Failure Surface Graphics

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Failure Characterization

General Matters

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Is It Stress or Strain

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Can Atomic/Nano Scale
Failure Events Predict
Macroscopic Failure

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Failure Theory Applications

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Unsolved Problems

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Looking Ahead

Richard M. Christensen
Brief Biography

Recent Additions

 

  1. Are the Elements Ductile or Brittle: A Nanoscale Evalutation (new Jan 21 2012)
     
  2. Nanomechanics of Graphene (new Oct 11 2011)
     
  3. Defining Yield Stress and Failure Stress (Strength) (new June 4 2011)
     
  4. Which is Fundamental: T&C or S&D (new Mar 27 2011)
     
  5. Micromechanics Failure Analysis (new Feb 1 2011)
     
  6. Looking Ahead (updated Feb. 1 2011)
     
  7. Unsolved Problems (new Nov 18 2010)
     
  8. Fracture Mechanics (new Sept 19 2010)
     
  9. The Ductile/Brittle Transition, Gaging Ductility Levels (new June 27 2010)
     
  10. Failure Theory Applications (new Apr. 18 2010)
     
  11. How do Mises and Tresca Fit In (new Mar. 14 2010)
     
  12. Critical Experimental and Theoretical Tests for Failure Criteria (new Jan. 10 2010)
     
  13. The Brittle Limit (new Oct. 25 2009)
     
  14. Failure of Fiber Composite Laminates: Progressive Damage and Polynomial Invariants (new Aug. 8 2009)
     
  15. Failure Surface Graphics (new May 3 2009)

Professor Research Emeritus Aeronautics and Astronautics

Senior Scientist Retired Materials Science &

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Recent Additons
Updated Jan 21, 2012

Key Junctures

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The First Failure Criterion

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How Do Mises & Tresca Fit In

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A Basic Failure Mechanism

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The Ductile-Brittle Problem

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Damage

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The Brittle Limit

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Which is Fundamental:
T&C or S&D

Acknowledgment

Copyright© 2012
Richard M. Christensen

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