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ECF 8 - Fracture Behaviour and Design of Materials and Structures

 

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Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Fracture, ECF 8, Turin, Italy, October 1-5, 1990 Editor: D.Firrao. ISBN 0 947817 41 7 (1990), 1758 pages in 3 volumes
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Preprints of the 8th Biennial European Conference on Fracture - ECF8-held at The Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, October 1- 5, 1990 under the Auspices of the European Group on Fracture and organised by the Italian Group on Fracture (IGF)

VOLUME I

Invited Papers

New materials for improved fracture and fatigue resistance
D. FRANCOIS

Is now the time for a global terminology in Fracture Mechanics?
H.H. KAUSCH

MECHANICS AND MECHANISMS OF BRITTLE FRACTURE

Micromechanisms of cleavage fracture in ferritic steels
P. BOWEN, R.J. CONDOR and J.F. KNOTT

Mechanisms and mechanics of ferritic-pearlitic steel delamination
G. DUFFET, J.F. CHARMOILLAUX, C. FILIATRE, R. BATISSE and C. OYTANA

Effect of cleavage plane orientation on local strength of spheroidized steel
B. STRNADEL, E.MAZANCOVA and K. MAZANEC

Observations on cleavage initiation sites in two ferritic steels
R.E.FRANKLIN

Cleave fracture in as-quenched 50D steel
W. ZHOU and J.F. KNOTT

Twinning effect on cleavage fracture stress
M.BIEL and L. GOLASKI

Statistical geometrical effect of intergranular crack branching
J. POKLUDA and P. SANDERA

A probabilistic model for cleavage fracture of polycrystalline metals containing a dispersion of brittle particles
A.M. MEIZOSO, R.G. ARRIZABALAGE and J.G. SEVILLANO

Numerical procedure for determining Weibull parameters based on the local approach
F.MINAMI, A.BRUCKNER-FOIT and B, TROLLDENIER

Application of local approach of fracture in a pearlitic steel cathodically hydrogenated
A.FONTAINE, S.JEUNEHOMME, O.DECOME and M.HABASHI

The temperature dependence of fracture toughness of materials undergoing a brittle-ductile transition
A.D. VASILEV

Behaviour of cracks under three-dimensional modes
J.ROYER and V.A. LE

The crack-inclusion interaction problem in an infinite strip
O.S. YAHSI and S. ABBAS

Study of fracture instability in brittle materials by strain energy density
D.A. ZACHAROPOULOS

An infinite plate with lines of discontinuities along arcs of a plate under uniform heat flow
M.A. KATTIS

Fracture of rods in generalized thermoelasticity
R.WOJNAR

FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF POLYMER AND POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES

Effects of specimen size and side grooves on the fracture toughness, JTC of a high density polyethylene
W.N.CHUNG and J.G. WILLIAMS

Crack growth resistance curves for polymers - Development of a multiple specimen testing protocol
G.E. HALE

Characterization of polymer materials by elastic-plastic crack growth resistance curves
E.REESE, K.-H.SCHWALBE and K. FRIEDRICH

The assessment of failure criterion for industrial applications of PMMA and HI-PMMA under static loading
G.CASTIGLIONI, T. RONCHETTI and L.COLOMBAROLI

Fracture testing of immiscible polymer blends: activities of VAMAS technical working party
I.K.PARTRIDGE

The failure behaviour of UV degraded plastic products
J.C M. de BRUIJN

Stress concentrations in plastic products
A.HEIDWEILLER

On-specimen sensors for high velocity impact testing of high-grade polymers
J. P. DEAR and J. H. MacGILLIVRAY

Fracture analysis by caustic method of laminated fibre reinforced plastics
A.LA BARBERA, M.MARCHETTI and A. ROSSI

Stress analysis by F.E.M. in crack tip and free edge regions in composite materials structural elements
A.MANUELLO BERTETTO and G. AUGELLO

The Intralaminar crack growth resistance of polymer based composite materials
R.FRASSINE

Towards a standard for Interlaminar fracture testing of composites
P.DAVIES

Fatigue fracture in rubber toughened glassy polymer
M.RINK, D.IMBRIGHI, L.CASTELLANI and A.PAVAN

