International Conference on ROLE OF FRACTURE MECHANICS IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Fukuoka, Japan June 2-6, 1986
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Material Behavior 1. Fatigue crack initiation and propagation. 2. High temperature strength: creep and fatigue. 3. Inhomogeneity and anisotropic effects of microstructure: metallic and nonmetallic materials. 4. Damage associated with phase transformation. 5. Influence of hostile environments: thermal shock, radiation, moisture, high energy absorption, etc. Submission of Abstracts and Papem 6. High strain rates and large deformation effects due to hot or cold forging and impact loading. Presentation of papers will be selected on the basis of 7. Surface treatment and protective coatings, extended abstracts which will be processed as received. Any individual requiring an early confirmation of accepII. Structural Behavior tance or rejection, or oral presentation, is encouraged to submit his abstract as soon as possible. One typed original 1. Biaxial and multiaxial loading: monotonic and fatigue, and two copies of abstracts should be mailed to: 2. Joints and connections of structural components. 3. Influence of crack size on structural instability. Professor George C. Sih 4. Interaction of loading rate on structure and strain Institute of Fracture and Solid Mechanics rate in material elements. Packard Laboratory, Building No. 19 5. Failure analysis of weldments: residual and working Lehigh University stress. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA 6. Damage and failure of multi-component systems. or III, Analytical and Experimental Methodology Professor Hironobu Nisitani Faculty of Engineering 1. Stress and/or strain analysis techniques. Kyushu University 36 2. Material characterization experiments and methods. 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku 3. Full scale tests. Fukuoka, 812 Japan 4. Numerical simulation of material and structural damage. 5. Crack initiation and growth studies. 6. Time and size interaction in numerical computation. IV. Design and Codes 1. Reliabilityand riskanalysisofstructuralcomponents. 2. Nondestructive testing and evaluation. 3. Computer processing of test and damage data. 4. Assessment codes and regulating requirements. 5. New design concepts and codes.