STEPHEN W. FREIMAN, PHD, began his career as a research engineer in the ceramics division of IIT, then in several positions at ONR, NRL, and NIST, culminating in service as the Chief of the Ceramics Division, then Deputy Director for the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST. JOHN J. MECHOLSKY, JR., PHD, is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He was previously at the Penn State University, Sandia National Laboratories and has worked as a research engineer at various Navy laboratories including NRL. He has served as Associate Director of Materials at ONR London.

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• Preface ixAcknowledgements xi1. Introduction 12. Fracture Mechanics Background 73. Environmentally Enhanced Crack Growth 234. Fracture Mechanics Tests 375. Strength Testing 796. Thermally Induced Fracture 1297. Modeling of Brittle Fracture 1458. Quantitative Fractography 1679. Microstructural Effects 20710. Reliability and Time-dependent Fracture 22311. Concluding Remarks 235Subject Index 239

STEPHEN W. FREIMAN, PHD, began his career as a research engineer in the ceramics division of IIT, then in several positions at ONR, NRL, and NIST, culminating in service as the Chief of the Ceramics Division, then Deputy Director for the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST. JOHN J. MECHOLSKY, JR., PHD, is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He was previously at the Penn State University, Sandia National Laboratories and has worked as a research engineer at various Navy laboratories including NRL. He has served as Associate Director of Materials at ONR London.

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• Preface ixAcknowledgements xi1. Introduction 12. Fracture Mechanics Background 73. Environmentally Enhanced Crack Growth 234. Fracture Mechanics Tests 375. Strength Testing 796. Thermally Induced Fracture 1297. Modeling of Brittle Fracture 1458. Quantitative Fractography 1679. Microstructural Effects 20710. Reliability and Time-dependent Fracture 22311. Concluding Remarks 235Subject Index 239

STEPHEN W. FREIMAN, PHD, began his career as a research engineer in the ceramics division of IIT, then in several positions at ONR, NRL, and NIST, culminating in service as the Chief of the Ceramics Division, then Deputy Director for the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST. JOHN J. MECHOLSKY, JR., PHD, is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He was previously at the Penn State University, Sandia National Laboratories and has worked as a research engineer at various Navy laboratories including NRL. He has served as Associate Director of Materials at ONR London.

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• Preface ixAcknowledgements xi1. Introduction 12. Fracture Mechanics Background 73. Environmentally Enhanced Crack Growth 234. Fracture Mechanics Tests 375. Strength Testing 796. Thermally Induced Fracture 1297. Modeling of Brittle Fracture 1458. Quantitative Fractography 1679. Microstructural Effects 20710. Reliability and Time-dependent Fracture 22311. Concluding Remarks 235Subject Index 239