Books by Keyword: Crack Initiation

Description: This special topic publication presents the research results in the synthesis, properties research and processing technologies investigation for a wide nomenclature of recent functional, structural and building materials. The specialised edition will be useful to many engineers and researchers from machinery, materials development and construction.

Description: The 33rd volume of the journal "Advanced Engineering Forum" contains peer-reviewed manuscripts describing the results of engineering solutions and research dealing with actual problems in the area of micro-drilling of metal matrix composite, analysis of fatigue failure and cracking of aircraft fuselage, assessment of water quality in the industrial area, simulation of wi-fi signal propagation in the closed space and analysis of consumers' behavior in mobile shopping for the goal of design e-commerce objects. Published articles will be useful for professionals in the various branches of engineering, for students and academic staff concerned with the related specialties.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
Collection of Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 11th International Fatigue Congress 2014, March 2-7, 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
The 282 papers are grouped as follows:
I. Biomaterials,
II. Case Studies and Industrial Applications,
III. Case studies, Materials and Processes,
IV. Civil and Mining Structures,
V. Composites,
VI. Corrosion and Fatigue,
VII. Crack Closure and Shielding,
VIII. Crack Growth Thresholds,
IX. Creep-Fatigue,
X. Cyclic Deformation and Crack Initiation,
XI. Damage Evaluation and Fatigue Design,
XII. Damage Tolerance/Aging Aircraft,
XIII. Experimental Techniques,
XIV. Fatigue Life Enhancement,
XV. Fatigue Life Prediction and Test,
XVI. Fatigue Modelling and Simulation,
XVII. Fatigue of Coatings,
XVIII. Fracture Processes and Fatigue in Rocks, XIX. Fretting and Contact Fatigue,
XX. Growth of Short and Long Cracks,
XXI. Laser Shock Peening,
XXII. Life Prediction Methodology and Software Development,
XXIII. Management of Fatigue and Reliability, XXIV. Microstructural Aspects,
XXV. New Materials (MMCs, CMCs, Intermetallics, Hybrid Materials),
XXVI. Rail Transport,
XXVII. Reliability Analysis,
XXVIII. Residual Stresses and Fatigue,
XXIX. Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics,
XXX. Thermomechanical Fatigue,
XXXI. Variable Amplitude Loads, Multiaxial and Mixed Mode Fatigue,
XXXII. Very-High-Cycle Fatigue,
XXXIII. Welding, Casting and Other Manufaturing Technologies,
XXXIV. Poster

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).
This book presents some recent research efforts that provide new insights into particular advances in engineering materials, product and systems design. The featured research contributions stemming from an international virtual engineering forum aim to inform future research and development in relevant fields. This includes especially research focused on design, materials and manufacturing of engineering structures, components and systems for industrial applications, including aerospace, automotive, bioengineering and sports.

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This volume is made up of contributions from researchers in 22 countries. It aims to promote exchange of the latest experimental and theoretical results on structural integrity, durability and failure analysis; with the emphasis on fracture and damage mechanics.

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.

Description: For more then one century it has been observed that stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and corrosion fatigue (CF) corresponds to synergetic effects between corrosion and mechanics. Researchers and engineers have tried to translate such effects through empirical damage laws, in particular to predict crack velocities in metallic materials for the nuclear, aeronautical and chemical industries. Nevertheless the precise nature of these synergetic effects is still difficult to determine and quantify, mainly because of the localization of the damage events.
One of the objective of the current publication is to review in details what is known about these deleterious synergetic effects which lead to SCC and CF. The matter of the book clearly corresponds to an interdisciplinary field. Bases in materials science, corrosion, theory of dislocations and chemistry of surfaces are supposed to be known, even if some elements will be briefly introduced.

Description: The volume presents the papers presented at the International Symposium on Metal Matrix Composites (ISMMC) held in Cairo in 1992. All papers have been reviewed and edited.