IUTAM Symposium on Analytical and Computational Fracture Mechanics of Non-Homogeneous Materials: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Cardiff, U.K., 18–22 June 2001

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Features and Ellipticity Analysis of a Discrete Constitutive Equation....Pages 1-10
Finite Fracture Mechanics — Application to the Onset of a Crack at a Bimaterial Corner....Pages 11-18
Elastic-Plastic Stress Singularity near a Bonded Interface....Pages 19-23
Viscosity-Dominated Regime of a Fluid-Driven Fracture in an Elastic Medium....Pages 25-29
Modelling Failure Mechanisms in Laminated Composites....Pages 31-40
The Influence of Fibers on the Structural Response of Reinforced Concrete Beams....Pages 41-50
Materials with Novel Architectonics: Assemblies of Interlocked Elements....Pages 51-55
Asymptotics of Elastic Field Near the Tip of Interface Crack Under Nonclassical Transmission Conditions....Pages 57-61
Scaling in Multiple Fracture and Size Effect....Pages 63-72
Mechanics of Fractal Materials....Pages 73-82
Fractal Aspects of Fracture Simulation....Pages 83-87
Filling of a Circular Crack with Two Non Miscible Fluids....Pages 89-93
Effect of Inhomogeneous Rock Properties on the Stability of Wellbores....Pages 95-104
The Interplay of Material and Geometric Instabilities in Large Deformations of Viscous Rock....Pages 105-115
A Displacement Rate Dependent Softening Model Applied to the Unstable Propagation of Shear Crack in Soft Rock....Pages 117-126
Fractures and Defects in Cosserat Continua Modelling Layered Materials....Pages 127-131
Modeling Thin Inclusions in Poroelastic Medium by Line Discontinuities....Pages 133-142
Cleavage Fracture in “Heterogeneous” Steel Microstructures....Pages 143-154
Modelling Delayed Hydride Cracking in Zirconium Alloys....Pages 155-165
Multiscale Modeling of Crack Growth in Polycrystals....Pages 167-175
The Viscoelastic Fracture and Indentation of Sea Ice....Pages 177-186
An Enriched Finite Element Method for Dynamic Crack Propagation....Pages 187-196
Modeling of Early-Age Fracture of Shotcrete: Application to Tunneling....Pages 197-210
Modeling of Progressive Interface Failure Under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading....Pages 211-222
Crack Kinking from an Initially Closed Interface Crack in the Presence of Friction....Pages 223-232
Elasto-Plastic Interface Law for Non-Homogeneous Materials: Formulation, Sensitivity Analysis, Parameter Identification....Pages 233-242
Analytical and Discrete Modeling of Transformation Toughening....Pages 243-248
The influence of boundary conditions on the non-local response of a randomly heterogeneous medium....Pages 249-260
Dynamic Crack Growth along Interfaces....Pages 261-270
A Thermodynamic Plasticity Formulation with Local and Nonlocal Internal Variables....Pages 271-280
Multi-Scale Energy Release Rate in Dynamic Crack Growth of Strain-Softening Materials....Pages 281-292
Analysis of Cohesive Cracks Under Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading....Pages 293-302
Material Forces in Computational Fracture Mechanics....Pages 303-312
Shear Localisation in Thick-Walled Cylinders Under Internal Pressure Based on Gradient Elastoplasticity....Pages 313-322
Damage and Fracture Study of Non-Homogeneous Materials by Image Correlation Computation....Pages 323-332
Fibre Failure due to Thermal Residual Stresses in Model Polymer Based Composites....Pages 333-342
A New Method to Obtain Crack Surface Areas from Electromagnetic Radiation Emitted in Fracture: A String of Pulses....Pages 343-348
Determination of Cohesive Laws for Materials Exhibiting Large Scale Damage Zones....Pages 349-353
A Bio-Chemo-Mechanics Approach to Bone Resorption and Fracture....Pages 355-366
Numerical Study of Mixed-Mode Fracture in Concrete....Pages 367-376
Thermodynamics of a Multi-Component Crack Model....Pages 377-386
Failure Assessment of Anchor Bolts by Means of Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses....Pages 387-394
An Interface Model for Fibre Reinforced Concrete....Pages 395-399
Gradual Degradation of Initially Porous Polycrystalline Ceramics Subjected to Quasi-Static Tension....Pages 401-405
3D Studies of Ductile Failure in Particulate Reinforced Metals....Pages 407-416
Modelling Deformation and Damage in Particle-Reinforced Composites: The Effect of Superposed Hydrostatic Pressure....Pages 417-426
Understanding Failure of Heterogeneous Materials from the Analysis of Discrete Disordered Systems....Pages 427-436
Photonic Band Gaps for Fields in Continuous and Lattice Structures....Pages 437-446
Effects of Shear and Rotation on the Mechanical Behaviour of Interphase....Pages 447-451
Modelling of R-Curves from Measured Bridging Laws....Pages 453-457
Interfacial Crack Depinning....Pages 459-469
Analysis of 3D Crack Propagation in Random Lattice Structures with Particle Overlay....Pages 471-480
A Novel Technique for the Generation of Failure Criteria for Jointed Rocks....Pages 481-486
Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Porous Materials....Pages 487-491
An Improved Lattice Model for Fracture and Size Effect of Concrete Structures....Pages 493-505
Back Matter....Pages 507-518