Stress-Induced Local Phase Transformations Near Cracks and Dislocations: The Field-Theoretical Approach

This book introduces a powerful new framework for describing the states and dynamics of heterophase solids subjected to inhomogeneous stress fields. It serves both as an accessible introduction to the underlying theory and as a specialized monograph that deepens understanding of crack and dislocation behavior related to phase transformation. It addresses the interaction between such transformations and defects—primarily cracks and dislocations—though the approach is applicable to other, as ...