1st Edition
Understanding the Failure of Materials and Structures An Introduction
1. Learning from Failure 2. Why Break Things? 3. Materials Science 101 4. Defects and Degradation 5. Mechanical Properties I: Strain, Stress, Stiffness 6. Mechanical Properties II: Toughness and Fracture Toughness 7. Fatigue, Wear, Creep, and Note on Corrosion 8. Testing Modes and Application of Load 9. How to Measure Strain 10. Strain Rate Dependence: Why It Matters How Fast You Test 11. The Use of Statistics 12. Models vs. Reality 13. Biomechanics 14. Non-destructive Evaluation 15. Questions for the Future
Biography
David Jesson is a Materials Scientist by profession, training, and inclination: he is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, and is both a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Scientist. Following an undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Surrey, he undertook research leading to a PhD on the effects of nanoscale phases for the toughening of composite materials. On completion of his doctorate, he took a post as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow investigating the impact of in-service degradation on the performance of cast iron assets in the water industry, eventually leading into fifteen years of research and laboratory management. In 2021 he left academia to join the Materials Performance Group at Frazer-Nash Consultancy.
