Background
Taylor, David was born on March 21, 1956 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
(Critical distance methods are extremely useful for predic...)
Critical distance methods are extremely useful for predicting fracture and fatigue in engineering components. They also represent an important development in the theory of fracture mechanics. Despite being in use for over fifty years in some fields, there has never been a book about these methods - until now. So why now? Because the increasing use of computer-aided stress analysis (by FEA and other techniques) has made these methods extremely easy to use in practical situations. This is turn has prompted researchers to re-examine the underlying theory with renewed interest. The book begins with a general introduction to the phenomena of mechanical failure in materials: a basic understanding of solid mechanics and materials engineering is assumed, though appropriate introductory references are provided where necessary. After a simple explanation of how to use critical distance methods, and a more detailed exposition of the methods including their history and classification, the book continues by showing examples of how critical distance approaches can be applied to predict fracture and fatigue in different classes of materials. Subsequent chapters include some more complex theoretical areas, such as multiaxial loading and contact problems, and a range of practical examples using case studies of real engineering components taken from the author's own consultancy work. The Theory of Critical Distances will be of interest to a range of readers, from academic researchers concerned with the theoretical basis of the subject, to industrial engineers who wish to incorporate the method into modern computer-aided design and analysis.
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(This work deals with a particular fracture-mechanics para...)
This work deals with a particular fracture-mechanics parameter, (DKth), known as the "threshold stress intensity range" or "fatigue threshold". It is also concerned, on a more general level, with high-cycle "limits" to fatigue in materials, whether these are expressed in terms of the old standard fatigue limit, the LEFM parameters or other, more recent, variants. The book aims to be of value in advanced courses in the areas of materials engineering, materials science and failure analysis, and also to academic researchers in these disciplines, but most of all the book is directed to practising engineers.
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Taylor, David was born on March 21, 1956 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1981. Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, 2003.
Lecturer Trinity College Dublin, 1983—1992, associate professor, since 1992. Fellow Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin, since 1992.
(This work deals with a particular fracture-mechanics para...)
(Critical distance methods are extremely useful for predic...)
Fellow: Institute of Engineers of Ireland. Member: Association of Consulting Forensic Enggrs. (committee 2003).
Married Niamh Taylor.