Ebook: Mechanics and Physics of Energy Density: Characterization of material/structure behaviour with and without damage

Material technology has become so diversified in theories and the construction of novel microstructures that the researchers and practitioners are drifting further apart. This book is based on material presented at an International Symposium in Xanthi, Greece in July 1989. The symposium attracted a group of individual engineers and scientists from the East and West who tackled the question of why particular manipulations of a given material have particular effects. Emphasis is laid on the strain energy function because of the versatile role it plays in mechanics and physics. It has been used successfully not only in predicting the failure of solids but also in formulating constitutive relations in continuum mechanics.
The material presented falls within the areas of: Fundamentals of Strain Energy Density, Damage Analysis on Strain Energy Density, Strain Energy Density as Failure Criterion, Applications, and Composites.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Synchronization of thermal and mechanical disturbances in uniaxial specimens....Pages 1-34
Thoughts on energy density, fracture and thermal emission....Pages 35-58
Effects of fillers on fracture performance of thermoplastics: strain energy density criterion....Pages 59-73
Strain energy density criterion applied to characterize damage in metal alloys....Pages 75-85
Local and global instability in fracture mechanics....Pages 87-107
A strain-rate dependent model for crack growth....Pages 109-119
Extrusion of metal bars through different shape die: Damage evaluation by energy density theory....Pages 121-136
Failure of a plate containing a partially bonded rigid fiber inclusion....Pages 137-147
Crack growth in rate sensitive solids....Pages 149-154
Strain energy density criterion applied to mixed-mode cracking dominated by in-plane shear....Pages 155-165
Group-averaging methods for generating constitutive equations....Pages 167-178
A dislocation theory based on volume-to-surface ratio: Fracture behavior of metals....Pages 179-193
The effect of microcracks on energy density....Pages 195-201
Convex energy functions for two-sided solution bounds in unilateral elastomechanics....Pages 203-209

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Synchronization of thermal and mechanical disturbances in uniaxial specimens....Pages 1-34
Thoughts on energy density, fracture and thermal emission....Pages 35-58
Effects of fillers on fracture performance of thermoplastics: strain energy density criterion....Pages 59-73
Strain energy density criterion applied to characterize damage in metal alloys....Pages 75-85
Local and global instability in fracture mechanics....Pages 87-107
A strain-rate dependent model for crack growth....Pages 109-119
Extrusion of metal bars through different shape die: Damage evaluation by energy density theory....Pages 121-136
Failure of a plate containing a partially bonded rigid fiber inclusion....Pages 137-147
Crack growth in rate sensitive solids....Pages 149-154
Strain energy density criterion applied to mixed-mode cracking dominated by in-plane shear....Pages 155-165
Group-averaging methods for generating constitutive equations....Pages 167-178
A dislocation theory based on volume-to-surface ratio: Fracture behavior of metals....Pages 179-193
The effect of microcracks on energy density....Pages 195-201
Convex energy functions for two-sided solution bounds in unilateral elastomechanics....Pages 203-209
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