Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 7

Chapter 1.Interface Mechanical Strength and Elastic Constants Calculations via Nano Impact and Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy.- Chapter 2.Effect of Strain Rate and Interface Chemistry on Failure in Energetic Material.- Chapter 3.Characterization of Crack Tip Plasticity in IN-617 Using Indentation and Nano-mechanical Raman Spectroscopy.- Chapter 4.The Two-Way Relationship between Residual Stress and Fatigue/Fracture.- Chapter 5.Designing Brittle Fracture Specimens to Investigate Environmentally Assisted Crack Growth.- Chapter 6.Flexible Energy Harvesting/Storage Structures for Flapping Wing Air Vehicles.- Chapter 7.The Influence of Formulation Variation and Thermal Boundary Conditions on the Near-Resonant Thermomechanics of Mock Explosives.- Chapter 8.Detecting Fatigue Crack Closure and Crack Growth Delays after an Overload Using DIC Measurements.- Chapter 9.In-situ Observation of Damage Evolution in Quasi-Isotropic CFRP Laminates.- Chapter 10.Contamination-induced Degradation/Enhancement of Interfacial Toughness and Strength in Polymer Matrix Composite Interfaces.- chapter 11.Simultaneous Extraction of Mixed-Mode Traction-Separation Relations.- Chapter 12.Damage Evolution in 304L Stainless Steel Partial Penetration Laser Welds.- Chapter 13.Cross-axis Coupling and Phase Angle Effects due to Multiaxial Vibration.- Chapter 14.Behavior of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams under Fatigue Loads.- Chapter 15.Studying the Fracture of Tropical Wood Species with the Grid Method.- Chapter 16.Generalization of Integral Parameters to Fatigue Loading in Room Temperature.- Chapter 17.Fracture Behavior of Unidirectional Composites Analyzed by Acoustic Emissions Technique.