These elements hold the key to the future of ceramics as high-technology materials--to make brittle solids strong, we must first understand what makes them weak. The underlying theme of the book is ...

Professor K R W Wallin is a recognised expert in the field of fracture mechanics. Indeed his work has provided a major input to the currently accepted ASTM Standard on the Master Curve Method , E1921.

The hypoeutectoid steel is the most ductile and the ductility has decreased by a factor of three for the ... The proeutectoid cementite restricts plastic deformation to the ferrite lamellae in the ...