Index
abrasion, 49
Auerbach, 116-119, 121-132, 135, 156,
173
Auerbach range, 121-126, 128, 130,
132
axial symmetry, 22
barreling, 156
Berkovich, 137, 149, 189
biaxial stress, 71, 72
blister field, 140, 141
bonded interface, 202, 203
Boussinesq, 78, 80, 81, 83, 93, 100,
114, 140, 143
Brinell, 149, 151, 152, 173, 177
Charles and Hillig, 50-54, 56, 60
chemical bonds, 1, 5
clip gauge, 207, 208
cohesive strength, 2, 180
compliance, 172, 183, 196, 208
compression, 5, 6, 10, 14, 18, 25, 28,
29, 83, 102, 156, 157, 160, 167, 173,
187, 204, 208
compressive zone, 204
concentrated force, 79
cone cracks, 90, 101, 114-116, 210
confining pressure, 156, 204
Coulomb forces, 1
Coulomb repulsion, 1
crack growth, 33-35, 43, 46, 49, 50, 54,
56, 58, 61, 124, 131, 134
crack path, 133
crack resistance, 41, 75
crack tip, 33-37, 39, 40-45, 47, 50-54,
90, 119, 120, 134, 145
crack tip plastic zone, 40, 53
crack velocity, 50-54
Creep, 192
cryogenic temperatures, 50
cumulative probability distribution, 62,
63
cylindrical flat punch, 77, 78, 92, 93,
95, 96, 107, 122, 129, 131, 180, 183,
184
cylindrical roller, 92
dead-weight, 36
delayed failure, 73, 74
densification, 140, 166, 167
deviatoric components, 25, 27, 29
deviatoric stress, 8, 25, 29
dilatation, 8
dissipative mechanisms, 33, 36, 41, 171
distance of mutual approach, 87,
104-107
distribution of pressure, 77, 78, 88, 93,
105, 163
elastic constraint, 151, 159, 164, 171,
180, 181, 184
elastic modulus, 1, 3, 18, 103, 147, 185
elastic recovery, 170, 180-183, 192
elastic stress fields, 77, 137
energy balance criterion, 34, 35, 37, 41,
43, 46, 49, 61, 117-119
environment, 49, 50, 51, 54, 142
equilibrium, 1-4, 7, 16, 23, 24, 35, 36,
39, 40, 42, 77, 134, 136
estimator, 70
expanding cavity, 138, 140, 143, 160,
163, 164, 167, 172, 180
finite element, 32, 47, 86, 143, 146,
147, 148, 167, 170, 185
fixed-grips, 36
flaw statistics, 118, 132, 133
fluid flow, 27
fracture surface energy, 33, 36, 117,
122, 123, 128, 129, 130
fracture toughness, 143, 144
friction, 110
frictionless contact, 77, 102, 125, 153,
165
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geometrical similarity, 162, 166, 175, 176 median cracks, 142

Griffith, 32-34, 37, 41, 43, 46, 48, 49, Meyer, 152, 156, 173
54, 59, 61, 68, 117-127, 133, 135 minimum critical load, 123, 125, 126,
Griffith criterion, 61 128, 130, 132

