A Symposium on

Advances in Failure Mechanisms in
Brittle Materials

to be held at the
1996 ASME WINTER ANNUAL MEETING
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
November 17-22,1996

Session 1: Failure Mechanisms in Functionally Graded Materials and Related Interface Issues (Tuesday, Nov. 19,9:30-11:00 am) Chair: L. Kabacoff, Vice-Chair: H.D. Espinosa

R. Deesmorat and Jean Lemaitre (L'Universite Paris 6) Stress Singularities Applied to Crack Initiation by Damage of Multimaterial Joints
S. Suresh, M. Cima, J. Yoo and K. Cho (MIT) Processing for Mechanical Property Optimization of Graded Microstructures by Three-Dimensional Printing
S. Nemat-Nasser (UC, San Diego) Role of Interface Phases on Failure of Silicon Nitride.
M. Ortiz (Caltech) Delamination of Compressed Thin Films

Session 2: Failure Mechanisms in Composite Materials (Tuesday, Nov. 19 2:00-3:30 pm) Chair: K. Iyer, Vice-Chair: M. Kachanov

Y. Weitsman (University of Tennessee) The Mechanical Response of Swirl-Mat Composite Materials
C.T. Sun and W. Qian (Purdue University) Calculation of Mode Mixity for Delamination Cracks in Composite Laminates under In-Plane Loading
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Xu, and H-C. Lu (Purdue University) A Novel Experimental Technique for Velocity Measurement of Projectiles penetrating Fiber Reinforced Composites

Session 3: Damage and Inelasticity in Advanced Materials (Tuesday, Nov. 19, 3:45-5:15 pm) Chair: C.T. Sun, Vice-Chair: Y. Weitsman

J.W. Ju and Z. Zhang (UCLA) Thermo-Micromechanical Damage Modeling of Airfield Concrete Pavement
Wei Tong and Xianghong Li (University of Nebraska) Damage Evolution of Particulate - Reinforced Titanium Composites
M. Kachanov, I. Tsukrov, and B. Shafiro (Tufts University) Solids with Cavities of Various Shapes: Effective Moduli and Wavespeeds

Session 4: Experiments and Modeling od Dynamic Fracture (Thursday, Nov. 21. 9:30-11:00 am) Chair: H.D. Espinosa, Vice-Chair: Z. Bazant

Erik A. Andrews and Kyung-Suk Kim (Brown University) Experimental Measurement of Velocity-Dependent Deformation Field in Projectile-Penetration Processes
Zdenek P. Bazant, Maek Adley, and Yu Yin Xiang (Northwestern University) Finite Strain Analysis of Deformations of Quasibrittle Material During Missle Impact and Penetration
G. Ravichandran (Caltech) Behavior of Ceramics Under Multiaxial Compression
H.D. Espinosa (Purdue University) Confinement and Loading Rate Effects in the Fragmentation of Brittle Solids

Session 5: Novel Experiments for Damage Identification (Thursday, Nov 21, 2:00-3:30 pm) Chair: J. Lankford, Vice-Chair: D. Krajcinovic

Sokhwan Choi, and Surendra P. Shah (Northwestern University) Evaluation of Fracture Processes in Cement-Based Materials under Compression Using Computer Vision
B. Lawn (NIST) Damage Accumulation in Brittle Solids from Hertzian Contact
James Lankford, B. Predibon, and J. Staehler (Southwest Research Institute) The Role of Plasticity as a Limiting Factor in the Compressive Failure of High Strength Ceramics
S. Sundaram and R.J. Clifton (Brown University) Pressure-Shear Impact Investigation of the Dynamic Response of Ceramics

Session 6: Theoretical Aspects in Brittle Fracture and Damage (Thursday, Nov. 21, 3:45-5:15 pm) Chair: R.J. Clifton, Vice-Chair: A. Chudnovsky

A. Chudnovsky (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago) Statistical Aspects of Toughness in Brittle Fracture
M. Kachanov, I. Tsukrov, and B. Shafiro (Tufts University) Anisotropic Materials with Multiple Arbitrarily Oriented Cracks
M. Vujosevic, S. Mastilovic, and D. Krajcinovic (Arizona State University) Localization in Disordered Media-Particle Dynamics Method
A. Needleman (Brown University) Numerical Modeling of Fast Crack Growth

Camera ready papers are due on July 15, 1996. In addition, extended papers can be submitted for possible publication in a special issue of Mechanics of Materials dedicated to the symposium. This submission must be done by November 15, 1996. Papers will be reviewed by a technical guest editorial board that will make recommendations to the editor-in-chief of MOM.

Organized By:

Prof. R.J. Clifton
Division of Engineering .
Brown University
Box D, Barus and Holley
Providence, RI 02912, USA
Phone: (401) 8632855
E-mail: clifton@engin.brown.edu

Prof. H.D. Espinosa
Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
1282-Grissom Hall
Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Phone: (847)467-5989
Fax: (847) 491-3915
E-mail: espinosa@nwu.edu

Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials

Advances in Failure Mechanisms in
Brittle Materials