George C. Sih Livres

The book delves into the complexities of crack initiation and propagation within fracture mechanics, emphasizing the variability of outcomes based on failure criteria and continuum mechanics theories. It highlights the importance of defining observation scales, as time and temperature significantly influence material damage processes. The critical energy release rate and stress intensity factor are discussed as key parameters, alongside the limitations of one-parameter approaches in fully capturing the intricacies of crack behavior during initiation, propagation, and rapid fracture onset.

Proceedings of an International Symposium on Absorbed Specific Energy and Strain Energy Density Criterion, Budapest, September 1980. In memory of the late Professor László Gillemot

The International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials and Structures, held in Taiwan, May 19--23 1986, was both a timely forum for evaluation of recent advances in this field and recognition of the significant role played by the development of composite technology in countries such as Japan, the Republic of China, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. The topics discussed were analytical modelling, numerical calculation, material testing, non-destructive evaluation, design methodology, and processing and manufacturing aspects of composite materials and structures. This volume contains over 50 internationally contributed papers and centres on the fundamental understanding of processing--structure--property relationships for advanced composites with constituents made of metallic and non-metallic materials. It provides a broad overview of developments in the areas of composite failure modes, interface effect, dynamic characteristics, test method, design analysis, predictive methodology, analytical evaluation, damage tolerance, environmental effects, materials characterization and their applications.