Advances in Fracture Resistance and Structural Integrity: Selected Papers from the 8th International Conference on Fracture (ICF8), Kyiv, Ukraine, 8-14 ... and Fracture of Materials and Structures)

The 8th International Conference on Fracture (ICF8), held in Kyiv, Ukraine, attracted 550 delegates from 30 countries with over 700 papers presented. This volume contains a representative selection of 72 articles of the highest standard from internationally renowned experts in the field. Principal topics covered include: mechanics and criteria of fracture, stress-strain analysis in solids with cracks, physics and mechanics of fracture, dynamic fracture, environmental effects, temperature influence on fracture, advanced and special-purpose materials engineering applications of fracture mechanics, fracture mechanics and strength of welded joints and structures, testing techniques and failure diagnostics. For anyone working in fracture mechanics and the performance of materials, this volume provides a valuable snapshot of the major recent developments in the field. Content: INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON THE STRENGTH AND FRACTURE OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES , Page ii , D.M.R. Taplin Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page xi , D.M.R. Taplin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page xiii , V.V. Panasyuk International Congress on Fracture , Page xv ICF8 Steering Committee , Page xvi ICF8 Programme Committee , Page xvi ICF8 National Organizing Committee , Page xvii Deformation Criteria in Fracture Mechanics of Materials , Pages 3-12 , V.V. PANASYUK The Science and Engineering of Fracture , Pages 13-49 , J.F. KNOTT Modelling of the Constitutive Behaviour of Damaged Materials , Pages 51-57 , H. ALTENBACH, P. SCHIEβE Twilight Zone of Fracture From Singular Crack Tip to Non-Regular Process Region , Pages 59-66 , K.B. BROBERG Mixed Mode Crack Growth in High Strength Aluminium , Pages 67-75 , N. HALLBÄCK, F. NILSSON Cleavage Fracture of HY80 Steel in AS-Quenched Condition , Pages 77-82 , W. ZHOU, J.F. KNOTT Crack Growth and Fracture as Instability Phenomena , Pages 83-97 , V.V. BOLOTIN Stress Intensity Factor Variations Along Crack Fronts under Three Modes in a Round Bar , Pages 99-106 , J. ROYER, A. Le VAN The Semi-Weight Function Method in the Determination of Stress Intensity Factors for a Cracked Reissner's Plate , Pages 109-115 , C.T. LIU, M.X. ZHOU Smart Computational Fracture of Materials and Structures , Pages 117-143 , H. LIEBOWITZ, J.S. SANDHU, F.C.M. MENANDRO, J.D. LEE Asymptotic Equations for Nonlinear Strains in Material Interface Corners and Cracks , Pages 145-152 , M. SCHERZER Fracture in Anisotropic Materials – Cleavage , Pages 153-160 , D. LEGUILLON, E. SANCHEZ-PALENCIA An Analytical Investigation of the Normalised Stress Intensity Factor for Bend Chevron Notched Specimens , Pages 161-168 , K.K. RAY, D. CHAKRABORTY, S. RAY 3D Computation of Cracked Piping Components , Pages 169-183 , S. IGNACCOLO, J.