Application of Fracture Mechanics to Materials and Structures :
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[Book]
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Application of Fracture Mechanics to Materials and Structures, held at the Hotel Kolpinghaus, Freiburg, F.R.G., June 20-24, 1983
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by G.C. Sih, E. Sommer, W. Dahl.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1984
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(xxxi, 1117 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Plenary Lectures --; Section I Crack Initiation and Growth --; Section II Mixed Mode Fracture and Multiaxial Stress State --; Section III Material Characterization and Testing --; Section IV Dynamic Fracture --; Section V Analytical Analysis --; Section VI Finite Element and Numerical Analysis --; Section VII Experimental Methods --; Section VIII Fatigue --; Section IX Environmental Effects --; Section X Structural and Component Design --; Section XI Non-Metallic Materials --; List of Participants.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An International Conference on the Application of Fracture Mechanics to MaƯ terials and Structures was held at the Hotel Kolpinghaus in Freiburg, West GerƯ many, June 20-24, 1983. It was attended by more than 250 participants from different countries which include Austria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Republic of Germany, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, People's Republic of China, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, USSR and Yugoslavia. Conference Co-Chairmen were Professor G.C. Sih, Lehigh University, BethleƯ hem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Dr. E. Sommer, Fraunhofer-Institut fur WerkstoffƯ mechanik, Freiburg, FRG and Professor W. Dahl, Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, FRG. Dr. Wenrich, as the representative of the Land Baden-WUrttemberg, delivered the opening address with the remarks that International Conferences can serve the means to further enhance the technology development of a country. He emphaƯ sized that the Federal Republic of Germany is presently in need of strengthening the engineering manpower in order to keep her in a competitive position. The Conference was officially cast off with the leading plenary lectures that underƯ lined the theme of the technical lectures for the first day. This pattern was observed for the five-day meeting. The interplay between material and design reƯ quirements was the theme and emphasized in many of the technical presentations that amounted to approximately ninety (90) papers.