Viscoelastic Fracture Mechanics

This book includes two parts, namely Viscoelasticity and Viscoelastic Fracture Mechanics.The first part Viscoelasticity covers the basic theory of viscoelasticity, which includes linear viscoelasticity, non-linear viscoelasticity and thermo-viscoelasticity. The second part Viscoelastic Fracture Mechanics takes into account the non-linear effects in the failure zone at the crack-tip and non-linear thermoviscoelastic fracture mechanics.