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List of Contents NUMBER 1 J. C. Newman, Jr., Three-dimensional _ elastic-plastic _ finite-element C. A. Bigelow and analyses of constraint variations in cracked bodies K. N. Shivakumar E. Z. Wang and N. G. Shrive On the Griffith criteria for brittle fracture in compression K. T. Sundara Raja lyengar, Prediction of load—deflection behaviour using fracture B. K. Raghuprasad, energy G,;: a comparative study of two fracture models T. S. Nagaraj and for concrete Bharti Patel B. Guha Effect of specimen geometry on fatigue of welded joints K. S. Wang and C. M. Chu Edge crack propagation under sliding load Chang-New Chen Nonlinear fracture assessment by using the finite element method W. Cheng and I. Finnie Measurement of residual stress distributions near the toe of an attachment welded on a plate using the crack compliance method Guo Wanlin Elastoplastic three dimensional crack border field—I. Singular structure of the field Guo Wanlin Elastoplastic three dimensional crack border field—ll. Asymptotic solution for the field C. Sainte-Catherine, Prediction of toughness scatter in heat affected zones M. Di Fant, B. Duquaire (HAZ) with local approach and P. Baliadon Xing Li and Zhengxing Li Effect of a periodic elastic gasket on periodic cracks Cai Hai-tao A periodic array of cracks in an infinite anisotropic medium J. M. Minguez and Safe life of cracked structural elements J. Vogwell A. Varschavsky Fatigue-induced dissolution of shearable particles during subcritical crack growth Li Changchun, Zhu Hanxing, An investigation on the microstructural change in the Li Guangxia and H. Kitagawa propagating crack tip zone of steel Kang Yong Lee and Fatigue crack growth in consideration of mean stress Gun Young Kim and damage accumulation Software Survey Section iii NUMBER 2 A. Hobbacher Stress intensity factors of welded joints T. S. Srivatsan, S. Anand High strain cyclic fatigue and fracture of an oxide and J. D. Troxell dispersion strengthened copper alloy D. Radaj and S. Zhang Loading modes and stress intensity factors at rigid layer edges N. Eswara Prasad, In-plane anisotropy in the fracture toughness of an S. V. Kamat, K. S. Prasad, Al-Li 8090 alloy plate G. Malakondaiah and V. V. Kutumbarao H. Drar and A. Bergmark Load rate influence on the fracture morphology of a ductile steel . K. Cheong and Analysis of a crack approaching two circular holes in . N. Kwon [0,,/90,,], laminates . A. Baron A thermodynamic model for fracture toughness prediction R. H. Dodds, Jr., M. Tang Numerical procedures to model ductile crack exten- and T. L. Anderson sion R. R. Bhargava and Dugdale model solution for an infinite plate with a R. Kumar circular arc crack Y. Z. Chen Numerical solution of a curved crack problem by using hypersingular integral equation approach Y. W. Shi Prediction of fracture toughness requirement for engineering structures H. S. Saxena, R. S. Dhaliwal Cylindrical interface crack between nonhomogeneous and J. G. Rokne elastic materials under axially symmetric longitudinal shear Shing-Dar Wang and Edge dislocation dipoles near a semi-infinite crack tip Sanboh Lee Xiangzhou Zhang and Interactions between rectilinear and circumferential N. Hasebe cracks Wang Yuanhan, Liu Zaihua Dynamic fracture analysis of a stiffened panel with an and Wang Jian edge crack Li Baotong and Zheng Xiulin An approach for predicting fatigue crack initiation life of a low alloy steel below room temperature Zhao Yong, Fang Huacan Slowing down metal fatigue damage with a magnetic and Fan Xiaodong field Technical Note Y. Z. Chen Single crack problem with polynomial traction on the crack face Software Survey Section NUMBER 3 K. D. Basham, K. P. Chong A new method to compute size independent fracture and A. P. Boresi toughness values for brittle materials M. Isida and H. Noguchi Arbitrary array of cracks in bonded half planes subjected to various loadings L. Gambarotta Modeling dilatancy and failure of uniaxially com- pressed brittle materials by microcrack-weakened solids Mingzhe Shi and An investigation on the ductile