This workshop brought together researchers addressing the problem of fracture in cement, ceramics, and rock so that they could share their knowledge and develop a more general syntheses of the problem. This preprint volume contains contributions from lectures for each of the 9 sessions. The final proceedings of this workshop will be published in a hardcover book by Kluewer Academic Publishers (NATO ASI Series). This book will contain 36 chapters; the finalized contributions of 27 lectures and 9 reporters. Keywords: Quasi brittle materials, Toughening mechanisms in materials, Workshop, Cement fracture, Ceramic fracture, Rock fracture. (js).

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