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Explores crack tip plasticity in materials, emphasizing the importance of the plastic zone in crack resistance.

Basic Optical Microscopy: Techniques and Applications

Introduces basic optical microscopy techniques, including phase contrast and dark-field microscopy, and discusses the challenges of artifact identification.

Fracture of Materials: Review of Exercises

Covers exercises on fracture of materials, statistical failure analysis, Weibull model, and microcrack size analysis.

Probabilistic Fracture: Weibull Model

Delves into the Weibull model for probabilistic fracture in brittle solids and its implications on material reliability.