Fracture

Brittle fracture, the stress intensity factor, fatigue crack growth and the statistics of brittle strength.

Griffith’s theory of brittle fracture (1920)

Griffith's theory of brittle fracture (1920)

Irwin’s stress intensity factor (1957)

Irwin's stress intensity factor (1957)

Paris’s crack-growth law (1963)

Paris's crack-growth law (1963)

Weibull’s statistical strength of brittle materials (1939)

Weibull's statistical strength of brittle materials (1939)