This text provides a coverage of the theoretical,
experimental and numerical techniques used in the field of
stress analysis. It includes three dimensional stress/strain
transformations, and topics from the theory of elasticity and
sections on fracture mechanics and structural stability.
Contains over 600 stress-strain curves for ferrous and
nonferrous alloys. Curves show monotonic versus cyclic
behaviour, effect of strain rate, alloying elements, product
forms, deformation mode, grain size, work hardening,
temperature, and more.
Updated to reflect recent developments in our understanding
of deformation and fracture processes in structural materials.
This completely revised reference includes new sections on iso-stress
analysis, modulus of rupture, creep fracture micro-mechanisms,
and many more.
This edition comprehensively updates the field of fracture
mechanics by including details of the latest research
programmes. It contains new material on non-metals, design
issues and statistical aspects. The application of fracture
mechanics to different types of materials is stressed.
In this text, a phenomenological approach to brittle medium
fracture initiation under shock pulses is developed. It provides
an opportunity to estimate fracture of media with and without
macro-defects. A qualitative explanation is thus obtained for a
number of principally important effects of high-speed dynamic
fracture that cannot be clarified within the framework of
previous approaches. It is possible to apply this strategy to
resolve applied problems of disintegration, erosion, and dynamic
strength determination of structural materials. Specialists can
use the methods described to determine critical characteristics
of dynamic strength and optimal effective fracture conditions
for rigid bodies. This book can also be used as a special
educational course on deformation of materials and
constructions, and fracture mechanics.
This advanced text presents certain key aspects of inelastic
solid mechanics centred around visco-elasticity, creep, visco-plasticity
and plasticity. Divided into three parts consisting of the
fundamentals of elasticity, useful constitutive laws and the
applications to simple structural members, the book details the
efficient conjunction of elastic and inelastic solid mechanics
with the use of the correspondence principles linking visco-elasticity
with elasticity. Engineers are becoming increasingly interested
in materials that are more likely to behave inelastically than
the traditional metallic minerals. Such materials include
plastics, synthetic rubbers, composites, metals at elevated
temperatures, glacial ice and biomaterials. This, along with
more modern technology puts structural components into more
hostile environments, creates the need to study the micro-scope
inelastic effects and the microscopic aspects of material
behaviour.
An introduction to the field of fracture mechanics for
practising engineers, as well as beginning graduate students. It
covers the field of fracture mechanics from an applications
viewpoint, focusing on fitness for service, or life extension,
of existing structures. Case studies are included.
Provides up-to-date knowledge in the field of fatigue and
fracture mechanics, including practical applications. This book
not only offers an overview of the entire field of conventional
fatigue and Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM), it also
serves as an introduction to the application of the Fracture
Mechanics of Ductile Metals (FMDM) theory, an approach that
determines the residual strength capability of structural metals
and the evaluation of material fracture toughness without the
need for ASTM laboratory testing. Focusing more on the practical
aspects of fracture mechanics than on complicated mathematical
formulas, this resource offers a variety of features, including
a detailed description of the implementation of a fracture
control plan and its applications in safety-critical structural
components. This book should be of interest to aerospace and
mechanical engineers, materials and process specialists and
technicians, stress and design engineers, automobile,
petrochemical and shipbuilding industries, and civil engineers.
This volume examines the phenomena of fatigue and crack
growth in materials. General concepts, mechanisms, experimental
techniques and facilities, and life prediction methods are
covered, and all phases of fatigue and crack growth are
described - crack initiation, crack growth, and fatigue failure
- as well as a chapter devoted to the behaviour and the study of
"small" cracks. It should provide an introduction and
a useful reference for materials scientists and engineers,
mechanical engineers and design engineers, who are either
studying or require information about fatigue and crack growth
behaviour materials.
The authors cover the fundamentals of linear theory of finite
elements from both the mathematical and physical viewpoint, with
an emphasis on error estimation and adaptive methods for
reducing error estimations for better reliability. The p and hp
versions used by aerospace companies, and now becoming common
throughout industry in all stress analysis programs, are also
described.
This revised text serves as an introduction to finite element
methods. Its main emphasis is on the simplest methods suitable
for solving two-dimensional continuum mechanics problems,
particularly those encountered in stress analysis, fluid
mechanics and heat transfer. Complete FORTRAN programs are
presented, described and discussed in detail, with a number of
practical case studies. Finite element methods are compared and
contrasted with finite difference methods, and throughout the
book the level of computer programming, continuum mechanics,
numerical analysis, matrix algebra and other mathematics
employed corresponds to undergraduate engineering course.
