Description: This special-topic book consists of a collection of technical papers assembled under the rubric of “Advances in Understanding the Fatigue Behavior of Materials”. The focus of “Fatigue Behavior of Materials” centers on the changes in properties that occur upon applying cyclic loads. Following its recognition and increasing importance during the latter half of the nineteenth century, this branch of study has focused upon the study and rationalization of the engineering approaches that are commonly used to design against the initiation and/or propagation of the fatigue damage which would otherwise culminate in catastrophic failure.

Advances in Safety and Structural Integrity 2005

Edited by: Young-Jin Kim

Online since: March 2006

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The main objective of this collection of 39 authoritative articles is to share the latest information on cutting-edge technologies in the field of safety and structural integrity.

Advances in Fracture and Damage Mechanics III

Edited by: F.-G. Buchholz, H.A. Richard, M.H. Aliabadi

Online since: October 2003

Description: This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics (FDM), of the 2-4 September 2003, at the Liborianum in Paderborn, Germany.
The proceedings cover a wide range of topics in fracture and damage mechanics and bring together researchers and engineers from academia and industry from Europe, Asia and Central and North America.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The papers are divided into four broad categories: Experimental Techniques and Measurements, Computational Methods, Stress and Failure Analysis and Processes and Mechanisms. Some emphasis is placed on three-dimensional and mixed-mode problems; such as 3D fracture criteria for the prediction of fatigue crack growth in solids under arbitrary loading conditions.

Time Dependent Mechanical Response of Engineering Ceramics

Edited by: E. Yasuda, F. Wakai, L.M. Manocha, Y. Tanabe

Online since: April 1999

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The application of ceramic materials is currently expanding into a wide range of areas, e.g. gas turbine assembly, engine components, electronic devices, bio-materials etc. But because ceramics pose problems with respect to their brittleness and low reliability, due to their intrinsic nature and/or processing defects, research related to the deformation and fracture of ceramics is still a subject of high priority.

Fracture and Strength '90

Edited by: Kang Yong Lee and Hideaki Takahashi

Online since: January 1991

Description: The book sums up our present knowledge of the field and also provides a lot of new research results.