In a convenient hardcover format this extensive source of crack stress analysis has been brought up-to-date with the addition of 150 new pages of analysis and information. The book is an excellent reference, as well as a text for in-house training courses, in various industrial and academic settings.

CONTENTS INCLUDE: Introductory Information: Crack-tip stress fields for linear-elastics bodies Alternate expressions for crack-tip elastic fields Energy rate analysis of crack extension Stress analysis results for common test specimen configurations: The center cracked test specimen The...