Fracture and SocietyAn historical account of experts who have developed the science and technology of the fracture of many kinds of solids. These range from natural materials, such as rock and woods, to artificial structural materials such as those used in space transport. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
How Did Men First Investigate the Science of Metal Fatigue | 4 |
Galileos Rhetoric And His Absolute Resistance to Fracture | 33 |
References | 61 |
References | 109 |
References | 156 |
| 167 | |
Alan Arnold Griffith an Aeronautical Engineer Who Founded | 197 |
How Has the Mechanics of Material Fracture Advanced as | 255 |
How Was Fractology Formed And Advanced? Part | 285 |
How Was Fractology Formed And Advanced? Part | 288 |
Temperatures | 305 |
Epilogue | 373 |
A Chronological Table of Study on Strength And Fracture | 379 |
| 385 | |
About the Author | 399 |
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