Engineering against fracture : proceedings of the 1st conference

Within the last thirty years there is a growing acknowledgement that prevention of catastrophic failures necessitates engagement of a large pool of expertise. Herein it is not excessive to seek advice from disciplines like materials science, structural engineering, mathematics, physics, reliability engineering and even economics. Today's engineering goals, independently of size; do not have the luxury of being outsideaglobalperspective.Survivaloftheintegratedmarketsand?nancialsystems require a web of safe transportation, energy production and product manufacturing. It is perhaps the ?rst decade in engineering history that multidisciplinary - proaching is not just an idea that needs to materialise but has matured beyond infancy. We can witness such transition by examining engineering job descriptions and postgraduate curricula. The undertaking of organising a conference to re?ect the above was not easy and de?nitely, not something that was brought to life without a lot of work and c- st mitment. The 1 Conference of Engineering Against Fracture from its conceptual day until completion was designed in a way of underlying the need of bringing all the key players on a common ground that once properly cultivated can ?ourish. To achieve that the conference themes were numerous and despite their, in principle notional differences, it was apparent that the attendees established such common ground through argumentation. The reader can see this from the variety of research areas re?ected by the works and keynote lecturers presented.

Lothar Wagner and Tomasz Ludian and Manfred WollmannG.C. SihGregory N. HaidemenopoulosMarco Pacchione and Elke HombergsmeierKonstantions Salonitis and John Pandremenos and John Paralikas and George ChryssolourisLubomir Lapcik Jr. and Pavlina Jindrova and Barbora LapcikovaPetr Elisek and Miroslav RaabJun-Hyub Park and Joong-Hyok An and Yun-Bae Jeon and Yun-Jae Kim and Yong-Hak HuhSergei Kuznetsov and Eriks Ozolinsh and IImars Ozolinsh and Igors Pavelko and Vitalijs PavelkoSpiros G. Pantelakis and Apostolos N. Chamos and Vasilis SpiliadisNikos P. Andrianopoulos and Vassilios M. Manolopoulos and Ioannis T. DernikasA.E. Elmughrabi and A.M. Robinson and A.G. GibsonHans-G. Reimerdes and Sebastian Büet; singGaetano La Delfa and Johannes Luinge and Arthur Geoff GibsonKonstantinos I. TserpesPeter Horst and Stephen AddenAlexis Th. Kermanidis and Spiros G. PantelakisDaniel Kujawski and Stoyan StoychevIgor Simonovski and Leol CizeljMuhammad Shahzad and Lothar WagnerLiviu Marsavina and Nicolae Faur and Romeo Susan-Resiga and Radu NegruIgors Pavelko and Vitalijs PavelkoWilliam J. PlumbridgeDonato Zangani and Mark Robinson and George KotsikosNikos Fragoulis and Vassilis Tsagaris and Vassilis AnastassopoulosKonstantinos Salonitis and John Paralikas and George ChryssolourisYong-Hak Huh and Dong-Iel Kim and Dong-Jin Kim and Hae-Moo Lee and Jun-Hyub ParkCostas A. CharitidisBruno Atzori and Paolo Lazzarin and Giovanni MeneghettiKonstantinos-Dionysios Bouzakis and Ioannis Mirisidis and Spiros G. Pantelakis and Paraskevas V. PetroyiannisAlexander Dominic Evans and Andrew King and Thilo Pirling and Patrice Peyre and Phillip John WithersEckhart Uhlmann and Robert Hollan and Adil E1 MernissiSeung-Ho Han and Jeong-Woo Han and Yong-Yun Nam and In-Ho ChoChris A. Rodopoulos and James BridgesGeorge Labeas and Ioannis Diamantakos and Theodoros KermanidisGerasimos F. Karlis and Stephanos V. Tsinopoulos and Demosthenes Polyzos and Dimitri E. BeskosIvica Skozrit and Zdenko TonkovićAusra Zilinskaite and Antanas ZiliukasTheodore L. Karavasilis and Nikitas Bazeos and Dimitri E. BeskosIvica Galić and Zdenko Tonković and Kre&scheck;imir Vu&ccheck;kovićLuigi Carassale and Cesare Mario RizzoDimitrios Karalis and Vasilios Papazoglou and Dimitrios PantelisKonstantinos Panagiotis Galanis and Tomasz Wierzbicki and Vassilios John PapazoglouLoukas K. Keppas and Nick K. AnifantisEfstathios E. Theotokoglou and Ioannis I. TourlomousisGeorge N. Labeas and Milan M. Sunaric and Vangelis P. Ptochos

