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Volume 139, Issue 3-4

June 2006

Special Issue: Fundamentals of Fracture

Issue Editors:

Gérard Michot,
Helmut Kirchner

21 articles in this issue

Preface
Gérard Michot
Helmut Kirchner
Preface Pages: 341 - 341
Scaling, localization and anisotropy in fracturing central-force spring lattices with strong disorder
I. Malakhovsky
M. A. J. Michels
OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 357
Is a crack an effective stress riser for triggering of plasticity?
Gérard Michot
Berenice M. Gonzalez
Original Article Pages: 359 - 367
Rupture by damage accumulation in rocks
David Amitrano
Original Article Pages: 369 - 381
Orientation dependence of fracture toughness measured by indentation methods and its relation to surface energy in single crystal silicon
M. Tanaka
K. Higashida
M. Fujiwara
OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 394
Orientation dependent fracture toughness of lamellar bone
Herwig Peterlik
Paul Roschger
Peter Fratzl
OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 405
Tissue heterogeneity, composite architecture and fractal dimension effects in the fracture of ageing human bone
P. Zioupos
C. Kaffy
J. D. Currey
OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 424
Fibrillar level fracture in bone beyond the yield point
Himadri S. Gupta
Wolfgang Wagermaier
Peter Fratzl
OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 436
Strength and crack properties of nanoscale materials by ab initio molecular dynamics and temperature lattice Green’s function methods
K. Masuda-Jindo
Vu Van Hung
M. Menon
OriginalPaper Pages: 437 - 454
The Brazilian test: a tool for measuring the toughness of a material and its brittle to ductile transition
José Rafael Capua Proveti
Gérard Michot
Original Article Pages: 455 - 460
The energy release rate of mode II fractures in layered snow samples
Christian Sigrist
Jürg Schweizer
Jürg Dual
OriginalPaper Pages: 461 - 475
Numerical studies on crack problems in three-layered elastic media using an image method
Xi Zhang
Robert G. Jeffrey
Original Article Pages: 477 - 493
Microstructure and fracture mechanical response of wood
Stefanie E. Stanzl-Tschegg
Original Article Pages: 495 - 508
Ductility and brittleness of bone
Helmut Kirchner
Original Article Pages: 509 - 516
Interatomic potentials and the simulation of fracture: C15 NbCr₂
Frohmut Rösch
Hans-Rainer Trebin
Peter Gumbsch
Original Article Pages: 517 - 526
Effect of Off – Axis Matrix Cracking on Stiffness of Symmetric Angle-Ply Composite Laminates
D. G. Katerelos
L. N. McCartney
C. Galiotis
OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 536
Three_Dimensional Simulation of Fracture Behavior of Elastic-Brittle Material with Initial Crack Pattern
V. A. Romanova
R. R. Balokhonov
P. V. Makarov
OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 544
Experimental Study of Crack Growth in a Bimetal Under Fatigue and Fatigue-Creep Conditions
P. Yasniy
P. Maruschak
Y. Lapusta
OriginalPaper Pages: 545 - 552
Effect of Reference Loading and Crack Configuration on the Stress Intensity Factors In Weight Function Method
S. Ekwaro-Osire
M. P. H. Khandaker
G. Lolge
OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 560
Use of Femtosecond Laser Technique for Studying Physically Small Cracks
Yasuko Motoyashiki
Angelika Brückner-Foit
Thomas Baumert
OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 568
Effective Elastic Properties of Fractured Rocks: Dynamic vs. Static Considerations
Erik H. Saenger
Oliver S. Krüger
Serge A. Shapiro
OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 576