The 17th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics (FDM 2018) Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 17th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics (FDM 2018), 4-6 September, 2018, Seville, Spain

This volume is a collection of edited papers presented at the 17th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics (FDM 2018), held on 4-6 September 2018, Seville, Spain. The conference served as a forum to promote and exchange latest theoretical, computational and experimental research works on fracture, damage mechanics, structural integrity, and durability. Structural Health Monitoring, Failure Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Steel, Concrete, Composites, Multiscale Modelling, Micromechanics, Damage Tolerance, Corrosion, Creep, Nonlinear Problems, Dynamic Fracture, Residual Stress, Crack Propagation Materials Science.

When asked to start teaching a course on engineering fracture mechanics, I realized that a concise textbook, giving a general oversight of the field, did not exist. The explanation is undoubtedly that the subject is still in a stage of early development, and that the methodologies have still a very limited applicability. It is not possible to give rules for general application of fracture mechanics concepts. Yet our comprehension of cracking and fracture beha viour of materials and structures is steadily increasing. Further developments may be expected in the not too distant future, enabling useful prediction of fracture safety and fracture characteristics on the basis of advanced fracture mechanics procedures. The user of such advanced procedures m\lst have a general understanding of the elementary concepts, which are provided by this volume. Emphasis was placed on the practical application of fracture mechanics, but it was aimed to treat the subject in a way that may interest both metallurgists and engineers. For the latter, some general knowledge of fracture mechanisms and fracture criteria is indispensable for an apprecia tion of the limita tions of fracture mechanics. Therefore a general discussion is provided on fracture mechanisms, fracture criteria, and other metal lurgical aspects, without going into much detail. Numerous references are provided to enable a more detailed study of these subjects which are still in a stage of speculative treatment.

Presenting the most important results, methods, and open questions, this book describes and compares advanced models in fracture mechanics. The author introduces the required mathematical technique, mainly the theory of analytical functions, from scratch.

This monograph presents recent research findings on fracture properties and behavior of the composites, and their damage and cracking process under both quasi-static and impact loading conditions. Theoretical treatment, experimental investigation and numerical simulation aspects of the mechanics of composites, including sandwich structures are included.

The principal objective of this book is to relate the random distributions of defects and material strength on the microscopic scale with the deformation and residual strength of materials on the macroscopic scale. To reach this goal the authors considered experimental, analytical and computational models on atomic, microscopic and macroscopic scales.

The book presents the principles of Damage Mechanics along with the latest research findings. Both isotropic and anisotropic damage mechanisms are presented. Various damage models are presented coupled with elastic and elasto-plastic behavior. The book includes two chapters that are solely dedicated to experimental investigations conducted by the authors. In its last chapter, the book presents experimental data for damage in composite materials that appear in the literature for the first time.· Systematic treatment of damage mechanics in composite materials· Includes special and advanced topics· Includes basic principles of damage mechanics· Includes new experimental data that appears in print for the first time· Covers both metals and metal matrix composite materials· Includes new chapters on fabric tensors· Second edition includes four new chapters