-M. PROIX, H. CHURIER-BOSSENNEC, C. FAIDY Interaction of Coplanar Surface Flaws under Tension , Pages 185-192 , A. CARPINTERI Weight Functions for Deep Cracks and High Stress Gradients , Pages 193-205 , H.J. SCHINDLER A FEM Based Solution for Singular Integral Equations in 3D Fracture Mechanics , Pages 207-214 , K. MAYRHOFER, F.D. FISCHER Fracture and Fatigue of Sintered Steel , Pages 217-224 , B. COTTERELL, Y.W. MAI Effect of Flaws on Fatigue Strength of Cast Materials , Pages 225-231 , K. MORITA, K. KAJIMOTO, R. MURAI Modeling of Low and High Cycle Fatigue in Nonelastic Solids , Pages 233-240 , M.P. WNUK, M.P. WEISS Analysis of the Growth of Short Fatigue Cracks in Aluminum Alloys , Pages 241-252 , A.J. McEVILY, Z. YANG Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics of the Cryogenic Structural Materials , Pages 253-259 , T. SUZUKI, K. HIRANO Modelling Environment-Assisted Short Fatigue Crack Growth , Pages 261-269 , R. AKID An Application of a Short Crack Growth Model in Prediction of Fretting Fatigue Life , Pages 271-276 , S. FAANES, U.S. FERNANDO Fatigue-Crack Propagation Behavior in Monolithic and Composite Ceramics and Intermetallics , Pages 277-317 , R.O. RITCHIE, R.H. DAUSKARDT, K.T. VENKATESWARA RAO Fatigue Resistance of High-Nitrogen Austenitic Steels , Pages 319-320 , B.R. IRIMESCU, M. DIENER, M.O. SPEIDEL Some Recent Advances in Metal Fatigue: Understanding the Two Thresholds of Fatigue Behaviour , Pages 321-331 , K.J. MILLER Fractal Kinetics of Fatigue Fracture of Metals , Pages 333-339 , V.S. IVANOVA Effect of Crack Closure on Kinetics of Fatigue Crack Propagation under Mixed Mode Loading in 2024 Al-Alloy Sheets , Pages 341-348 , R.K. PANDEY, A.M. ABDEL MAGEED Autooscillation of Fatigue Crack , Pages 349-355 , G.I. BARENBLATT, L.R. BOTVINA Cyclic Strain Criteria of Fatigue Crack Initiation under High-cycle Loading , Pages 357-364 , V.T. Troshchenko Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Fracture of Concrete Targets Impacted by Steel Rods , Pages 367-374 , E.P. CHEN The Effect of β Phase Stability on the Crack Propagation Behavior of Ti–6A1–4V Alloy , Pages 375-382 , I.A. AKMOULIN, M. NIINOMI, T. KOBAYASHI Static and Dynamic Fracture of Glass–Ceramic Matrix Composites , Pages 383-398 , E. NAZARENKO, D. FRANÇOIS Review of the Crack Growth Theories , Pages 399-415 , A. NEIMITZ Further Studies on Mixed Mode Concrete Fracture , Pages 417-425 , Z.K. GUO, A.S. KOBAYASHI, N.M. HAWKINS The Numerical Solution of some Problems in Dynamic Fracture Mechanics , Pages 427-432 , V.G. BORISKOVSKI, V.Z. PARTON Development of a Multi-Specimen Stress Corrosion Cracking Testing System Using a Constant K Specimen , Pages 435-440 , S. NUNOMURA, Y. HIGO, M. SHIMOJO, T. NISHIYAMA Environmental Assisted Cracking in Alloy 600 Components in PWR Primary Water , Pages 441-449 , P.M. SCOTT Cracking-Induced Transient Corrosion Current in Fatigued Stainless Steel Exposed to Sulphuric Acid , Pages 451-458 , Y.F. LI, A.L. RADIN, C. LAIRD Physical Metallurgy of Corrosion Fatigue of Ultrahigh Strength Steels , Pages 459-466 , K. MAZANEC Main Mechanisms of Water Environments Influence on Cyclic Cracking Resistance of Steels at 300° C , Pages 467-476 , V.I. POKHMURSKII, I.P. GNYP, E.I. LYCHKOVSKI Influence of Dwell at Peak Load on Elevated Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth in Waspaloy , Pages 479-486 , J. BYRNE, R. HALL A Comparison of Creep Crack Growth Behaviour in Nickel Based Super Alloy with Low Alloy Steel , Pages 487-495 , A. FUJI, M. KITAGAWA Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth of Metallic Materials at Elevated Temperatures , Pages 497-504 , R. KOTERAZAWA Thermal–Mechanical