ECF 13

This CD contains papers which were presented at the 13th Biennial European Conference on Fracture and is a companion to the book of invited papers http://www.

elsevier.

com/locate/isbn/0080436994Fracture Mechanics: Applications and Challenges.

The organisers of the ECF 13 opted from the very beginning for an application-orientated conference, and consequently, these papers contribute to the understanding of fracture phenomena, and disseminate fracture concepts and their application to the solution of engineering problems to practitioners in a wide range of fields.

The fields covered at this conference can be broadly classified into: elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, fracture dynamics, fatigue and interactive processes, failure, structural integrity, coatings and materials, with applications to the following industrial sectors: transport, aerospace engineering, civil engineering, pipelines and automotive engineering.