The Impact of Fracture Mechanics on Engineering Practice Journal Articles

abstract

• Fracture mechanics is a design philosophy which has evolved over the three decades since World War II and is beginning to find use in standard design. This concept for fracture-safe design recognizes the general existence of flaws in engineering materials and provides an analytical basis for prediction of the mechanical behavior of a structure constructed of a flaw-bearing material.This article reviews the basic concepts of fracture mechanics. The material parameters, such as plane-strain fracture toughness KIc are derived and the experimental technique for obtaining KIc is presented.The impact of fracture mechanics on engineering practice, i.e. material selection and fabrication, mechanical and structural design, and nondestructive testing is also examined.

authors

• Bassim, Nabil
• Bassim, M Nabil
• Hay, D Robert

status

• published 

publication date

• December 1, 1974

has subject area

• 0905 Civil Engineering (FoR)
• 1202 Building (FoR)
• Civil Engineering (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1139/l74-015

start page

• 158

end page

• 166

volume

• 1

issue

• 2