Fracture and Fatigue, Volume 7

Fracture and Fatigue, Volume 7:
Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
, the seventh 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:

Microstructural Effects in Fatigue & Fracture

Fracture of Interfaces

Fracture of Composites and Interface Cracks

Fatigue & Fracture: Environmental & Loading Effects

Fracture & Digital Image Correlation

From the Contents: Effect of Dynamic Film Debonding on Self-Assembled Monolayers. - Experimental Tools for Responsive Hydrogel Characterization. - Fusion of Global and Local Measurements of Damage in Bonded Joints. - DOE Testing of Diffusion Bonded Nickel Joints. - Integrated Global Digital Image Correlation for Interface Delamination Characterization. - Lamb Wave Based Monitoring of Delamination Growth in Mode I and Mode II Fracture Tests. - Investigation of Crack Growth Along Curved Interfaces in L-shaped Composite and Polymers. - Effect of Cold Spray Deposition of Similar Material on Fatigue Behavior of Al 6082 Alloy. - Effect of Organic SAMs on the Evolution of Strength of Silicon Nanostructures.