Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics

to the Advanced Seminar ASFM4 on Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics.- The J-concept: Theoretical Basis and its Use in EPFM.- Case Studies on the Determination of Applied J-values.- The Measurement of Critical Values of Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) and J on Parent Steels and Weldments for Use in Fracture Assessments.- Ductile Fracture Material Characterization by J-R Curves.- Experimental Determination of Fracture Mechanics Parameters of Irradiated Materials.- Surface Cracks.- Micromechanisms of Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation.- Numerical Analysis in EPFM.- Methodology and Applications of Local Criteria for the Prediction of Ductile Tearing.- Fracttare and Damage.- Cleavage Fracture and Transition: Application to the Warm Prestress Effect.- WORKSHOP 1 Worked Examples Using the CEGB Procedure for the Assessment of the Integrity of Structures Containing Defects.- WORKSHOP 2 The EPRI Method for Ductile Fracture Analysis.- WORKSHOP 3 The COD Method for Assessing the Significance of Defects.- WORKSHOP 4 A J-based Fracture Safe Estimation Procedure, EnJ, with Applications Including Estimation of the Maximum Load for Ductile Tearing.- Dynamic Fracture Mechanics - Rapid Crack Growth in Linear and Non-linear Materials.- On the Mechanics of Dynamic Fracture Phenomena.- Conclusions of Seminar.