Fracture

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as …

Before moving to another company, Willy Beachum, the district attorney’s assistant, takes on the case of Ted Crawford, who shot his wife in the head. Beachum thinks this case will be wrapped up easily enough, because they have the criminal’s admission of guilt. But the results of the investigation lead to the realization that the defendant has no single piece of incriminating evidence on him. So, who actually shot Crawford’s wife? An exciting detective movie that doesn’t show all its cards until the very end.

This book has evolved from lectures on fracture mechanics and micromechanics which we held for students of engineering and natural sciences over the years. A major part of the book is devoted to linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Further subjects are creep fracture, dynamic fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, probabilistic fracture mechanics, failure of thin films and fracture of piezoelectric materials.

Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife Jennifer and entraps her lover, Lieutenant Robert "Rob" Nunally.

This book presents and describes an innovative method to simulate the growth of natural fractural networks in different geological environments, based on their geological history and fundamental geomechanical principles.

Provides a modern, practical approach to the understanding and measurement procedures relevant to the fracture of brittle materials