Damage and Fracture Mechanics

Acknowledgments; Editors' Biographies; Foreword; Preamble; Determination of the Hardness of the Oxide Layers of 2017A Alloys, by Chahinez Fares, Taoufik Boukharouba, Mohamed El Amine Belouchrani, Abdelmalek Britah and Moussa Nait Abdelaziz; Effect of Non-Metallic Inclusions on Hydrogen Induced Cracking, by Mimoun Elboujdaini and Winston Revie; Defect Assessment on Pipe Transporting a Mixture of Natural Gas and Hydrogen, by Guy Pluvinage; Reliability Analysis of Low Alloy Ferritic Piping Materials, by A. Guedri, B. Merzoug, Moe Khaleel and A. Zeghloul; Experimental Characterization and Effect of the Triaxiality on the Behavior of the HDPE, by K. Hachour, R. Ferhoum, M. Aberkane, F. Zairi and M. Nait Abdelaziz; Effects of Aggressive Chemical Environments on Mechanical Behavior of Polyethylene Piping Material, by Souheila Rehab-Bekkouche, Nadjette Kiass and Kamel Chaoui; Hydrogen Embrittlement Enhanced by Plastic Deformation of Super Duplex Stainless Steel, by A. Elhoud, N. Renton and W. Deans; Hydrogen Effect on Local Fracture Emanating From Notches in Pipeline Steels, by Julien Capelle, Igor Dmytrakh, Joseph Gilgert and Guy Pluvinage; Reliability Assessment of Underground Pipelines under Active Corrosion Defects, by A. Amirat, A. Benmoussat and K. Chaoui; An Overview of the Applications of NDI/NDT in Engineering Design for Structural Integrity and Damage Tolerance in Aircraft Structures, by A.M. Abdel-Latif; Improvement in the Design of Automobile Upper Suspension Control Arms Using Aluminum Alloys, by M. Bouazara; Performances of Vehicles'Active Suspensions, by Nadhira Kheznadji Messaoud-Nacer; Damaging Influence of Cutting Tools on the Manufactured Surfaces Quality, by Idriss Amara, Embarek Ferkous and Faycal Bentaleb; Design and Test of a Sandwich T-Joint for Naval Ships, by Lotfi Hamitouche, Mostapha Tarfaoui and Alain Vautrin; Vibroacoustic Sources Identification of Gear Mechanism Transmission, by Abbassia Derouiche, Nacer Hamzaoui and Taoufik Boukharouba; Prediction of Structural and Dynamic Behaviors of Impacted Plates, by Miloudi Abdelhamid and Neder Mahmoud; Application of Structural INTegrity Assessment Procedure to Nuclear Power Plant Component, by Nenad Gubeljak and Jozef Predan; Failure Assessment Diagrams in Structural Integrity Analysis, by Yu. G. Matvienko; Degradation and Failure of Some Polymers (Polyethylene and Polyamide) for Industrial Applications, by Boubaker Bounamous and Kamel Chaoui; On the Structural Integrity of the Nano-PVD Coatings Applied on Cutting Tools, by Miroslav Piska, Ales Polzer, Petra Cihlarova and Dagmar Stankova; Investigation of Energy Balance in Nanocrystalline Titanium under Cyclic Loading, by O. Plekhov, O. Naimark, R.Valiev and I. Semenova; Behavior of Stainless Steel 316L under Impact Test, by M. Benachour, A. Hadjoui and F.Z. Seriari; Spall Fracture in ARMCO Iron: Structure Evolution and Spall Strength, by Oleg Naimark, Sergey Uvarov and Vladimir Oborin; Damage Modelling of Impacted Tubular Structures by Using Material Property Degradation Approach, by Mostapha Tarfaoui, Papa Birame Gning and Francis Collombet; Fracture Control for Northern Pipelines, by W.R. Tyson; The Influence of the Interface on Fracture Parameters, by L. Marsavina and T. Sadowski; Crack Propagation in the Vicinity of the Interface Between Two Elastic Materials, by Lubos Nahlik, Lucie Sestakova and Pavel Hutar; Fracture Behaviour of TiAl Intermetalics, by Ivo Dlouhy, Zdenek Chlup, Hynek Hadraba and Vladislav Kozak; Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Mixed Mode Fracture in Granite Using Four-Point-Bend Specimen, by M.R.M. Aliha, M.R. Ayatollahi and B. Kharazi; Experimental and Numerical Determination of Stress Intensity Factors of Crack in Plate with a Multiple Holes, by S. Belamri, T. Tamine and A. Nemdili; Dynamic Response of Cracked Plate Subjected to Impact Loading Using the Extended Finite Element Method (X-FEM), by R. Tiberkak, M. Bachene, B.K. Hachi, S. Rechak and M. Haboussi; On Heterogeneity of Welded Joint by Modelling of Diffusion, by L. Rehackova, J. Kalousek and J. Dobrovska; Correlation of Microstructure and Toughness of the Welded Joint of Pipeline Steel X65, by Rrahim Maksuti, Hamit Mehmeti, Hartmut Baum, Mursel Rama and Nexhat Cerkini; Effect of