Micromechanics of Fracture: Connecting Physics to Engineering
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in MRS Bulletin
- Vol. 26 (3) , 211-214
- https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2001.44
Abstract
This nursery rhyme is one of the oldest, most familiar, and shortest treatises on fracture mechanics in the literature. Nevertheless, it makes several important points: (1) fracture occurs in response to some driving force (for Humpty, a “great fall”), (2) fracture involves material separation, and (3) fracture is irreversible.Keywords
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