damage evolution law Mingwen Jiang of high-cycle fatigue J. C. Sung and J. Y. Liou Transient crack growth in a viscoplastic solid R. C. Batra and J. P. Zhang Analysis of deformations near a crack tip in a compressible nonlinear elastic material S. K. Maiti, Crack-—crack interactions in bimaterials M. R. Shanbhag and K. Eswaran K. Y. Lam and Cao Wen Enhancement/shielding effects of inclusion on arbitrarily located cracks D. P. Harvey Il, J. B. Terrell, Participation of hydrogen in the impact behavior of T. S. Sudarshan ard 304L stainless steel M. R. Louthan, Jr. Guo Wanlin Elastic—plastic analysis of a finite sheet with a coid- worked hole Guo Wanlin Stress intensity factors for corner cracks at holes subjected to biaxial and pin loads D. Z. Feng, K. D. Zhang Finite element numerical evaluation of J-integral for and G. F. Xu cracked ductile cylinders D. Z. Feng, K. D. Zhang The plane strain, work-hardening response of cracked and G. F. Xu ductile cylinders J. Chao, Effect of mechanical heterogeneity on the behavior of J. Fernandez-Séez, a crack in the weld heat affected zone: a numerical J. Duran and J. M. Amo analysis Vv S. Melin Growth from a straight crack subjected to arbitrary remote loading S. L. Fok and J. Smart Discriminating between fracture criteria in the prediction of failure probability of brittle materials Technical Note P. Doig and R. Moskovic The influence of competing fracture mode on the ductile to brittle transition temperature Letter to the Editor 1. R. Wallhead and Comments on “Techniques of optical caustics L. Edwards photography” by D. A. Meyn Announcement Failures ‘94—Symposium on Risk, Economy and Safety, Failure Minimization and Analysis, Johannes- burg, South Africa, 22-24 June 1994 Software Survey Section NUMBER 4 A. N. Das Extension of a plane crack in a pre-stressed infinite elastic medium K. Mallick, D. Krajcinovic, Critical state of a two-dimensional elastic continuum D. Sumarac and containing elliptical voids M. Vujosevic Weisheng Lei, Determination of characteristic transition temperature Xiangqiao Yan and Mei Yao of low-temperature brittleness in mild steel Weisheng Lei, Numerical analysis of strain rate field below notch Xiangqiao Yan and Mei Yao root of Charpy V-notch test specimen under impact loading condition Weisheng Lei, Effect of residual stress on fracture behavior of mild Xiangqiao Yan and Mei Yao steel Weisheng Lei, Ductile/brittle transition condition in Charpy V-notch Xiangqiao Yan and Mei Yao impact test in structural steel Ming-Chang Jeng, Finite element analysis of crack growth life prediction Ji-Liang Doong and under complex load history Wei-Chung Liu Y. Wang and J. G. Williams Dynamic G calculations for an axially loaded parallel strip D. Gross and St. Heimer Crack closure and crack path prediction for curved cracks under thermal load vi Ch. Zhang and D. Gross Transient elastodynamic analysis of a penny-shaped crack T. Fett Consideration on set-up and boundary conditions for the determination of mode | and mode II crack opening displacements G. Alpa and L. Gambarotta The elastic crack interaction in modeling materials Yu Hu, Jian Wang, Notch sensitivity of reinforced concrete in fracture Chaoxin Zhang, tests Huigiang Li and Xiaoyu Hu C. S. Hong and S. K. Cheong Analysis of an anisotropic composite laminate with a part-through crack J. J. Golecki Numerical evaluation of finite-part singular integrals in crack theory (the linear approximation) Y. Z. Boutros, G. P. Fiani and A systematic method for computing the minimum free E. S. Looka distance of a convolutional code Kang Yong Lee and Thermal stress analysis of an infinite plate containing Yong Hoon Jang a rigid inclusion of arbitrary shape Technical Note H. Wada, M. Seika, Measurement of impact fracture toughness for PMMA C. A. Calder and with single-point bending test using an air gun T. C. Kennedy Discussion L. P. Pook Discussion of “An engineering tool for fracture toughness testing’ by E. |. Stromswold and D. J. Quesnel Reply E. |. Stromswold and Reply to L. P. Pook’s discussion of ‘‘An engineering D. J. Quesnel tool for fracture