Nonlinear fracture mechanics (Q1188813)

[The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.] The book reflects the contents of the CISM short course on nonlinear fracture mechanics given in 1989. It contains 9 articles of different authors related to the subject. One (\textit{M. Marczynski}, Introduction to linear fracture mechanics) deals mainly with linear apparatus involved in two-dimensional crack problems, while the remaining 8 describe the nonlinear phenomena. The Table of contents is as follows: \textit{V. V. Bolotin}, Mechanics of fatigue fracture; \textit{A. Carpinteri}, Nonlinear phenomena associated with fracture in strain-softening materials; \textit{D. Gross}, Path independent integrals and crack growth parameters in nonlinear fracture mechanics; \textit{V. C. Li}, Nonlinear fracture mechanics of inhomogeneous quasi-brittle materials; \textit{M. Matczynski}, Introduction to linear fracture mechanics; \textit{J. C. Radon}, Elasto-plastic fatigue crack growth: mathematical models and experimental evidence; \textit{S. Sedmak}, On J integral and \(J_{Ic}\) material testing (with special reference to welded structures); \textit{W. Szczepinski}, Experimental investigation of failure mechanisms in ductile materials; \textit{M. P. Wnuk}, Mathematical modelling of nonlinear phenomena in fracture mechanics.