Fracture mechanics
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F Erdogan
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In this article, after a brief description of some signi®cant catastrophic structural failures going back to the period when iron and steel began to replace wood and masonry as the primary structural materials, the historical development of the ®eld of fracture mechanics is discussed. First, the bas