the Residual Fatigue Damage on the Static and Toughness Properties, by P. Cadenas, A. Amrouche, G. Mesmacque and K. Jozwiak; Influence of Fatigue Damage in Dynamic Tensile Properties of AISI 4140T Steel, by U. Sanchez-Santana, C. Rubio-Gonzalez, G. Mesmacque and A. Amrouche; Low-Cycle Fatigue of Al-Mg Alloys, by M. Bournane, M. Bouazara and L. St-Georges; Damage of Glulam Beams under Cyclic Torsion: Experiments and Modelling, by Myriam Chaplain, Zahreddine Nafa and Mohamed Guenfoud; Statistical Study of Temperature Effect on Fatigue Life of Thin Welded Plates, by Abdelmadjid Merabtine, Kamel Chaoui and Zitouni Azari; Residual Stress Effect on Fatigue Crack Growth of SENT Specimen, by M. Benachour, M. Benguediab and A. Hadjoui; Analysis of Elliptical Cracks in Static and in Fatigue by Hybridization of Green's Functions, by B.K. Hachi, S. Rechak, M. Haboussi, M. Taghite, Y. Belkacemi and G. Maurice; Influence of Coating on Friction and Wear of Combustion Engine Piston Rings, by Abdelkader Guermat, Guy Monteil and Mostefa Bouchetara; Optimization Constrained of the Lifetime of the CBN 7020 During the Machining of Steel 100 Cr6, by Slimane Benchiheb and Lakhdar Boulanouar; Comparison of Simulation Methods of Pulsed Ultrasonic Fields Radiated in Isotropic Solids, by W. Djerir, T. Boutkedjirt and A. Badidi Bouda; Investigation of Ag Doping Effects on Na1.5Co2O4 Elastic Parameters, by Ibrahim Al-Suraihy, Abdellaziz Doghmane and Zahia Hadjoub; The Dynamics of Compressible Herschel-Bulkley Fluids in Die-Swell Flows, by F. Belblidia, T. Haroon and M. F. Webster; Numerical Simulation of the Behaviour of Cracks in Axisymmetric Structures by the Dual Boundary Element Method, by N. Amoura, H. Kebir, S. Rechak and J.M. Roelandt; Numerical Evaluation of Energy Release Rate for Several Crack Orientation and Position to the Bi-Material Interface Plates, by N. Kazi Tani, T. Tamine and G. Pluvinage; Numerical Simulation of the Ductile Fracture Growth Using the Boundary Element Method, by Gaetan Hello, Hocine Kebir and Laurent Chambon; Enriched Finite Element for Modal Analysis of Cracked Plates, by M. Bachene, R. Tiberkak, S. Rechak, G. Maurice and B.K. Hachi; A new Generation of 3D Composite Materials: Advantage and Disadvantage, by Z. Aboura, K. Khellil, M.L. Benzeggagh, A. Bouden and R. Ayad; Benefit From Embedded Sensors to Study Polymeric Composite Structures, by Francis Collombet, Matthieu Mulle, Hilario-Hernandez Moreno, Redouane Zitoune, Bernard Douchin and Yves-Henri Grunevald; Effect of Temperature and Initiator on Glass Fibre/Unsaturated Polyester Composite: Cross-linking, Mechanical Properties, by Nabila Belloul, Ali Ahmed-Benyahia, Aicha Serier and Nourdine Ouali; Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Plane Strain Compression of Amorphous Polymers in the form of a Flat Plate, by Nourdine Ouali, Krimo Azouaoui, Ali Ahmed Benyahia and Taoufik Boukharouba; Wavelet-Based Multifractal Identification of Fracture Stages, by Djedjiga Ait Aouit and Abdeldjalil Ouahabi; Characterization of Mixed Mode Delamination Growth and Thresholds, by M. Kenane and M.L. Benzeggagh; Modification of Cellulose for an Application in the Waste Water Treatment, by Lamia Timhadjelt, Aicha Serier, Karima Boumerdassi, Mohamed Serier and Zoubir Aissani; A Full 3D Simulation of Plastic Forming Using a Heuristic Generalised Contact Algorithm, by Tewfik Ghomari, Rezak Ayad and Nabil Talbi; A Novel Approach for Bone Remodeling after Prosthetic Implantation, by Habiba Bougherara, Vaclav Klika, Frantisek Marsik, Ivo A. Marik, L'Hocine Yahia; Hybrid Composite-Metal Hip Resurfacing Implant for Active Patient, by Habiba Bougherara, Marcello Papini, Michael Olsenb, Radovan Zdero, Paul Zalzal, Emil H. Schemitsch; Anisotropic and Unilateral Damage Application to Concrete, by O. Belaidi Chabane Chaouche, N.E. Hannachi and Y. Labadi; The Behaviour of Self-Compacting Concrete Subjected to an External Sulphate Attack, by Rical Khelifa, Xavier Brunetaud, Hocine Chabil and Muzahim Al-Mukhtar; Mixed Finite Element for Cracked Interface, by S. Bouziane, H. Bouzerd and M. Guenfoud; Three-Dimensional T-Stress to Predict the Directional Stability of Crack Propagation in a Pipeline with External Surface Crack, by M. Hadj Meliani, H.Moustabchir, A. Ghoul, S. Harriri and Z. Azari