| Top Down Approaches to Fracture J.W. Hutchinson (Harvard Univ., USA) 1 |
| Crack Analogue Models: Applications to Thin Films, Contact Problems, Interfacial Adhesion and Graded Materials S. Suresh (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., USA) 8 |
| Brittle Fracture and the Breaking of Atomic Bonds P. Gumbsch (Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Germany) 14 |
| Simulations of Crack Propagation in Inhomogeneous Materials T. Nakamura and Z. Wang (State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, USA) 23 |
| Physics and Chemistry of Fracture and Role of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Prevention T. Shoji, Q.J. Peng, Y. Takeda, J. Kwon and M. Takegoshi (Tohoku Univ., Japan) 33 |
| Fretting Fatigue of Ti-6A1-4V Subjected to Blade/Disk Contact Loading H. Murthy, T.N. Farris (Purdue Univ., USA) and D.C. Slavik (GE Aircraft Engines) 41 |
| Coalescence of Multiple Cracks under Biaxial Loading A. Saimoto, Y. Imai and F. Motomura (Nagasaki Univ., Japan) 49 |
| Stress Intensity Factors for Small Subsurface Circular Cracks under Moving Contact Load and Evaluation of Allowable Defect Size C. Sakae, Y. Murakami (Kyushu Univ., Japan) and Y. Ohkomori (Japan Casting ＆ Forging Corp., Japan) 55 |
| Distribution of Stress Intensity Factors along the Crack Front of Three-Dimensional Cracks N. Noda and T. Kihara (Kyushu Inst. Of Tech., Japan) 61 |
| Fracture of Railroad Products and Design Codes H. Sakamoto (Kochi Univ. of Tech., Japan) 67 |
| Analysis of Magneto-Elastic Problem for Infinite Plate Containing Cracked Hole N. Hasebe, X-F. Wang and H. Nakanishi (Nagoya Inst. of Tech., Japan) 73 |
| Fracture Path Prediction Simulations of Dynamic Fracture Phenomena T. Nishioka, S. Tchouikov, J. Furutsuka and T. Fujimoto (Kobe Univ. of Mercantile Marine, Japan) 79 |
| An Experimental Study on Dynamic Crack Propagation by the Method of Caustics K. Arakawa, T. Mada and K. Takahashi (Kyushu Univ., Japan) 87 |
| Non-Linear Crack Mechanics and Its Application to the Evaluation of Effective Range of Linear Fracture Mechanics H. Nisitani and T. Kawamura (Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan) 93 |
| Critical Frontal Process Zone Size Estimation on Alumina Using SEVNB Technique S-M. Choi, M. Ebisudani and H. Awaji (Nagoya Inst. Of Tech., Japan) 99 |
| Welding Eigenstrain Analysis for Improvement of the Bead Flush Method (Characteristics of Eigenstrain Distribution) H. Lee, H. Nakamura and H. Kobayashi (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan) 104 |
| Fretting Fatigue Life Simulation using Stress Singularity Parameters and Fracture Mechanics T. Hattori, M. Nakamura and T. Watanabe (Hitachi, Japan) 110 |
| Cavitating Jet Peening for the Improvement of Fatigue Strength H. Soyama, K. Sakaki, H. Kumano and M. Saka (Tohoku Univ., Japan) 118 |
| Molecular Dynamic Study on the Effect of Crystallographic Orientation on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation in Iron S .Kubo, M. Misaki and A. Furukawa (Osaka Univ., Japan) 122 |
| Theoretical and Numerical Investigations on the Elastoplastic Stress Singularity at an Interface Edge J-Q. Xu and Y. Mutoh (Nagaoka Univ. of Tech., Japan) 129 |
| Dependence of Elastic-Plastic Stress Singularity Field on Material Combination of Butt-Jointed Plates Subjected Uniform Tension Y. Arai and E. Tsuchida (Saitama Univ., Japan) 135 |
| Finite Element Analysis on Fracture Behavior of the Interface Crack with Plastic Deformation M. Omiya, K. Kishimoto and T. Shibuya (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan) 140 |
| Shape Design of Bonded Dissimilar Materials Using the Condition of No-Singularity Under Mechanical Loading S. Ioka and S. Kubo (Osaka Univ., Japan) 146 |
| Delamination of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coating Used for Orthopedic Implants Yuki Sugimura (Harvard Univ., USA) 152 |
| Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Edge-Indent Method for Evaluation of Delamination Strength of Coating D. Zhang, M. Kato and K. Nakasa (Hiroshima Univ., Japan) 157 |
| Propagation of Naturally-Initiated Small Interface Debonding Crack in Ni-Based Superalloy Coatings M. Okazaki, K. Tsuchiya and Y. Harada (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) 163 |
| Relationship between Defect Distribution and Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of Rotor Material T. Kurimura, H. Yoshida and M. Sugawara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan) 170 |
| Top Down Approaches to Fracture J.W. Hutchinson (Harvard Univ., USA) 1 |
| Crack Analogue Models: Applications to Thin Films, Contact Problems, Interfacial Adhesion and Graded Materials S. Suresh (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., USA) 8 |
| Brittle Fracture and the Breaking of Atomic Bonds P. Gumbsch (Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Germany) 14 |
| Simulations of Crack Propagation in Inhomogeneous Materials T. Nakamura and Z. Wang (State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, USA) 23 |
| Physics and Chemistry of Fracture and Role of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Prevention T. Shoji, Q.J. Peng, Y. Takeda, J. Kwon and M. Takegoshi (Tohoku Univ., Japan) 33 |
| Fretting Fatigue of Ti-6A1-4V Subjected to Blade/Disk Contact Loading H. Murthy, T.N. Farris (Purdue Univ., USA) and D.C. Slavik (GE Aircraft Engines) 41 |
