List of Contents NUMBER 1 J. D. Skinner and S. R. Daniewicz Simulation of plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure in part-through cracked geometries using finite element analysis C. M. Landis Uncoupled, asymptotic mode Ill and mode E crack tip solutions in non-linear ferroelectric materials S. Pommier Plane strain crack closure and cyclic hardening D. Peng, R. Jones and A hybrid formulation for 3D fracture analysis S. Pitt Technical Notes T. Fett Stress intensity factors and T-stress for single and double-edge-cracked circular disks under mixed bound- ary conditions L. W. Wei, L. Edwards and FE analysis of stresses and stress intensity factors of M. E. Fitzpatrick interfacial cracks in a CTS specimen Calendar Keywords NUMBER 2 M. Elices Editorial R. de Borst Fracture in quasi-brittle materials: a review of con- tinuum damage-based approaches J. Oliver, A. E. Huespe, From continuum mechanics to fracture mechanics: the M. D. G. Pulido and strong discontinuity approach E. Chaves M. Elices, G. V. Guinea, The cohesive zone model: advantages, limitations and J. Gomez and J. Planas challenges Z. P. Bazant Concrete fracture models: testing and practice A. Carpinteri, B. Chiaia and A scale-invariant cohesive crack model for quasi-brittle P. Cornetti materials If] Y.-W. Mai Cohesive zone and crack-resistance (R)-curve of cemen- titious materials and their fibre-reinforced composites J. G. M. van Mier and Uniaxial tension test for the determination of fracture M. R. A. van Vliet parameters of concrete: state of the art A. Kawamata, H. Mihashi, Controlling fracture toughness of matrix for ductile fiber ¥: Kaneko and K. Kirikoshi reinforced cementitious composites M. H. Aliabadi and A. L. Saleh Fracture mechanics analysis of cracking in plain and reinforced concrete using the boundary element method A. Munjiza and N. W. M. John Mesh size sensitivity of the combined FEM/DEM fracture and fragmentation algorithms Calendar Keywords NUMBER 3 M. Gosz and B. Moran An interaction energy integral method for computation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors along non-planar crack fronts in three dimensions J. P. Tronskar, M. A. Mannan Measurement of fracture initiation toughness and crack and M. O. Lai resistance in instrumented Charpy impact testing G. D. Gounaris and Crack identification in rotating shafts by coupled C. A. Papadopoulos response measurements Z. L. Zhang, M. Hauge, A notched cross weld tensile testing method for C. Thaulow and J. Odegard determining true stress-strain curves for weldments Y.-J. Kim, N.-S. Huh Reference stress based elastic-plastic fracture analysis and Y.-J. Kim for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under combined tension and bending G. Rauchs, T. Fett and D. Munz R-curve behaviour of 9Ce-TZP zirconia ceramics M. Strandberg Fracture at V-notches with contained plasticity Calendar Keywords IV NUMBER 4 J. Heerens Editorial J. Heerens and D. Hellmann Development of the Euro fracture toughness dataset K. Wallin Master curve analysis of the “Euro” fracture toughness dataset J. Heerens, M. Pfu, D. Hellmann The lower bound toughness procedure applied to the and U. Zerbst Euro fracture toughness dataset B. K. Neale An assessment of fracture toughness in the ductile to brittle transition regime using the Euro fracture tough- ness dataset R. Moskovic Modelling of fracture toughness data in the ductile to brittle transition temperature region by statistical ana- lysis Calendar Keywords NUMBER 5 B. Cotterell The past, present, and future of fracture mechanics X.-Z. Hu An asymptotic approach to size effect on fracture toughness and fracture energy of composites B. Gu, X. Wang, S. Yu and Transient response of a Griffith crack between dissimilar D. Gross piezoelectric layers under anti-plane mechanical and in- plane electrical impacts Q.-H. Qin and Y.-W. Mai BEM for crack-hole problems in thermopiezoelectric materials T.-Y. Zhang and M.-H. Zhao Equilibrium depth and spacing of cracks in a tensile residual stressed thin fiim deposited on a brittle substrate Z. Chen, B. Cotterell and W. Wang The fracture of brittle thin films on compliant substrates in flexible displays J. A. Kwon and R. W. Truss The work of fracture in uniaxial and biaxial oriented unplasticised polyvinylchloride pipes ¥ T. Pardoen, Y. Marchal and Essential work of fracture compared to fracture mechan- F. Delannay ics—towards a thickness independent plane stress toughness C. H. Wang, G. X. Chen and A critical evaluation of superposition methods for cracks L. R. F. in grossly plastic gradient fields C. Pickthall, C. Wang and Plasticity in constrained layers: model with point forces L. R. F. Rose Calendar Keywords NUMBER 6 J. Alfaiate, G. N. Wells and On the use of embedded discontinuity elements with L. J. Sluys crack path continuity for mode-l| and mixed-mode fracture V. La Saponara, H. Muliana, Experimental and numerical analysis of delamination R. Haj-Ali and G. A. Kardomateas growth in double cantilever laminated beams S. Tang and A. T. Zehnder Nickel-alumina interfacial fracture toughness using the thick foil technique Q.-Q. Ni and M. lwamoto Wavelet transform of acoustic emission signals in failure of model composites Y. Cao Three-dimensional finite element modeling of subsur- face median crack in trilayer sandwiches due to contact loading S. Vasic and I. Smith Bridging crack model for fracture of spruce K. T. Sundara Raja lyengar, Analysis of crack propagation in strain-softening beams S. Raviraj and T. N. Jayaram Calendar Keywords NUMBER 7 H. Fischer, W. Rentzsch and A modified size effect model for brittle nonmetailic R. Marx materials VI Experimental J estimation equations for single-edge- cracked bars in four-point bend: homogeneous and bi- material specimens . Moés and T. Belytschko Extended finite element method for cohesive crack growth O. Wall Dynamic crack propagation in large steel specimens O. Wall Numerical modelling of fracture initiation in large steel specimens at impact . S. Madhusudhana and Experimental and numerical investigations of mixed . Narasimhan mode crack growth resistance of a ductile adhesive joint Calendar Keywords NUMBER 8 . D. Wilson and P. Mani Plastic J-integral calculations using the load separation method for the center cracked tension specimen . Tabernig and R. Pippan Determination of the length dependence of the thresh- old for fatigue crack propagation . Dhondt Mixed-mode K-calculations in anisotropic materials . B. Biner Stress states and growth behavior of bridged cracks at creep regime S. Weyer, A. Frohlich, Automatic finite element meshing of planar Voronoi H. Riesch-Oppermann, L. Cizelj tessellations and M. Kovac Q. Z. Xiao and B. L. Karihaloo Approximate Green’s functions for singular and higher order terms of an edge crack in a finite plate S. Roychowdhury, Ductile tearing in thin aluminum panels: experiments Y. D. Arun Roy and analyses using large-displacement, 3-D surface and R. H. Dodds Jr. cohesive elements Calendar Keywords VII NUMBER 9 Editorial M. Elices, J. Llorca and Fracture of high performance fibres A. Sayir M. C. Garcia-Leiva, |. Ocana, Fracture mechanics of Sigma SM1140+ fibre A. Martin-Meizoso and J. M. Martinez-Esnaola S. C. Farmer and A. Sayir Tensile strength and microstructure of Al2O3-ZrOo hypo-eutectic fibers J. Militky, V. Kovacic and Influence of thermal treatment on tensile failure of J. Rubnerova basalt fibers P. Poza, J. Pérez-Rigueiro, Fractographic analysis of silkworm and spider silk M. Elices and J. Llorca P. Zinck, J. F. Gérard and On the significance and description of the size effect in H. D. Wagner multimodal fracture behavior. Experimental assessment on E-glass fibers G. V. Guinea, M. Elices and Assessment of defect size in brittle fibers C. Rossello J. Parthenios, D. G. Katerelos, Aramid fibers; a multifunctional sensor for monitoring G. C. Psarras and C. Galiotis stress/strain fields and damage development in compo- site materials Calendar Keywords NUMBER 10 U. Zerbst and F. M. Burdekin Foreword U. Zerbst, J. Heerens and The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint—an K.-H. Schwalbe ESIS TC1.3 round robin on failure assessment methods Part |: experimental data base and brief summary of the results G. W. Marshall and The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint—an R. A. Ainsworth ESIS TCI-3 round robin on failure assessment methods Part Il: R6 analysis F. M. Burdekin The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint—an ESIS TC1-3 round robin on failure assessment methods Part Ill-UK BS7910 methodology VIII U. Zerbst, R. Primas, The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint—an H.-J. Schindler, J. Heerens and ESIS TC1-3 round robin on failure assessment methods K.-H. Schwalbe Part IV: application of the ETM 97/1 H. J. Schindler, R. Primas and The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint: an ESIS M. Veidt round robin on failure assessment methods Part V: screening method by required toughness and plastic stability considerations U. Zerbst and T. Miyata The fracture behaviour of a welded tubular joint—an ESIS TC1.3 round robin on failure assessment methods Part VI: application of WES 2805-1997 Calendar Keywords NUMBER 11 T. Nishimura Strip yield analysis of two collinear unequal cracks in an infinite sheet P. Dineva, D. Gross and Dynamic behavior of a bi-material interface-cracked T. Rangelov plate J. P. Tronskar, M. A. Mannan Accounting for constraint effects in fracture mechanics and M. O. Lai analysis of floating production, storage and off-loading vessels and ships Y.