Micromechanics of fracture: Connecting physics to engineering Academic Article uri icon

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.

published proceedings

  • MRS BULLETIN

author list (cited authors)

  • Needleman, A., & Van der Giessen, E.

citation count

  • 17

complete list of authors

  • Needleman, A||Van der Giessen, E

publication date

  • January 2001