Structural integrity of advanced composites in the machine industry
M.PRODAN and J.C. RADON

Analysis of fracture behaviour of fibre reinforced polypropylene
W.GRELLMANN, S. SEIDLER, B. MITCHEL and P. WILL

The influence of matrix on the S.N. fatigue behaviour of continuous carbon fire composites
D.C. CURTIS, D.R. MOORE and B. SLATER

The fatigue damage mechanics of carbon fire composites
M. SPEARING and P.W.R BEAUMONT

Effects of resin interleafing on fatigue of unidirectional fibre/ epoxy composites
I.K. PARTRIDGE, J.A.M. JAUSSAUD and T. NEYRAT

Impact damage and residual Interlaminar fracture resistance in carbon/ epoxy composites
A.PAVAN and T. RICCO

Stress corrosion cracking in pultruded E-glass fibre reinforced vinyl-ester composite rods
P.S.HILL, J.C. CURWEN, J.E. KING and J.A. LITTLE

Ultrasonic NDE of composites
P.P.DELSANTO, G. GERMANETTO, P.QUARATI and F. BOSCHETTI

FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF METAL AND METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES

Invited Lectures

Fracture and fatigue evaluation of damage tolerant Al-Li alloys for aerospace applications
R.J.H. WANHILL, L.SCHRA and W.G.J T HART

The structural integrity of high-duty materials
J.F. KNOTT

Metal plasticity and specimen size effects in evaluation of ARALL laminates notched panel residual strength
J. MARCHERET, R.J. BUCCI and M. KULAK

Effect of particle size and ageing on the fatigue behaviour of an aluminium based metal matrix composite
T.J. DOWNES, D.M.KNOWLES and J.E. KING

Fatigue crack growth in Al-Li/SiC particulate metal matrix composites
I.SINCLAIR and J.F. KNOTT

Some failure modes of plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings
M.FERRARI

Influence of microstructure on liquid metal embrittlement of aluminium alloys
R.G. HOAGLAND, Y. LIU and B. BENSION

Microstructure and stress corrosion susceptibility of the heat affected zone in Al-Zn-Mg weldments
C.GARCIA-CORDOVILLA, E.LOUIS, A. PAMIES, L. CABALLERO and M. ELICES

Orientation dependence of fracture toughness in 8090 aluminium alloy plate using chevron notched specimens
J. MORRISON and K.J KARISALLEN

Effect of heat treatment on the ductile fracture characteristics of Zr-2.5 wt. % Nb
P.F TIMMINS

The influence of plastic deformation on fracture toughness of molybdenum
N.I. DANILENKO, A.D. VASILEV, Y.N. PODREZOV, E.P. POLISCHUK and S.A. FIRSTOV

High-temperature fracture behaviour of some Ni3Al aluminides
M.JOVANOVIC, Z. BOGDANOV and D.J. DROBNJACK

An analysis of alloying elements influence on fracture behaviour of aluminium alloys
V. SIJACKI-ZERAVCIC, A. SEDMAK and A.MILOSAVLJEVIC

The influence of rate dependent deformation in predicting ductile fracture in alpha-titanium at 20°C
D.J. SMITH and R.L. JONES

Effect of tempering treatment on fracture toughness of 0.4 C steel
B. ERYUREK and E. AKATA

Influence of the heat treatment on the fracture toughness of a duplex stainless steel
A.M. IRISARRI, E. ERAUZKIN, F. SANTAMARIA and A. GIL-NEGRETE

Fracture toughness characterization of extruded AlMgSil
M. HVAL

Fracture toughness of low temperature carbon steel flanges
E.BLAKELEY and P. BOWEN

Fracture mechanisms and micromechanical modelization for aged dual-phase steels
C.DUVAL, D. BAPTISTE, C. PRIOUL and D. FRANCOIS

The effect of heat-affected-zone microstructures on fracture toughness of duplex stainless steels
S.ATAMERT and J.E. KING

Strain-induced transformation toughening in metastable austenitic steels
R.G. STRINGFELLOW and D.M. PARKS

