Structural fracture mechanics

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Catastrophic_failure/X5NDNv9r">Catastrophic failure</a> – Sudden and total failure from which recovery is impossible</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Catastrophe_theory/9z7AaBVB">Catastrophe theory</a> – Area of mathematics</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fracture_mechanics/f9QogJzF">Fracture mechanics</a> – Study of propagation of cracks in materials</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nuclear_safety_and_security/TtudaSPh">Nuclear safety and security</a> – Regulations for uses of radioactive materials</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Progressive_collapse/CJovLL6m">Progressive collapse</a> – Building collapse type</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Safety_engineering/ywUBoqda">Safety engineering</a> – Engineering discipline which assures that engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Structural_integrity_and_failure/5aYoMIlw">Structural integrity and failure</a> – Ability of a structure to support a designed structural load without breaking</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Applicability of the leak before break concept. Report of the IAEA Extrabudgetary Programme on the Safety of WWER-440 Model 230 Nuclear Power Plants, 1993" (PDF). <a href="http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_710_web.pdf" target="_blank">http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_710_web.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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