Fatigue

The fatigue behavior of Ag films on polyethyleneterephthalate substrates was studied using electrical resistance measurements.
Scanning electron microscopy images showed two types of failure: typical fatigue failure with extrusion–intrusion pairs, and ductile
failure with local necking. Once through-thickness cracks are formed in the metal layer, cracks propagate and the resistance increases abruptly for both failure modes. The effect of adhesion on fatigue life is discussed in terms of concurrent delamination, crack initiation and propagation.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you at mini-symposium Creep and Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue within
the 4th Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics at McGill University (July 23-26,
2013, Montréal, Canada).

The mini-symposium web-page is: http://cancnsm2013.mcgill.ca/ms26.html

We welcome abstract submissions on the following topics:

There are now less than two weeks left to register for the ninth biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IX. 16-21 September 2012, The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, MA, USA

Register today to book your place at this prestigious conference, which has attracted over 290 abstracts. This is a significant opportunity for you to join leading researchers to exchange and discuss new ideas and findings. http://www.fatiguedamageconference.com/conference-register.html

Program now available – go to http://www.fatiguedamageconference.com/conference-program.html

One postdoc and several PhD student positions are available at Arizona State University for fall 2012. Research background in at least one of the following areas is preferred.

1. Fatigue and fracture of materials and structures

2. Computational mechanics and micromechanics

3. Damage detection for composite materials