Microstructure and process zone in HSLA steel
J.DOJCAK and L.PARILAK

Effect of aging on facture toughness parameters and tensile properties of 17-4 PH stainless steel
G.CALINGIANA, L. CESCHINA and G.L. GARAGNANI

Statistical evaluation of the toughness characteristics of a boiler steel
I. HAVAS and E. CZOBOLY

Fractographic aspects of fatigue crack growth in porous sintered steels
B. KARLSSON, J. WASEN and I. BERTILSSON

Strain hardening effects in ductile porous metals
G. PERRIN, J.B. LEBLOND and J. DEVAUX

The relation of toughness to hardness and retained austenite in sintered high speed steels
V. MARTINEZ, R. PALMA, J.M. T. IBABE and J.J. URCOLA

Effects of porosity on fracture toughness of brittle powder materials
A.A.SOTNIK, A.D. VASILEV, S.A. FIRSTOV, I.G. SLIS and L.I. CHERNYCHOV

Cyclic stress-strain response and fatigue limit of selected sintered steels
J. KALETA, A. PIOTROWSKI and H. HARIG

ENVIRONMETAL EFFECTS ON FRACTURE AND FATIGUE OF METALS

Role of diffusion in hydrogen transport in metals
J. TORIBIO and M. ELICES

The application of slow-strain-rate tension test for quantitative evaluation of hydrogen-induced cracking susceptibility of high strength steels
B.ULE, F. VODOPIVEC and L. VEHOVAR

New contribution to the hydrogen embrittlement F.I.P. test in ammonium thiocyanate
J. TORIBIO and M. ELICES

Investigation of sulphide stress corrosion cracking in low alloy steels
V.I. ASTAFJEV, V.K. EMELIN and T. V. TETJUEVA

The effect of a sulphur-containing environment on high temperature fatigue failure of a nickel based superalloy
E.E. AGHION

The effect of crack nucleation on pre-loading in stress corrosion cracking of high strength steel
M. TSUDA, Y. HIROSE, Z. YAJIMA and K. TANAKA

Advantages of notched specimens in SSR tests
L. CABALLERO, C. GARCIA-CARDOVILLA, A. PAMIES, E. LOUIS and M. ELICES

FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF CERAMICS AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

Invited Lecture

Mixed-mode fracture of steels and ceramics
A.R. ROSENFIELD

Remark on the R-curve behaviour of ceramics
F.E. BURESCH

Fatigue crack propagation in alumina under cyclic compressive loads
J.M. SABADELL and M. ANGLADA

Effects of non-uniform stress fields on fatigue crack growth in zirconia-ceria alloys
D.C.CARDONA, P. BOWEN and C.J. BEEVERS

Damage in a SiC/LAS composite under dynamic loading
E. NAZARENKO

The brazillian disc - a specimen for the assessment of multiaxial fracture criteria for ceramics
A. BRUCKNER-FOIT, A.HEGER, D. MUNZ and A. POMPETZKI

Applicability of the indentation -strength method to the measurement of crack resistance curve in brittle materials
L.BERTAMINI. R.DAL MASCHIO and T. RICCO

Fractographical investigation of fracture mechanisms of NaC1 single crystals undergoing a brittle-ductile transition
V.I. BETEKHTIN, A.N. BAKHTIBAEV, A.D VASILEV, D.A. IMANBEKOV, V.V. KOVYLYAEV and S.A. FIRSTOV

Anisotropy effects in the fracture behaviour of a uniaxial hot pressed SiC whisker reinforced ceramic composite
T. HANSSON, R.WARREN and J.WASEN

VOLUME II

FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Fracture process zone in concrete: a three dimensional growth process
J.G.M. van MIER

Characteristics of fracture process zone of concrete evaluated with 3-D acoustic emission technique
N. NOMURA, H. MIHASHI and S. NIISEKI

A constitutive model for crack cyclic behaviour of plain concrete
D.A. HORDIJK and H.W. REINHARDT

Rheological model for the stress-crack-width relation of concrete under monotonic and cyclic tension
H. DUDA and G. KONIG

Investigations on the influence of aggregate graining on the destruction process in compressed concrete
J. HOLA

The flexural strength function for concrete beams without initial cracks
Y. ZHU

The approximation of cohesive crack by effective elastic cracks
J. PLANAS and M. ELICES

Analytical model for complete moment-rotation curves of concrete beams in bending
J.P. ULFKJAER, R. BRINCKER and S. KRENK

Singular-FPZ model for numerical simulation of dynamic fracture of concrete
J.-H YON, N.M. HAWKINS and A.S. KOBAYASHI

Evaluation of cohesive crack models using holographically measured strain fields
R.A. MILLER, A. CASTRO-MONTERO and S.P.SHAH

Determination of tension softening curves of concrete by means of bending tests
Y. UCHIDA, K.ROKUGO and W. KOYANAGI

Determining the fracture parameters and load carrying capacity of concrete beams using ECM
B.L. KARIHALOO and P. NALLATHAMBI

Fracture energy and brittleness of plain concrete specimens under direct tension
D.V. PHILLIPS and B. ZHANG

Influence of moisture on cracking processes in concrete
P. ROSSI and C. BOULAY

Effect of support conditions on fracture energy measurements for concrete beams
S.E. SWARTZ and Y.-C.KAN

The four point shear test on single notched specimens: an experimental and numerical analysis
A.CARPINTERI, G.FERRARA, G.MELCHIORRI and S. VALENTE

Mixed mode fracture in compact shear specimens
A. ARSLAN, T.G. HUGHES and B.I.G. BARR

Fracture of concrete plates subjected to rotating biaxial stress
M.B. NOORU-MOHAMED, E. SCHLANGEN and J.G.M. van MIER

Mode III type of fracture in concrete
B. BARR and Z.A. YACOUB-TOKATLY

Fracture propagation and instabilities in elastic-cohesive crack models: a boundary element analysis
Z. CEN and G. MAIER

Influence of crack surface fractional characteristics on the global stress intensity factor
C.SCAVIA

Computer simulated crack propagation in concrete
N.A. HARDER

On the influence of bulk dissipation on the average specific fracture energy of concrete
G.V. GUINEA, J. PLANAS and M. ELICES

Size effect in anchorage behaviour
R. ELIGEHAUSEN and J. OZBOLT

FEM simulation of concrete fracture
V. CERVENKA, R. PUKL and R. ELIGEHAUSEN

Analysis of anchor bolts in concrete with fracture and aggregate interlock
G. VALENTE

The effect of snubbing friction on the first crack strength of flexible fiber reinforced composite
V.C. LI

Crack growth modelling in plain and fibre-reinforced cementitious materials
X.-Z. HU, Y. -W. MAI and B. COTTERELL

Impact behaviour of polypropylene-fiber-reinforced concrete plates
S.CALAMANI, E. CARTAPATI and A.L. MATERAZZI

Remarks on the interpretation of cracking in concrete structures according to linear elastic fracture mechanics
M.CARISTO and L. GOFFI

Size effect in softening of concrete loaded in compression
R.A.VONK, H.S. RUTTEN, J.G.M. van MIER and H.J. FIJNEMAN

Evaluation of the ability of microcracked concrete to self healing
K.J. FLAGA and A.T. MOCZKO

Application of fracture mechanics to cementitious composites
D.J. STYS

Fracture analysis of cementitious seals for nuclear waste isolation
M.XIE, W. GERSTLE and M. PANTHAKI

Some fracture mechanics based aspects of thermal cracking in mass concrete
H.N. LINSBAUER

Fracture toughness and tension softening properties of glued laminated timbers
H. MIHASHI and M. HOSHINO

Crack ratio and spall off ratio of reinforced concrete columns
J.OGAWA, M. HOSHI and Y.ABE

Instability of crack propagation in reinforced concrete beams with a double layer of tensile reinforcement
C. BOSCO

Prediction of crack propagation in reinforced concrete structures
M.H. EL-HADDAD

Behaviour of R.C. beam cross sections under unidirectional cyclic bending moments
A.CARPINTERI and F. ZAUPA

Crack spacing and crack width in reinforced concrete members
L.VANDEWALLE

The behaviour of reinforced concrete sections under bending shear and torsion
S.SARKAR

FRACTURE DYNAMICS

Dynamic crack-tip stress field
C.TAUDOU and K. RAVI-CHANDAR

A novel technique for the study of rapid crack propagation in plastic pipes
P.YAYLA and P.S. LEEVERS

High speed double torsion testing of pipe grade polyethylenes
M.A.WHEEL and P.S. LEEVERS

On significance of elastic-plastic propagating velocity in asymptotic solutions
H. YUAN and A.CORNEC

Numerical modelling of the dynamic fracture toughness of composites under impact loading
C.NAVARRO, R.CORTES and V. SANTCHEZ-GALVEZ

Numerical simulation of brittle fracture in ductile materials
B.SCHAEFFER

Static and dynamic fracture toughness of two pipeline steels at low temperature
G. PLUVINAGE, A. KRASSOWSKY, V. KRASSIKO and A. GHOUL

Impact fatigue of graphite
I.MAEKAWA, H.SHIBATA, M.OHMURA and M. FUTAKAWA

Numerical analysis of the dynamic fracture in layered metal/ceramic targets under impact loading
C. NAVARRO, R. CORTES and V. SANCHEZ-GALVEZ

Practical procedure for dynamic stress intensity factor history determination in instrumented impact testing
I.V. ROKACH

Dynamic properties of high strength metallic materials
M.M.AL-MOUSAWI

Dynamic toughness of electron beam welds on C-Mn steels
F.BIGAGLI, R.FESTA, P.MARINELLI and M. TRAFICANTE

ELASTIC PLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS

Invited lectures

A re-assessment of ductile tearing resistance. Part I: The geometry dependance of J-R curves in fully plastic bending
C.E. TURNER

A re-assessment of ductile tearing resistance. Part II: energy dissipation rate and associated R-curves on normalised axes
C.E. TURNER

Plenary Event

EGF procedure P1-90 for determining the fracture resistance of ductile materials: analysis of the validation round robin Part A: Evaluation of curve fit
B.HAYES

Part B: Single specimen methods
B.VOSS

Part C: Blunting line and initiation
A.CORNEC, K.BAUSTIAN and K. -H.SCHWALBE

Discussions of the model for the void growth
X.M. KONG, D. HOLLAND, W. DAHL, Z.X. GUAN and N.S. YANG

Two parameter characterization of elastic-plastic crack tip field and associated failure criterion
C.BETEGON and J.W. HANCOCK

Fracture criteria derived from energy balance concepts
R.N.STEVENS and F.GUIU

On the use of the J integral in fracture mechanics
F.GUIU and R.N. STEVENS

On J-integral and J-initiation values as material parameters in field of elastic plastic fracture mechanics
E.ROOS, U. EISELE, M. SEIDENFUSS and H. SILCHER

The role of crack tip constraint for ductile tearing
W.BROCKS and W.SCHMITT

A proposal for a microstructurally based JIC determination
D.FIRRAO, R.ROBERTI, R. DOGLIONE and G.M. LA VECCHIA

The transition from plastic flow to combined flow and fracture: the scaling of JR curves
A.G. ATKINS

Load control vs. displacement control - Their influence on the J-resistance curve
O.KOLEDNIK

On the applicability of JIC standards to the pop-in behaviour of an AL-Li 8090-T8 alloy
R.DOGLIONE, E. ILIA, G. SCAVINO and D. FIRRAO

Determination of experimental blunting lines and comparison with analytical procedures
E.LUCON and C. RINALDI

Comparison of crack-resistance-curves of wide plates and fracture mechanics specimens
A.LIESSEM, R. HUBO, R. TWICKLER and W. DAHL

Fracture toughness testing using small cylindrical specimens with ring-shaped cracks
E. LUCON

Stress corrosion test in water at 288°C, using the unloading compliance technique
G.GABETTA, C.RINALDI and M.M. RADAELLI

STRESS/STRAIN ANALYSIS

An interactive caustic-based method of stress intensity factor determination
H. -P. ROSSMANITH and R.E. KNASMILLNER

Strain energy release rates and related mixed-mode caustics at the tips of curvilinear interface cracks
K.P. HERMANN, F.FERBER, W. MEINERS and A. NOE

Stress singularities in axisymmetric notched bodies
R.MARCOS, J.M. MARTINEZ-ESNAOLA, J.M. BASTERO and M FUENTES

3D numerical computation of the stress intensity factor in a cracked bolt with a nut
J. TORIBIO and V. SANCHEZ-GALVEZ

On fast crack motion in elastic plastic materials. I - Mechanical fields around moving crack tip
A.NEIMITZ

On fast crack motion in elastic plastic materials II - Equations of motion
A.NEIMITZ

Investigation on the influence of flaw sharpness on stress state using three-dimensional elastic-plastic finites elements analyses
R.TWICKLER, C. HAFER and W. DAHL

On non-linear effects in edge-cracked tension specimens
M.A. ASTIZ and C. NAVARRO

Some results on the numerical Round-Robin on local criteria F.MUDRY Phonon conception of metal and alloy fracture
Y.I. RAGOZIN

Minimum critical length of a microcrack as a construction material criterion
Y.I. RAGOZIN and Y.Y. ANTONOV

VOLUME III

CREEP AND FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH

Invited Lecture Creep damage assessment and residual life estimation by mechanical testing
V.BICEGO

Nucleation and growth of cavities at defined grain boundaries in bcc and fcc bicrystalls
R.LOMBARD and H. VEHOFF

The merits of isostress creep tests and quantitative creep damage in residual life assessments
L.B.DUFOUR, B.M. KAUFMAN and J.L. BRINKMAN

The use of creep damage measurements in combination with material models for residual lifetime assessment
H.STAMM and U. von ESTORFF

Relationship between low cycle fatigue and crack propagation at elevated temperature in a P/M Ni-base superalloy
T.YOKOMAKU, S.FURUTA and K.IWAI

The creep-fatigue behaviour of commercial and P-doped 304L stainless steel
J.J.KIM and S.W.NAM

The creep of Fe and b.c.c. Fe-based alloys under interrupted irradiation
L.N.BYSTROV and A.B.TSEPELEV

Influence of time dependent mechanisms on fatigue crack growth in a single crystal nickel-base superalloy
G.ONOFRIO, S.H.AI, V. LUPINC and G. VIMERCATI

The effect of gamma-prime phase distribution on elevated temperature tensile properties in a single crystal superalloy
M.B. HENDERSON and J.W. MARTIN

Influence of grain size on high temperature low cycle fatigue and fatigue crack propagation of a nickel base superalloy
M.MARCHIONNI and G.ONOFRIO

Creep crack growth in 1% CrMo V steel and a 32% Ni 20% Cr alloy
T.HOLLSTEIN, G.A. WEBSTER and F.DJAVANROODI

Crack-like notches and notch like cracks
D.TAYLOR

Near-threshold stage I type propagation
J.PETIT, N. RANGANATHAN and J.P. BAILON

Effect of stress ratio and microstructure on fatigue threshold of ductile iron
R.V. PARKASH, M.N. SRINIVASAN and K.K. BRAHMA

Threshold of the stress intensity range and the threshold of the effective stress intensity range of ARMCO-iron: the influence of microstructure and environment
R.PIPPAN

Fatigue crack nucleation and early growth in metal single and polycrystals
J.POLAK

A new concept for mixed mode fatigue crack growth prediction
W.LINNIG and H.A. RICHARD

Studies on mixed mode crack propagation
V.SRINIVAS and P. VASUDEVAN

Prediction of fatigue crack growth under mixed mode I and mode II overloads
K.HENN

Transformation of stress frequency in criteria for multiaxial random fatigue
T.LAGODA and E.MACHA

Fatigue crack growth and life prediction for biaxial loading with the help of the ? J-integral
J.PROCHOTTA and P. NEUMANN

Elastoplastic interpretation of result of the fracture mixed modes under cyclic biaxial load
V.N.SHLYANNIKOV and V.A. DOLGORUKOV

Mechanism and simulation of the microcracking process leading to fracture during low cycle fatigue
T.MAGNIN, A.BATAILLE and C. RAMADE

Influence of different residual stress distributions on fatigue crack growth
M.BEGHINI, L.BERTINI and E. VITALE

Fatigue analysis of medium strength Al-Mg alloy 5083
J.D. COSTA, C.M. BRANCO and J.C. RADON

Effect of stress ratio and maximum stress on crack closure
K.ANANDAN, P.K. DASH and K.K. BRAHMA

Thermal emission from fatigue crack
M.G.BEGHI, G. CARONES and G. CAGLIOTI

Fatigue fracture fractal mechanics
V.S.IVANOVA, G. V. VSTOVSKY and I.J. BOUNINE

A comparison of overload and maximum cyclic load reduction behaviour
H. TAYLOR, I.M. KILPATRICK and G. JOLLEY

Analysis of the plastic-zone at the front of a fatigue crack by X-ray fractography
V. GARNIER, G.CHALANT, J.L. LEBRUN and A. BIGNONNET

X-ray study of fatigue fracture surface of nodular cast iron
A.SUZUKI, Z. YAJIMA, Y. HIROSE and K. TANAKA

Fatigue crack growth behaviour of ARMCO-iron at low temperature
K. HABERZ and R. PIPPAN

Short fatigue crack growth in near alpha titanium alloys
A.C.HOLLIS and C.J. BEEVERS

Micromechanisms of short fatigue crack growth in nickel base alloy single crystals
P.A.S. REED and J.E. KING

The effect of solution pH on the initiation and growth of short fatigue cracks
R.AKID and K.J. MILLER

Crack growth retardation phenomena in constant ? K fatigue test
F.A. VEER

A flexible simulation framework for wave loading of offshore structures
L.P. POOK and J.C.P. KAM

Effect of the length of random load history on the fatigue life statistics
J.DOMINGUEZ, J.ZAPATERO and L. BOHORQUEZ

Filter technique for stochastic crack growth
F.CASCIATI, P.COLOMBI and L.FARAVELLI

X-ray fractography study on cyclic hardening aluminium alloy
A.C. BATISTA, J.D. COSTA, A.M. DIAS and J.L. LEBRUN

Effect of environment on the propagation behaviour of long and short cracks in TA6V alloy
C.MULLER, W. BERATA and J.PETIT

Stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue in seawater of a 2.25Cr1Mo steel
A.CIGADA, A.KOPLIKU, T.PASTORE, G.RONDELLI and B. VICENTINI

Multilevel fatigue from life prediction methods
A.DEL PUGLIA, F. PRASTESI and G. ZONFRILLO

Fracture mechanic al Markov chain fatigue model
L.GANSTED, R.BRINCKER and L.P.HANSEN

FRACTURE AND FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF WELDED STRUCTURES

Fatigue of welded structures - A fracture mechanics approach
O.DIJKSTRA, IJ.J. van STRAALEN and H.H. SNIDER

Fatigue crack growth behaviour of ferritic and austenitic butt-welded joints
G.NICOLETTO

Factors affecting the fatigue life of welded joints
I.COLE, C. PIETROSANTI and O. VITTORI

Fatigue strength of welded joints of 50E steel
J.M. FERREIRA and C.M. BRANCO

Fatigue strength of load carrying fillet welded joints
J.M.FERREIRA and C.M. BRANCO

Recent development in the reliability fatigue fracture mechanics analysis of welded structures
J.C.P.KAM

Analysis and prediction of residual stress effects as improvement of the fatigue strength of welded joints
U.BREMEN and M.A.HIRT

A statistical interpretation of the CTOD design curve and guidelines to assess HAZ-toughness
K.WALLIN

Toughness properties of artic and offshore welds
W.R.TYSON and S.R.BALA

Effect of weld toe angle and other geometrical parameters on stress concentration in longitudinal attachments
C.A. CASTIGLIONI, U. BREMEN and A.BREGANTE

