Download or read book Physics of Strength and Fracture Control written by Anatoly A. Komarovsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still passive and for the most part uncontrollable, current systems intended to ensure the reliability and durability of engineering structures are still in their developmental infancy. They cannot make corrections or recondition materials, and most material and structural failures cannot be predicted. Accidents-and catastrophes-result. Phys