Structural Integrity and Failure, SIF2011.

Intro -- Structural Integrity and Failure, SIF2011 -- Preface and Organizing Committee -- Table of Contents -- I. Fracture, Fatigue, Damage and Failure -- An Artificial Neural Network Approach to Fatigue Crack Growth -- Experimental Investigation of PMMA Fracture under Mixed-Modes I, II and III Loading -- Modelling Fatigue Crack Growth near an Open Hole under Spectrum Loading Using a New Method for Elastic-Plastic Stress Calculation -- Effects of Crack Size and Crack Face Interference on Shear Fatigue Crack Growth in a Bearing Steel -- A Model for the Cyclic Behaviour of Steel under Earthquake Conditions -- Fatigue Strength of Ultrafine Grained Copper Treated by Post-ECAP Mild Annealing -- Experimental Study on Theory of Critical Distance Applied to the Prediction of Fatigue from Notches -- Effects of Thermal Exposure on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ni Based Superalloy GTD111 -- Effects of Replication on Measured S-N Curves of Metals -- Fatigue Behavior of Weld-Repaired High Strength Low Alloy Steel -- An Analysis of Fatigue Strength of Notched Components -- Thermal Shock Properties of Ti(Al,O)/Al2O3 and TiAl(O)/Al2O3 Composite Coatings -- An Impregnation Technique for Crack Identification Following Uniaxial Tension Tests -- An Analysis of the Bonding Energy through Pull-Out Tests for Aerated Concrete with Various Steel Strip Geometries -- Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Ni-Base Superalloy IN738LC at Elevated Temperature -- II. Structural Integrity &amp -- Failure Analysis -- Study of Local Failure of a Multi-Plate Arch Bridge by Numerical Modeling -- Assembly Deformation and Stresses of Compliant Structures -- Fracture Strengths of Mg Alloy AZ31B-H24 Friction Stir Lap Welds -- Effect of Tool Speeds during Friction Stir Lap Welding on Mode of Fracture and Fracture Strength of Al 6060-T5 Joints.

Characteristics of Electron Beam Welded Ti &amp -- Ti Alloys -- Microindentation of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials -- Light Emission from a Si Based ZnO Structure -- Managing Potlife through Statistical Analysis -- Stress and Vibration Analysis of Motor Back Plate in HDD -- Aircraft Joints: the Interaction between Corrosion Protection and Structural Performance -- Residual Strength Optimisation of a Vent Hole in an Aircraft Component Using a Heuristic Method -- Influence of Heat Treatment on Fatigue Strength of Drawn Steel Tubes for Small-Sized Single Pass Boiler -- The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ni-Based Superalloy after Service Exposure in Gas Turbine -- Degradation Characteristics of Inconel738LC with Thermal Exposure -- Effects of High Temperature Deformation and Thermal Exposure on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Co-Based Superalloy -- Optimum Design for Life Extension on the End Coupling of Aluminum Hot Rolling Process -- Integrity Evaluation and Dynamic Behavior of Radioactive Material Transport Cask under Drop Impact -- III. Bio and Nano-Materials -- Ab Initio Phonon Dispersion Curves Used to Check Experimentally Determined Elastic Constants of the MAX Phase Ti3SiC2 -- Failure Mechanisms of Cartilage-on-Bone Tissues and the Influence of Loading History -- Processing of Layered Hydroxyapatite Ceramic Composites -- Nanoindentation of Individual ZnO Nano-/Micro-Rod -- Validation of BioDent TDI as a New Clinical Diagnostic Method -- Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Ti-Mo-Zr Alloy -- IV. Indentation, Thin Film, Surface Treatment &amp -- Materials Processing -- Copper Coated Iron Powder Prepared by Chemical Reduction Process -- Study of Preparation on the Flake Silver Coating over Copper Powder for Electronic Industry.

Mechanical Behaviour of Ultrafine Grained Cu and Cu-(2.5 and 5) Vol.%Al2O3 Composites Produced by Powder Compact Forging -- Friction and Wear Characteristics of SUS304 and SUS630 after Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification -- Wear Evaluation of SiCp Reinforced Al Matrix Composites Coatings -- Improvement of Biocompatibility of Medical Ni-Ti Alloys through Forming TiO2 Thin Film -- Mechanical Behaviour of Titanium, Ti-6Al-4V (wt %) Alloy and Ti-47Al-2Cr (at %) Alloy Produced Using Powder Compact Forging -- Influence of Growth Rate on the Solute Distribution of Directionally Solidified Cu-Ag-Zr Alloy -- Tensile Properties and Fracture Behaviour of Induction Sintered Ti and Ti-6Al-4V (wt %) Powder Compacts -- Phase Composition, Microstructure and Thermal Diffusivity of Cu/Si Composites Sintering Temperature Dependence -- Tool Wear Mechanisms during Machining of Alloy 625 -- Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviour of Ultrafine Grained Al-4wt%Cu-(2.5-10) Vol.% SiC Metal Matrix Composites Produced by Powder Compact Forging -- Effect of Pb and Sn Additions on the Ductility of Cast AZ61 Mg Alloy -- Cracking and Mechanical Strength of NaOH-Slag Geopolymers -- Microstructure Evolution in Nitrogen Implanted Sapphire -- V. Polymers and Composites -- Fracture Toughness of Polyamide 6/ Maleated Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites -- Reliability Analysis for Inserts in Sandwich Composites -- Experimental Study on Strengthening of Steel Structures with Fiber Reinforced Plastic -- The Influence of Processing Parameters on the Void Content and Compressive Strength of Carbon Fibre-Epoxy Laminates -- Strength and Fracture Behavior of Abaca Green Composites -- Microstructure and Hardness of Ni-Cr Porous Preform Reinforced Al-Based Composites by Low Infiltration Method -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure SIF2010. Held at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 4th - 7th July 2010.

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