Deformation and fracture -- Energetic aspects of fracture -- Solutions of cracks problems -- Thermodynamics of crack propagation -- Dynamic fracture mechanics -- Three-dimensional crack problems -- Non-linear fracture mechanics -- The fluid filled crack -- Crack detection by scattering of waves -- Tomographic evaluation of materials -- The reciprocity gap functional for crack detection -- Methods of solution to inverse problems
Summary
Presents various topics of Continuum and Fracture Mechanics: energy methods, conservation laws, mathematical methods to solve two-dimensional and three-dimensional crack problems. This book also introduces the notion of duality or symmetry in Solids Mechanics
