Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture Mechanics (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Stanley Theodore Rolfe (Author) "ALTHOUGH THE TOTAL number of structures that have failed by brittle fracture is low, brittle fractures have occurred and do occur in structures..." (more)
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well written...no homework problems included...rare sample problems worked out...figures are fuzzy...summary problems at end of book are great
-Wayne Reitz, North Dakota State --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

The field of Fracture Mechanics has become the primary approach to controlling fracture and fatigue failures in structures of all types. This book introduces the field of fracture mechanics from an applications viewpoint. It focuses on fitness for service, or life extension, of existing structures as well as provides case studies to allow the practicing professional engineer or student to see the applications of fracture mechanics directly to various types of structures.

Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures will serve as an introduction to the field of fracture mechanics to practicing engineers, as well as seniors of beginning graduate students. This field has become increasingly important to the engineering community. In recent years, structural failures and the desire for increased safety and reliability of structures have led to the development of various fracture and fatigue criteria for many types of structures, including bridges, planes, pipelines, ships, buildings, pressure vessels, and nuclear pressure vessels.

Dr. John Barsom is a consultant in the area of fracture mechanics, failure analysis, and accident reconstruction. He retired from USX as Research Fellow and Chief of the Materials Behavior Division.

Dr. Stanley Rolfe is the Albert P. Learned Professor of Engineering at the University of Kansas and has for the past 30 years taught and conducted research on the fracture and fatigue behavior of materials.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; Rev Sub edition (November 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133298639
• ISBN-13: 978-0133298635
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,119,760 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, April 3, 2000

By	Tiago Guizzo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures, Third Edition: Applications of Fracture Mechanics (Hardcover)

Excellent for practical engenieers that face fracture mechanics problems and need to solve it very quickly. Tons of experimental data and estimations from simple-->cheaper test to get important proprieties as KIc. Very general book covers a lot of subjects as weldings, inspections routines and many others briefly.

3.0 out of 5 stars A very incomplete, but interesting book, September 23, 2007

By	Steven "engineer102" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures, Third Edition: Applications of Fracture Mechanics (Hardcover)

This book is very good at showing how basic fracture mechanics can be used to understand real fatigue and fracture problems in construction grade steels. The down side to this book is that the authors tend to promote their point of view and give little attention to other points of view. For example the authors spend numerous pages on their CVN to fracture toughness prediction method, yet give the master curve method only a few sentences, and ignore most of the other 20 some CVN to fracture toughness prediction methods that can be found in the literature. The reader might want to also keep in mind the most of the information in this book is based on late 1980's technology in the U.S. construction steel industry.

Mechanical and aerospace fatigue/fracture engineers will probably not find much useful information in this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars A "practicing engineer's" Fracture Mechanics!, June 23, 2002

By	"martiniamphibian" (Manchester, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This is an excellent book for the practicing engineer who wants to use fracture mechanics to solve fracture and fatigue problems used in industry today. The author explains fracture mechanics and fatigue in terms the practicing engineer uses on a daily basis. For example, different material properties used in fracture mechanics are compared to Hook's Law, yield strength, and tensile strength, material properites common to structural engineers.

Also, the author gives precise definitions of fracture and fatigue, how it can be used during the design phase, why structures fail structurally, and how to use fracture and fatigue analysis to solve these real-life problems.