Effect of welding procedure and PWHT on the 50mm thick welded joints of a HSLA Steel L.M. PLAZA, M.A.ROMAN and A.M.IRISARRI

FAILURE ANALYSIS AND INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURES

Invited Lecture

Economic effects of fracture
L.FARIA

Results of ultrasonic inspection of fatigue crack propagation
C.GONDARD, A.LUCIA and J.ELBAZ

An overview of the NDE flaw acceptance standards based on the R6 assessment
A.ALICINO, E. CAPURRO, A. CORVI, P.PIOVANELLI and S.REALE

The assessment of defects under mixed mode loading
P.J.BUDDEN and M.R. JONES

Study of cast duplex stainless steel elbow under closure bending
C.ERIPRET, P. LE DELLIOU and J. -C.MASSON

Theoretical and numerical analysis of cracked welded pressure vessel
A.SEDMAK, J.JARIC and M.BERKOVIC

Fracture assessment of surface cracks in pressure vessels and pipings by 3D FEM computations
L.PESTI

Comparison of J integral behaviour for the tensile panel and pressure vessel
T.ADZIEV, S.SEDMAK and J.GOCEV

Theoretical, numerical and experimental analysis of cracked, welded tensile panel
S.SEDMAK, A. SEDMAK and N.VUKOMANOVIC

Fracture mechanics concepts for modelling ductile crack propagation in gas pipelines
G.DEMOFONTI, I.COLE and S.VENZI

Prediction of part-through crack growth in structural components
A.Ya. KRASOWSKY, V.A. VAINSHTOK and I.V. VARFOLOMEYEV

Fracture toughness and fatigue tests on miniature specimens for plant component integrity assessment
V.BICEGO, R.CRUDELI, C.FOSSATI, E.LUCON and S.RAGAZZONI

Crack growth in rollers due to moving hertzian compression
H.J.SCHINDLER

Three-criteria-concept for design of structures with cracks and sharp notches
G.KULLMER and H.A.RICHARD

Combination of corrosion and fatigue in aircraft components
J.WOODTLI

The analysis of a wind induced fatigue fracture in energy plant equipment
A.A.FERNANDES and P.M.S.T. de CASTRO

Fatigue, fracture and microstructure relationships of and automobile component
K.PEDERSEN, O.JENSRUD, J.I. MOE and H.J.ROVEN

X-ray fractography on fracture analysis of actual accident
K.MATSUI, Y. HIROSE, A. CHADANI and K. TANAKA

Estimation of fatigue damage during operation of a dynamic system
M. BILY and J. PROHACKA

Application of fractography in full-scale test of aircraft structure parts
J.KUNZ, I. NEDBAL and J. SIEGL

Full scale flight by flight wing spar fatigue test
J. FIDRANSKY and J. FIALA

Application of probabilistic fracture mechanics theory to calculation of life of gears
B.ABERSEK, S.MIKLUS, J.FLASKER and M.LAKOTA

Determination of the service life of gears with cracks initiated in tooth root
J.FLASKER, S. PEHAN and B. ABERSEK

Quantitative assessment of base defects in compressed gas cylinder by fracture mechanics
S.BUDANO, D. MORABITO and V.RIZZI

Analysis of failure in boiler down-pipes
A.KRAJCZYK and R. ZUCHOWSKI

The analysis of grind repairs in pressure vessels
A.CLYNE

Overload effects on the fatigue cracks propagation in ferrite-pearlite railway wheels
J.M. R. IBABE and J.G. SEVILLANO

EDUCATION AND FRACTURE MECHANICS

Invited Lecture How to teach fracture mechanics?
H. -P. ROSSMANITH

Engineering requires continuing education on fracture
L. FARIA

ADDENDA

Application of high damping steel and key curve method to instrumented Charpy Test
N.OHTSUKA and N. URABE

Interpretation of crack arrest toughness data measurement with various steels
J.F.KALTHOFF

Transition in the failure behaviour of shear impacted cracks
J.K. KALTHOFF

Low cycle fatigue behaviour of 1 % Cr Mo V steel using a new multiaxial test facility
U.S.FERNANDO, M.W.BROWN and K.J. MILLER

 

 

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