Stochastic Crack Propagation. Essential Practical Aspects

Table of Contents

1. Basic concepts of stochastic crack propagation
2. Some important statistical distributions
3. Some basic concepts of probabilistic analysis
4. Data on initial crack distribution
5. Two basic methods of solution
6. Effects of static bias
7. Differential equation of crack growth
8. Random process of crack growth
9. Improved model by Tanaka and Tsurui
10. Stochastic crack growth and the probability of failure for harmonic excitation
11. Relevant computer programs
12. Closure

Authors

Giora Maymon Doctor of Sciences, RAFAEL-Armament Development Authority, Haifa, Israel. Giora Maymon obtained his doctor of sciences from Technion Israel Institute of Technology, 1975. He has worked in RAFAEL-Armament Development Authority since 1963, so he has more than 50 years of experience in practical project oriented design. The work was centered on structural analysis and testing, structural dynamics, probabilistic structural analysis and stochastic crack propagation. He is author of two books (one published by the AIAA and one by Elsevier), and a participant in another two edited books. Details on publications and conference presentations are given in http://gioram.webs.com. He has more than 20 years of experience in stochastic crack propagation, and wrote numerous RAFAEL internal reports on the subject.