Structual Integrity and Fracture : Proceedings of the International Conference, SIF 2002, Perth, Australia, 25-28 September 2002 Book

	Foreword
	Organisation
	Sponsoring organisations
	Calculation of stress-intensity factors using the scaled boundary finate-element method	3
	Asymptotic and intermediate asymptotic behaviour near the tip of a fluid-driven fracture propagating in a permeable elastic medium	9
	Asymptotic analysis of boundary effects on fracture properties of notched bending specimens of concrete	19
	Crack growth in materials with defects: modelling based on Gaussian stress fluctuations	25
	Snow avalanche release: from fracture mechanics to physics of complex systems?	31
	Determination of Softening Law by measuring crack opening displacements	35
	Size effect and crack bridging in coarse-microstructure composites	43
	Accurate determination of singular and higher order terms of elastic crack tip asymptotic field	49
	Dugdale-type model for a crack in a plate of arbitrary thickness	59
	A meshless approach to the solution of fracture interaction and intersection problems	63
	On nonlinear solutions for dislocations in a bimaterial solid	71
	Numerical analysis of thermally cycled Ball Grid Array solder joints	77
	Study on correlation of the fracture toughness and microshear toughness for pressure vessel steels and structural steels	83
	A fully elasto-plastic model for layered rocks	91
	Measurement of fracture properties in bonded joints	97
	Through cracks in symmetric composite laminates subjected to out of plane bending moments	101
	A non-local Cosserat Model of heterogeneous materials: 1D structures	107
	Simulating discontinuities in a gradient-enhanced continuum	115
	Toughness study on superelastic shape memory alloys	119
	An alternative stop drilling method for life extension of fatigue cracks	127
	Notch stress analysis in a wing pivot fitting using a Non-linear Kinematic Hardening Model	131
	Experimental investigation on fatigue crack growth normal to a bimaterial interface	137
	Predicting crack growth due to repeated thermal shock using HSF and LEFM techniques	141
	Fatigue crack growth simulation under mixed mode loading condition	147
	Corrosion fatigue characteristics in Multi-Pass Weldment of A106 Gr B steel pipe	155
	Effect of specimen thickness on the probability distribution of fatigue crack growth lives	161
	On the influence of the factors on fatigue crack growth retardation	167
	Fatigue of aluminium 6061-T6 and magnesium AS21X under variable amplitude loading	173
	Internal cracking during surface treatment of 7050-T74 aluminium alloy using laser shock peening	177
	Fracture mechanical fatigue design of SUS301L spot-welded multi-lap joint	183
	The inhibition effect on fatigue crack growth of TiNi shape memory fiber reinforced matrix composite	189
	Low-cycle fatigue of a Zr-based bulk amorphous metal	195
	On fatigue life improvement using low transformation temperature weld material	201
	An alternative definition for two distinct regimes of fatigue	207
	Characterization of the opening/closure behaviour of short fatigue cracks under cyclic loading and its influence on crack growth	213
	A study of dynamics fracture problem of brittle materials of rock kind	221
	The microstructures and three kinds of adiabatic shear bands in a perforated steel (30CrMnMo)	227
	Simulation of an isolated RC structure damage to blast motion	231
	The transition method of geometrically similar element for dynamic v-notch problem	237
	Discussion on dynamic mechanical behavior of cement mortar under quasi-one and one dimensional strain states	243
	Effect of crack extension process on dynamical properties of flexible crack rotor	249
	Overshoot phenomenon in velocity history of rear free-surface of glass sample under shock wave loading	253
	An evaluation of elastic and damping properties of PVC/MBS with an acoustic resonance method	261
	Developments in remote fracture imaging using seismic methods	267
	Analysis of fatigue crack growth in stainless steel by Acoustic Emission	271
	On methods of the macro-stress determination by fault-slip inversions	277
	Wave velocities in glass-resin composite with contrast properties	283
	Acoustic emission controlled triaxial rock fracture and friction tests	289
	Automatic maintaining of small secondary flexure in uniaxial tension test of concrete	297
	Fractography of rock from the new Punch-Through Shear Test	303
	The AAR reaction in concrete dams	309
	The relation between porosity, chemical degradation and fracture characteristics in mortar structures	315
	Fracture of rock mass induced by mining: Case study	325
	Shear fracture in concrete?	333
	Fracture process in pillars	343
	The design of a fuzzy-neural network to predict the fracture characteristics across folds and faults in the Mt. Isa district	347
	Modeling the structure behavior for fractured rock beam using DDA	353
	Fracture behavior of porous Si[subscript 3]N[subscript 4] ceramics	359
	Numerical simulation of rockmass fracture process using Physical Cellular Automata	365
	Modeling the mixed mode fracture process of double-edge notched concrete specimen	371
	Integrity of pultruded thermoplastic composites	377
	A role of the frontal process zone on toughening mechanism of polycrystalline ceramic materials and nanocomposites	383
	A study on the determination of fracture parameters for the rubber toughened polymetric materials with the Instrumented Charpy Impact Test	389
	Contact-induced damage mechanisms in layered alumina/aluminium-titanate composites with graded intermediate layers	395
	Depth-profiling and indentation responses of functionally-graded alumina/aluminium-titanate composites	403
	Tensile behaviour of particle reinforced EPDM rubber composites	409
	Identification of delamination in woven fabric composite laminates using surface-bonded piezoelectrics	415
	Crack propagation in graded Alumina-Epoxy composites	421
	Probabilistic fracture mechanics: Application in reactor pressure vessels and oil pipelines	429
	Probabilistic estimation of the structural integrity of an Electric Car Bogie Frame	439
	Weldment component test for steel moment connections	443
	Integrity and fracture of plate-like assemblies of topologically interlocked elements	449
	Author index	457