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After the fact: fracture mechanics and failure analysis

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The Practical Use of Fracture Mechanics

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Despite careful fracture control, service failures will continue to occur; but without it more fractures would be experienced. Engineering journals from the turn of the century discuss the large numbers of failures then occurring. Presently, with many more structures in service, the number of structural failures is relatively low (although these few get much more publicity). This is due to better design, but not in the least due to fracture control and quality control. Fracture mechanics and damage tolerance analysis can further improve the situation, but cannot eliminate all failures.

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  1. FractuREsearch Inc., Galena, OH, USA

    David Broek

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Broek, D. (1989). After the fact: fracture mechanics and failure analysis. In: The Practical Use of Fracture Mechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2558-8_13

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