Introduction to thermodynamics of mechanical fatigue
"Preface The subject of fatigue degradation and methodologies for its treatment spans multitudes of scientific disciplines ranging from engineering to materials science, and from mechanics to mathematics. Fatigue is probabilistic in nature. For example, fatigue tests performed on the same mater...
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to mechanical degradation processes
- 2. Fundamentals of thermodynamics
- 3. Degradation-entropy generation (DEG) theorem
- 4. Fatigue mechanisms: an overview
- 5. Basic thermodynamic framework for fatigue analysis
- 6. Thermodynamic assessment of fatigue failure
- 7. Damage mechanics: an entropic approach
- 8. Self-organization in fatigue
- 9. Entropic fatigue: in search for applications