Damage amd Fracture Mechanics - 5th : International Conference on Computer Aided Assessment and Control of Localized Damage and Frac

This books contains most of the papers presented at the fifth International Conference on Computer Aided Assessment and Control of Localized Damage and Fracture Mechanics, which took place in Bologna, Italy in June 1998. The latest in a highly successful series, the meeting was organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology and the Dipartimenti di Ingeneria Strutturale of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy with the sponsorship of the International Society for Boundary Elements (ISBE). Featuring details of the most up-to-date research in the field, Damage and Fracture Mechanics V contains contributions by many leading international scientists. Papers are divided under the following section headings: Fracture Mechanics and Fracture Criteria, Damage Mechanics, Composite Materials, Crack Propagation and Control, Fatigue, Creep and High-Temperature Problems, Microstructural and Micromechanical Modelling, Environmental Effects, Residual Stresses and Experimental Methods.