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. Read
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