Advances in Fracture and Damage Mechanics: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Fdm 2003, 2-4 September, 2003, ... Germany (Key Engineering Materials)

This title presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics (FDM), of the 2-4 September, 2003, at the Liborianum in Paderborn, Germany. The proceedings cover a wide rane of topics in fracture and damage mechanics and bring together researchers and engineers from academia and industry from Europe, Asia and Central and North America. The papers are divided into four broad categories: experimental techniques and measurements; computational methods; stress and failure analysis; and processes and mechanisms. Some emphasis is placed on three-dimensional and mixed-mode problems; such as 3D fracture criteria for the prediction of fatigue crack growth in solids under arbitrary loading conditions. These assessments of the state-of-the-art in the various aspects of this field should make for valuable reading.