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Fracture and Fatigue, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the seventh volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:

Microstructural Effects in Fatigue & Fracture

Fracture of Interfaces

Fracture of Composites and Interface Cracks

Fatigue & Fracture: Environmental & Loading Effects

Fracture & Digital Image Correlation

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Effect of Dynamic Film Debonding on Self-Assembled Monolayers.- Experimental Tools for Responsive Hydrogel Characterization.- Fusion of Global and Local Measurements of Damage in Bonded Joints.- DOE Testing of Diffusion Bonded Nickel Joints.- Integrated Global Digital Image Correlation for Interface Delamination Characterization.- Lamb Wave Based Monitoring of Delamination Growth in Mode I and Mode II Fracture Tests.- Investigation of Crack Growth Along Curved Interfaces in L-shaped Composite and Polymers.- Effect of Cold Spray Deposition of Similar Material on Fatigue Behavior of Al 6082 Alloy.- Effect of Organic SAMs on the Evolution of Strength of Silicon Nanostructures.- An Apparatus for Creep Crack Growth Testing in Controlled Environments.- 2D and 3D Analyses of Cracks via DIC.- Experimental and Numerical Fracture Analysis of a Pre-cracked Aluminum Specimen Using the Grid Method.- Influence of Stress State on the Ductile Fracture of Ti-6Al-4V.- In-Plane Shear Properties of High-performance Filaments.

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