"Mechanics: Contact and Fracture" ed. by Eva Li

This book presents a general background and the state of the art of numerical simulation and modeling of fretting phenomenon in terms of wear, fatigue and fracture.

This volume contents chapters dedicated to extended finite element method (XFEM), new methods proposed to determine fracture toughness of structural materials.
The book reviews various kinds of empirical models of fatigue and fracture problems, including some modifying methods of basic empirical models, which have been widely applied to fatigue lifetime prediction and indicated their advantages and disadvantages. Then, FEMis introduced as an important method to obtain stress intensity factor or crack growth route. At last finished with existing problems and current trends in fatigue lifetime prediction via numerical method.

Contents
Preface
1 Contact Mechanics of Rough Surfaces in Hermetic Sealing Studies
2 Improving Contact Load-Bearing Resistance of Ultrafine-Grained Materials through Multilayering and Grading
3 Numerical Analysis Methods of Structural Fatigue and Fracture Problems
4 Modeling Friction for Turbomachinery Applications: Tuning Techniques and Adequacy Assessment of Heuristic Contact Models
5 Fretting: Review on the Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Wear, Fatigue and Fracture
6 Fatigue Fracture of Functionally Graded Materialsunder Elastic-Plastic Loading Conditions using Extended Finite Element Method
7 Adaptive Mesh Refinement Strategy for the Semi-Analytical Solution of Frictionless Elastic Contact Problems
8 Determination of Fracture Toughness Characteristics of Small-Size Chevron-Notched Specimens