Ebook: The fracture of brittle materials: testing and analysis

"Provides practical analysis of properties, toughness, strength for materials - Introduces the engineering and materials student to the basic concepts necessary for analyzing brittle fractures - Replete with real-world examples to assist the reader in applying the concepts to their own particular research needs technicians, engineers, and engineering managers; practicing materials scientists, ceramicists and ceramic engineer; professors and upper level undergraduate or graduate students in related courses"--;Fracture mechanics background -- Environmentally enhanced crack growth -- Fracture mechanics techniques -- Strength measurements and statistical analysis -- Thermal shock testing -- Modeling of brittle fracture -- Quantitative fractography -- Microstructural effects -- Reliability and time-dependent fracture -- Concluding remarks.