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List of Contents NUMBER 1 Zhang Zhongping, 1 The study of fracture properties in_ birefringent Dang Jinbao and materials with improved method of caustics Zheng Sitao D. J. Nicholls 9 Prediction of fatigue crack growth rates based on crack blunting Xia Yuanming, Rao Shiguo 17 A novel method for measuring plane stress dynamic and Yang Baochang fracture toughness M.L. Dunn 25 The effects of crack face boundary conditions on the fracture mechanics of piezoelectric solids S. Xia, S. Takezono and 41 A nonlocal damage approach to analysis of the frac- K. Tao ture process zone Y.H. Wang and Y.K.Cheung 53 Boundary collocation method for cracks emanating from a hole in an anisotropic plate V. E. Mirenkov 63 Finite stress in fracture mechanics P. K. Rastogi, P. Navi, 69 Holographic study of displacement fields and crack Jia Wang, L. Pflug propagation in notched wood specimens subjected and C. Huet to wedge-splitting tests Yiwang Bao, Zongzhe Jin 85 Evaluation of K,. depending on sample size for and Xiaorui Li ceramics Ching-Hwei Chue, Optimum selection of ply orientation in bonded repair Long-An Lin and under biaxial loading Shang-Chih Wang M. Erbe, K. Galanulis, Theoretical and experimental investigations of fracture R. Ritter and E. Steck by finite element and grating methods Wang Rong Dao Solution for an infinite plate with collinear radial cracks emanating from circular holes under biaxial loading by boundary force method Hu Zhi-Zhong and 127 Relationship between fatigue notch factor and Cao Shu-Zhen strength Takuji Okabe, Mitsuo Kido Fatigue fracture behavior of oxide ceramics in water and Takeshi Miyahara Technical Note N. |. loakimidis and 147 Derivation of the equation of caustics in Cartesian E. G. Anastasselou coordinates with Maple Software Survey Section iii NUMBER 2 Salah E.-D. F. Taher, 151 Towards a canonical elastoplastic damage model M.H. Baluch and A. H. Al-Gadhib K. Badari Narayana, 167 A general procedure for modified crack closure B. Dattaguru, integral in 3D problems with cracks T. S. Ramamurthy and K. Vijayakumar M.S. Wu 177 Material anisotropy effects on stress intensity factors and the effective elastic compliance H. E. Belsinger Jr, 199 A fracture criterion for gallium arsenide wafers B. Wilner, U. Tasch and L. D. T. Topoleski Tie-Jun Wang 207 Improvements of J-integral criterion for ductile fracture characterized by a triaxiality parameter Tie-Jun Wang 217 Further investigation of a new continuum damage mechanics criterion for ductile fracture: experimental verification and applications P. S. Theocaris 231 The influence of shear on the failure mode of the transversely isotropic fiber composite Chang-New Chen 247 Fatigue strength assessment by using a nonlinear finite element technique E. G. Ladopoulos 257 Systems of finite-part singular integral equations in L, applied to crack problems L. J. Lee and C. H. Wang 267 Stress intensity factors by weight function method for cracked composite laminates Guang-xu Cheng, 281 A new damage variable for low-cycle fatigue of Zhi-wen Lou and metallic materials Zhen-bang Kuang Wang Yue-sheng and 289 Elliptic arc crack subjected to anti-plane shear wave Wang Duo Technical Note Liu Yongning and 299 High velocity impact test of a C—Mn steel and inertia Zhou Huijiu effect Software Survey Section iV NUMBER 3 R. Mu and D. V. Reddy 305 Stress intensity factors and weight functions for semi- elliptical cracks using finite element alternating method Y. Murase, S. J. Duan 325 Stress analysis around a circular interface crack and K. Nakagawa between dissimilar media loaded by uniform tension at infinity Li Zhen 339 Estimation of fatigue crack propagation rate in steel Dai-Heng Chen, 347 Effect of elastic constants on stress in multi-phases H. Nisitani and T. Mura under plane deformation M.A. Kattis and A. P. Patia 359 Thermal stress problem for a partly debonded rigid circular-arc fiber inclusion in an infinite matrix L. P. Pook 367 Some implications of corner point singularities V. V. Silberschmidt 379 The effect of material stochasticity on crack-damage and J.