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ECF 12 - Fracture from Defects

Proceedings of the 12th Bienniel Conference on Fracture - ECF12 - held in Sheffield, UK 14-18 September 1998 under the auspices of the European Structural Integrity Society and organised by SIRIUS and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield

VOLUME 1/3

THE ECF LECTURE

An Overview of Failure Mechanisms in Creep
G W GREENWOOD

FATIGUE

An Overview on Fatigue Problems in the Car Industry
A BIGNONNET

Current Airframe Fatigue Problems
P POOLE, R COOK

Multiple Cracking in Thermal Fatigue
A FISSOLO, B MARINI

Micro-Fracture Mechanics Based Modelling of Fatigue Crack Growth in Aluminium Alloy AL7010-T7451 Under Random Loading
L WEI, E R DE LOS RIOS

Fatigue Crack Propagation in Notched Stainless Steel Specimens Under Variable Amplitude Loading
D S TCHANKOV, Y A DAVIDOV, T Z KAMENOVA

Experimental Statistical Analysis of Scatter in Fatigue Crack Growth Life Under Stationary Random Loading
B MORENO., J ZAPATERO, J DOMINGUEZ

The Stress Intensity Factor for Small Cracks at Micro-Notches Under Torsion
S BERETTA, Y MURAKAMI

Short Fatigue Crack Propagation from Notches in N18 Ni Based Superalloy
F SANSOZ, B BRETHES, A PINEAU

Crack Branching and Threshold Conditions of Small Cracks in Biaxial Fatigue
Y MURAKAMI, K TAKAHASHI

A Review of High-cycle Fatigue Models under Non-Proportional Loadings
T LAGODA, E MACHA

A Study of Multiaxial Fatigue Damage Accumulation in Carbon Steel
D K SUKER, M W BROWN, J R YATES, U S FERNANDO

Fatigue Limit of Nodular Cast Iron Containing Casting Defects
Y NADOT, J MENDEZ, N RANGANATHAN, A S BERANGER

Fatigue Surface Cracks in Cast Iron with Nodular Graphite
M SCHLEICHER, H BOMAS, P MAYR

Fatigue Damage Analysis of Austenitic Stainless Steel by Magnetic Force Microscope
T SUZUKI, K HIRANO

Fatigue Crack Propagation in FeAI and TiAI Alloys as Influenced by Environment and Temperature
A TONNEAU, G HÉNAFF, C MABRU, J PETIT

Thermal Ageing and Anisotropy Effects on the Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Duplex Stainless Steels
A MATEO, N RAMIREZ, L LLANES, Y HOUBAERT, M ANGLADA

Fatigue Strength of Annealed 0.37% Carbon Steel Containing Small Defect under Combined Axial and Torsional Loading
M ENDO

Crack Propagation Prediction of Practical Fatigue Defects Using a Crack Shape Following Technique
X B LIN, R A SMITH

Improvement of Fatigue Strength and Fracture Surface Morphology of Hard Shot-Peened Type 316L Steel
Y OCHI, K MASAKI

Environmental Effect on the Growth of Micro-Structurally Small Cracks in Stainless Steels
M NAKAJIMA, K TOKAJI

Effect of Small Blind Hole on the Fatigue Strength of Heat-Treated Steel Plain Specimens on NACL Solution
M GOTO, T YAMAMOTO, H NISITANI, N KAWAGOISHI

Application of Microsructural Fracture Mechanics to Shot-Peened Components
C VALLELLANO, A NAVARRO, E R DE LOS RIOS

Component Lifing by Shot-Peening
S KYRIACOU

Surface Treatment and Residual Stress Effects on the Fatigue Strength of Carburised Gears
B A SHAW, A M KORSUNSKY, J T EVANS

Evaluation of Fatigue Strength of Arbitrarily Notched Specimens with Small Defects Based on Linear Notch Mechanics
T TAKENO, H NISITANI

Assessment of the Period to Fatigue Macrocrack Initiation Near Stress Concentrators
O P OSTASH, E M KOSTYK

Fatigue Crack Growth in Round Bars under Rotary Bending
R BRIGHENTI, A CARPINTERI, G FILIPPINI, A SPAGNOLI

Prediction of the Evaluation of Semi-Elliptical Defect Shape During Crack Propagation
T BOUKHAROUBA, K AZOUAOUI, J GILGERT, G PLUVINAGE

An Alternative Crack Path Stability Parameter
L P POOK

Fatigue Strength of Material at the Weld Toe in the Presence of Surface Micro-Defects
V GLIHA

In-Service Cracks Growth in Shafts of Aircraft Structures Under Simultaneous Rotation or Torsion and Bending
A A SHANIAVSKI, A L TOUSHENTSOV

Weight Function Method for Determination of Critical Plane Position under Multiaxial Loading
R BRIGHANTI, A CARPINTERI, E MACHA, A SPAGNOLI

Low Cycle Fatigue and Fracture Toughness Behaviour of a Non-Magnetic Austenitic Cr-Mn-N Steel
L V VAREDA, D SPINELLI

Modelling the Effect of Micro-Pores on the Fatigue Life of AA7050 Aluminium Alloy Thick Plates
J C EHRSTRÖM, D ROY, M GARGHOURI, R FOUGÈRES

The Influence of Retained Austenite on Short Fatigue Crack Growth in Case Carburized Steel
V F DA SILVA, O R CRNKOVIC, W W BOSE FILHO, D SPINELLI

Prediction of Fatigue Crack Behaviour in Elastoplastic Materials
V V PANASYUK, O YE ANDREYKIV, O I DARCHUK

Damage Tolerance Prediction using Probabilistic Modelling of a Random Stress-Strain Response
J CACKO

A High Magnification Moiré Interferometer for Microstructural Strain Field Analysis
F A LA PORTA, J M HUNTLEY, T E CHUNG, R FAULKNER

Fatigue Threshold Behaviour of Thin Metallic Foils
A HADRBOLETZ, G KATHIBI, B WEISS, R STICKLER

Fatigue Crack Initiation Stage in Polycrystalline Copper
H ALUSH, A BUSSIBA, Y KATZ

A Study of Fatigue Crack Under Block Loading Spectrum
B M EL-SEHILY

Effect of Baseline Loading on Fatigue Crack Growth Retardation Due to an Overload
X DECOOPMAN, A IMAD, M NAIT-ABDELAZIZ, G MESMACQUE

Basic Mechanisms of Fatigue Crack Kinetics in Metals
N V TUMANOV, S A CHERKASOVA

Fatigue Strength and Fatigue Crack Initiation of Steel Notched Plates under Cyclic and Random Loading
D S TCHANKOV, A OHTA, N SUZUKI, Y MAEDA

Some Aspects of Small Fatigue Cracks under Variable Stress Ratios
H K KOTOGUCHI, T WAKASUGI, H OKAMOTO

The Use of Fatigue to Design Structures under Variable Loading
L C H RICARDO, A H P ANDRADE

HIGH TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL TESTING

High Temperature Mechanical Testing: Review and Future Directions
M S LOVEDAY, R P SKELTON

Low-Cycle Fatigue Behaviour and Lifetime Prediction of a SiC-Particulate Reinforced Aluminium Alloy at Elevated Temperatures
A JUNG, H J MAIER, H J CHRIST

Low Cycle Fatigue Strength of High Temperature Welded Joints: An Efficient Method to Predict the Life of Austenitic 316L(N) Weldments
L LE BÉR, C SAINTE CATHERINE, N WAECKEL, M TURBAT

Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour at Elevated Temperatures of Titanium Alloys
C SARRAZIN-BAUDOUX, Y CHABANNE, J PETIT

Effect on Inclusions on Gigacycle Fatigue of a Nickel Base Alloy
C BATHIAS, J BONIS

Mechanism Map of U720Li Superalloy at 650°C
J TONG, J BYRNE

Creep Fatigue Crack Growth of Semi-Elliptical Defect in Austenitic Stainless Steel Plates
F CURTIT, L LAIAIRINANDRASANA, B DRUBRAY, B MARTELET

Creep and Creep-Fatigue Behaviour of UDIMET 720 at 850°C
E CHATEAU, L REMY

Creep Behaviour of a Ti-6A1-4V Alloy in Different Heat Treating Conditions
F J SECO, F ZAPIRÁIN, F PEÑALBA, A M IRISARRI

Experience with Compact Tension Specimens for Creep Crack Growth Measurements in Weldments
N G TAYLOR, J H RANTALA, R C HURST, F BREGANI

Modelling of Microstructural Creep Damage in Welded Joints of 316 Stainless Steel
G BOUCHE, L ALLAIS, V LEZAUD, R PIQUES, A PINEAU

Fatigue Crack Initiation in a Ferritic-Martensitic Steel under Irradiated and Unirradiated Conditions
J BERTSCH, A MÖSLANG, H RIESCH-OPPERMANN

Fatigue Fracture of Low Alloy Steel at Ultra-High-Cycle Region under Elevated Temperature Condition
K KANAZAWA, S NISHIJIMA

Fatigue Fracture of Power Engineering Structures
V N SHLYANNIKOV, A V TCHADEAV, V A KALATCHEV

Fatigue Strength of Ion-Nitrided Steel at Elevated Temperature
A ONUKI, Y NUMAZAKI

High Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of the UDIMET 720 LI Alloy
G ONOFRIO, V LUPINC

Lifetime Prediction under Cyclic Loading for a Class of Elasto-Viscoplastic Damaged Model
S BEZZINA

Modelling of the Strain Rate Effect on the Lifetime of Austenitic Steels under Cyclic Loading at the High Temperatures
A G GULENKO, B Z MARGOLIN

The Influence of Service and Manufacturing Defects on Cyclic Life of Gas Turbine Engine Blades
B A GRYAZNOV, YU S NALIMOV, G V TSYBAN'OV

Low Cycle Fatigue of Platunum Aluminide Coated MAR-M002 Nickel-Base Superalloy in a Sulphidizing Atmosphere at 870°C
G GOVENDER, E AGHION, N COMINS

Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth Modelling Based on Local and Global Approaches for 316L(N) Stainless Steel
L LAIARINANDRASANA, R PIQUES, J P POLVORA, B MARTELET

IDENT ID Identification of Material Constitutive Parameters
L LE BÉR, E CHAMPAIN. L NICOLAS, C SAINTE CATHERINE

Influence of Ageing on Intergranular Cracking of 321 Heat Affected Zones
M CHAUBAUD, L ALLAIS, I CHU, P DUBUISSON, A PINEAU

Assessments of Cracks under Transient Thermal-Mechanical Loading Conditions in Ductile Engineering Materials
H YUAN, D KALKHOF

Experimental Set-Up for Dynamic Fracture of Materials at High Temperature
L GUILLAUMAT, F COLLOMBET, J L LATAILLADE

Influence of Temperature on Fatigue Microcracks Kinetics in a Titanium Alloy
S MAILLY, J MENDEZ

CERAMICS

The Peculiarities of Designing with Brittle Materials - Weak Points and Deficiencies
D RUBESA, R DANZER

Hidden Defects: Griffith's Flaws in Silicate Glasses
R J HAND

Crystallographic Fractometry of TiAI Fracture Surfaces
T HEBESBERGER, C O A SEMPRIMOSCHNIG, R PIPPAN, O KOLEDNIK, H CLEMENS

Modelling the Fracture Behaviour of CMCs
A MARTIN-MEIZOSO, J M MARTINEZ-ESNAOLA, M R ELIZALDE, I PUENTE, M FUENTES

Point Contact Fatigue in Polycrystalline Alumina
J L HENSHALL, M O GUILLOU, R M HOOPER

Fracture Resistance of Y-TZP Materials: Influence of Microstrucure
D CASELLAS, L LLANES, M ANGLADA

A Method for Fracture Toughness Testing of Ceramics - Ready for Standardisation
R J DAMANI, R DANZER

Crack Healing Behaviour of Si3N4 Ceramics and its Application to Structural Integrity
K ANDO, S SATO, Y KOBAYASHI, M C CHU

Development of Batdorf's Approach for Multiaxial Fracture of Ceramics
W S LEI, W DAHL

Subcritical Crack Growth in Three Engineering Ceramics under Biaxial Conditions
L GUERRA ROSA, J CRUZ FERNANDES, I ALEXANDRINO DUARTE

Modeling of Crack System Formation in a Ceramic Disk under a Thermo-Shock
R V GOLDSTEIN, N M OSIPENKO

Ceramics and Cermet Composites: Comparison from the Position of Fracture Mechanics
O M ROMANIV. B D VASYLIV

Method for the Investigation of the Long-Term Fracture and Reliability of Brittle Materials
V A OSADCHUK, A M MARGOLIN, R M KUSHNIR, M M NYKOLYSHYN

Determination of the Float Glass Fracture Toughness with Notched Specimen, Microstatistical Approach
H GOUAIR, Z AZARI, A KIFANI, G PLUVINAGE

Effects of Notch Root Radius on Both Crack Initiation Sites and Fracture Toughness of Ceramics and Steel
K TSUJI, K ANDO

Fracture Toughness and Work of Fracture of SiC-Fibre Glass Matrix Composite Aged in Non-Oxidising Atmosphere
I DLOUHÝ, M REINISCH, B VLACH, A R BOCCACCINI

Effect of Temperature and Strain Rate on the Interfacial Sliding Stress of a GCMC
I PUENTE, M R ELIZALDE, J M SÁNCHEZ, A MARTIN-MEIZOSO, J M MARTINEZ-ESNAOLA

Glass Strengthening with Epoxy Based Coatings: A Fractographic Study
R J HAND, F H WANG, B ELLIS, A B SEDDON

Influence of Microstructure on Fatigue Fracture Characteristics of AI2O3
M KIDO, G KATAYAMA, Y TSUCHIBUSHI, N INODA

Probabilistic Study on Fatigue Life of Proof Tested Ceramics Spring
K ANDO, S SATO, T SONE, Y KOBAYASHI

VOLUME 2/4

ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS

Progress Towards a Unified Structural Integrity Assessment Procedure: the SINTAP Project
A C BANNISTER, S E WEBSTER, M KOÇAK, R A AINSWORTH, K WALLIN, J Y BARTHELEMY

Defect Assessment Procedure for Strength Mismatched Structures - SINTAP
Y J KIM, R A AINSWORTH, M KOÇAK

Development of Methods for Including Constraint Effects Within the SINTAP Procedures
R A AINSWORTH, I SATTARI-FAR, A H SHERRY, D G HOOTON, I HADLEY

Fracture Toughness Estimation Methodology Within the SINTAP Project
K WALLIN, A C BANNISTER, P NEVASMAA

New Welding Residual Stresses Compendium Incorporated into the SINTAP Structural Integrity Assessment Procedure
A STACEY, J Y BARTHELEMY A CTOA

Description of Size Effects in R-Curves for Large Growth
R M CURR, C E TURNER

Fracture Mechanics Assessment of Components
E ROOS, K KUSSMAUL

Contribution to the Development of a J Estimation Scheme for Circumferential Through-Wall Cracks in Pipes
PH. GILLES

Investigations Towards J-R Curves Independence of the Specimen Size
A NEIMITZ, R MOLASY

Transferability of Plane-Stress R-curves: Effects of Specimen Size and Crack Length
V P NAUMENKO, O KOLEDNIK, N P O'DOWD, G S VOLKOV, A I SEMENETS

A Local Approach to Cleavage Fracture of A508 Steel
A ROSSOLL, C BERDIN, P FORGET, C PRIOUL, B MARINI

Cracks and Strain Energy
D S DUGDALE

Fracture Toughness Evaluation Using Circumferentially Cracked Cylindrical Specimens
C H L J TEN HORN, A BAKKER

Tests of Full Scale Structural Members for the Verification of Annex C, to Eurocode 3-2
B KALINOWSKI, P LANGENBERG, W DAHL, G STÖTZEL, N STRANGHÖNER, G SEDLACEK

Brittle and Ductile Failure under Mixed Mode Loading
D J SMITH, T D SWANKIE, M AYOTOLLAHI, M J PAVIER

Ductile Elastic-Plastic Mixed Mode I-II Crack Propagation Mechanisms and Fracture Resistance in Metallic Materials
A LAUKKANEN

Relation Between the Crack Tip Displacement Vector and the J-Integral in Mixed Mode Ductile Fracture
C DALLE DONNE, A PIRONDI

Ductile Fracture Toughness Under Biaxial Loading
S ARNDT, A G ATKINS

Anisotropic Fracture Behaviour of Eutectoid Steels with Different Degrees of Drawing
J TORIBIO, M TOLEDANO

Modelling of the Ductile to Brittle Transition of a Low Alloy Steel
S CARASSOU, S RENEVEY, B MARINI, A PINEAU

The Effect of Section Size on the Transition Fracture Toughness of a Silicon-Killed CMn Plate Steel
R H PRIEST, R MOSKOVIC

Prediction of Cleavage Fracture in Welded Wide Plates by the J-Q-M Approach
C THAULOW, Z L ZHANG, M HAUGE

Brittle Fracture of Duplex Stainless Steels
T J MARROW

Anisotropic Ductile Rupture
A A BENZERGA, J BESSON, R BATISSE, A PINEAU

Damage Kinetics in Ferritic Spheroidal Graphite Cast iron
C GUILLEMER-NEEL, X FEAUGAS, V BOBET, M CLAVEL

Crack Length Effect on Fracture Behaviour of Duplex Steels
I DLOUHÝ, Z CHLUP, M HOLZMANN

A Cracks Closure in Combined Tension and Bending of Plates
I P SHATSKY

Fracture Study of Human Bones by Optical Methods
M KONSTA-GDOUTOS, E E GDOUTOS, D D RAFTOPOULOS, J MEISSNER

A Mechanism of 3-D Crack Growth and Splitting in Biaxial Compression
E SAHOURYEH, A V DYSKIN, L N GERMANOVICH

Application of Local Approach to the Cleavage Fracture Behaviour of F82Hmod Ferritic-Martensitic Structural Steel
H RIESCH-OPPERMANN, E DIEGELE, A BRÜCKNER-FOIT

Local Approach of Fracture in Gray Cast Iron
V VASAUSKAS, S BASKUTIS

Localisation of Deformation Viewed as a Loss of Quasi-Staticity
V KERYVIN, J L HANUS, T DÉSOYER

Assessment of the Crack Resistance Behaviour of Martensitic Steels by Fracture Toughness and In Situ Tensile Tests
D REGENER, E SCHICK

The Fracture Resistance of Bimaterial Copper-Stainless Steel Interfaces with Three-Point Bend Configuration
A LAUKKANEN, P KARJALAINEN-ROIKONEN, P MOILANEN, S TÄHTINEN

Characterisation of Constraint Effects Based on Micromechanical Modeling
H YUAN, D KALKHOF

Ductile Tearing of Thin Sheets: A Comparison of Three Plane Stress Toughness Characterisation Parameters
A GALARZA, A MARTIN MEIZOSO, J M MARTINEZ ESNAOLA, J GIL SEVILLANO

Probabilistic Model for Fracture Toughness Prediction
B Z MARGOLIN, A G GULENKO, V A SHVETSOVA

Simulation of Room Temperature Sustained Load Cracking of Commercial Purity Titanium
G SHATIL, D J SMITH

Investigation of the Plastic Deformation During Cleavage Fracture
C O A SEMPRIMOSCHNIG, R PIPPAN

Effective Stress Intensity Factor of a Real-Like 3d Intergranular Crack Front
P SANDERA, J HORNIKOVÁ, J POKLUDA

Flaw Assessment in Structures of Strain Hardening Material
S KOVCHYK, R RISNYTCHUK

Master Curve Methodology and Fracture Behaviour of the Cast Steel
M HOLZMANN, V KOZÁK, I DLOUHÝ

Fracture Mechanics Methods for Residual Stress Evaluation in Plane Problems
M BEGHINI, L BERTINI, F DI PUCCIO

The Inner-Cut-Off Radius in the Ritchie-Knott-Rice Model of Cleavage Fracture
F O RIEMELMOSER, R PIPPAN

The Correlation Between Charpy Fracture Energy and Fracture Toughness From a Theoretical Point of View
H J SCHINDLER

Two-Parametric Elastic-Plastic Fracture Criteria
A ZILIUKAS

Crack Growth Initiation of Asymmetrically Branched Crack in an Infinite Elastic Medium
G PAPAKALIATAKIS

On the Ductile Tearing Initiation: Comparison Between a Complex Structure and CT Specimen
S CHAPULIOT, S MARIE

Crack Behaviour Analysis in the Heat Affected Zone of Microalloyed Steels
K GERIC, S SEDMAK

Fracture Toughness of Thin Nodular Cast Iron
M JANSSEN, H BOONE

Microstructural Effects on Damage Mechanics in Constructional Steel
U ACHENBACH, S KLINGBEIL, U PRAHL, W DAHL, W BLECK

Crack Behaviour Analysis in the Heat Affected Zone of Microalloyed Steels
K GERIC, S SEDMAK

Fracture Toughness of Thin Nodular Cast Iron
M JANSSEN, H BOONE

Microstructural Effects on Damage Mechanics in Constructional Steel
U ACHENBACH, S KLINGBEIL, U PRAHL, W DAHL, W BLECK

Preliminary Study of the Toughness Dependence on the Heat Treatment of a Nodular Cast Iron
U FERRAZ, M PEREIRA, F DARWISH, S PACIORNIK

Some Critical Remarks on the Dugdale Strip Yield Model for the Crack Tip Plasticity
D PUSTAIC, B STOK

Fracture Toughness of Thick Plates of Ti-6A1-4V Weldments
I EIZAGUIRRE, F SANTAMARIA, A M IRISARRI, L M PLAZA

Influence of Metallurgical Parameters on the Fracture Toughness of Stainless Steel Welds
P OULD, P BALLADON

Influence of the Stress State in Mismatched Weld Joints on Fracture Resistance Under Tension
E RANATOWSKI

Kinetics of Damage Accumulation in a Material at High Strains
A A LEBEDEV, N G CHAUSOV, I O BOGINICH

NUMERICAL METHODS

Recent Developments in Numerical Fracture Methods Within the R6 Procedure
R A AINSWORTH, A H SHERRY, R KOERS

A Comparison of Geometrical Parameter and Gurson's Model Approaches to Simulations of Ductile Fracture in Pipelines
A CORIGLIANO, G MAIER, S MARIANI

Two Models of Ductile Fracture in Contest: Porous Metal Plasticity and Cohesive Elements
T SIEGMUND, G BERNAUER, W BROCKS

Experiments on Warm Prestress Effect and Their Numerical Simulation Based on Local Approach
E ROOS, U ALSMANN, K ELSÄSSER, U EISELE, M SEIDENFUSS

Fatigue Cracks at Sharp Notches
S SÄHN, V B PHAM, B WURM, T HAMERNIK

Numerical Method for Determination of the Mixed Mode Crack Behaviour in Elastic-Plastic Materials
J LI, X B ZHANG, N RECHO

An Interface Model Based on Damage Coupled to Slip and Dilatation
P CANNMO

Two and Three-Dimensional Effects in the Simulation of Wide Plate Tests
I C HOWARD, Z H LI, D P G LIDBURY, A M OTHMAN, R PATEL, A H SHERRY, J SIMPSON

Study on the Process of Intrusion Formation Using Crystalline FEM Analysis
N OSAWA, Y TOMITA, K HASHIMOTO

The Influence of Defects on Intergranular Fracture in Polycrystalline Materials at Low Temperatures
P E J FLEWITT, G E SMITH, R MOSKOVIC, A G CROCKER

A Comparative Study of the Rice & Tracey and Rousselier Models in the Analysis of the Ductile Tearing
J WILSIUS, A IMAD, M NAIT ABDELAZIZ, G MESMACQUE, C ERIPRET

A Numerical Method to Simulate Ductile Crack Growth
S MARIE, S CHAPULIOT

A Numerical Model to Analyze the Effect of Hydrogen on Ductile Fracture Behaviour
M A ASTIZ, J A ÁLVAREZ, F GUTTIÉRREZ-SOLANA

Analog of dc Model for Elasto-Plastic Piecewise-Homogeneous Plates and Shells with Cracks
R M KUSHNIR, M M NYKOLYSHYN, R A BODNAR

The Solutions of Elasticity Problems for Cracked Plates Stiffened by Patches
M P SAVRUK, V S KRAVETS

Analysis of Failure Loadings at Contact of Anisotropic and Isotropic Half-Planes with Local Surface Recess-Type Flaws
A A KRYSHTAFOVYCH, R M MARTYNYAK, R M SHVETS

Notches and Kinked Cracks in Materials with General Anisotropy
C BLANCO, J M MARTINEZ-ESNAOLA, C ATKINSON

Stress Intensity Factors for Oblique Edge Crack Under Travelling Load
M BEGHINI, L BERTINI, V FONTANARI

Stress Intensity Factors for a Semi-Elliptical Crack under Various Stress Distribution
S POMMIER, C SAKAE, Y MURAKAMI

Crack Tip Fields in Coarse Two Phase Materials under Creep Loading Conditions
C BROECKMANN, O LÜSEBRINK

The Variation of the Near-Tip Parameters of a Growing Crack in a Plain-Sided CT Specimen
W Y YAN, O KOLEDNIK, F D FISCHER

Study of Ductile Fracture of Austenitic Stainless Steels by Local Approach
C GENEY, S DEGALLAIX-MOREUIL, Y DESPLANQUES, T MILLOT

FE-Simulation of Crack Growth Using Damage Parameter and Cohesive Surface Concept
L MISHNAEVSKY Jr, O MINTCHEV, S SCHMAUDER

High-Resolution Numerical Modelling of Stress-Strain Fields in the Vicinity of a Crack Tip Subjected to Fatigue
J TORIBIO, V KHARIN

Numerical Approach for the Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth in Microelectronics Solder Joints
K KAMINISHI, M LINO, M TANEDA

Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth Under Complex Loading with the Software System FRANC/FAM

H A RICHARD, B MAY, M SCHÖLLMANN

A Statistical Model for Coalescence of Dispersed Flaws

S IGNATOVICH, F F NINASIVINCHA SOTO

Why and How the Elastic Response of an Ideal Crack is to be Harmonized With That of An Actual Crack
V P NAUMENKO

VOLUME 3/3

ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED CRACKING

Near-Neutral Stress Corrosion Cracking of Buried Pipelines: Field Experience and Research Results
V PISTONE

Current Issues in Hydrogen Embrittlement A TURNBULL Competition Between Sensitisation and Environmentally Induced Grain Boundary Damage in 304 Stainless Steel
K WOLSKI, A HARABASZ, M BISCONDI, T MAGNIN

Environmental Aspects of the Sustained-Load Cracking in a Mill Annealed Titanium Alloy
Y N LENETS, A H ROSENBERGER, T NICHOLAS

A Mechanical Approach to the Prediction of Stress Corrosion Crack Initiation of Alloy 600
G BARBIER, P BYSTRICKY

Formation and Characteristics of Quasi-Cleavage Crack in Hydrogen Damaged Low Strength Steel
Y NAKATANI, H MATSUOKA, K YAMADA

Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of High-Strength Steels for Civil Engineering Purposes
J TORIBIO, E OVEJERO

Electrochemical Approach to the Development of a Simulating Physiological Environment for Strength Evaluation of Hard Tissue Replacement Materials
B J LEE, J KOMOTORI, M SHIMIZU

Thermocycling in Hydrogen Environment as Simulation Method of Pipeline Stream Steel's Damages
H M NYKYFORCHYN, O Z STUDENT

Degradation of Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Resistance of a Power Plants Pipe-Line Steel under Operating Conditions
I M DMYTRAKH, A B VAINMAN, R I VOVK

Influence of the Intermetallic Phases Precipitation on the Corrosion Behaviour of a Duplex Stainless Steel
A M IRISARRI, E ERAUZKIN

Evaluation of the Effect of Geothermal Environment on Corrosion Fracture of Titanium Alloy and Steel
V I POKHMURSKII, O S KALAKHAN

EAC of Austenite In Hot Water Crevices Measured by Rising Displacement Test Method
A BROZOVÁ, K SPLÍCHAL

Some Problems of the Cold Cracking in Weld Joints in Aspect of Fracture Mechanics
E RANATOWSKI

Assessment of Residual Life of Main Gas Pipe-Lines with Corrosion-Fatigue Damages
YO L ZUBYK, O YE ANDREYKIV, O I DARCHUK

Predicted and Experimental Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Anodically Polarised Steel in De-aerated Sea Water
C J VAN DER WEKKEN, P C H AMENT, M JANSSEN, J ZUIDEMA

Determination and Prediction of Corrosion Fatigue Cracks Nucleation from Surface of Semicircular Notches
V V PANASYUK, I M DMYTRAKH

Identification of Corrosion-Mechanical Fracture Mechanism of Structural Steels
H M NYKYFORCHYN, O T TSYRULNYK

Corrosion Fatigue at Notches in High Strength Aluminium Alloy
E M KOSTYK, O P OSTASH, I R MAKOVIYCHUK, R V CHEPIL

Combined Effect of Hydrogen and Stress Concentrations in Austenitic Stainless Steel
L CABALLERO, A VALIENTE, J RUIZ

Effect of Specimen Size and Hydrogen Exposure Condition on KIH Test
N OHTSUKA, Y SHINDO, H YAMADA

Fish Eye Formation in A508.3 and 18MND5 Steels after Hydrogen Charging
J SOJKA, M SOZANSKA, J GALLAND, L HYSPECKÁ, M TVRDÝ

Influence of Transient Near-tip Stress Field on Hydrogen Assisted Cracking
J TORIBIO, V KHARIN

Local Versus Global Decarburization During Hydrogen Attack in a Vessel
S M SCHLÖGL, E VAN DER GIESSEN

Numerical Simulations of Hydrogen/Dislocaton Interactions at a Stress Corrosion Crack Tip
J PH CHATEAU, A PARET, D DELAFOSSE, TH MAGNIN

The Role of Structural Defects in Hydrogen Induced Cold Cracking of Steel Weldments
I K POKHODNYA, V I SHVACHKO, S M STEPANYUK

FRACTURE DYNAMICS

Determination of the Characteristic Yield Force (Fgy) and Displacement (Sgy) for Instrumented Mini Charpy-V Notch Specimens
H TAYLOR

Instrumented Impact Testing of Sub-Size Charpy-V Notch Specimens: Final Results of the ESIS TC5 Round-Robin
E LUCON

Simplified Fracture Toughness Measurement by Drop Weight Loading
J D G SUMPTER

Dynamic Fracture Mechanics Testing of the HSLA Steel
Z RADAKOVIC, G B LENKEY, A SEDMAK

The "Small Punch" Technique for Evaluating Quasi Non-Destructively the Mechanical Properties of Steels
V BICEGO, E LUCON, C SAMPIETRI

Effect of Crack Depth on Fracture Mechanics Properties Estimated from Instrumented Pre-Cracked Charpy-Type Tests
H J SCHINDLER, P H BOND, G PRANTL

Modelling of the Effect of Irradiation on Charpy Impact Properties of Steels
R MOSKOVIC

Calculation of the Asymptotic Crack Tip Fields for a Dynamic Crack Growth in Ductile Porous Solids
B POTTHAST, K P HERRMANN

Strain/Strain-Rate Controlled and Geometry/Microstructure Dependent Dynamic Material Failure
C H NGUYEN

Acoustic Emissions in Epoxy Adhesive Dynamic Peel Specimens Containing Interfacial Layers
H TAYLOR, W C LAW, J P E PYYKKÖ, D L CHADWICK, R E DAVIS

Comparison of Dynamic and Static Environmentally Assisted Cracking Test Methods for Aluminium Alloys
M G BURNS, D SARCHAMY, L SCHRA, R BRAUN

Influence of Post Weld Heat Treatment on the HAZ Toughness of a C-Mn Microalloyed Steel
V L O BRITO, H J C VOORWALD, N NEVES, L F G SOUZA, J M A ARNEIRO

Investigations of the Warm Pre-stress Effect by the Pre-cracked Instrumented Charpy Tests
H BLUMENAUER, B EICHLER, J UDE

Temperature Effects in Spall Mechanics
P CHEVRIER, J R KLEPACZKO

Deformation and Fracture of Polymers: Relativistic Approach
G M KERCH

Dynamic Compression Testing of Plain Carbon Steel
A DOIG, H TAYLOR

High Rate Deformation Behaviour During Explosion Loading of Steel
G PAPE, A BAKKER

Effect of the Strain Rate on the Mechanical Behaviour of a Ti-6A1-4V/SiC Composite Material
F GÁLVEZ, J RODRIGUEZ, P POZA, J LLORCA, I OCAÑA, A MARTIN-MEIZOSO, J GIL-SEVILLANO, M FUENTES

Effect of Loading Rate on the Fracture Mechanics Characteristics of E420-C High Strength Steel
G B LENKEY

POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES

ESIS TC4 Activity on High Rate Testing of Plastics
A PAVAN

The Evolution of an ISO Standard for the Mode I Delamination Toughness of Laminates
B R K BLACKMAN, A J BRUNNER, P DAVIES

