Author: E.E. Gdoutos
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: mechanics, applications, solid, introduction, fracture
Number of Pages: 369
Published: 2005-04-29
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 1402028636
ISBN-13: 9781402028632

New developments in the applications of fracture mechanics to engineering problems have taken place in the last years. Composite materials have extensively been used in engineering problems. Quasi-brittle materials including concrete, cement pastes, rock, soil, etc. all benefit from these developments. Layered materials and especially thin film/substrate systems are becoming important in small volume systems used in micro and nanoelectromechancial systems (MEMS and NEMS). Nanostructured materials are being introduced in our every day life. In all these problems fracture mechanics plays a major

Author: E.E. Gdoutos
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: fracture, conference, alexandroupolis, greece, july, european, proceedings, nano, engineering, materials, structures
Number of Pages: 1416
Published: 2006-06-30
List price: $339.00
ISBN-10: 1402049714
ISBN-13: 9781402049712

Started in 1976, the European Conference of Fracture, (ECF) organized under the auspices of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), takes place every two years in a European country. The 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16) was held in Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 3-7, 2006. ECF16 focused on all aspects of structural integrity with the objective of improving the safety and performance of engineering structures, components, systems and their associated materials. Emphasis was given to the failure of nanostructured materials and nanostructures including micro- and nano-electro

Author: Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: surendra, professor, shah, northwestern, usa, university, dedicated, symposium, modeling, monitoring, concrete, properties, international, measuring
Number of Pages: 786
Published: 2006-07-28
List price: $269.00
ISBN-10: 1402051034
ISBN-13: 9781402051036

This state-of-the-art volume covers the latest and future trends in measuring, monitoring and modeling the properties of cement based materials including computational and experimental micro-mechanical modeling of high-performance cementitious composites (HPFRCs), mechanical behavior and fracture of conventional and new cement based composites, advanced methods for crack detection in concrete, realistic assessment and modeling for mechanical behavior of early age concrete, autogenous shrinkage and microcracking in heterogeneous systems, quantitative image analysis for microstructural characte

Authors:E. E. Gdoutos, K. Pilakoutas, Chris A Rodopoulos,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: materials, composite, industrial, analysis, failure
Number of Pages: 553
Published: 2000-02-15
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0071345175
ISBN-13: 9780071345170

All the answers you need to understand, diagnose, and avoid composite material failures in a single guide. This book spotlights every aspect of fracture and failure in polymer, ceramic, and metal matrix materials, putting the latest data at your fingertips. From crack initiation to crack growth, from notch-size effect to damage-tolerant design, here is quality and safety assurance and support you can count on from international leaders in the field. You get: The latest testing and analysis procedures Detailed data on the complete range of causes of fractures and failures in a broad