Ebook: Advances in Fracture Research: Honour and Plenary Lectures Presented at the 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11), Held in Turin, Italy, on March 20–25, 2005
- Tags: Structural Mechanics, Structural Materials, Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Biological materials are bottom-up designed systems formed from billions of years of natural evolution. In the long course of Darwinian competition for survival, nature has evolved a huge variety of hierarchical and multifunctional systems from nucleic acids, proteins, cells, tissues, organs, organisms, animal communities to ecological s- tems. Multilevel hierarchy a rule of nature. The complexities of biology provide an opportunity to study the basic principles of hierarchical and multifunctional s- tems design, a subject of potential interest not only to biomedical and life sciences, but also to nanosciences and nanotechnology. Systematic studies of how hierarchical structures in biology are related to their functions and properties can lead to better understanding of the effects of aging, diseases and drugs on tissues and organs, and may help developing a scienti?c basis for tissue engineering to improve the standard of living. At the same time, such studies may also provide guidance on the dev- opment of novel nanostructured hierarchical materials via a bottom-up approach, i. e. by tailor-designing materials from atomic scale and up. Currently we barely have any theoretical basis on how to design a hierarchical material to achieve a part- ular set of macroscopic properties. The new effort aiming to understand the re- tionships between hierarchical structures in biology and their mechanical as well as other functions and properties may provide challenging and rewarding opportunities for mechanics in the 21st century.
This book is a spin-off from the International Journal of Fracture and presents the contents of the Honour, Opening, Closing and Plenary Lectures presented at the 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11), held at Torino, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
Included in this volume are introductory addresses by the ICF President, Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, the Deputy President of the Turin Academy of Sciences, Professor Sigfrido Leschiutta, and the Deputy Minister for Infrastructures and Transportation of the Italian Government, On. Ugo Martinat, as well as remarks on the presentation of honorary degrees.
A collection of papers follows, including presentations by such eminent scientists as B.B. Mandelbrot, G.I. Barenblatt, and numerous others, reviewing advanced research in fracture.
This material is reprinted from the International Journal of Fracture 138:1-4.
This book is a spin-off from the International Journal of Fracture and presents the contents of the Honour, Opening, Closing and Plenary Lectures presented at the 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11), held at Torino, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
Included in this volume are introductory addresses by the ICF President, Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, the Deputy President of the Turin Academy of Sciences, Professor Sigfrido Leschiutta, and the Deputy Minister for Infrastructures and Transportation of the Italian Government, On. Ugo Martinat, as well as remarks on the presentation of honorary degrees.
A collection of papers follows, including presentations by such eminent scientists as B.B. Mandelbrot, G.I. Barenblatt, and numerous others, reviewing advanced research in fracture.
This material is reprinted from the International Journal of Fracture 138:1-4.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-V
Editorial....Pages 1-2
ICF11 Official speeches....Pages 3-11
Fractal analysis and synthesis of fracture surface roughness and related forms of complexity and disorder....Pages 13-17
Scaling phenomena in fatigue and fracture....Pages 19-35
ICF contribution to fracture research in the second half of the 20th century....Pages 37-45
Inverse analyses in fracture mechanics....Pages 47-73
Nanoprobing fracture length scales....Pages 75-100
Application of fracture mechanics concepts to hierarchical biomechanics of bone and bone-like materials....Pages 101-137
Development of the local approach to fracture over the past 25 years: Theory and applications....Pages 139-166
The effect of hydrogen on fatigue properties of metals used for fuel cell system....Pages 167-195
A cohesive zone global energy analysis of an impact loaded bi-material strip in shear....Pages 197-209
Laboratory earthquakes....Pages 211-218
Electromigration failure of metal lines....Pages 219-240
Modern domain-based discretization methods for damage and fracture....Pages 241-262
This book is a spin-off from the International Journal of Fracture and presents the contents of the Honour, Opening, Closing and Plenary Lectures presented at the 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11), held at Torino, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
Included in this volume are introductory addresses by the ICF President, Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, the Deputy President of the Turin Academy of Sciences, Professor Sigfrido Leschiutta, and the Deputy Minister for Infrastructures and Transportation of the Italian Government, On. Ugo Martinat, as well as remarks on the presentation of honorary degrees.
A collection of papers follows, including presentations by such eminent scientists as B.B. Mandelbrot, G.I. Barenblatt, and numerous others, reviewing advanced research in fracture.
This material is reprinted from the International Journal of Fracture 138:1-4.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-V
Editorial....Pages 1-2
ICF11 Official speeches....Pages 3-11
Fractal analysis and synthesis of fracture surface roughness and related forms of complexity and disorder....Pages 13-17
Scaling phenomena in fatigue and fracture....Pages 19-35
ICF contribution to fracture research in the second half of the 20th century....Pages 37-45
Inverse analyses in fracture mechanics....Pages 47-73
Nanoprobing fracture length scales....Pages 75-100
Application of fracture mechanics concepts to hierarchical biomechanics of bone and bone-like materials....Pages 101-137
Development of the local approach to fracture over the past 25 years: Theory and applications....Pages 139-166
The effect of hydrogen on fatigue properties of metals used for fuel cell system....Pages 167-195
A cohesive zone global energy analysis of an impact loaded bi-material strip in shear....Pages 197-209
Laboratory earthquakes....Pages 211-218
Electromigration failure of metal lines....Pages 219-240
Modern domain-based discretization methods for damage and fracture....Pages 241-262
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