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 Mechanics and Physics of Fracture
Editor-in-Chief:
G.C. Sih
See editorial board for all editors information
Please see lower down this page for links to full details of conferences that may be of interest.
Description
The Mechanics and Physics of Fracture part encourages publication of original research on Material damage
leading to crack growth and/or fatigue. Materials treated include metal alloys, polymers, composites, rocks, ceramics, etc. The material
damage process is complex because it involves the combined effect of loading, size and geometry, temperature and environment. Formulation
may involve the dissipation of energy in various forms and the identification of microscopic entities and their interactions with macroscopic
variables. The advent of the modern computer, however, has offered added capability for analysing the stresses and/or strain and failure
modes. The construction and verification of quantitative theories can be more readily carried out. Encouraged in particular are contributions
related to predictions of material damage behaviour based on microscopic and/or macroscopic models.The Fracture Mechanics Technology
section emphasises material characterisation techniques and translation of specimen data to design. Contributions shall cover the application
of fracture mechanics to hydro and electric machineries, offshore oil exploration equipment, pipelines and pressure vessels, nuclear
reactor components, air, land and sea vehicles, and many others. Among the areas to be emphasized are: case histories; material selection
and structure design; sample calculations of practical design problems; material characterisation procedures; fatigue crack growth and
corrosion; nondestructive testing and inspection; code requirements and standards; structural failure and ageing; failure prevention
methodologies; maintenance and repair; and product liability and technical insurance.
It has been the editorial policy of Theorectical
and Applied Fracture Mechanics to discourage the publication of manuscripts that are purely mathematical or empirical in nature.
Those works corresponding to the aforementioned category will be returned to the author without review. The following description may
serve as a guideline:
(1) Boundary value problem solutions derived using standard techniques.
(2) Numerical solutions using commercial
computer programs
with little or no application.
(3) Raw test results that are not directed at specific applications.
(4) Damage
or failure criteria that are known to have yielded results contrary to physics.
Bibliographic & ordering information
ISSN: 0167-8442
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1984
Subscriptions for the year 2009,
Volumes 51-52,
6 issues
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Impact factor of this journal
2007: 0.781
© Journal Citation Reports 2008, published by Thomson Reuters
Links to Conferences
http://ecf17.fme.vutbr.cz/
17th European Conference on Fracture (ECF17), Brno, Czech Republic, September 2 - 5, 2008.
This conference will be already the seventeenth in a series of conferences held every two years on the subject of fracture. As the preceding meetings, the ECF17 will focus on all aspects of fracture of engineering materials, components and structures.
http://icf12.com/
The International Fracture Group and the Canadian Organizing Committee for the 12th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 12) invite all those interested in all aspects of fracture research to participate in this conference to be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 12-17, 2009. The Conference will cover the latest developments in mechanics and mechanisms of fracture, fatigue and strength of solids.
http://www.icaf2009.nl/
International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 May 2009.
The two-day conference consists of reviews of aeronautical fatigue activities presented by the national delegates of the 14 member nations of ICAF. It is followed by the three-day symposium that involves specialist papers presented by authors with design, manufacturing, airworthiness regulations, operations and research backgrounds. The ICAF 2009 symposium will be based on the theme "Bridging the gap between theory and operational practice". The last morning of the symposium will be dedicated to workshops with specialists providing in-depth lectures for the benefit of both novice and advanced workers in the field of aeronautical fatigue.
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Last update: 14 Aug 2008
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