TY - CHAP AU - Arnaud Caron ED - Pranav H. Darji ED - Veera P. Darji Y1 - 2018-05-30 PY - 2018 T1 - Experimental Studies of Nanometer-Scaled Single-Asperity Contacts with Metal Surfaces N2 - This book contains two sections: Chapters 1-7 deal with contact mechanics, and Chapters 8-13 deal with fracture mechanics. The different contributions of this book will cover the various advanced topics of research. It provides some needed background with respect to contact mechanics, fracture mechanics and the use of finite element methods in both. All the covered chapters of this book are of a theoretical and applied nature, suitable for the researchers of engineering, physics, applied mathematics and mechanics with an interest in computer simulation of contact and fracture problems. BT - Contact and Fracture Mechanics SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72990 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72990 SN - 978-1-78923-159-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -