1. Coefficients of the crack tip asymptotic field for a standard compact tension specimen

   • Q.Z. Xiao
   • B.L. Karihaloo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 15

2. A method of evaluation of transverse critical energy release rate (fiber failure mode) in advanced composites

   • Yuris A. Dzenis
   • Minghao Qin
   • Nicholas J. Pagano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 8

3. Experimental determination of geometry-independent fracture mechanics values J, CTOD and K for polymers

   • Wolfgang Grellmann
   • Ralf Lach
   • Sabine Seidler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 14

4. Effects of electric boundary conditions on electroelastic field in a cracked piezoelectric strip

   • X.-F. Li
   • B.Q. Tang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 21

5. The optimal control of fracture and stress parameters in a piezoceramic halfspace with cracks

   • D.I. Bardzokas
   • M.L. Filshtinsky
   • O. Sanchez-Casals

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 27

6. Crack-inclusion interaction for mode I crack analyzed by Eshelby equivalent inclusion method

   • Zhonghua Li
   • Qiang Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 40

7. The numerical solutions of the periodic crack problems of anisotropic strips^*

   • Xing Li
   • Yaojun Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 56

8. On the characteristic distance and minimum fracture toughness for cleavage fracture in a C-Mn steel

   • G.Z. Wang
   • J.H. Chen
   • G.H. Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 76

9. Dynamic stress intensity factor due to concentrated loads on a propagating semi-infinite crack in orthotropic materials

   • C. Rubio-Gonzalez
   • J.J. Mason

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 96