Fracture surfaces are produced when a solid breaks. The appearance of the surface, particularly the topography, depends on both the type of material broken and the conditions under which it was broken, such as stress, temperature, or environment. Fractography describes the ways of studying these surfaces. Coverage includes all the information needed to understand the deformation and fracture in all types of solids and to interpret the topographical features in terms of the microstructure and the way it was tested. It also provides details on how to design clear and unambiguous experiments that involve many aspects of fracture in a wide range of solids. This book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers, industrial scientists, engineers, and anyone with an interest in materials science.
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"This book is an attractive one containing nice fractographs and clear illustrations....It is well organized and covers the very basic fundamentals working up to a very detailed and concise description of the mechanisms in play and the evolution of the fracture morphology...an excellent reference for those working in brittle materials and should be added to the other cornerstone books in the field."
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“Derek Hull expounds these components of fractography with great skill and authority. He gives equal weight to the experimental techniques and to the interpretive principles, and interweaves them so that he achieves remarkable integrity and narrative flow. Every page reveals first-hand experience. The illustrations are exemplary, and beautifully reproduced ... Lectures based on the book should engage the enthusiastic attention of every student of materials science, whether a graduate student or not... By virtue of its elegant exposition, and the integrity of its point of view, I believe that wherever fracture, fast or slow, of whatever material, is a topic of interest, Hull's book will be an essential reference. and many scientists will be pleased to display it on their coffee-tables, alongside other equally elegant but much less profound works. It is a classic.”
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Applied Mechanics Reviews
“Derek Hull expounds these components of fractography with great skill and authority. He gives equal weight to the experimental techniques and to the interpretive principles, and interweaves them so that he achieves remarkable integrity and narrative flow. Every page reveals first-hand experience. The illustrations are exemplary, and beautifully reproduced ... Lectures based on the book should engage the enthusiastic attention of every student of materials science, whether a graduate student or not... By virtue of its elegant exposition, and the integrity of its point of view, I believe that wherever fracture, fast or slow, of whatever material, is a topic of interest, Hull's book will be an essential reference. and many scientists will be pleased to display it on their coffee-tables, alongside other equally elegant but much less profound works. It is a classic.”
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Fracture surfaces are produced by breaking a solid. The appearance of the surface depends on the type of material and on the conditions under which it was broken. This book covers important aspects of the study of such fracture structures. The subject has numerous applications in a wide range of materials, and is particularly relevant in materials science and to inter-disciplinary subjects involving materials science, including physics, chemistry, engineering, biomimetics, earth sciences, biology and archaeology.
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A technical book with soul,
By Pacelli Torres (Sapporo, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fractography: Observing, Measuring and Interpreting Fracture Surface Topography (Paperback)
It is not easy to find engineering books with soul. For a book to have a soul, the author should know deeply what he writes about and feel and transmit in a clear way the beauty of his knowledge.This is a complete treatise on fractography that can be applied to any material, and used in different fields of Enginnering and Science. It presents the ideas on several levels of depth. The text is supported by very descriptive diagrams, which reflect the rich experience of more than 30 years of research. Doctor Hull is also author of a book about dislocations and another on composite materials
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Great concise book,
By Forensic Engineer "Al" (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fractography: Observing, Measuring and Interpreting Fracture Surface Topography (Paperback)
The more comprehensive manual, Metals Handbook Vol 12 Fractography, is a virtual atlas. This book, while less extensive, represents an updated look at an old topic. Gotta keep up in this profession.
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fracture surface topography, macroscopic bifurcation, wave fractography, glass fracture surfaces, crystallographic cleavage, fine surface markings, same fracture surface, light microscope photograph, overlapping cracks, aragonite plates, fractographic detail, fractographic features, stress intensity increases, fracture surface features, brittle epoxy resin, smoothly curving surface, echelon cracks, fracture surface appearance, crack jumping, microstructural dimensions, quantitative fractography, plane stress fracture, dynamic stress intensity, crack nucleated, zinc single crystals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, New York, University of Liverpool, Robert Hooke, Pergamon Press, Academic Press, Clarendon Press, Elsevier Applied Science, Fracture of Brittle Solids, Lazarus Ercker, Strong Solids, The Minerals, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago Press New!
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- Cleavage Fracture by Kwai S. Chan on 7 pages
- Strong Solids (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials) by A. Kelly on 4 pages
- Electron Microscopy and Analysis, Third Edition by Peter J. Goodhew on 4 pages
- Fracture Processes in Polymeric Solids by Bernard Rosen on 4 pages
- Fracture Mechanics (Siam-Ams Proceedings, V. 12.) by N. Y.) Symposium in Applied Mathematics (1978 New York on 4 pages
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