Author: Michael R. Mitchell

Publisher: ASTM International

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0803119895

Examines the initiation and growth of fatigue cracks and the fracture toughness of advanced materials such as silicon nitride, special alloys and steels, thermoplastics, and graphite-epoxy composites; and explains several non-destructive techniques to evaluate such materials for manufacturing defect