Mechanical Behaviour of Materials: Volume II: Viscoplasticity, Damage, Fracture and Contact Mechanics

Designing new structural materials, extending lifetimes and guarding against fracture in service are among the preoccupations of engineers, and to deal with these they need to have command of the mechanics of material behaviour. The first volume of this two-volume work deals with elastic and elastoplastic behaviour; the second volume continues with viscoelasticity, damage, fracture (resistance to cracking) and contact mechanics.