Modelling Fracture in Aluminium Based Metal Matrix Composites using a Statistical Approach
K M MUSSERT, M JANSSEN, A BAKKER, S VAN DER ZWAAG

Effect of Particle Size on the Fracture Behaviour of Aluminium Hydroxide Filled Polypropylene
J I VELSCO, C MORHAIN, M LI MASPOCH, O O SANTANA

Fracture Toughness of Pyrolitic Carbon-Graphite Composites for Biological Applications
M RAGUSO, A CASADEI, M ROSETTO, R DOGLIONE, D FIRRAO

Analysis of Local Delamination in Composite Laminates with Cross Ply Matrix Cracks
M KASHTALYAN, J ZHANG, C SOUTIS

Hypercube Graph Based Fracture Models of Fibrous Bundles and Composites
A A CHEKALKIN

Study of the Temperature Effect on the Matrix Cracking in Carbon/Epoxy Cross-Ply Laminates under Cyclic Loading
N KHEMIRI, L MICHEL, F LACHAUD, E RAMAHEFARISON

On the Mode II Testing of Carbon-Fibre Polymer Composites
B R K BLACKMAN, J G WILLIAMS

Experimental Study of the Dynamics of Rapid Crack Propagation in Plastic Pipes
S HILLMANSEN, C J GREENSHIELDS, A IVANKOVIC

The Essential Work of Fracture of Polyolefinic Films
M LI MASPOCH, D FERRER, O O SANTANA, J I VELASCO

A 3D Multilayered Model for UHMWPE Gamma Sterilised Tibial Insert
M C DUBOURG, S PLUMET

Characterisation of Fracture Behaviour at Low Strain Rate of PC/ABS Blends
O O SANTANA, A B MARTINEZ, J I VELASCO, M LL MASPOCH

Fracture Behaviour of Polypropylene Copolymers - Influence of Interparticle Distance and Temperature
W GRELLMANN, G H MICHLER, S SEIDLER, K JUNG, I KOTTER, M GAHLEITNER, J FIEBIG

On Two Approaches to Compressive Fracture Problems
I A GUZ

Thermofluctuational Approach to Fracture of Filled Elastomers
A L SVISTKOV, L A KOMAR, S N LEBEDEV

Effect of Cure on the Impact Behaviour of an Epoxy Resin
B ELLIS, M S FOUND, J R BELL

Impact Perforation of Thin CFRP Laminates
M S FOUND, I C HOWARD, A P PARAN

Mode I Fracture Toughness Testing of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Unidirectional Versus Cross-Ply Lay-Up
B R K BLACKMAN, A J BRUNNER

A General Micromechanical Approach to the Study of the Near-Surface Buckling in Fibrous Composites
YU N LAPUSTA

Micro-Mechanical Models of Stable Damage Evolution on Post-Critical Deformation Stage and Failure of Composite Materials

A A TASHKINOV, V E WILDEMANN, A V ZAITSEV

A Study on Tensile Strength Distribution and its Temperature Dependence for Amorphous Alloy Ribbons
T SAKAI, T ITO

The Scatter of Strength in Composite Materials Arising from Their Structural Non-uniformity
L A GOLOTINA, V V MOSHEV

Slow Crack Growth in a MDPE: Mechanical Behaviour and Long Term Creep Failure Predictions
H BEN HADJ HAMOUDA, R PIQUES, N BILLON, L LAIARINANDRASANA, P BLOUET

Loading Rate Dependence of Fracture Properties for Engineering Plastics
Z MAJOR, R W LANG

Concrete

A Fracture Mechanics Approach to Failure Mode Scaling in Concrete Beams
AL CARPINTERI, G FERRO

Application of Fracture Mechanics to Reinforced Concrete Beams under Bending
D SUMARAC, LJ ATANASKOVIC

Shear Fatigue Failure of Reinforced Concrete Elements without Shear Reinforcement
M SCHLÄFLI, E BRÜHWILER

Creep-Fatigue Interactions During Crack Growth in a Fine-Sand Asphalt Concrete Mixture
J ZUIDEMA, J SCHULTE, R L KRANS, F TOLMAN

Damage Modeling of Refractory Concrete under Thermal Solicitations
C ANDRIEUX, P BOISSE, Y DUTHEILLET, V GABIS, A GASSER

Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Crack Development in a Concrete Slab Subjected to Thermal Shock
V MECHTCHERINE, H S MÜLLER

Damage Process Analysis in Concrete under Compression
M PAVISIC, K GERIC

Fracture Behaviour of a Solid with Random Porosity: Experimental Analysis and Size Effects
AL CARPINTERI, B CHIAIA, S INVERNIZZI

Late Paper

Fatigue Life Prediction of Natural Rubber Components for Uniaxial and Multiaxial Loadings
N SAINTIER, N ANDRÉ, G CAILLETAUD, R PIQUES