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<p><b>Section I: Physical Mechanisms of Multiple Damage 1</b></p> <p>Multiple hierarchical scale-dependency on physical mechanisms of material damage: macromechanical, microstructural and nanochemical 3<br /> <i>G.c. Sih</i></p> <p>Surface layers and inner interfaces as functional subsystems of solid 37<br /> <i>V.E. Panin, S.V. Panin and A.V. Panin</i></p> <p>Microstructural evolution in dual-phase steels at high strain-rates 45<br /> <i>M.N. Bassim and A.G. Odeshi</i></p> <p>Plastic deformation in single cryctal Ni3Fe (thin and thick plates) 55<br /> <i>S.V. Starenchenko, V.A. Starenchenko and LP. Radchenko</i></p> <p>Mechanisms of physical aging in polypropylene 63<br /> <i>G. Guero and T. Vu-Khan</i></p> <p><b>Section II: Physical, Mesoscopical and Multiscale Models 73</b></p> <p>Finite element homogeneization for the determination ofthe RYE size for elastoviscoplastic Polycrystalline Materials 75<br /> <i>H. Haddadi and A. Salahouelhadj</i></p> <p>An incremental energy based fatigue life calculations method for metallic structures under multiaxial amplitude loadings 83<br /> <i>J. Benabes, N. Saintier, T. Palin-Luc and F. Cocheteux</i></p> <p>Meso/micro fatigue crack growth involving crystal structure and crack geometry 91<br /> <i>C.A. Rodopoulos and G. Chliveros</i></p> <p>Development of a nonlinear homogeneization method: evaluation and application to a rubber-reinforced material 105<br /> <i>V. Bouchart, M. Brieu, D. Kondo and M. Nait-Abdelaziz</i></p> <p>Cavitation of rubber toughened polymer: numerical and experimental investigation 113<br /> <i>N. Belayachi, N. Benseddiq and M. Nail-Abdelaziz</i></p> <p>Ductile damage by interface decohesion  123<br /> <i>N. Bonfoh, S. Tiem and P. Lipinski</i></p> <p>A multiscale discussion of fatigue and shakedown for notched structures 131<br /> <i>G. Bertolino, A. Constantinescu, M. Ferjani and P. Treiber</i></p> <p>Two scale approach for the defect tolerance fatigue design of automotive components 145<br /> <i>H. Gadouini and Y. Nadot</i></p> <p><b>Section III: Film, Layer and Interface 153</b></p> <p>Plastic deformation and fracture ofthin metallic films on annealing in terms of the multilevel model ofa deformed solid 155<br /> <i>A.V. Panin and A.R Shugurov</i></p> <p>Mesoscopic model for electroactive Composite Films and its applications 163<br /> <i>D. Roy Mahapatra and RV.N. Melnik</i></p> <p>Interfaces of one-way glass/epoxy composite in inflexion 171<br /> <i>A. Djebbar and L. Vincent</i></p> <p>Point defects ofthe elastic properties oflayered structured nano-materials 183<br /> <i>T.E. Karakasidis, CA. Charitidis and D. Skarakis</i><br /> <br /> DFT study of interactions of water on Kaolinte and Goethite surfaces 191<br /> <i>D. Tunega</i></p> <p>Nanolayered MAX phases from ab initio calculations 199<br /> <i>R Ahuja</i></p> <p><b>Section IV: Crack Models and Solutions 205</b></p> <p>Fracture initiation at re-entrant corners: experiments and finite fracture mechanics predictions 207<br /> <i>A. Carpinteri, P. Cornetti, N. Pugno, A. Sapora and D. Taylor</i></p> <p>Buckling analysis of cracked columns subjected to lateral loads 217<br /> <i>L. Nobile</i></p> <p>Micro-cavity effect on the plastic zone size ahead ofthe crack tip in confmed plasticity 229<br /> <i>M. El Meguenni, B. Bachir Bouiadjra, M. Benguediab, A. Ziadi, M. Nait-Abdelaziz and F. ZaYri</i></p> <p>Effect of microcrack on plastic zone size ahead of main crack in small-scale plasticity 237<br /> <i>B. Bachir