Intro -- Fracture Mechanics -- Preface -- Committees -- Table of Contents -- Analysis of Material Properties for the Numerical Simulation of Fatigue Crack Growth under Variable Amplitude Loading -- Fracture Indentation on AISI 1018 Borided Steels -- The Effects of UIT in the Fatigue Life of Al 2024-T3 -- Self-Affine Crack Pattern in Filter Paper Sheets -- Stationary Position for Hybrid Journal Bearing with Horizontal Point Injection Ports -- The Boundary Element Method Applied to Visco-Plastic Analysis -- Material Characterization for Dynamic Simulation of Non-Homogeneous Structural Members -- Numerical Formulation to Study Fluid-Solid Interfaces Excited by Elastic Waves -- Corrosion Degradation of Pipeline Carbon Steels Subject to Geothermal Plant Conditions -- Surface Stress Concentration Analysis of Shot Peened Aluminium Alloys -- Mechanical Behavior of Ceramic and Polymer Composites Reinforced with Volcanic Ashes -- Stress State Localized Analysis on the Tip of the Crack -- New Theoretical Approach of the Fracture Ductility of Steels and its Relation with the Microscopy Structural Characterization -- Very High Cycle Fatigue Analysis of High Strength Steel with Corrosion Pitting -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the Symposium 8 Fracture Mechanics from the XVIII International Materials Research, Cancún, Quintana Roo. August 16-20, 2009 México.