-J. Kim, N.-S. Huh and Quantification of pressure-induced hoop stress effect on Y.-J. Kim fracture analysis of circumferential through-wall cracked pipes N. S. Que and F. Tin-Loi Numerical evaluation of cohesive fracture parameters from a wedge splitting test Calendar Keywords NUMBER 12 T. Kitamura, T. Shibutani and Crack initiation at free edge of interface betwee; thin T. Ueno films in advanced LSI W. A. Meith and M. R. Hill Domain-independent values of the J-integral for cracks in three-dimensional residual stress bearing bodies IX D. Kujawski 1315 Utilization of partial crack closure for fatigue crack growth modeling J. Tong 1325 T-stress and its implications for crack growth X. Wang 1339 Elastic 7-stress for cracks in test specimens subjected to non-uniform stress distributions T. Fett and D. Munz 1353 Influence of stress gradients on failure in contact strength tests with cylinder loading D.-B. Lee, T. Ikeda, N. Miyazaki 1363 Damage zone around crack tip and fracture toughness of and N.-S. Choi rubber-modified epoxy resin under mixed-mode condi- tions S. Rizal, H.H omma, M. Nazer Experimental approach to dimple fracture mechanisms and E. Kishida under short pulse loading Techinical Note J. Niglia, A. Cisilino, R. Seltzer Determination of impact fracture toughness of poly- and P. Frontini ethylene using arc-shaped specimens Calendar Keywords NUMBER 13 R. Jones, P. Chaperon and 1403 Structural optimisation with fracture strength con- M. Heller straints J. O. Peters, B. L. Boyce, X. Chen, 1425 On the application of the Kitagawa—Takahashi diagram J. M. McNaney, J. W. Hutchinson to foreign-object damage and high-cycle fatigue and R. O. Ritchie Y.-J. Kim, D.-J. Shim, J.-B. Choi 1447 Approximate J estimates for tension-loaded plates with and Y.-J. Kim semi-elliptical surface cracks T. Dirgantara and M. H. Aliabadi 1465 Stress intensity factors for cracks in thin plates A. Seweryn and A. Lukaszewicz 1487 Verification of brittle fracture criteria for elements with V-shaped notches Technical Note A. A. Volinsky, M. L. Kottke, 1511 Fiducial marks as measures of thin film crack arrest N. R. Moody and W. W. Gerberich toughness 1517 Calendar Keywords X NUMBERS 14-16 G. H. Paulino Editorial T. L. Becker Jr., R. M. Cannon Statistical fracture modeling: crack path and fracture and R. O. Ritchie criteria with application to homogeneous and function- ally graded materials J.-H. Kim and G. H. Paulino Mixed-mode fracture of orthotropic functionally graded materials using finite elements and the modified crack closure method M.-J. Pindera, J. Aboudi and Analysis of spallation mechanism in thermal barrier S. M. Arnold coatings with graded bond coats using the higher-order theory for F@Ms J. E. Dolbow and J. C. Nadeau On the use of effective properties for the fracture analysis of microstructured materials V. Tvergaard Theoretical investigation of the effect of plasticity on crack growth along a functionally graded region be- tween dissimilar elastic-plastic solids R. J. Moon, M. Hoffman, R-curve behavior in alumina-zirconia composites with J. Hilden, K. J. Bowman, repeating graded layers K. P. Trumble and J. Rodel J. Chapa-Cabrera and Effects of residual stress and geometry on crack kink 1. E. Reimanis angles in graded composites C.-E. Rousseau and H. V. Tippur 1679 Influence of elastic variations on crack initiation in functionally graded glass-filled epoxy J. Abanto-Bueno and J. Lambros 1695 Investigation of crack growth in functionally graded materials using digital image correlation A. Kawasaki and R. Watanabe 1713 Thermal fracture behavior of metal/ceramic functionally graded materials S. Dag and F. Erdogan A surface crack in a graded medium loaded by a sliding rigid stamp S. A. Meguid, X. D. Wang and On the dynamic propagation of a finite crack in L. Y. Jii ang functionally graded materials Z.-H. Jin and G. H. Paulino A viscoelastic functionally graded strip containing a crack subjected to in-plane loading XI N. Noda and B. L. Wang Transient thermoelastic responses of functionally graded materials containing collinear cracks Calendar Keywords NUMBER 17 A. Misra, C. S. 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