Bouiadjra, M. Benguediab, M. El Meguenni, M. Belhouari, B. Serier and M. Nail-Abdelaziz</i></p> <p>Stress intensity factor ofsurface and interface cracks in coating/substrate system 245<br /> <i>Y. Bao, G. Chai, X. Lou and W. Hao</i></p> <p>T-stress by stress difference method (SDM) 253<br /> <i>M. Hadj Meliani, H. Moustabchir and Z. Azari</i></p> <p>Elasto-inelastic self-consistent model of ellipsoidal inclusion 261<br /> <i>M. Radi and A. Abdul-Latif</i></p> <p>Crack propagation in solid oxide fuel cells 271<br /> <i>N. Joulaee, A. Makradi, S. Ahzi and M.A. Khaleel</i></p> <p>Elastoplastic solution for an eccentric crack loaded by two pairs of point tensile forces 279<br /> <i>X. Zhou and H. Yang</i></p> <p>J-integral and CMOD for cracked cylinders 289<br /> <i>M. Kiric</i></p> <p>Oscillating contact of isotropic elastic half-spaces 297<br /> <i>H.Y. Yu</i></p> <p><b>Section V: Nanomateria1s 305</b></p> <p>Mechanical properties of thin pulsed laser deposited amorphous carbons and amorphous carbon/silver nanocomposites 307<br /> <i>C.A. Charitidis, P. Patsalas, F. Chouliaras, C. Kosmidis and G.A. Evangelakis</i></p> <p>Extension of the Hertz model for accounting to surface tension in nanoindentation tests of soft materials 315<br /> <i>C. Fond, o. Noel and M. Brogly</i></p> <p>Multi-scale modeling of tensile behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites 323<br /> <i>K.I. Tserpes, P. Papanikos, G.N. Labeas and S. G. Pantelakis</i></p> <p>Mechanical, thermal and electronic properties of nanoscale materials 331<br /> <i>K. Masuda-Jindo, V. Van Hung and M. Menon</i></p> <p>SWNT reinforced Ni-Cu nanocomposites 341<br /> <i>B. Lim, B. Kim, B. Sung, J. Choi, u. Shim, S. Oh, C. Kim and S. Baik</i></p> <p><b>Section VI: Electronic and Composite Materials 349</b></p> <p>A general piezoelctric interface model: coordinate-free asymptotic derivation and application to the homogenization of piezoelectric composites 351<br /> <i>S.-T. Gu, Q.-C. He and V. Pensee</i></p> <p>Effect of non-homogeneous strain on the band structure of semi-conductors due to the end friction under compression tests 359<br /> <i>X.X. Wei and K.T. Chau</i></p> <p>Composite based polypropylene 369<br /> <i>D. Pessey, N. Bahlouli, S. Ahzi and J.M. Hiver</i></p> <p>Deformation of reinforcement on size effects in metal/metal composite 375<br /> <i>S. Ataya, M. Korthauer and E. El-Magd</i></p> <p>Deformation behavior of coal as a composite material and its impacts on permeability in coalbed gas reservoir 385<br /> <i>G.X. Wang, Z.T. Wang, V. Rudolph and P. Massarotto</i></p> <p>Characterization of a multi-cracked composite material using ESPI and phase shifting 395<br /> <i>L. Farge, Z. Ayadi, J. Varna and M. Nivoit</i></p> <p><b>Section VII: Brittle Fracture 403</b></p> <p>Mechanism of cleavage fracture ofHSLA steels and TiAI alloys 405<br /> <i>C. Jianhong</i></p> <p>Strength of brittle materials based on mixture of two Weibull distributions 415<br /> <i>L. Guerra Rosa and 1. Figueiredo</i></p> <p>Assessment of brittle failure processes in polyolefins 429<br /> <i>J.P. Dear and N.S. Mason</i></p> <p>Computational modelling of damage in glass loaded with a spherical indenter 439<br /> <i>J. Ismail, F. ZaYri, M. Nait-Abdelaziz and Z. Azari</i></p> <p><b>Section VIII: Failure, Creep and Fracture 451</b></p> <p>New approach to predicting crack path and instability 453<br /> <i>D.A. Zacharopoulos</i></p> <p>A fracture analysis of short glass fibre reinforced SGFR-PA66 461<br /> <i>B. Mouhmid, A. Imad and N. Benseddiq</i></p> <p>Elastic and plastic creep mechanism in thin metal films using FEM method 473<br /> <i>Y.