Fatigue Life Prediction on Engineering Materials , Pages 505-512 , H.J. SHI, G. PLUVINAGE Subcritical Crack Growth in Polymer Composite Materials under Creep , Pages 513-520 , A.A. KAMINSKY Creep Fracture Behaviour of the Near-Alpha Titanium Alloy IMI834 , Pages 521-528 , R.W. EVANS, R.J. HULL, B. WILSHIRE Micro-Models and Macro-Laws of Creep Fracture , Pages 529-536 , B. WILSHIRE, R.W. EVANS, M.R. WILLIS, I. PEARCE, R.J. HULL Monitoring Fracture Toughness Using Miniature Samples , Pages 537-544 , S.D. NORRIS, J.D. PARKER Surface and Sub-Surface Cracks Under Contact Loads in Transformation Toughened Ceramics , Pages 547-554 , N.B. THOMSEN, B.L. KARIHALOO Reliable Plastic Products Through Applying Failure Analysis and Basic Principles , Pages 555-560 , J.L. SPOORMAKER Fatigue Behavior of an Al 2 O 3 /ZrO 2 Ceramic under Cyclic Loading , Pages 561-568 , K. DUAN, Y.-W. MAI, B. COTTERELL Crack Path Signature Vis-à-Vis Toughness of Materials , Pages 569-574 , K.K. RAY, S. RAY, P. GANGULI, A. VIKRAM Analytical and Computer Simulations of Fracture Behaviour of Short-Fibre–Brittle-Matrix Composities , Pages 575-582 , X.-Z. HU, Y.-W. MAI, B. COTTERELL Modifier Influence on the Structure and Nature of Fracture in Cast Aluminum Alloy , Pages 583-588 , A. MILOSAVLJEVICA, A. SEDMAK, R. DROBNJAK, K. KOVACEVIC, V. LUĈC, P. SMILJANICA Influence of the Induced Damage Anisotropy on the Anisotropic Fracture of Metals , Pages 589-596 , A. BALTOV, St. VODENICHAROV, Tz. KAMENOVA, T. STOJTCHEV Continuous Fibre Reinforced Glass–Ceramic Matrix Composites: Microstructure, Mechanical Behaviour and Environmental Stability , Pages 597-639 , K.P. PLUCKNETT, G. WEST, D.M.R. TAPLIN, A.M. DANIEL, S. SUTHERLAND, R.L. CAIN, M.H. LEWIS Safety and Quality Assessment of Linepipes for Gas Transportation , Pages 643-650 , A.N. KUMAR The Crack Characteristics Related to Fracture of Chip in Machining , Pages 651-656 , Z.W. CHEN, H.Z. WU, M.D. TAN, H.N. FU Fatigue Analysis of a Typical Wing Root Lug Joint with Interference Fit Bush and Clearance Fit Pin under Flight Spectrum Loading , Pages 657-665 , P. MURUGESHAN, D. PADHI, M.K. SRIDHAR, K.N. RAJU Integral Approach to Evaluation of Fracture Kinetics and Residual Life of Structural Elements , Pages 667-673 , O.Je. ANDREYKIV, O.I. DARCHUK Towards Damage Tolerance of Aging Airframes , Pages 675-682 , G.I. NESTERENKO Application of Fracture Mechanics to Micromechanics and Microsystem Technology , Pages 683-690 , B. MICHEL, J-P. SOMMER, V. GROSSER Influence of Hydrides on the Strengths of Zircaloy-4 Plate , Pages 693-700 , J.B. BAI, D. FRANÇOIS Residual Stresses Relaxation in Welded Structures by Vibration Treatment – A Hypothesis of Acting Mechanism , Pages 701-706 , B. SABO, S. SEDMAK The Effect of Weld Metal Strength Mismatch on the Performance of Steel Weldments , Pages 707-716 , W. BURGET, D. MEMHARD, J.G. BLAUEL Transferability of Elastic–Plastic Fracture Mechanics Parameters to Cracked Components , Pages 719-726 , K. KUSSMAUL, U. EISELE, H. SILCHER Historical Perspective: The Evolution of Testing Equipment Used in Fracture Mechanics Research , Pages 727-742 , M.L. SEBEK, A.A. BRAUN Development of New Instrumented Charpy Impact Testing (CAI) System , Pages 743-750 , T. KOBAYASHI, I. YAMAMOTO Problems of Welding and Strength of Structures , Pages 753-760 , B.E. PATON Author Index , Pages 761-762