"This book comprises a well balanced set of topics of interest to specialists in damage and fracture mechanics."
 

This book contains a balanced set of topics of interest both to fracture and damage mechanics specialists. These include fracture mechanics and fracture criteria, damage mechanics, composite materials, crack propagation and control, dynamic fracture, fatigue, industrial applications, microstructural and micromechanical modelling, creep and high temperature, advanced analysis methods, metallic and non-metallic materials, and environmental effects.

Identifying new directions in both research areas, the volume features over 55 state-of-the-art contributions from scientists working around the world. The papers included were originally presented at the Sixth International Conference on Damage and Fracture Mechanics.