Ball-Burnishing and Roller-Burnishing to Improve Fatigue Performance of Structural Alloys	p. 1
Dual Scale Fatigue Crack Monitoring Scheme Considering Random Material, Geometric and Load Characteristics	p. 13
Exploitation of the TRIP Effect for the Development of Formable, Fracture and Fatigue Resistant Steels for Automotive Applications	p. 31
Hybrid Metal Laminates for Low Weight Fuselage Structures	p. 41
Multifunctional Materials Used in Automotive Industry: A Critical Review	p. 59
Session I Engineering Properties
Effect of Talc Filler Content on Poly (Propylene) Composite Mechanical Properties	p. 73
Fracture Properties of Polypropylene Reinforced with Short Glass Fibres: The Influence of Temperature, Notch Length and Geometry	p. 81
Influence of Width of Specimen on Tensile Properties of NiCo Thin Film	p. 93
Session II Fatigue Damage Physics and Modeling
Dynamic Properties and Fatigue Failure of Aircraft Component	p. 105
Investigation of the Fatigue Behaviour of the Structural Magnesium Alloy AZ31	p. 115
Session III Engineering Properties II
Coulomb Failure Surfaces in Ductile Non Linear Elastic Materials	p. 127
Effect of Stress on the Fire Reaction Properties of Polymer Composite Laminates	p. 137
Investigation of Failure and Failure Progression in Stiffened Composite Structures	p. 155
Next Generation Composite Aircraft Fuselage Materials under Post-crash Fire Conditions	p. 169
Progressive Fracture Analysis of Planar Lattices and Shape-Morphing Kagome Structure	p. 183
Session IV Fatigue Damage (Experimental)
Fatigue Behavior of Non-crimp Fabrics	p. 195
Fatigue Crack Growth Assessment of Corroded Aluminum Alloys	p. 205
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior under Spectrum Loading	p. 215
Small Crack in a Simulated Columnar Polycrystalline Aggregate with Random 2D and 3D Lattice Orientations	p. 235
Thermo-Mechanical Methods for Improving Fatigue Performance of Wrought Magnesium Alloys	p. 249
Session V Applied Fracture Mechanics
Investigation on Fracture of Collector Copper Lamellas	p. 261
The Regularities of Fatigue Crack Growth in Airframes Elements at Real Operation Conditions	p. 275
Session VI Engineering Applications
Fracture in Electronics	p. 291
Improving the Crashworthiness of Aluminium Rail Vehicles	p. 305
Information Fusion in Ad hoc Wireless Sensor Networks for Aircraft Health Monitoring	p. 319
Roll Forming of AHSS: Numerical Simulation and Investigation of Effects of Main Process Parameters on Quality	p. 327
Session VII Scale Effects and Modeling
Dependency of Micro-mechanical Properties of Gold Thin Films on Grain Size	p. 339
Fracture and Failure in Micro-and Nano-Scale	p. 347
Local, Semilocal and Nominal Approaches to Estimate the Fatigue Strength of Welded Joints	p. 357
Superficial Strength Properties Modification of 2024 Aluminum Specimens Subjected to Cyclic Loading, Detected by Nanoindentations	p. 369
Session VIII Surface Treatments and Engineering
Characterisation of Residual Stresses Generated by Laser Shock Peening by Neutron and Synchrotron Diffraction	p. 383
Dry Ice Blasting - Energy-Efficiency and New Fields of Application	p. 399
Fatigue Life Improvement for Cruciform Welded Joint by Mechanical Surface Treatment using Hammer Peening and UNSM	p. 411
The use of Ultrasonic Impact Treatment to Extend the Fatigue Life of Integral Aerospace Structures	p. 421
Session IX Theoretical Fracture Mechanics and Modeling I
Analysis of Crack Patterns Under Three-Dimensional Residual Stress Field	p. 433
BEM Solutions of Crack Problems in Gradient Elasticity	p. 443
Fracture Analysis of Medium Density Polyethylene	p. 455
Session X Structural Analysis (Metals)
Buckling Evaluation in Case of Complicated Stress Condition	p. 467
Comparison of Two Currently used and One Proposed Seismic Design Methods for Steel Structures	p. 477
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Failure Pressure of Value Housing	p. 487
Fracture Analysis of a Bolted Joint of a Large Pump Frame of a Desalination Plant	p. 499
The Accurate Prediction of the Thermal Response of Welded Structures Based on the Finite Element Method: Myth or Reality?	p. 513
Session XI Theoretical Fracture Mechanics and Modeling II
Application of a Fracture Methodology for Studying the Mechanics that Govern Failure of Aluminum Structures	p. 533
BEM Prediction of TBC Fracture Resistance	p. 551
Session XII Structural Analysis Composites
A Numerical Investigation of Fractured Sandwich Composites under Flexural Loading	p. 563
Mechanical Properties and Failure Investigation of Metallic Open Lattice Cellular Structures	p. 573

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