For upper-level undergraduate and graduate level engineering courses in Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Predicting the mechanical behavior of materials Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 5th Edition introduces the spectrum of mechanical behavior of materials and covers the topics of deformation, fracture, and fatigue. The text emphasises practical engineering methods for testing structural materials to obtain their properties, predicting their strength and life, and avoiding structural failure when used for machines, vehicles, and structures. With its logical treatment and ready-to-use format, the text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate students who have completed an elementary mechanics of materials course. The 5th Edition features many improvements and updates throughout including new or revised problems and questions, and a new chapter on Environmentally Assisted Cracking.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Types of Material Failure 1.3 Design and Materials Selection 1.4 Technological Challenge 1.5 Economic Importance of Fracture 1.6 Summary References Problems and Questions   2 Structure, Defects, and Deformation in Materials 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Bonding in Solids 2.3 Structure in Crystalline Materials 2.4 Defects in Materials 2.5 Elastic Deformation and Theoretical Strength 2.6 Inelastic Deformation 2.7 Summary References Problems and Questions   3 Mechanical Testing: Tension Test and Stress–Strain Mechanisms 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Introduction to Tension Test 3.3 Engineering Stress–Strain Properties 3.4 Materials Science Description of Tensile Behavior 3.5 Trends in Tensile Behavior 3.6 True Stress–Strain Interpretation of Tension Test 3.7 Materials Selection for Engineering Components 3.8 Summary References Problems and Questions   4 Mechanical Testing: Additional Basic Tests 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Compression Test 4.3 Hardness Tests 4.4 Notch-Impact Tests 4.5 Bending and Torsion Tests 4.6 Summary References Problems and Questions   5 Stress–Strain Relationships and Behavior 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Models for Deformation Behavior 5.3 Elastic Deformation 5.4 Anisotropic Materials 5.5 Summary References Problems and Questions   6 Review of Complex and Principal States of Stress and Strain 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Plane Stress 6.3 Principal Stresses and the Maximum Shear Stress 6.4 Three-Dimensional States of Stress 6.5 Stresses on the Octahedral Planes 6.6 Complex States of Strain 6.7 Summary References Problems and Questions   7 Yielding and Fracture under Combined Stresses 7.1 Introduction 7.2 General Form of Failure Criteria 7.3 Maximum Normal Stress Fracture Criterion 7.4 Maximum Shear Stress Yield Criterion 7.5 Octahedral Shear Stress Yield Criterion 7.6 Discussion of the Basic Failure Criteria 7.7 Coulomb–Mohr Fracture Criterion 7.8 Modified Mohr Fracture Criterion 7.9 Additional Comments on Failure Criteria 7.10 Summary References Problems and Questions   8 Fracture of Cracked Members 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Preliminary Discussion 8.3 Mathematical Concepts 8.4 Application of K to Design and Analysis 8.5 Additional Topics on Application of K 8.6 Fracture Toughness Values and Trends 8.7 Plastic Zone Size, and Plasticity Limitations on LEFM 8.8 Discussion of Fracture Toughness Testing 8.9 Extensions of Fracture Mechanics Beyond Linear Elasticity 8.10 Summary References Problems and Questions   9 Fatigue of Materials: Introduction and Stress-Based Approach 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Definitions and Concepts 9.3 Sources of Cyclic Loading 9.4 Fatigue Testing 9.5 The Physical Nature of Fatigue Damage 9.6 Trends in S-N Curves 9.7 Mean Stresses 9.8 Multiaxial Stresses 9.9 Variable Amplitude Loading 9.10 Summary References Problems and Questions   10 Stress-Based Approach to Fatigue: Notched Members 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Notch Effects 10.3 Notch Sensitivity and Empirical Estimates of kf 10.4 Estimating Long-Life Fatigue Strengths (Fatigue Limits) 10.5 Notch Effects at Intermediate and Short Lives 10.6 Combined Effects of Notches and Mean Stress 10.7 Estimating S-N Curves 10.8 Use of Component S-N