Download or read book Contact, Adhesion and Rupture of Elastic Solids written by D. Maugis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on the analogy between contact mechanics and fracture mechanics proposed by the author twenty years ago, starts with a treatment of the surface energy and tension of solids and surface thermodynamics. The essential concepts of fracture mechanics are presented with emphasis on the thermodynamic aspects. Readers will find complete analytical results and detailed calculations for cracks submitted to pressure distributions and the Dugdale model. Contact mechanics and the contact and adherence of rough solids are also covered.