Advances In Fracture Research: Proceedings Of The 5th International Conference On Fracture (icf5), Cannes, France, 29 March - 3 April 1981 ... Of Materials And Structures) (volume 6)

Advances in Fracture Research, Volume 6, documents the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Fracture (ICF5) held in Cannes, France, 29 March-3 April 1981. The conference was attended by 670 participants from 26 countries. The program consisted of plenary sessions with invited speakers, technical sessions with contributed papers, a poster session, and two round table discussions. This volume contains 14 papers that deal with topics such as advancements in fracture mechanics; the application of fracture mechanics in three areas: damage tolerance requirements for aircraft structures, toughness requirements for bridges and heat up and cool down schedule, and evaluation of in service NDE indications for nuclear pressure vessels; and the analysis of crack-tip stress and strain fields for stationary and growing cracks in inelastic solids under monotonic loading. Also included are papers on the impact of environment on fracture; the problem of fracture of large concrete structures; and microcracking in hydrogenated austenitic steels. Content: INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON THE STRENGTH AND FRACTURE OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages v-viii FOREWORD , Pages ix-x Members of ICF Executive Committee , Pages xi-xii Contents of Volume 1 , Pages xv-xix Contents of Volume 2 , Pages xx-xxv Contents of Volume 3 , Pages xxvi-xxviii Contents of Volume 4 , Pages xxix-xxxiv Contents of Volume 5 , Pages xxxv-xl SEANCE D'OUVERTURE ICF 5 , Pages 2637-2639 ADVANCEMENTS IN MACROSCOPIC FRACTURE MECHANICS , Pages 2641-2647 , G.R. IRWIN PROGRESS IN THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF FRACTURE MECHANICS , Pages 2649-2668 , H.T. Corten CRACK-TIP SINGULARITY FIELDS IN NONLINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS: A SURVEY OF CURRENT STATUS , Pages 2669-2684 , John W. Hutchinson INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON FRACTURE , Pages 2685-2704 , Markus O. Speidel PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FRACTURE MECHANICS , Pages 2705-2708 , A. PELLISSIER, TANON - E. SOMMER CRACK TIP SINGULARITY ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATION , Pages 2709-2711 , B.A. BILBY, R. LABBENS GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THEME 4 ELASTOPLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS , Pages 2713-2714 , Y. d'ESCATHA GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THEME 5 FATIGUE , Pages 2715-2717 , C. BATHIAS, TC. LINDLEY EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL DETERMINATION OF K Ic AND G Ic FOR MICRO CONCRETE , Pages 2719-2724 , D.R. Bressi, G. Ferrara MOLECULAR MICROMECHANICS OF POLYMER FRACTURE , Pages 2725-2733 , U.G. Gafurov, P.K. Khabibullaev COMPUTER SIMULATION OF MICRO AND MACROMECANISMS OF FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE FRACTURE , Pages 2735-2742 , I.M. Kopyov, A.S. Ovchinsky, N.K. Bilsagayev MICROCRACKING DYNAMIC IN HYDROGENATED AUSTENITIC STEELS , Pages 2743-2751 , H. Mathias, Y. Katz, S. Nadiv EFFECT OF THE TRIAXIALITY AND OF THE SHAPE AND CONTENT OF SECOND PHASE PARTICLES ON THE STRAIN AMPLIFICATION IN THE MECHANISM OF DUCTILE FRACTURE , Pages 2753-2760 , G. Mesmacque, J. Foct AN IMPROVED METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTING RANDOM SPECTRUM LOAD INTERACTION EFFECTS ON FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH , Pages 2761-2769 , J.B. Chang, R.M. Engle, M. Szamossi AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 2771-2776 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 2777-2786