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Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution , Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the fifth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:

Mixed Mode Fracture I: Emphasis on Modeling

Mixed Mode Fracture II: Emphasis on Experimental Measurements

Full-Field Measurements of Fracture

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior I: Nanoscale Effects

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior II: MEMS

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior III: Microstructure

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior IV: Shape Memory Alloys

Fracture & Fatigue of Composites

Fracture & Fatigue for Engineering Applications

Wave-Based Techniques in Fracture & Fatigue I

Wave-Based Techniques in Fracture & Fatigue II: Acoustic Emissions

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Simulation of Arbitrary Mixed-Mode Crack Growth Using an Energy-Based Approach.- Experimental and Predicted Crack Paths in Al-2024-T351 under Mixed-Mode I/II Fatigue.- On Numerical Evaluation of Mixed Mode Crack Propagation Coupling Mechanical and Thermal Loads in Wood Material.- Curvilinear Fatigue Crack Growth Under Out-of-phase Loading Conditions.- Fracture Surface Transition for Notched Bars in Torsion.- Mixed Mode Evaluation of Different Grinding Depths in FRPC Repairs.- Through Thickness Fracture Behavior of Transversely Graded Ti/TiB Material.- Coalescence and Growth of Two Semi-Elliptical Coplanar Cracks in API-5L Grade B Steel.- Measurement of Crack Tip Displacement Field in Desiccating Paste.- Characterization of Fracture Behavior of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Cement Paste Using Digital Image Correlation.- Characterization of Structural Scale Ductile Fracture of Aluminum Panels Using Digital Image Correlation.- Creep Damage Quantification and Residual Strength Evaluation of 5083 Aluminum Alloy.- Nanoindentation Measurements on Rocks.- Anelasticity in Al-alloy Thin Films: A Micro-mechanical Analysis.- Oxide Driven Strength Degradation on (111) Silicon.- Impact of Speckle Pattern Parameters on DIC Strain Resolution Ealculated From In-situ SEM Experiments.- Very High-cycle Fatigue Resistance of Shot Peened High-strength Aluminium Alloys: Role of Surface Morphology.- Experimental Characterization of Semi-rigidity of Standardized Lattice Beam Using the Grid Method.- Characterization of Martensitic Transformation Morphology in Wide Hysteresis Shape Memory Alloys.- Analysis of Phase Transformation Intermittency In SMA Using the Grid Method.- In-situ X-Rays Diffraction and Multiscale Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys.- Failure Mode Transition in Fiber Composite Fatigue.- Fracture Toughness and Impact Damage Resistance of Nanoreinforced Carbon/Epoxy Composites.- Fatigue Behavior of Glass-bubbles Modified Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints.- Experimental Observations of Dynamic Delamination in Curved [0] and[0/90] Composite Laminates.- Fatigue Failure of Polyethylene Electrofusion Joints Subject to Contamination.- Creep Crack Growth in High-temperature Impure Helium Environments.- High-Frequency Resonance Phenomena in Materials Subjected to Mechanical Stress.- Electromagnetic Emission as Failure Precursor Phenomenon for Seismic Activity Monitoring.- Wireless Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Structural Behavior.- Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Rock Specimen During Fatigue Test.- Crack Propagation Monitoring In Aluminum Samples by Means of Acoustic Emissions and Thermography.

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