Download or read book Principles of Fracture Mechanics written by R. J. Sanford and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this way the origins and limitations of the simplified results presented in other introductory texts is apparent. The selection of topics and order of presentation in the book evolved from a graduate course in fracture mechanics developed by the author over the last two decades."--BOOK JACKET.