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An Analysis of Designing with Brittle Materials

Brittle material behaviour and mode of failure are contrasted with those charasteristic of ductile materials. The stohastic nature of brittle fracture, which results from the random occurrence of fracture-initiating microstructural imperfections, necessitates a probabilistic fracture mechanics approach to design with brittle materials. This main feature and other pecularities od designing with brittle materilas are explicated and concisely discussed.

brittle materials; brittle failure; crack growth; designing

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