-X. Zheng, L.-S. Niu, T.-T. Dai et H.-J. Shi</i></p> <p>A new fracture criterion under multiaxial monotonic loading for rubbers 481<br /> <i>A. Hamdi, M. Nait-Abdelaziz and N. Att-Hocine</i></p> <p><b>Section IX: Thermal, Mechanical and Environmental Effects 489</b></p> <p>Simulation of chemo-mechanical degradations of undergroung concrete structures 491<br /> <i>E. Stora, B. Bary, Q.-c. He, E. Deville and P. Montarnal</i></p> <p>The geometry influence on integrity thresholds for a cracked cylinder 501<br /> <i>M. Kiric and A. Sedmak</i></p> <p>Progressive fracture oflaminated fiber-reinforced composite stiffened plate under thenno-mechanicalloads 509<br /> <i>P.K. Gotsis, c.c. Chamis, K. David, D. Xie and F. Abdi</i></p> <p>Thermal residual streses related to the sintering process of metal matrix diamond tools 519<br /> <i>P.M. Amaral, C. Anjinho, B. Li, L. Reis, M. de Freias and L. Guerra Rosa</i></p> <p>Mechanical and chemical effects of solvent swelling on butyl rubber 527<br /> <i>C. Nohile, P.l. Dolez and T. Vu-Khanh</i></p> <p><b>Section X: Processing and Fabrication 535</b></p> <p>Microstructure-based formability characterisation of multi phase steels using damage mechanics 537<br /> <i>V. Uthaisangsuk, U. Prahl and W. Bleck</i></p> <p>Advanced materials and processes at the nano/micro scale in covering materials of greenhouses for energy savings 545<br /> <i>C.A. Charitidis, S. Pantelakis, V. Bontozoglou, L. Kontonasios, A. Kavga and P. Charitidis</i></p> <p>Effect of PPS matrix evolution during processing of carbon fiber reinforced PPS on the mechanical behaviour of the composite material 553<br /> <i>C.V. Katsiropoulos, P. Lefebure and S.G. Pantelakis</i></p> <p>Coupling of hydration and fracture models: failure mechanisms in hydrating cement particle systems 563<br /> <i>L. Tan, G. Ye, E. Schlangen and K. van Breugel</i></p> <p>Micro-strain measurement in copper sheets by X-rays diffraction 573<br /> <i>N. Hfaiedh, M. Francois, A. Baczmanski and K. Saanouni</i></p> <p>Steady plastic flow of a polymer during ECAE process: experiments and modelling 581<br /> <i>F. Zaui, B. Aour, M. Nait-Abdelaziz, 1. M. Gloaguen and 1.M. Lefebvre</i></p> <p>Microscopic transformations explain the modification of the mechanical properties of TRIP steels after galvanization 593<br /> <i>EJ. Petit, 1. Sriti, M. Gilles, 1. Gilgert and Z. Azari</i></p> <p><b>Section XI: Fatigue and Crack Growth 603</b></p> <p>Fatigue performance of2139 aluminium alloy laser beam welds following exposure to salt spray environmnent 605<br /> <i>S.G. Pantelakis, AT. Kermanidis, G.A. Papadimitriou, G.N. Haidemenopoulos and A.D. Zervaki</i></p> <p>A comparison of the fatigue behaviour ofFSW and MIG weldments of two aluminium alloys 613<br /> <i>P.M.G.P. Moreira, R.A.M. da Silva, M.A.V. de Figueiredo, F.M.F. de Oliveira and P.M.S.T. de Castro</i></p> <p>Useful life prediction of rubber materials for refrigerator component 623<br /> <i>C.S. Woo and H.S. Park</i></p> <p>Damage by cyclic loading of composite dental materials 631<br /> <i>L. Smata, S. Bouzid and Z. Azari</i></p> <p>High temperature oxidation and fatigue ofP122 alloy 641<br /> <i>S.Y. Bae, H. G. Kang, D.B. Lee, C.W. Kim and B.S. Lim</i></p> <p>Fatigue crack growth rate under constant amplitude loading and under tensile overloads in sheet and plate 2024 aluminium alloy 649<br /> <i>A.T. Kermanidis, V.K. Spiliadis and S.G. Pantelakis</i></p> <p>Residual fatigue damage on the fracture toughness