Contemporary Research in Engineering Science formatIsbn:Softcover 9783642800030 This book will add to formatIsbn:Softcover 9789048163663 This book will add to our current knowledge of abiotic stress response in plants and will provide the groundwork necessary to build future strategies for crop enhancement Authors were selected on the basis of their ability to provide a critical overview of specific subjects and their involvement in original work Empirical relationships have been developed [1] based on Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics over years describing fatigue crack growth response there would be thicknesswise variation of constraint effects leading to three dimensional nature of crack growth