-L. Chaboche interaction and crack propagation Shing-Dar Wang, 389 Limitation of application of conformal mapping on the Chen-Ti Hu interaction of an edge dislocation and a crack and Sanboh Lee K. M. Liew, K. C. Hung and 393 As olution method for analysis of cracked plates under M. K. Lim vibration J. Padovan and Y. H. Guo 405 Moving template analysis of crack growth—l. Procedure development Y. H. Guo and J. Padovan 427 Moving template analysis of crack growth—ll. Multiple crack extension and benchmarking Hu Zhi-Zhong 445 Optimum balance between strength and ductility for fatigue properties Technical Note J. Paul, 455 Bonded composite repair of cracked load-bearing R. A. Bartholomeusz, holes R. Jones and M. Ekstrom Software Survey Section NUMBER 4 Xiangqiao Yan, Application of cleavage characteristic stress theory to Weisheng Lei and Mei Yao low-temperature brittleness evaluation of structural steel—a review Cheer Germ Go and 475 Infinitely small element for the dynamic problem of a Yee Shown Lin cracked beam Vv Yutaka Toi and 483 Computational damage mechanics models for Jung-Sin Che brittle microcracking solids based on mesoscopic simulations M. Konsta-Gdoutos 499 Solution of stress-corrosion crack problems by the method of caustics K. Fujii, K. Nakagawa 505 A mathematical model of the strain-softening curve and S. J. Duan for crack extension Ching-Hwei Chue and 515 Application of bonded patch and sleeve to cracked Shang-Chih Wang hole repair under biaxial load C. Q. Ru and R. C. Batra 523 Plane strain deformations near the tip of a contacting interfacial crack in locking materials Z. L. Zhang and E. Niemi 529 Studies on the ductility predictions by different local failure criteria S. R. Daniewicz 541 Accurate and efficient numerical integration of weight functions using Gauss—Chebyshev quadrature Li Xiang-Ping and 545 Three-dimensional transient wave response in a Liu Chun-Tu cracked elastic solid E. N. Theotokoglou 553 Mode | caustics for the infinite cracked plate using the exact solution: one parameter dependent curves D. L. Chen, B. Weiss 561 A new approach for the determination of stress and R. Stickler intensity factors for finite width plate Lei Yang, Xiaomin Deng 573 Explicit expressions of transient elastodynamic crack and Yuh J. Chao tip fields for mixed-mode crack propagation M. Bak and H. A. Koenig 583 Prediction of edge stresses in layered media using the surface integral-finite element technique Hsien-Yang Yeh and Mixed mode crack propagation studied by the Chang H. Kim Yeh-Stratton criterion Software Survey Section NUMBER 5 Xiangqiao Yan, A theory of cleavage characteristic stress on low- Weisheng Lei and Mei Yao temperature cleavage fracture in mild steel—a review N. S. Raghavendran and 619 Stress analysis of a welded joint M. E. Fourney Ja. E. Beigelzimer, Continuum model of the structural-inhomogeneous B. M. Efros, V. N. Varyukhin porous body and its application for the study of and A. V. Khokhlov stability and viscous fracture of materials deformed under pressure Vi Y. Z. Chen 641 T stress in multiple crack problem for an infinite plate S. Nomura and D. L. Ball 649 Stiffness reduction due to multiple microcracks in transverse isotropic media Heping Xie, 655 A fractal model and energy dissipation for en echelon David J. Sanderson fractures and D. C. P. Peacock José Maria Minguez 663 Foreman’s crack growth rate equation and the safety conditions of cracked structures Alberto Carpinteri, 673 Scaling laws for strength and toughness of disordered Gerardo Ferrara and materials: a unified theory based on fractal geometry Lorenzo Imperato Wen Pihua and Fan Taihua 691 The discontinuity displacement method applied to three-dimensional co-planar crack problem for any boundary value condition V. N. Bastun 703 Fracture of thin-walled bodies with crack under biaxial loading S. B. Liu and C. L. Tan 711 Two-dimensional boundary’ element contact mechanics analysis of pin-loaded lugs with single cracks Fashang Ma and 727 Elastic—plastic fracture analysis of finite bodies—I. Zhen-Bang Kuang Description of the stress field Fashang Ma and 739 Elastic—plastic fracture analysis of finite bodies—ll. Zhen-Bang Kuang Conditions of fracture initiation Technical Note Wei Zhi Yi A new experimental approach to determine initial fatigue quality with fastener holes Software Survey Section NUMBER 6 Wu Yong-li 755 A new method for evaluation of stress intensities for interface cracks Wu Yong-li 763 Variable power singular interface elements for a crack normal to the bimaterial interface Liu Yongning and 773 Ductile to