SI: Characterization of crack tip fields

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)

Issue 33 (July 2015)

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