| Contents | |
| Chapter 1 | Introduction |
| General; Fracture mechanics; Numerical Methods; Overview of this work; Author’s published work | |
| Chapter 2 | Thermoelasticity and Fracture Mechanics |
| Introduction; Three-dimensional thermoelasticity; Fracture mechanics; Analysis of crack growth; Summary | |
| Chapter 3 | Boundary Integral Equations and the Boundary Element Method |
| Introduction; Boundary integral equations for steady-state thermoelasticity; The boundary element method for thermoelasticity; Numerical example; Summary | |
| Chapter 4 | The Dual Boundary Element Method for Three-Dimensional Thermoelasticity |
| Introduction; The dual boundary element method; Modelling and discretisation strategy; Treatment of the singular integrals; Summary | |
| Chapter 5 | Application of DBEM to Themoelastic Fracture Mechanics |
| Introduction; Special crack front elements; Stress intensity factor assessment; Numerical examples; Summary | |
| Chapter 6 | Fracture Analysis in Thermoelasticity Using J-integral |
| Introduction; The J-integral for thermoelasticity; Mixed mode J-integral; Symmetric and antisymmetric components; Decomposition of integrands; Thermoelastic fields at internal points for J-integral; Numerical implementation; Numerical examples; Summary | |
| Chapter 7 | Thermo-mechanical Crack Propagation |
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Introduction; Crack growth simulation; Numerical examples; Summary |
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| Chapter 8 | Conclusions |
| Introduction; Summary and conclusions; Recommendations for future research | |