brittle fracture transition of a plain carbon Zhou Huijiu steel and its thermal activation model A. Kaczynski 783 Three-dimensional thermoelastic problems of interface cracks in periodic two-layered composites Vii J. Smart and S. L. Fok 801 Discriminating between volume and surface integral theories for brittle materials Y. W. Kwon and J. Berner 811 Analysis of matrix damage evolution in laminated composite plates R. Hermann 819 Three-dimensional stress distribution around cold expanded holes in aluminium alloys M. Drzik and O. Ilvankova 837 J-integral evaluation in elasto-plastic materials by optical shadow visualisation A. Y. T. Leung and R. K. L. Su 847 Mode | crack problems by fractal two level finite element methods E. Smith 857 Methodology for determining the radial fracture toughness of Zr—Nb pressure tube material Bohumir Strnadel and 863 Distribution of dimple sizes on the fracture surface of Zdenék Jonsta spheroidized steel in the transition region M. Ben-Amoz 873 The effects of stress and temperature gradients on fatigue life Nashid Islam 879 Application of the superelement method in a mode III crack problem Technical Notes Wang Hong-shan 885 Principle and method for determining fracture toughness of structural steel by side-cut SE (B) I. V. Orynyak and 891 The combined weight function method application for M. V. Borodii a hole emanated crack Discussion N. P. Andrianopoulos “Some remarks on the Det.-criterion and caustics’’ by C. P. Spyropoulos Software Survey Section Index to Volume 48 Author Index Al-Gadhib A. H., 151 Jin Zongzhe, 85 Rao Shiguo, 17 Anastasselou E. G., 147 Jones R., 455 Rastogi P. K., 69 Andrianopoulos N. P., 895 Jonsta Z., 863 Reddy D. V., 305 Ritter R., 103 Bak M., 583 Ru C. Q., 523 Kaczynski A., 783 Ball D. L., 649 Kattis M. A., 359 Baluch M. H., 151 Khokhlov A. V., 629 Sanderson D. J., 655 Bao Yiwang, 85 Kido M., 137 Silberschmidt V. V., 379 Bartholomeusz R. A., 455 Kim Chang H., 595 Smart J., 801 Bastun V. N., 703 Koenig H. A., 583 Smith E., 857 Batra R. C., 523 Konsta-Gdoutos M., 499 Steck E., 103 BeigelzimeJra . E., 629 Kuang Zhen-Bang, 281, 727, 739 Stickler R., 561 Belsinger H. E. Jr, 199 Strnadel B., 863 Kwon Y. W., 811 Ben-Amoz M., 873 Su R. K. L., 847 Berner J., 811 Borodii M. V., 891 Ladopoulos E. G., 257 Taher S. E.-D. F., 151 Lee L. J., 267 Takezono S., 41 Cao Shuh-Zhen, 127 Lee S., 389 Tan C. L., 711 Carpinteri A., 673 Lei Weisheng, 463, 609 Tao K., 41 Chaboche J.-L., 379 Leung A. Y. T., 847 Tasch U., 199 Chao Yuh J., 573 Li Xiang-Ping, 545 Theocaris P. S., 231 Che Jung-Sin, 483 Li Xiaorui, 85 Theotokoglou E. N., 553 Chen Chang-New, 247 Liew K. M., 393 Toi Y., 483 Chen Dai-Heng, 347 Lim M. K.., 393 Topoleski L. D. T., 199 Chen D. L., 561 Lin Long-An, 91 Chen Y. Z., 641 Lin Yee Shown, 475 Cheng Guang-xu, 281 Liu Chun-Tu, 545 Varyukhin V. N., 773 Cheung Y. K., 53 Liu S. B., 711 Vijayakumar K., 167 Chue Ching-Hwei, 91, 515 Liu Yongning, 299, 773 Lou Zhi-Wen, 281 Wang C. H., 267 Dang Jinbao, | Wang Duo, 289 Daniewicz S. R., 541 Wang Hong-shan, 885 Dattaguru B., 167 Ma Fashang, 727, 739 Wang Jia, 69 Minguez J. M., 663 Deng Xiaomin, 573 Wang Rong Dao, 119 Mirenkov V. E., 63 Drzik M., 837 Wang S.-D., 389 Miyahara T., 137 Duan S. J., 325, 505 Wang Shang-Chih, 91, 515 Mu R., 305 Dunn M. L., 25 Wang Tie-Jun, 207, 217 Mura T., 347 Wang Y. H., 53 Murase Y., 325 Efros B. M., 629 Wang Yue-sheng, 289 Ekstrom M., 455 Weiss B., 561 Erbe M., 103 Nakagawa K., 325, 505 Wen Pihua, 691 Narayana K. B., 167 Wilner B., 199 Fan Taihua, 691 Navi P., 69 Wu M. S., 177 Ferrara G., 673 Nicholls D. J., 9 Wu Yong-li, 755, 763 Fok S. L., 801 Niemi E., 529 Fourney M. E., 619 Nisitani H., 347 Xia S., 41 Fujii K., 505 Nomura S., 649 Xia Yuanming, 17 Xie Heping, 655 Galanulis K., 103 Go Cheer Germ, 475 Okabe T., 137 Yan Xiangqgiao, 463 Yan Xianqiao, 609 Guo Y. H., 405, 427 Orynyak I. V., 891 Yang Baochang, 17 Yang Lei, 573 Hermann R., 819 Padovan J., 405, 427 Yao Mei, 463, 609 Hu C.-T., 389 Patia A. P., 359 Yeh Hsien-Yang, 595 Hu Zhi-Zhong, 127, 445 Paul J., 455 Yi Wei Zhi, 749 Huet C., 69 Peacock D. C. P., 655 Hung K. C., 393 Pflug L., 69 Zhang Z. L., 529 Pook L. P., 367 Imperato L., 673 Zhang Zhongping, | loakimidis N. I., 147 Zhen L., 339 Islam N., 879 Raghavendran N. S., 619 Zheng Sitao, | Ivankova O., 837 Ramamurthy T. 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