Guest editors:
• Y. Hong (Institute of Mechanics, CAS, China)
• F. Iacoviello (Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy)
• M. N. James ( University of Plymouth, UK)
• L. Susmel ( University of Sheffield, UK)
Multi-scale crack closure measurements with digital image correlation on Haynes 230
Stefano Beretta, Silvio Rabbolini, Angelo Di Bello, Huseyin Sehitoglu
Measurement and analysis of fatigue crack deformation on the macro- and micro-scale
D. Nowell, S.J. O’Connor, K.I. Dragnevski
Spherical particles formation under biaxial cyclic loading due to mesotunneling effect
A. Shanyavskiy
Three-dimensional effects on cracked components under anti-plane loading
F. Berto, A. Campagnolo
Estimation of the crack propagation direction in a mixed-mode geometry via multi-parameter fracture criteria
L. Malíková, V. Veselý, S. Seitl
Some relationships between the peak stresses and the local strain energy density for cracks subjected to mixed-mode (I+II) loading
G. Meneghetti, A. Campagnolo, F. Berto
Measurement and simulation of strain fields around crack tips under mixed-mode fatigue loading
Y. Hos, M. Vormwald, J.L.F. Freire
3D Analyses of crack propagation in torsion
D. Shiozawa, Serrano Munoz, S. Dancette, C. Verdu, J. Lachambre, J.-Y. Buffiere
Fretting in complete contacts - the use of Williams’ solution
D. A. Hills, R. Flicek
Near tip strain evolution of a growing fatigue crack
M.-L. Zhu, Y.-W. Lu, C. Lupton, J. Tong
Specimen thickness effect on elastic-plastic constraint parameter A
G.P. Nikishkov, Yu.G. Matvienko
Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches
Andrea Spagnoli, Andrea Carpinteri, Sabrina Vantadori
3D thickness effects around notch and crack tip stress/strain fields
R.C.O. Góes, J.T.P. Castro, M.A. Meggiolaro
Can Delta Keff be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth?
J.T.P. Castro, M.A. Meggiolaro, J.A.O. González
Gradient-enriched linear-elastic tip stresses to perform the highcycle fatigue assessment of notched plain concrete
C. Bagni, H. Askes, L. Susmel
Fatigue crack tip damaging micromechanisms in a ferritic-pearlitic ductile cast iron
Francesco Iacoviello, Vittorio Di Cocco, Mauro Cavallini
Multi-parameter approximation of stress field in a cracked specimen using purpose-built Java applications
V. Veselý, J. Sobek, D. Tesa?, P. Frantík, T. Pail, S. Seitl
Damage evolution in freeze cast metal/ceramic composites exhibiting lamellar microstructures
C. Simpson, P.J. Withers, T. Lowe, S. Roy, A. Wanner
Some experimental observations of crack-tip mechanics with displacement data
M. Mokhtari, P. Lopez-Crespo, B. Moreno, M. Zanganeh
2D mapping of plane stress crack-tip fields following an overload
P. J. Withers, P. Lopez-Crespo, M. Mostafavi, A. Steuwer, J. F. Kelleher, T. Buslaps
Multi-scale approach for the analysis of the stress fields at a contact edge in fretting fatigue conditions with a crack analogue approach
C. Montebello, S. Pommier, K. Demmou, J. Leroux, J. Mériaux
Growth of inclined fatigue cracks using the biaxial CJP model
G. Laboviciute, C. J. Christopher, M. N. James, E. A. Patterson
Effective stress assessment at rectangular rounded lateral notches
Enrico Maggiolini, Roberto Tovo, Paolo Livieri
Experimental evaluation of plasticity-induced crack shielding from crack tip displacements fields
J.M. Vasco-Olmo, F.A. Díaz
A numerical study of non-linear crack tip parameters
F.V. Antunes, R. Branco, L. Correia, AL Ramalho
Load history effects on fatigue crack propagation: Its effect on the R-curve for threshold
X. Zhou, A. Hohenwarter, T. Leitner, H.P. Gänser, R. Pippan
Synchrotron 3D characterization of arrested fatigue cracks initiated from small tilted notches in steel
P. Lorenzino, J.-Y. Buffiere, S. Okazaki, H. Matsunaga, Y. Murakami, H. Matsunaga
Crack tip fields and mixed mode fracture behaviour of progressively drawn pearlitic steel
J. Toribio, B. González, J.C. Matos