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1. Issues to Address
2. Ductile versus Brittle Fracture
3. Example: Failure of a Pipe
4. Moderately Ductile Fracture Surfaces
5. Brittle Fracture Surfaces
6. Ideal versus Real Materials
7. Flaws Produce Stress Concentrations!
8. Engineering Design
9. When Does a Crack Propagate?
10. Effects of Geometry, Load, and Material
11. Comparison: Fracture Toughness Values
12. Design Against Crack Growth
13. Design Example: Aircraft Wing
14. Effect of Loading Rate
15. Effect of Temperature
16. Design Issue: Stay Above DBTT
17. Fatigue
18. Fatigue Design Parameters
19. Fatigue Mechanism
20. Improving Fatigue Life
21. Creep
22. Secondary Creep
23. Creep Failure
24. Summary