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The mission of the Fracture and Fatigue Division is to advance the state of knowledge in the areas of fracture mechanics and fatigue through the timely sharing of research results. The division meets each year at the SEM Annual Conference. Every fourth year the SEM Annual Conference is also the SEM International Congress. (Other conferences are also sponsored by SEM). Our work on fracture and fatigue overlaps with the efforts of other divisions resulting in a cooperative effort between researchers from different areas of experimental mechanics.

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 Bylaws

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FRACTURE AND FATIGUE DIVISION - Updated April 2008

The goal of the Fracture and Fatigue Division is to promote and support within SEM issues that deal not only with fracture and fatigue of materials, but also failure, damage evolution, novel materials and the influence of microstructure on failure phenomena. Activities include organizing sessions, symposia, short courses, and reports and publications on these topics.

The division met in St. Louis, Missouri, during the 2006 SEM summer meeting and discussed the previous and upcoming activities. During 2006-2007 the division had several activities, some of which are still ongoing:

1. The committee is in the process of revising its bylaws. It is hoped that this will be completed soon.

2. Several sessions were sponsored by the division in the 2007 summer meeting (either through personal organization of its members, or through the general call). These sessions were:

Fatigue and Failure Properties

Chair: T.C. Miller, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

The following papers were presented under the Fatigue and Failure Properties category. The hyperlinked titles link to the proceedings paper.

Application of the Normalization JIC Fracture Methodology to a Range of Ductile Polymers
E.N. Brown, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Fatigue Curves from Distance Parameter and Crack Closure
S. Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

Geometry and Material Property Uncertainty Model for Fatigue Life Predictions
P.C. Gope, S. Bhatt, M. Pant, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology

Prediction of Fatigue Lives of Composite Material by Artificial Neural Network
S. Mathur, P.C. Gope, J.K. Sharma, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Fracture Analysis of Polymers and Ductile Materials

Chair: T.C. Miller, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

The following papers were presented under the Fracture Analysis of Polymers and Ductile Materials category. The hyperlinked titles link to the proceedings paper.

Dynamic Crack Propagation in Transparent Functionally Graded Material
K.-H. Lee, Sangju National University; A. Kidane, University of Rhode Island; V. Parameswaran, Indian Institute of Technology; A. Shukla, University of Rhode Island

Fracture Behavior of Polyurethane Foams
H. Jin, W.-Y. Lu, S. Hong, K. Connelly, Sandia National Laboratories

Fracture and Failure of Bi- and Multi-layer Materials

Chair: T.A. Mason, Los Alamos National Laboratory

The following papers were presented under the Fracture and Failure of Bi- and Multi-layer Materials category. The hyperlinked titles link to the proceedings paper.

Interfacial Failure Behavior of Concrete-Asphalt Bi-materials
M.H. Sadd, V.K.S. Subramaniam, A. Shukla, W. Lee, University of Rhode Island

Kinking of an Interfacial Crack in Sandwich Beams
E.E. Gdoutos, Z.S. Metaxa, Democritus University of Thrace

Elucidating the Effect of Subtle Geometric Changes on Adhesive Joint Design
D.N. States, K.L. DeVries, University of Utah

3. The division was also very active in a number of sessions related to the 2007 tracks (e.g., on image correlation).