Recent Advances in Fracture Mechanics : Honoring Mel and Max Williams Book

Publisher's Foreword. Dedication to Mel and Max Williams. Foreword. Crack expanding with constant velocity in an anisotropic solid under anti-plane strain; K.B. Broberg. Numerical analysis of dynamic debonding under 2D in-plane and 3D loading; M.S. Breitenfeld, P.H. Geubelle. Dynamic ductile fracture of aluminum SEN specimens an experimental-numerical analysis; J. Lee, et al. Transient effects during rapid crack propagation; J.G. Williams. Crack detection by the electric method: Uniqueness and approximation; D. Dinh Ang, D. Duc Trong. Singularity-reduced integral equations for displacement discontinuities in three-dimensional linear elastic media; S. Li, M.E. Mear. A single-domain dual-boundary-element formulation incorporating a cohesive zone model for elastostatic cracks; B. Yang, K. Ravi-Chandar. Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: I. Experimental preliminaries; G.C. Pulos, W.G. Knauss. Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading: II. Effect of load history on growth rate and fracture morphology; G.C. Pulos, W.G. Knauss. Nonsteady crack and craze behavior in PMMA under cyclical loading. III. Effect of load history on cohesive force distribution on the craze; G.C. Pulos, W.G. Knauss. Crack growth behavior in an epoxy strip above and below Tg; K. Ogawa, et al. On the fracture of constrained layers; C.H. Wang. Fracture size effects and polycrystalline inhomogeneity; K. Abdel-Tawab, G.J. Rodin. A dislocation barrier model for fatigue crack growth threshold; H.W. Liu. A calibrated fracture process zone model for thin film blistering; A. Shirani, K.M. Liechti. Interface strength, work of adhesion and plasticity in the peel test; Y. Wei, J.W. Hutchinson. Predicting crack initiation in composite material systems due to a thermal expansion mismatch; E.S. Folias, et al. Role of controlled debonding along fiber/matrix interfaces in the strength and toughness of metal matrix composites; A.S. Argon, et al. Analysis of sharp angular notches in anisotropic materials; C. Blanco, et al. Kinked Cracks in anisotropic elastic materials; C. Blanco, et al. Williams meets von Karman: Mode coupling and nonlinearity in the fracture of thin plates; C.-Y. Hui, et al. Author index.