Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth 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:

Mixed Mode Fracture I: Emphasis on Modeling

Mixed Mode Fracture II: Emphasis on Experimental Measurements

Full-Field Measurements of Fracture

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior I: Nanoscale Effects

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior II: MEMS

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior III: Microstructure

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior IV: Shape Memory Alloys

Fracture & Fatigue of Composites

Fracture & Fatigue for Engineering Applications

Wave-Based Techniques in Fracture & Fatigue I

Wave-Based Techniques in Fracture & Fatigue II: Acoustic Emissions