Topics in this volume include: Westergaard stress functions for severe periodic crack problems; the stress intensity factors and crack profiles for centre and edge cracks in plates subject to arbitrary stesses; and central crack in plane ortotropic rectangular sheet.

SPIE Milestones are collections of seminal papers from the world literature covering important discoveries and developments in optics and photonics.

Discusses applications of failures and evaluation techniques to a variety of industries. * Presents a unified approach using two key elements of structural design.

From a leading expert in fracture mechanics, this text provides new approaches and new applications to advance the understanding of crack formation and propagation.

Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity) is the official Journal of the Italian Group of Fracture (ISSN 1971-8993). It is an open-access Journal published on-line every three months (July, October, January, April). Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale encompasses the broad topic of structural integrity, which is based on the mechanics of fatigue and fracture, and is concerned with the reliability and effectiveness of structural components. The aim of the Journal is to promote works and researches on fracture phenomena, as well as the development of new materials and new standards for structural integrity assessment. The Journal is interdisciplinary and accepts contributions from engineers, metallurgists, materials scientists, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians.

SPIE Milestones are collections of seminal papers from the world literature covering important discoveries and developments in optics and photonics.