The Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook

In a convenient hardcover format this extensive source of crack stress analysis has been brought up-to-date with the addition of 150 new pages of analysis and information. The book is an excellent reference, as well as a text for in-house training courses, in various industrial and academic settings.

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

Introductory Information: Crack-tip stress fields for linear-elastics bodiesAlternate expressions for crack-tip elastic fieldsEnergy rate analysis of crack extensionStress analysis results for common test specimen configurations: The center cracked test specimenThe single edge notch test specimenOther common specimen configurationsTwo-dimensional stress solutions for various configurations with cracks: A finite crack in an infinite planeA periodic array of cracks in an infinite planeOpposing parallel semi-infinite cracks in an infinite planeA semi-infinite crack parallel to edges of an infinite stripThree-dimensional cracked configurations: An embedded circular crack in an infinite bodyA half-circular surface crack in a semi-infinite bodyStrip yield model solutions: Three-dimensional strip yielding solutionsA circumferential crack in a cylindrical shellA crack in a spherical shell