Hertz, 77, 78, 87, 100-102, 105, 106, nanoindentation, 189

114-119, 123, 125, 130, 135, 151,
155, 158, 170, 173, 186, 203
Hertzian cone cracks, 89, 101, 115,
116, 120, 136
Hooke’s law, 2, 80
hydrostatic, 25, 27, 28, 29, 148, 157,
160, 161, 162
impact, 108
indentation fracture, 141
indentation hardness, 217
indentation strain, 102, 158, 159, 168,
169, 172, 177, 203, 204, 205, 206
indentation stress, 13, 22, 30, 77, 78,
83, 89, 90, 96, 102, 108, 119, 120,
125, 127, 137, 138, 145, 147, 148,
151, 157, 158, 164, 167, 171, 179,
202-206
inert strength, 210
Inglis, 31-33, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 59
interfacial friction, 110
internal pressure, 138, 160
Irwin, 37, 41, 48, 50, 53, 54, 59, 61,
117, 135
ISO 14577, 217
K1C, 41-43, 44, 50, 54, 55, 61, 73, 117,
120, 125
Knoop, 137, 153, 154, 173
lateral cracks, 142, 143
Laugier, 144, 145, 149
linear elasticity, 14, 40, 71, 158, 204
load-displacement curve, 191
load-point displacement, 104-106, 108,
207, 208
mean contact pressure, 86, 91, 94, 95,
96, 99, 102, 107, 108, 120, 138, 139,
141, 146, 147, 152, 153, 157, 158,
160, 162, 163, 170, 171, 176, 178,
179, 203, 204, 212
Navier-Stokes, 27
Nomarski, 201, 202
Obreimoff’s experiment, 36
Oliver and Pharr, 195
Palmqvist, 142, 144, 149
permanent set, 155
plane strain, 16, 17, 20, 29, 33, 42, 43,
44, 50, 117
plane strain fracture toughness, 42, 44,
50
plane stress, 16, 17, 18, 29, 42, 43, 44
plastic zone, 40, 41, 42, 47, 53, 54, 138,
139, 141, 142, 148, 159-172, 179,
181
plasticity, 27, 28, 54, 137, 145, 151,
159, 164, 172, 180, 182, 183, 186,
187, 208
point contact, 80
point-load, 79
Poisson’s ratio, 13
potential energy, 2, 4, 5, 11, 33, 36, 38,
42, 109
principal planes, 18, 19, 21-23, 28
principal stresses, 18, 19, 20-23, 26, 29,
30, 71, 72, 89, 90, 92, 97, 147, 157,
170
prior stress field, 46, 119, 124, 133
probability density function, 63, 64, 66
probability of failure, 64-75, 124-129,
131, 132
proof stress, 56-58, 74
radial cracks, 142
reference blocks, 218
relative radii of curvature, 105
reloading, 181, 182
rigid conical indenter, 96
rigid-plastic, 138, 151, 159, 165, 180
Rockwell, 155
Roesler, 134, 136, 149

SENB, 44
sharp tip crack growth model, 56
shear modulus, 15, 82
shear strains, 11
shear stresses, 6-9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22,
26, 28, 30, 90, 94, 186
shearing angle, 11, 12, 13
Shore scleroscope, 155
slip, 110
slip-line theory, 166, 180
soda-lime glass, 50, 117, 125, 129, 130,
131, 139, 142, 148
spherical indenter, 87, 103, 145
St. Venant’s principle, 24, 138
static fatigue, 49
static fatigue limit, 50, 54, 58, 74, 75
strain, 10
strain compatibility, 23
strain energy, 4, 5, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36,
38, 40-43, 46, 61, 109, 117, 119,
120-126, 134, 135, 171, 172, 183
strain energy release rate, 34, 36, 40,
42, 43, 46, 117, 119, 120-126
stress concentration factor, 31-33, 50,
51, 52, 54
stress corrosion theory, 50, 51, 54, 56
stress deviations, 8, 25
stress equilibrium, 23
stress intensity factor, 37, 40-47, 50,
53, 54, 55, 58, 61, 73, 117, 119, 133,
134, 145
stress trajectories, 26, 81, 90, 91, 95, 99
Index 221
subcritical crack growth, 50, 54, 56-58,
61, 74
surface energy, 4, 5, 33-35, 36, 41, 42,
49, 61, 129, 130, 131, 133
surface tractions, 44, 45, 46
tensile strength, 3, 31, 35, 53, 64, 66,
68, 117, 152, 211, 212
tension, 5, 6, 10, 14, 18, 25, 28, 29, 31,
43, 64, 83, 102, 138, 210
tensor, 8, 12
thin film, 197, 218
time to failure, 54
Tresca, 28, 30, 158, 165, 166, 180, 187,
204
uniform pressure, 84, 103
Vickers, 137, 142-145, 149, 153, 167,
176, 179, 205, 207, 212, 213, 218
Vickers diamond pyramid, 137, 145,
167, 179, 205, 207, 213
viscosity, 27
von Mises, 29, 30, 165, 166, 204
Weibull parameters, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72,
125, 128, 132
Weibull statistics, 61, 64, 124, 148
yield stress, 26, 28, 29, 40, 157, 158,
164, 167, 180, 182, 204
Young’s modulus, 3
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