An introduction to fatigue in metals and composites provides a balanced treatment of the phenomenon of fatigue in metals nonmetals and composites with polymeric metallic and ceramic matrices the applicability of the safe life philosophy of design is examined for each of the materials attention is also focused on the stable crack growth phase of fatigue and differences in the operative mechanisms for the various classes of materials are considered the impacts of these differences on the . Rl carlson ga kardomateas introduction to fatigue in metals and composites auflage 1995 hc runder rucken kaschiert sprache englisch buch gebunden portofrei bei ebookde. An introduction to fatigue in metals and composites provides a balanced treatment of the phenomenon of fatigue in metals nonmetals and composites with polymeric metallic and ceramic matrices the applicability of the safe life philosophy of design is examined for each of the materials attention is also focused on the stable crack growth phase of fatigue and differences in the operative . 21 introduction 12 22 loading modes 12 23 governing equations 18 24 the cracked body problem 25 3 macroscopic and microscopic features 42 of fatigue 31 introduction 42 32 metals 43 33 polymerie solids 50 34 brittle solids 53 35 metallic matrix composites 60 36 polymerie matrix composites 67 37 ceramie matrix composites 79