Mechanics of materials: Top-down approaches to fracture

Authors
Hutchinson, JW Evans, AG
Citation
Jw. Hutchinson et Ag. Evans, Mechanics of materials: Top-down approaches to fracture, ACT MATER, 48(1), 2000, pp. 125-135
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science",Metallurgy
Journal title
ACTA MATERIALIA
ISSN journal
13596454 → ACNP
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
125 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-6454(20000101)48:1<125:MOMTAT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The utility and robustness of the mechanics of materials is illustrated thr ough a review of several recent applications to fracture phenomena, includi ng adhesive failures, the role of plasticity in enhancing toughness in film s and multilayers, and crack growth resistance in ductile structural alloys . The commonalty among the approaches rests in a reliance on experiments to provide calibration of the failure process at the smallest scale. (C) 2000 Acta Metallurgica Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reser ved.