The "The Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook" is a comprehensive resource for stress analysis in fracture mechanics, authored by Hiroshi Tada, Paul C. Paris, and George R. Irwin. The third edition, published in 2000, covers a wide range of topics including stress analysis results for common test specimen configurations, two-dimensional and three-dimensional cracked configurations, and crack analysis in rods, plates, and shells. The book also includes detailed appendices on compliance calibration methods, J-integral methods, and plasticity analysis. The authors acknowledge the significant contributions of Dr. George R. Irwin, who passed away in 1998, and express their dedication to his memory. The handbook is designed to provide practical solutions and methods for engineers and researchers, with a focus on elastic stress analysis and fracture mechanics. It includes numerical approaches and software for rapid computation of stress intensity factors (K) for various test and crack configurations. The book aims to document all important methods and results applicable to small-scale yielding fracture mechanics and beyond, while omitting advanced numerical techniques like finite element methods.The "The Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook" is a comprehensive resource for stress analysis in fracture mechanics, authored by Hiroshi Tada, Paul C. Paris, and George R. Irwin. The third edition, published in 2000, covers a wide range of topics including stress analysis results for common test specimen configurations, two-dimensional and three-dimensional cracked configurations, and crack analysis in rods, plates, and shells. The book also includes detailed appendices on compliance calibration methods, J-integral methods, and plasticity analysis. The authors acknowledge the significant contributions of Dr. George R. Irwin, who passed away in 1998, and express their dedication to his memory. The handbook is designed to provide practical solutions and methods for engineers and researchers, with a focus on elastic stress analysis and fracture mechanics. It includes numerical approaches and software for rapid computation of stress intensity factors (K) for various test and crack configurations. The book aims to document all important methods and results applicable to small-scale yielding fracture mechanics and beyond, while omitting advanced numerical techniques like finite element methods.