Oriented toward those who will use finite elements (FE)
rather than toward theoreticians and computer programmers.
Emphasizes the behavior of FE and how to use the FE method
successfully. Includes several examples of FE analysis--each one
features a critique of the accuracy of the solutions. Contains
end-of-chapter exercises and extensive advice about FE modeling.
This undergraduate text is designed for those who will use
finite elements in their daily work. It emphasizes the behaviour
of finite elements, and describes how to use the methods
successfully while including enough theory to explain why
elements behave as they do.
The original work by Peterson portrayed the various
relationships between the stress factors effecting certain
products or structures and established a system for the
classification of these factors. The new edition updates all of
the graphics with computer-generated art that incorporates both
a visual representation of the product/structure under
consideration as well as the graph of the stress concentration
factors. The second edition incorporates a disk containing
adaptable formulas and factors. With the advent of the computer,
large amounts of material on stress concentration have become
available. This large increase in the available data has
necessitated the development of a system of classification to
allow the user to expedite integration of this information into
design applications. The variety of applications extends to
nearly every field of design of structures and machines: nuclear
equipment; deep sea vehicles; aircraft details; space vehicles;
underground tunnels; turbines; in short every product or
structure that endures either environmental or use-related
stress/strain during its life. This book presents and classifies
data that relates to all of the applications of stress/strain
analysis. It includes a disk packaged with the book containing
formulae and factors that can be adapted to the users needs. The
book also includes applications and details of all related
terminology.
This title is designed for engineers and analysts working
with calculations of loads and stress. It includes information
on joints, bearing and shear stress, experimental stress
analysis, and stress concentrations as well as material
behaviour and stress/strain measurement.
Details the many conditions under which stress-corrosion
cracking (SCC) can occur, the parameters which control SCC, and
the methodologies for mitigating and testing for SCC, plus
information on mechanisms of SCC with experimental data on a
variety of materials.
This work provides coverage of plates and shells, and a blend
of modern analytical and computer-orientated numerical methods
in presenting stress analysis in a realistic setting. It
combines modern numerical, mechanics of material, and theory of
elasticity methods of analysis.
Structural analysis is essential in the study of civil
engineering, and all students are required to gain a thorough
understanding of the techniques of analyzing and predicting
stress in any structure. This text provides the student with a
comprehensive introduction to all types of structural and stress
analysis. Beginning with an explanation of the basic principles
of statics, normal and shear force, bending moments and torsion,
it then examines the different structures in which consideration
of these is paramount, from simple pin joints to suspension
cables. The properties of materials are covered, and all aspects
of beam theory are fully examined. Finally, the author discusses
the key area of instability in structures. The book gives a
rigorous account of techniques available for predicting the
deflection and stress of the many different models of beams, and
includes broad coverage of structures and their analyses to
reflect the changes in modern courses.
For each material the logical design sequence is explained,
with emphasis on the behaviour and practical design of the main
elements of the building structure. Worked examples and diagrams
are provided throughout. The manual is divided into five
sections covering general matters, timber elements, concrete
elements, masonry elements and steel elements.
The limit state code BS 5950 regulates the structural use of
steelwork in building in both simple and continuous
construction. This book describes the design theory and code
requirements for common structural connections, elements and
building frames through a structural learning course. Realistic
examples of practical applications are used throughout,
including full illustrations of sketching and detailing
principles and a complete building frame design for a lattice
roof building with crane. The book contains several chapters
explaining computer applications for steel design, giving
programme listings for the design of beams, columns and bases
and a complete plane frame programme for building frame
analysis. For this second edition, the book has been updated to
comply with the recently revised code of practice for hot-rolled
sections. In addition, a new chapter on portal design has been
included to cover this very important type of single-storey
structure. Both elastic and plastic methods are given. This book
should provide a guide which should prove of interest to
students of structural and civil engineering and for engineers
and designers in industry.
Thermal and mechanical fatigue leads to initiation and growth of
cracks in many structures such as pressure vessels, nuclear
reactors, high temperature engines, electronic packaging and
dental materials. This book brings together state-of-the-art
contributions from leading researchers in the field. Presents
recent research in the analysis of the cracks and creep behavior
experienced by materials under changing temperature conditions
during industrial processing. The eight papers examine the
prediction of crack growth along polymer interfaces due to water
attack and thermal fatigue.
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