Fracture Mechanics of Concrete: Applications of Fracture Mechanics to...

Chemical Engineering Progress;  March 1, 1997 ;     374 words ...Fracture Mechanics of Concrete: Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete, Rock, and Other Quasi-Brittle Materials...through eight, presents the fundamentals about the fracture mechanics of concrete and rock; the second part covers...

Fracture mechanics software updated

Mechanical Engineering;  September 1, 1999 ;     154 words ......released version 3.1 of pc-Crack for Windows, a fracture mechanics program. The new release adds a Creep Fracture Mechanics (CFM) module and introduces a Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) version that sells for $995. Common applications...

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of High-Risk Parts: Application of LEFM and...

Mechanical Engineering;  September 1, 1997 ;     155 words ...Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of High-Risk Parts: Application...on the practical aspects of fracture mechanics, this resource describes the...theories of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and fracture mechanics...

Fatigue and fracture of elastomeric materials.

Rubber World;  April 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......This article will discuss the use of fracture mechanics based fatigue testing to evaluate...emphasis will be on the application of fracture mechanics based fatigue results to predict...will be covered include: * Why a fracture mechanics approach should be used; * Factors...

Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture...

Mechanical Engineering;  May 1, 2000 ;     151 words ......Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture Mechanics, third edition. John M. Barsom and...begins by introducing the field of fracture mechanics from an applications viewpoint. It...case studies in the application of fracture mechanics directly to various types of structures...

Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture...

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  May 1, 2000 ;     151 words ......Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture Mechanics, third edition. John M. Barsom and...begins by introducing the field of fracture mechanics from an applications viewpoint. It...case studies in the application of fracture mechanics directly to various types of structures...

The historical development of our understanding of fracture

JOM;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......of fracture prior to the advent of fracture mechanics are interesting and can improve the...events stimulated development of fracture mechanics techniques. In this article, historical...failure. Probabilistic aspects of fracture mechanics is an emerging field of study that...

Obituary: Dr. George R. Irwin "Father of Fracture Mechanics" 1907-1998

Experimental Techniques;  November 1, 1998 ;     259 words ......contributions he made to the field of Fracture Mechanics, to which he came by way of English...University of Illinois, 1937). The Fracture Mechanics Community has lost a great scientist...deservedly known as the "Father of Fracture Mechanics." Our society has lost a longstanding...

Fatigue and fracture studies need standard tests.(Computer modelling)

European Rubber Journal;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......meeting to celebrate 50 years of fracture mechanics research on rubber, participants...The influential paper that launched fracture mechanics as a means of studying behaviour...Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre). Fracture mechanics--based on the rate at which strain...

Fracture mechanics software from Abaqus and Boeing extends virtual testing...

Advanced Composites Bulletin;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......aircraft designers understand the fracture mechanics of advanced composites under load...interest in using an approach based on fracture mechanics to assess the damage tolerance of...Hampton, Virginia, USA, even though fracture mechanics has been part of research since the...

Fracture mechanics and finite element analysis.

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  November 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Determining the basic parameters for a fracture mechanics analysis nis easily accomplished...technologies for their rational use. Fracture mechanics and finite element analysis are 20th-centu...of these technologies are simple. Fracture mechanics describes the transfer of mechanical...

Houston Chapter explores fracture mechanics technology.(ASM News)

Advanced Materials & Processes;  September 1, 2003 ;     76 words ......his presentation, Frishmuth covered basic terminology of fracture mechanics technology including fundamental terms such as plain strain...He also illustrated the use of various parameters of fracture mechanics analysis with practical examples from the oil and gas...

Applying fracture mechanics to material selection.

Plastics Engineering;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Fracture Mechanics can differentiate materials on...cracks is outside of the area of Fracture Mechanics, which only addresses the initiation...potential energy of the system. In Fracture Mechanics terms, initiation occurs when...

Exponent Engineer Receives Fracture Mechanics Medal From ASTM.

PR Newswire;  September 1, 2000 ;     465 words ......Recognizes Significant Contributions to Fracture Mechanics MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire...Exponent, has been awarded the 2000 Fracture Mechanics Medal by the American Society for...development of the scientific discipline of fracture mechanics. Mr. Hopkins is only the ...

Static and Cyclic Crack Growth Behavior of Ultrafine-Grained Al Produced...

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Fracture-mechanics experiments were carried out on...this article, some results on fracture mechanics investigations of specimens of...bending (SENB) specimens for cyclic fracture mechanics tests were prepared with a size...