Fatigue and Fracture of Materials and Structures

Part I: Numerical Approaches Applied to Fatigue and Fracture Assessment.- Chapter 1. Numerical Simulation of Fatigue Crack Growth in Different Welded Joint Zones (Simon Sedmak).- Chapter 2. Calculation of the Stress State in Coatings by Analytical and Numerical Methods Considering Thermal Loads (Ilmars Blumbergs).- Chapter 3. Numerical Simulation and Constructal Design Applied to Perforated Plate Subjected to Biaxial Buckling (Guilherme Ribeiro Baumgardt).- Chapter 4. Fatigue Damage Simulation of a Metal Sandwich Panel Under Four-Point Bending Conditions (S. Abdullah).- Chapter 5. Analysis of Pulse Load of a Steel Roller in the Numerical Simulation Method (Kayode Olaleye).- Part II: Fatigue and Fracture Assessment of Joints and Complex Structures.- Chapter 6. Fatigue Analysis of Thin-Walled Welded Hollow Section Joints (Jan Papuga).- Chapter 7. Analytical solutions of water hammer in metal pipes. Part I - Brief theoretical study (KamilUrbanowicz).- Chapter 8. Analytical solutions of water hammer in metal pipes. Part II - Comparative study (Kamil Urbanowicz).- Chapter 9. Experimental And Theoretical Analysis of Hydraulic Cylinder Loads (Marek Lubecki).- Chapter 10. A new anti-fatigue design method for welded structures based on stiffness coordination strategy and its application (Suming Xie).- Chapter 11. Characterisation Of Multiaxial Strain Road Loads In Assessing The Durability Of Automotive Coil Spring (S.S.K. Singh).- Chapter 12. Identification of key fatigue welds of bogie welded frame (Suming Xie).- Chapter 13. Susceptibility of Steel Sucker Rods Operated in Oil Well to Environmentally-Assisted Fatigue (Olha Zvirko).- Chapter 14. Increasing the Durability of Critical Parts in Heavy-Duty Industrial Machines by Deep Cryogenic Treatment (Pavlo Krot).- Chapter 15. Risk-Based Inspection Strategies of Miter Gates Based on Structural Health Monitoring (Thuong Van Dang).- Chapter