toughness testing” by E. lI. Stromswold and D. J. Quesnel Announcement Failures ‘94—Symposium on Risk, Economy and Safety, Failure Minimization and Analysis: Johannes- burg, South Africa, 22-24 June 1994 Software Survey Section NUMBER 5 S. Davidson The linear steady thermoelastic problem for a strip with two collinear cracks parallel to its edges J. H. Kuang and L. S. Chen A displacement extrapolation method for two- dimensional mixed-mode crack problems Vii H. Gong, K. P. Jen, Analytical/numerical solutions for a single hole-edge J. N. Majerus and crack in a wide plate under pure bending S. Santhanam S. Santhanam, Analytical/numerical solutions for a single hole-edge J. N. Majerus, K. P. Jen crack in a narrow plate under pure bending and D. S. Karanth S. A. Hucker and T. N. Farris Modified crack closure method using boundary elements Hua Zhao An improved probabilistic model of fatigue crack growth E. Smith The magnitude of J, for a centre cracked tension panel M. Yoda and M. Nagao Fracture and subcritical growth characteristics of indented cracks in soda-lime glass Meng Qingchun and Analytical—-generalized variational method of solution Zhang Xing for delaminations of laminates G. L. Domani and J. D. Lee An investigation of a dynamic crack propagation in a two-dimensional viscoelastic solid A. N. Das Indentations of an elastic layer by four moving punches C. thara and Y. Shigeyama Static fatigue crack propagation behavior of glass in a vacuum J. De and B. Patra Propagation of two collinear Griffith cracks in an orthotropic strip M. Ichikawa Relationship between Weibull moduli for tensile and bending fracture strength of brittie solids (the case of a three-parameter Weibull distribution) Yichi Lu and Kangxian Li A new model for fatigue crack growth after a single overload J. R. Yeh Fracture analysis of a stiffened orthotropic sheet Woei-Shang Ko, Thermal fracture of an infinite cylinder composed of Cheng-! Weng two materials with and without interfacial thermal and Tei-Chen Chen resistance S.-W. Yin A fiber bridging model for the fracture of brittle matrix composites Technical Notes J. L. Bogdanoff On the nonuniqueness of the load wave form in a reaction rate mean fatigue crack growth model J. L. Bogdanoff On a reaction rate model of mean fatigue viii Announcement Failures ‘94—Symposium on Risk, Economy and Safety, Failure Minimization and Analysis: Johannes- burg, South Africa, 22-24 June 1994 Software Survey Section NUMBER 6 G. S. Wang The plasticity aspect of fatigue crack growth Cha’o-Kuang Chen and Transient thermal contact problem for axial crack in a Bor-Lih Kuo hollow circular cylinder O. Jorgensen Delamination vs matrix cracking in layered composites subjected to transverse loading H. M. Bishop, A model of crack extension from thermal shock by H. W. Chandler and surface contact J. T. Evans G. Agnihotri Elastic—plastic analysis of stress state and spread of plastic zone around single edge-cracked plate by finite element method Yi-Heng Chen and Properties of eigenfunction expansion form and N. Hasebe relative integral for a crack with completely closed surfaces B. K. Dutta A compatible and complete six-noded element to model singularity Chien-Chang Lin, A finite element model for single-sided crack Ru-Chu Chu and patchings Yee-Shown Lin Chunyuan Zhang and A thermodynamic framework of fracture mechanics B. L. Karihaloo Y. H. Zhang and Statistical analysis of the surface fatigue crack growth L. J. Wang in welded joints S. V. Torgov Local weight functions for stress intensity factor evaluation for a surface semi-elliptical crack under polynomial loading Zhi Kai Guo, Further studies on fracture process zone for mode | A. S. Kobayashi concrete fracture and N. M. Hawkins Doo-Sung Lee The effect of edge cracks on the distribution of stress in an elastic strip ix G. P. Cherepanov Brittle fracture of solids caused by intense electron and A. A. Borzykh beams Technical Note Y. Z. Boutros, G. P. Fiani 1089 An efficient technique for detecting catastrophic and E. S. Looka convolutional codes Software Survey Section Index to Volume 46