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This chapter generalizes main points of strength and toughness to state the background of the book constitution and the outline.

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Kobayashi, T. (2004). Introduction. In: Strength and Toughness of Materials. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53973-5_1

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