Lecture Notes on Fracture Mechanics Alan T. Zehnder, Ph.D. Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-9181, atz2@cornell.edu c Alan Zehnder, 2007 January 11, 2007 These notes are available at no cost and may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author.