properties 657<br /> <i>P. Cadenas, X. Decoopman, A. Amrouche and G. Mesmacque</i></p> <p>Role of stress gradient in fatigue emanating from notch roots using volumetric method 665<br /> <i>G. Pluvinage</i><br /> <br /> <b>Section XII: Vibration, Ultrasonic and Impact 679</b></p> <p>Lateral vibration of a cracked free-free beam 681<br /> <i>T.G. Chondros</i></p> <p>Ultrasonic impact related to toughness of cast aluminium alloy 691<br /> <i>E.S. Statnikov and V.N. Vityazev</i></p> <p>Physics and mechanics of ultrasonic impact 701<br /> <i>E.Statnikov</i></p> <p>Application of ultrasound to accelerate fatigue 711<br /> <i>E.S. Statnikov and V.Y. Korostel</i></p> <p>A comparative study of the fatigue resistance of aluminide coatings on P91 steel substrate under cyclic impact loading 721<br /> <i>C. David, K. Anthymidis and D.N. Tsipas</i></p> <p>Dynamic behavior ofTiNi cantilever beams with phase transformation 729<br /> <i>Z. Tang, J. Lu, X. Zhang</i></p> <p><b>Section XIII: Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 739</b></p> <p>Magnetic field on stress intensification in soft ferromagnetic materials 741<br /> <i>Y. Shindo, I. Shindo and F. Narita</i></p> <p>Pattern formation in the Taylor-Dean flow 749<br /> <i>A. Ait Aider, S. Skali, J.P. Brancher and A. Chahine</i></p> <p>Flow field and heat transfer in chaotic-advector fins 761<br /> <i>Q. Dong, K. Wang, S. Kong and Y. Wang</i></p> <p>Heat conduction properties of PTFE/graphite-based composites 769<br /> <i>M. Liu, Q. Dong, X. Gu and A. Sun</i></p> <p><b>Section XIV: Micromechanical Damage and Effects 777</b></p> <p>A "morphological" approach for modelling the anisotropic damage behaviour of highly-filled particulate composites 779<br /> <i>C. Nadot, S. Dartois, D. Halm, A. Dragon and A. Fanget</i></p> <p>Determination ofthe macroscopic plastic yield behaviour of micro cracked materials 789<br /> <i>V. Monchiet, E. Charkaluk and D. Kondo</i></p> <p>A non-local anisotropic micromechanics based damage model applied to concrete 797<br /> <i>Q. Zhu and I-F. Shao</i></p> <p>Mechanical and hydraulic effective properties of an anisotropic fractured medium 805<br /> <i>J-F. Barthelemy</i></p> <p>Index of authors 813</p>

<b>George C. Sih</b>, Office of Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, East China University of Science and Technology <p><b>Moussa Nait-Abdelaziz</b>, Lille University of Sciences and Technology, Polytech Lille, France</p> <p><b>Toan Vu-Khanh</b>, Universite du Quebec, Ecole de technologie superieure</p>

This title brings together a variety of papers presented at the 9th annual Meso meeting in 2007. The topics selected for Meso 2007 are designed to illustrate the relation of thresholds to multiscaling: <ul> <li>Flow through capillary tubes in contrast to pipes</li> <li>Laminar and turbulent flow transition</li> <li>Heat convection of thin wires in contrast to cylinders</li> <li>Electrical conductance of macro- and nano-circuits</li> <li>Rubbery and glassy polymers</li> <li>Single- and poly-crystal behavior</li> <li>Strength of wires and round cylindrical bars</li> <li>Uni-axial and multi-axial material: linear and non-linear response</li> <li>Thin and thick plate behavior</li> <li>Brittle and ductile fracture</li> <li>Small and large crack growth behavior</li> <li>Low and high temperature effects</li> <li>Local and global material property characteristics</li> <li>Small and large bodies: size and time effects</li> <li>Specimen and structure</li> </ul>

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