This book is the sixth volume of the proceedings for the symposium series on Fracture Mechanics, an annual conference devoted to the exchange of information among the institutes and research centers in China and abroad. FM2008 is held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from October 31 to November 5,2008. The first FM conference was held in 2003 at East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai. Since then, the FM annual meetings have taken place at different cities and regions. This includes FM2004 in Huangshan, Anhui Province, FM2005 in Zhengzhou, Henan province, FM2006 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and FM2007 in Changsha, Hunan province. These annual events are indicative of the fact that the FM symposium series has played an important role in promoting information exchange, inspiring new ideas, integrating practical and research findings and breaking new grounds for the young generation. ...

Preface

From the Editors

Conceptual and physical disparity inherent in the modeling of multiscale fatigue crack growth: nano-micro-macrc

   G. C. Sih

High-temperature fracture behavior of ceramic matrix composites: an overview

   L. Guerra Rosa

Creep of plate-fro structures in compact heat exchangers

   Shan-Tung Tu, Guo-Yan Zhou

A new method to fatigue initiation and crack growth prediction

   Zengliang Gao, Baoxiang Qiu, Xiaogui Wang

Study on stress intensity factor of a finite width laminate

   Jianjun Chen, Kee-Bong Yoon

An important sampling simulation for the failure probability of creep damage

   Changhong Liu, Fu-Zhen Xuan

Residual fracture energy of cement past, mortar and concrete subject to high temperature

   A. Menou, G. Mounajed, H. Boussa, A. Pineaud, H. Carre

Comparative assessment of fracture toughness data using diverse statistical distributions

   Han-Ok Ko, Yoon-Suk Chang, Young-Jin Kim, Min-Chul Kim, Bong-Sang Lee

Modeling of thin film growth during metal dusting

   Cheng Chen, Changyu Zhou, Guiming Hu, Na Lei

The local plastic collapse of ligament for circumferentially part-through wall cracked pipes

   Zhaoji Hu, Teng Deng, Peining Li

The diffusion-induced stresses during metal dusting

   Guiming Hu, Changyu Zhou, Cheng Chen, Na Lei

Optimum design of an active micro-mixer using the Kriging metamodel

   J. Y. Park, J. S. Yu, M. K. Im, Y. K. Oh, J. Y. Park, Y. D. Kim, J. S. Maeng, S. Y. Han

A modified fracture criterion of maximum circumferential normal stress for an interface crack

   Yumei Bao, Guozhong Chai, Xiaoyong Pan

Nonlinear analysis of prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridges with long span under construction state

   Yun Liu, Chenglong Wei, Donghuang Yah, Xiaoyan Liu

Oblique section bearing capacity of reinforced concrete box beams strengthened with CFS

   Xiaoyan Liu, Weiqing Zhu, Chenglong Wei, Fei Wu

Damage assessment for beam structure using perturbation method

   Changzhao Qian, Deliang Chen

Modeling of multilayered thin film processed with laser forming

   Jianhua Wu, Ying Jin, Zhenqiang Yao

Numerical simulation of tensile performance of polymers

   Qin-Zhi Fang, Hyeon-Gyu Beom, Song Lin, Hui-Min Li

A parametric numerical analysis of stress intensity factors on multiple interacting surface cracks in T-butt joints using FRANCE3D

   Sung-Won Kang, Myung-Hyun Kim, Wen-De Song, Kyu-Seon Jeong

Numerical simulation of mode I crack tip field on GTN void constitutive model

   Xueyi Zhang, Guangping Zou, Yunzeng He

Numerical analysis of dynamic characteristics of the graphite heat exchange tube with half-ellipse cracks

   Qiwu Dong, Yanan Li, Ke Wang, Yongqing Wang

Numerical simulation for the centrifuge and its reliability

   Shaoping Zhou, Xiaoling Ge, Peining Li

The numerical simulation of multi-step sheet metal forming of aerosol can's cap

   Jie Jin, Haiyan Qu, Meina Fan

The use of ABAQUS to simulate temperature and residual stress fields in unclosed hoop weldments

   Kunrong Jia, Zhufeng Yue

Finite element analysis of dynamic stress of the outdoor unit of air conditioner

   Rong Yang, Shiyun Li, Shaoping Zhou, Jun Guo, Lanzhu Zhang, Hu Hui

Finite element numerical simulation of stamping forming of crossbeam for automobile

   Xiaochun Ma, Yuping Ni, Weibing Shen

Post-buckling analysis of composite thick-skin multi-spar wing box under bend and twist load

   Huafeng Liu, Zhufeng Yue

Stress analysis and structural optimization for the opening fiat cover of pressure vessels

   Wenhua Guan, Deming Fang, Kangda zhang, Ying Li

Fracture analysis of twisted rubber-steel sphere bush with an elliptical surface crack

   Xiaoying Liu, Xiaoxiang Yang

A nonlinear high-order FEM for analysis of RC wall structures with material model of smeared rotating cracks

   Songbai Cai, Pusheng Shen

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