Fracture and Fatigue

Foreword

Part I Elasto-Plastic Fracture Mechanics

Fracture Mechanics in the Elastic-Plastic Regime

Two Dimensional Fe-Calculations of Cracked X6CrNi1811 Weldments Stretched Monotonically to Limit Load

Finite Element Method and its Application to Two- and Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Fracture Toughness Specimens

Three-Dimensional Elasto-Plastic FEM Calculations of CT Specimens with Special View of Investigating the Influence of Specimen Thickness on Plastic Zone Size

The Effect of Triaxiality on Ductile-Cleavage Transitions in a Pressure Vessel Steel

Sizing of Spot Welds by Elastic/Plastic Analysis

The Geometry Dependence and Significance of Maximum Load Toughness Values

Resistance to Ductile Tearing of a Structural Steel in Three and Four Point Bending

A Comparison of Different Methods for Determination of Elastic-Plastic R-Curves

Correlation between Thickness and Crack Length as a Means of Achieving Plane Strain Conditions

Determining the Defect Tolerance of Structures Failing by Ductile Crack Growth

Effect of Specimen Size on Fracture Toughness in the Ductile Brittle Transition Region of Steel

Fracture Toughness of Nitrogen Strengthened Austenitic Steels at 4K

An Elastic-Plastic Crack Growth Analysis Using the J-Integral Concept

The Significance of Mode I Branch Cracks for Combined Mode Failure

Evaluation of the J-Integral by Analytical and Finite Element Methods

Evaluation of Defects in Welds for Brittle and Ductile Failure Modes

Experimental Investigations of the Path Independence of the J-Integral for Large Plastic Zones

The Crack Tip Opening Displacement of Semi-Elliptical Surface Cracks in Tensile Plates

The Stress Intensity Factors for Griffith Crack(s) in an Orthotropic Strip in the Presence of Asymmetrical Body Forces

Part II Micromechanisms of Fracture

Current Aspects of Crack Growth Under Monotonic Loading

The Effect of Secondary Hardening on the Fracture Toughness of a Bainitic Microstructure

Microcracking in Cast Irons

A Comparison of Mode 111 and Mode 1 Toughness in Quenched and Tempered Steels

Micromechanisms of Subcritical Crack Growth of Partially Stabilized Zirconia (PSZ)

J-Integral Measurements with Ceramic Materials at High Temperatures

Part III Thin Sheet Fracture Mechanics

Introduction to Session Nine: Thin Sheet Fracture Mechanics

R-Curves Evaluation for Center Cracked Panels

The Influence of Fracture Mode Transition on the Compliance of Thin Section Fracture Specimens

Some Experience in R-Curve Technique

Crack Edge Instability - A Criterion for Safe Crack Propagation Limit in Thin Sheets

Use of the R-Curve for Design with Contained Yield

Vacuum Effect on Fatigue Crack Propagation at Low Rate

Load Cycling of Cracked Plates in Tension

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Cracks in Mixed Mode Conditions

Fatigue Studies of a High Strength Age Hardening Wrought Cu-Ni Alloy

Fatigue of Ti-6A1-4V with a Widmanstatten Microstructure

Micromechanisms of Fatigue Fracture

Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of V-Notched Bars and Biaxial Loaded Through-Cracked Panels

Part IV Late Papers

Crack Initiation and Growth in Stainless Steel Tubes under Thermal Shocks

The Influence of Plastic Deformation on Crack Propagation in Sodium Chloride

The Description of Shape Development of 2 Dimensional (Semi)-Elliptic Surface Defects Using a Maximum Compliance Increase Hypothesis for Defect Growth

Methods for Predicting Residual Strength of Thin-Walled Components

Direct Observation at a Sharp Crack Tip Vicinity in Hydrogenerated Austenitic Stainless Steel

Stress Intensity Factors of Plane Dynamic Problems

Stable Growth of a Penny-Shaped Crack Subjected to Thermal Load