Fracture of Brittle Solids

by Brian Lawn and Lawn

This is an advanced text for higher degree materials science students and researchers concerned with the strength of highly brittle covalent-ionic solids, principally ceramics. It is a reconstructed and greatly expanded edition of a book first published in 1975. The book presents a unified continuum, microstructural and atomistic treatment of modern day fracture mechanics from a materials perspective. Particular attention is directed to the basic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521409721
• ISBN13: 9780521409728
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.9"