Iutam Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis of Fracture - (Applied Logic) by J R Willis (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Preface. Scaling in Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics; Z.P. Bazant. Scaling Effects in The Fracture of Quasi-Brittle Materials and Structures; B.L. Karihaloo. Constraint Estimation for Edge Cracked Bend Bars; A.D. Karstensen, et al. Finite Element Analysis of a Bi-Material SENT Specimen under Elastic-Plastic Loading; N.P. O'Dowd, et al. Geometry and Size Effects in Ductile Fracture - FEM Studies and Theoretical Considerations; O. Kolednik, et al. Mechanism-Based Cell Models for Fracture in Ductile and Ductile/Brittle Regimes; C.F. Shih, et al. Effects of Size Scale on Fracture Processes in Engineering Materials; J.F. Knott. Closing in on the Crack Tip; J.W. Hutchinson. Relations Between Crack Growth Resistance and Fracture Process Parameters under Large Scale Yielding; V. Tvergaard. The Effect of Geometry and Size on the Growth of Ductile Fracture; B. Cotterell, et al. Interfacial Cracking in Thermomechanically Loaded Elastoplastic Bimaterials; K.P. Herrmann, T. Hauck. Conditions of Crack Arrest by Interfaces; J. Lemaitre. Dynamic Crack Growth in Inelastic Solids with Application to Adiabatic Shearbands; S. Nemat-Nasser. Dynamically Growing Shear Bands in Metal: A Study of Transient Temperature and Deformation Fields; A.J. Rosakis, et al. The Two-Dimensional Structure of Dynamic Boundary Layers and Shear Bands in Thermoviscoplastic Solids; G. Gioia, M. Ortiz. Earthquakes, Fracture, Complexity; D.L. Turcotte. Micro-Branching as an Instability in Dynamic Fracture; J. Fineberg, et al. Instabilities in Dynamic Fracture; J.S. Langer. Radial Crack Dynamics with Closure; L.I. Slepyan, J.P. Dempsey. Numerical Studies of Fast Crack Growth in Elastic-Plastic Solids; T. Siegmund, A. Needleman. Dynamic Crack Growth in Viscoplastic Materials; D. Gross, et al. Near-Tip Fields for Cracks in Materials with Strain Gradient Effects; Y. Huang, et al. Non-Linear Damage Evolution and Failure in Materials; W.A. Curtin, et al. Structure-Sensitive Properties of Materials; P.M. Duxbury, et al. The Statistics of Failure Probability in Heterogeneous Materials; P.L. Leath, N.-N. Chen. Computer Modelling of Disordered Plastic and Viscoelastic Systems; K. Kaski, et al. Kinetic Transitions in Ensembles of Defects (Microcracks) and Some Nonlinear Aspects of Fracture; O.B. Naimark. On Continued Void Growth in Ductile Metals Subjected to Cyclic Loadings; J. Devaux, et al. Phase Transitions in Fracture and Crystallization Processes; L.R. Botvina. Nonlinear Crack-Bridging Problems; L.R.F. Rose. Notch Strength of Ceramic Composites: Long Fibers, Stochastics, Short Fibers; B. Budiansky, J.C. Amazigo. Nonlinear Analysis of Interfacial Cracks; N.J.-J. Fang, J.L. Bassani. Matrix Cracking in Ceramic Matrix Composites with Creeping Fibers; B.N. Cox, et al. Fiber Fragmentation in a Single Filament Composite and the Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Ceramics; S.L. Phoenix, et al. Predicting Non-Linear Behaviour in Multiple-Ply Cross-Ply Laminates Resulting from Micro-Cracking; L.N. McCartney. Appendix: The Scientific Programme.