As the first major reference on glass fractography, contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive account of the fracture of glass as well as various fracture surface topography. Contributors discuss optical fibers, glass containers, and flatglass fractography. In addition, papers explore fracture origins; the growth of the original flaws of defects; and macroscopic fracture patterns from which fracture patterns evolve. This volume is complete with photographs and schematics.

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"Proceedings of the Fourth Alfred Conference on the Fractography of Glasses and Ceramics, held July 9-12, 2000, at Alfred University, Alfred, New York."

This volume contains papers presented at The Fifth Conference on the Fractography of Glasses and Ceramics Held in Rochester, New York, July 9-13 2006. Chapters include The Fracture Process at the Crack Tip, Fundamental Phenomena, Fractography of Contact Damage in Glasses and Ceramics, Identifying and Understanding Flaws in Ceramics, Fractography of Dental and Biomaterials, Fractography of Components, and Fracture Phenomena in Geology. This text provides a useful one-stop resource for understanding the most important issues in the research and applications of fractography of glasses and ceramics.

Provides an excellent one-stop resource for understanding the most important current issues in the research and applications of fractography of glasses and ceramics.

The widespread dissemination of fractographic literature on metals and polymers has been notably useful to those concerned with the development and application of those materials. Glasses and ceramics have also seen application of fractographic principles to a point where it was felt to be valuable to convene a conference where exchange of relevant information could take place. Contents of this report includes: High-Temperature Fracture; Role of Strain-Softening by Crack Formation in the Non-Linear Stress-Strain Behavior of a Polycrystalline Alumina at High Temperature; Fractography and Fracture Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics of Crack Branching in Ceramics; A Dynamic Fracture Mechanics Interpretation of Multiple Mist Regions on Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass Fracture Surfaces. (jes).