Ceramics, Polymers, Metals, and Composites

  1. Material Degradation and Failure
    1. Fracture Mechanics
      1. Fundamentals of Fracture
        1. Griffith Theory
          1. Stress Concentration
            1. Crack Tip Stress Fields
            2. Fracture Modes
              1. Mode I Opening
                1. Mode II Sliding
                  1. Mode III Tearing
                  2. Ductile Fracture
                    1. Void Nucleation
                      1. Void Growth
                        1. Void Coalescence
                          1. Cup-and-Cone Fracture
                          2. Brittle Fracture
                            1. Cleavage Fracture
                              1. Intergranular Fracture
                                1. Transgranular Fracture
                                2. Fracture Toughness
                                  1. Stress Intensity Factor
                                    1. Critical Stress Intensity Factor
                                      1. Plane Strain Fracture Toughness
                                        1. Testing Methods
                                      2. Fatigue
                                        1. Cyclic Loading
                                          1. Stress Amplitude
                                            1. Mean Stress
                                              1. Stress Ratio
                                                1. Loading Frequency
                                                2. S-N Curves
                                                  1. Stress-Life Approach
                                                    1. Fatigue Limit
                                                      1. Endurance Limit
                                                        1. High-Cycle Fatigue
                                                        2. Fatigue Crack Growth
                                                          1. Paris Law
                                                            1. Crack Growth Rate
                                                              1. Threshold Stress Intensity
                                                              2. Factors Affecting Fatigue
                                                                1. Surface Finish
                                                                  1. Stress Concentrations
                                                                    1. Environment
                                                                      1. Temperature
                                                                      2. Low-Cycle Fatigue
                                                                        1. Strain-Life Approach
                                                                          1. Coffin-Manson Relationship
                                                                        2. Creep
                                                                          1. Creep Mechanisms
                                                                            1. Diffusional Creep
                                                                              1. Dislocation Creep
                                                                                1. Grain Boundary Sliding
                                                                                2. Creep Stages
                                                                                  1. Primary Creep
                                                                                    1. Decreasing Creep Rate
                                                                                      1. Work Hardening
                                                                                      2. Secondary Creep
                                                                                        1. Steady-State Creep
                                                                                          1. Constant Creep Rate
                                                                                          2. Tertiary Creep
                                                                                            1. Accelerating Creep Rate
                                                                                              1. Damage Accumulation
                                                                                            2. Creep Testing
                                                                                              1. Constant Load Tests
                                                                                                1. Constant Stress Tests
                                                                                                  1. Stress Relaxation Tests
                                                                                                  2. Creep-Resistant Materials
                                                                                                    1. Superalloys
                                                                                                      1. Refractory Metals
                                                                                                        1. Ceramics
                                                                                                      2. Corrosion and Degradation
                                                                                                        1. Electrochemical Corrosion
                                                                                                          1. Galvanic Cells
                                                                                                            1. Anode and Cathode
                                                                                                              1. Electrolyte
                                                                                                                1. Current Flow
                                                                                                                2. Electrode Potentials
                                                                                                                  1. Standard Electrode Potentials
                                                                                                                    1. Galvanic Series
                                                                                                                    2. Passivation
                                                                                                                      1. Passive Films
                                                                                                                        1. Breakdown Potential
                                                                                                                      2. Forms of Corrosion
                                                                                                                        1. Uniform Corrosion
                                                                                                                          1. General Attack
                                                                                                                            1. Corrosion Rate
                                                                                                                            2. Galvanic Corrosion
                                                                                                                              1. Dissimilar Metals
                                                                                                                                1. Area Effects
                                                                                                                                2. Pitting Corrosion
                                                                                                                                  1. Localized Attack
                                                                                                                                    1. Chloride Environments
                                                                                                                                    2. Crevice Corrosion
                                                                                                                                      1. Oxygen Depletion
                                                                                                                                        1. pH Changes
                                                                                                                                        2. Intergranular Corrosion
                                                                                                                                          1. Grain Boundary Attack
                                                                                                                                            1. Sensitization
                                                                                                                                            2. Stress Corrosion Cracking
                                                                                                                                              1. Tensile Stress
                                                                                                                                                1. Corrosive Environment
                                                                                                                                                  1. Susceptible Materials
                                                                                                                                                2. Corrosion Prevention
                                                                                                                                                  1. Material Selection
                                                                                                                                                    1. Corrosion-Resistant Alloys
                                                                                                                                                      1. Environmental Compatibility
                                                                                                                                                      2. Protective Coatings
                                                                                                                                                        1. Barrier Coatings
                                                                                                                                                          1. Sacrificial Coatings
                                                                                                                                                            1. Inhibitive Coatings
                                                                                                                                                            2. Cathodic Protection
                                                                                                                                                              1. Sacrificial Anodes
                                                                                                                                                                1. Impressed Current
                                                                                                                                                                2. Environmental Control
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Inhibitors
                                                                                                                                                                    1. pH Control
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Oxygen Removal
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Polymer Degradation
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Thermal Degradation
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Chain Scission
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Depolymerization
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Crosslinking
                                                                                                                                                                            2. Oxidative Degradation
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Free Radical Mechanisms
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Antioxidants
                                                                                                                                                                                2. UV Degradation
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Photochemical Reactions
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. UV Stabilizers
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Environmental Stress Cracking
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Stress and Environment
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Crack Propagation
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Chemical Degradation
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Hydrolysis
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Solvent Attack

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