Ashok Saxena

Basic Fracture Mechanics and its Applications (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides a comprehensive guide to fracture mechanics and its applications. Providing an in-depth discussion of both linear elastic and nonlinear fracture mechanics, it is an essential companion to the study of all types of engineering. Discussing the theory, the book also presents specific aspects of fracture mechanics and fatigue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000823769
• Artikelnr.: 66423834

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ashok Saxena currently serves as President and CEO of WireTough Cylinders, a position he has held since January of 2018. Dr. Saxena also serves as Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor (Retired) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and as Adjunct Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. At University of Arkansas, he had previously served as the Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, the Dean of Engineering, the Raymond and Irma Giffels' Chair, the Head of Biomedical Engineering, and the Billingsley Endowed Chair. At Georgia Tech, he held the position of Regents' Professor and Chair of the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to that he was a Fellow Scientist at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of Galgotias University in Greater Noida, India from 2012-2014. Dr. Saxena served the American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) as Program Evaluator, member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission, and member of the ABET Board. He was a Director and the Vice-President of the International Congress on Fracture and the Executive Chair of the Fifteenth International Conference on Fracture in Atlanta, Georgia, during June 11 to 14, 2023. He is one of the founders of the Indian Structural Integrity Society (InSIS) and served as its President from 2015 - 2018. He has also been a Visiting Professor/ Visiting Scientist in several institutions/research organizations around the world over his professional career spanning five decades.

Dr. Saxena received his MS and PhD degrees from University of Cincinnati in 1972 and 1974, respectively in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and his B. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1970 in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Saxena's area of expertise is mechanical behavior of materials. He has published over 250 research papers, authored/edited 10 books. He is the recipient of numerous national and international awards and recognitions in the field of fracture research that include the George Irwin Medal, the Fracture Mechanics Medal from ASTM, the Wohler Fatigue Medal from the European Structural Integrity Society, Outstanding Research Author Award from Georgia Tech, Paul Paris Gold Medal from the International Congress on Fracture. He is a Fellow of American Society for Testing and Materials, ASM International, International Congress of Fracture, and the Indian Structural Integrity Society. He was an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fracture in Structural Components
2. Early Theories of Fracture
3. Theoretical Basis for Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
4. Crack Tip Plasticity
5. Fracture Toughness and Its Measurement
6. Fatigue Crack Growth
7. Environment-Assisted Cracking
8. Fracture Under Mixed-Mode Loading
9. Fracture and Crack Growth under Elastic/Plastic Loading
10. Creep and Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth
11. Case Studies in Applications of Fracture Mechanics