The fracture of brittle materials : testing and analysis /
Stephen W. Freiman, John J. Mecholsky, Jr.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR STEPHEN W. FREIMAN, PHD, began his career as a research engineer in the ceramics division of IIT, then in several positions at ONR, NRL, and NIST, culminating in service as the Chief of the Ceramics Division, then Deputy Director for the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST.
JOHN J. MECHOLSKY, JR., PHD, is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He was previously at the Penn State University, Sandia National Laboratories and has worked as a research engineer at various Navy laboratories including NRL. He has served as Associate Director of Materials at ONR London.
"Provides practical analysis of properties, toughness, strength for materials - Introduces the engineering and materials student to the basic concepts necessary for analyzing brittle fractures - Replete with real-world examples to assist the reader in applying the concepts to their own particular research needs technicians, engineers, and engineering managers; practicing materials scientists, ceramicists and ceramic engineer; professors and upper level undergraduate or graduate students in related courses"--