Springer Fracture of Materials Under Compression Along Cracks: 138 (Advanced Structured Materials, 138)

This book addresses the  problems of fracture mechanics of materials with cracks under the loading directed along the cracks. It considers two non-classical fracture mechanisms, namely the fracture of bodies compressed along cracks and the fracture of materials with initial (residual) stresses acting in parallel to the surfaces of cracks location, and presents new approaches (also including combined one) developed in the framework of three-dimensional linearized mechanics of deformable bodies. It then discusses the results of studies on two- and three-dimensional problems for various configurations of crack locations in isotropic and anisotropic materials, and based on these results, critically evaluates the accuracy and applicability limits of the “beam approximation” approach, which is widely used to study various problems of the fracture of bodies under compression along parallel cracks. From the Back Cover This book addresses the  problems of fracture mechanics of materials with cracks under the loading directed along the cracks. It considers two non-classical fracture mechanisms, namely the fracture of bodies compressed along cracks and the fracture of materials with initial (residual) stresses acting in parallel to the surfaces of cracks location, and presents new approaches (also including combined one) developed in the framework of three-dimensional linearized mechanics of deformable bodies. It then discusses the results of studies on two- and three-dimensional problems for various configurations of crack locations in isotropic and anisotropic materials, and based on these results, critically evaluates the accuracy and applicability limits of the “beam approximation” approach, which is widely used to study various problems of the fracture of bodies under compression along parallel cracks. About the Author  Alexander N. Guz was born on January 29, 1939, in Ichnia of Chernigov region of Ukraine and graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Kyiv State University in 1961. He is working at the S.P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the NASU (the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) since 1960, receiving an appointment as Head of the Department of Dynamics and Stability of Continuum Media (1967) and serving as Director of the S.P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the NASU (from 1976 until present). He received the Candidate of Sciences degree (Ph.D.) (1962) and the Doctor of Sciences degree (1965). He was named Professor (1969). He is Academician of the NASU (1978), Member of the Academia Europaea (1992), Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences (1997), Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (2001), Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2002). His principal scientific results have been obtained in mechanics of deformable solids and related problems of continuum mechanics: the three-dimensional theory of stability of deformable bodies, the theory of propagation and diffraction of elastic waves in multi-connected bodies and bodies with initial stresses, stress concentration around holes in shells, mechanics of composites materials and structural members utilizing them, aerohydroelasticity, non-classical problems of fracture mechanics, rock mechanics, dynamics of viscous compressible liquid, contact problems, mechanics of nanocomposites and non-destructive methods of stress determination. He is the author or co-author of 71 books (including 20 solos) and about 1000 scientific papers (including more than 400 solo). He has trained 36 Doctors and about 100 Candidates of Sciences. His awards (prizes) include Medal BLAISE PASCAL of the European Academy of Sciences (2007), Medal LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT of the ICCEF (Int. Conf. on Comput. & Exper. Eng. and Sciences) (2012), DIPLOMA DI MERITO CON MEDALIA D’ORO of the European Scientific - Industrial Chamber (2013), Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), Order “HONOR” of the Kre