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Role o f F r a t u r e M e c h a n i c s in M o d e r n T e c h n o l o g y Editors: G.C. Sih, H. Nisitani and T. 1shihara North Holland, 1987, 915 pages, £67 ISBN: 0 444 70240 7

This international Conference on the role of fracture me- chanics in the role of modern technology was held in Fukuoka, Japan, June 2 - 6, 1986. The proceedings include 12 chap- ters on Plenary Lectures, Microstructure Effects, Fatigue, Creep and Fatigue, Environmental Effects, Fracture Tests, Dynamic Loading, Stress and Failure Analysis, Composite Materials, Specimen Structural Integrity, Numerical Anal- ysis and Residual Stresses.

Artur Portela Computational Mechanics Institute Southampton, UK

Elas t i c a n d P l a s t i c F r a c t u r e : M e t a l s , P o l y m e r s , Ce- r a m i c s , C o m p o s i t e s , B io log i c a l M a t e r i a l s A.G. Atkins and Y.M. Mai Ellis Horward Series Engineering Sciences, 1985, 811 pp, £82.70, ISBN: 0 85312 562 7

This book provides the basic material which is suitable for all beginners in the subject and covers a wide range of top- ics in elastic, elastoplastic and plastic cracking problems, with emphasis on energy method rather than K-methods. There are many worked-out examples as well as exercise problems at the end of chapters.

Content: Introduction; Mechanics of Elastic Fracture; Crack and Craze Nucleation; Rate; Environment and Tem- perature Effects on Toughness; Fracture under Repeated Loading; Energetic Stability; Scaling in Static Fracture and Fatigue Fracture; Deformation Transitions.

M. Aliabadi Computational Mechanics Institute Southampton, UK

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