Dynamic J-integral

Submitted by Nguyen Chau Linh on Thu, 2007-11-15 01:05.

 

Dear Alls;

Would you please explain for me why Dynamic J-integral increases when crack propagates, and why Dynamic J-integral are independent with difference paths.

Best Regards;

Chau 


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irfan ucun's picture

thanks

Submitted by irfan ucun on Sun, 2007-11-25 20:48.

MR. Zehnder, thank you.

It's very useful for I

 ucun


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kisnaforme's picture

Thanks

Submitted by kisnaforme on Tue, 2007-12-25 12:02.

Thank you

Its very useful...

Muni


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ashwath.nr's picture

thanks its very useful

Submitted by ashwath.nr on Tue, 2008-02-12 16:19.

Ashwath NR
Solid Mechanics Division
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
chennai-600036
India


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