Recent Advances in Fracture Mechanics

Crack expanding with constant velocity in an anisotropic solid under anti-plane strain.- Numerical analysis of dynamic debonding under 2D in-plane and 3D loading.- Dynamic ductile fracture of aluminum SEN specimens an experimental-numerical analysis.- Transient effects during rapid crack propagation.- Crack detection by the electric method: Uniqueness and approximation.- Singularity-reduced integral equations for displacement discontinuities in three-dimensional linear elastic media.- A single-domain dual-boundary-element formulation incorporating a cohesive zone model for elastostatic cracks.- Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: I. Experimental preliminaries.- Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: II. Effect of load history on growth rate and fracture morphology.- Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading. III. Effect of load history on cohesive force distribution on the craze.- Crack growth behavior in an epoxy strip above and below Tg.- On the fracture of constrained layers.- Fracture size effects and polycrystalline inhomogeneity.- A dislocation barrier model for fatigue crack growth threshold.- A calibrated fracture process zone model for thin film blistering.- Interface strength, work of adhesion and plasticity in the peel test.- Predicting crack initiation in composite material systems due to a thermal expansion mismatch.- Role of controlled debonding along fiber/matrix interfaces in the strength and toughness of metal matrix composites.- Analysis of sharp angular notches in anisotropic materials.- Kinked cracks in anisotropic elastic materials.- Williams meets von Karman: Mode coupling and nonlinearity in the fracture of thin plates.- Author index.