This work on the fracture, fatigue and strength of materials comprises 238 peer-reviewed papers covering new ideas and up-to-date results. It is anticipated that this special volume will stimulate and enhance progress in fracture mechanics, materials behavior and computational science research, as well as advancing fundamental understanding in these fields.The volume covers broad areas of Fracture Mechanics and Mechanisms, Fatigue and Crack Propagation, Damage Tolerance and Fracture Control, Interface Failure and Delamination, Dynamic Fracture and Impact Problem, Creep Problems and Modeling, Composite and Metallic Materials, Concrete and Soil, Smart Materials and Structures, Computational Methods and Modeling, Nanomechanics and Nano-Structures, Biomechanics and Computational Biology, Environmental Problems and Fluid Mechanics, Geomechanics and Geomaterials Integrity and Health Monitoring Materials by Design, Dynamics of Materials and Structures, Erosion and Corrosion, Thermal Deformation and Thermoelastics, Structural Optimization and Design, and other novel applications of computer modeling in engineering and sciences.
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