Damage and Failure of Interfaces

Preface; Fracture mechanics of interfaces; Numerical simulation methodologies for dynamic crack propagation in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous materials;
Dynamic properties of interfaces; Stress singularity near a crack tip terminating at a nonideal interface; Stress fields at interface-comers and cracks for non-linear deformations; Stress singularities at the tip of interfaces in polycrystals; Stress singularities in a bimaterial joint under axisymmetric deformation; Free edge effects at interfaces in selectively reinforced structures; Time dependent boundary element analysis of singular stresses at the interface comer of viscoelastic adhesive layer; The analogy between interface crack problems and punch problems; Influence of micro-voids on toughness of interfaces; Some aspects of stability and bifurcation with moving discontinuities; Modelling transverse matrix cracking in laminated fibre-reinforced composite structures; Rate-dependent interface models for the analysis of delamination in polymer-matrix composites; Delamination cracking between plies of different orientation angles in composite laminates; On the identification of an interface damage model for the prediction of delamination initiation and growth; Examples of delamination predictions by a damage computational approach; Interface degradation in ceramics under cyclic loading; Reduction of stiffness characteristics of balanced laminates with intralaminar cracks; Deformation and failure of heat-sealed area in laminated plastic film used for liquid 187
package bags; Delamination buckling and growth at global buckling; A non-osmotic blister growth model in coating systems; Crack and debonding at an end of the simple support type constraint for thin plate 211
bending problem; Modelling of temperature dependent failure process in fibre reinforced titanium alloy; Intergranular fracture at low temperatures at poly crystalline materials; On some thermoelastic problems of interfacial cracks and rigid inclusions