Fatigue of Materials (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521578479)

This revised and updated second edition of a highly successful book provides an authoritative, comprehensive and unified treatment of the mechanics and micromechanisms of fatigue in metals, nonmetals and composites. The author, a leading researcher in the field, discusses the principles of cyclic deformation, crack initiation and crack growth by fatigue, covering both microscopic and continuum aspects. The book begins with discussions of cyclic deformation and fatigue crack initiation in monocrystalline and polycrystalline ductile alloys as well as in brittle and semi-/non-crystalline solids. Total life and damage-tolerant approaches are then introduced in metals, nonmetals and composites. This will be an important reference for anyone studying fracture and fatigue in materials science and engineering, mechanical, civil, nuclear and aerospace engineering, and biomechanics.

Author: S. Suresh
ISBN-10: 0521578477
ISBN-13: 9780521578479
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/29/1998
Pages: 704
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.39lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.56w x 1.40d