Table of Contents

Initiation and Development of Brittle Failure.

Fundamental Markings on Crack Surfaces.

Pattern of Forking.

Seeds of Failure.

Estimation of Stress at Failure.

Effects at Inclusions.

Anisotropic Materials.

Procedures and Techniques.

Common Conditions of Failure.

Examples in Practice (Case Studies of Ffracture in Consumer Products).

About the Author

V. D. Frechette is the author of Failure Analysis of Brittle Materials: Advances in Ceramics, Volume 28, published by Wiley.