This article is about the science of fractures. For predicting fractures, see Fracture mechanics. For bone fractures, see Bone fracture. For other uses, see Fracture (disambiguation).
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Ductile failure of a metallic specimen strained axially
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Hydrogen embrittlement
Impact
Liquid metal embrittlement
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Metal-induced embrittlement
Stress corrosion cracking
Sulfide stress cracking
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Yielding
Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid. If a displacement develops perpendicular to the surface, it is called a normal tensile crack or simply a crack; if a displacement develops tangentially, it is called a shear crack, slip band, or dislocation.[1]
Brittle fractures occur without any apparent deformation before fracture. Ductile fractures occur after visible deformation. Fracture strength, or breaking strength, is the stress when a specimen fails or fractures. The detailed understanding of how a fracture occurs and develops in materials is the object of fracture mechanics.
Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture...
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fracture is a break or fracture of a brittle material that does not follow any natural planes of separation. Mindat.org defines conchoidal fracture as...
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