| Cover | 1 |
| TOC | 3 |
| D. Nowell, S.J. O’Connor, K.I. Dragnevski; Measurement and analysis of fatigue crack deformation on the macro- and micro-scale | 13 |
| A. Shanyavskiy; Spherical particles formation under biaxial cyclic loading due to mesotunneling effect | 20 |
| F. Berto, A. Campagnolo, L. P. Pook; Three-dimensional effects on cracked components under anti-plane loading | 29 |
| L. Malíková, V. Veselý, S. Seitl; Estimation of the crack propagation direction in a mixed-mode geometry via multi-parameter fracture criteria | 37 |
| G. Meneghetti, A. Campagnolo, F. Berto ; Some relationships between the peak stresses and the local strain energy density for cracks subjected to mixed-mode (I+II) loading | 45 |
| Y. Hos, M. Vormwald, J.L.F. Freire; Measurement and simulation of strain fields around crack tips under mixed-mode fatigue loading | 54 |
| D. Shiozawa, I. Serrano-Munoz, S. Dancette, C. Verdu, J. Lachambre, J.-Y. Buffiere; 3D Analyses of crack propagation in torsion | 68 |
| D. A. Hills, R. Flicek; Fretting in complete contacts - the use of Williams’ solution | 73 |
| M.-L. Zhu, Y.-W. Lu, C. Lupton, J. Tong; Near tip strain evolution of a growing fatigue crack | 79 |
| G.P. Nikishkov, Yu.G. Matvienko; Specimen thickness effect on elastic-plastic constraint parameter A | 85 |
| A. Spagnoli, A. Carpinteri, S. Vantadori; Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches | 92 |
| R.C.O. Góes, J.T.P. Castro, M.A. Meggiolaro; 3D thickness effects around notch and crack tip stress/strain fields | 101 |
| J.T.P. Castro, M.A. Meggiolaro, J.A.O. González; Can DeltaKeff be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth? | 109 |
| C. Bagni, H. Askes, L. Susmel; Gradient-enriched linear-elastic tip stresses to perform the high-cycle fatigue assessment of notched plain concrete | 117 |
| F. Iacoviello, V. Di Cocco, M. Cavallini; Fatigue crack tip damaging micromechanisms in a ferritic-pearlitic ductile cast iron | 123 |
| V. Veselý, J. Sobek, D. Tesař, P. Frantík, T. Pail, S. Seitl; Multi-parameter approximation of stress field in a cracked specimen using purpose-built Java applications | 132 |
| C. Simpson, P.J. Withers, T. Lowe, S. Roy, A. Wanner; Damage evolution in freeze cast metal/ceramic composites exhibiting lamellar microstructures | 146 |
| M. Mokhtari, P. Lopez-Crespo, B. Moreno; Some experimental observations of crack-tip mechanics with displacement data | 155 |
| P. J. Withers, P. Lopez-Crespo, M. Mostafavi, A. Steuwer, J. F. Kelleher, T. Buslaps; 2D mapping of plane stress crack-tip fields following an overload | 163 |
| C. Montebello, S. Pommier, K. Demmou, J. Leroux, J. Mériaux; Multi-scale approach for the analysis of the stress fields at a contact edge in fretting fatigue conditions with a crack analogue approach | 171 |
| G. Laboviciute, C. J. Christopher, M. N. James, E. A. Patterson; Growth of inclined fatigue cracks using the biaxial CJP model | 179 |
| S. Beretta, S. Rabbolini, A. Di Bello; Multi-scale crack closure measurements with digital image correlation on Haynes 230 | 186 |
| Enrico Maggiolini, Roberto Tovo, Paolo Livieri; Effective stress assessment at rectangular rounded lateral notches | 195 |
| J.M. Vasco-Olmo, F.A. Díaz; Experimental evaluation of plasticity-induced crack shielding from crack tip displacements fields | 203 |
| F.V. Antunes, R. Branco, L. Correia, AL Ramalho; A numerical study of non-linear crack tip parameters | 211 |
| X. Zhou, A. Hohenwarter, T. Leitner, H.P. Gänser, R. Pippan; Load history effects on fatigue crack propagation: Its effect on the R-curve for threshold | 221 |
| P. Lorenzino, J.-Y. Buffiere, S. Okazaki, H. Matsunaga, Y. Murakami, H. Matsunaga; Synchrotron 3D characterization of arrested fatigue cracks initiated from small tilted notches in steel | 227 |
| J. Toribio, B. González, J.C. Matos; Crack tip fields and mixed mode fracture behaviour of progressively drawn pearlitic steel | 233 |
| A. Bolchoun, H. Kaufmann, C. M. Sonsino; Numerical measures of the degree of non-proportionality of multiaxial fatigue loadings | 242 |
| M. Vormwald; Multi-challenge aspects in fatigue due to the combined occurrence of multiaxiality, variable amplitude loading, and size effects | 257 |
| A. Winkler, G. Kloosterman; A critical review of fracture mechanics as a tool for multiaxial fatigue life prediction of plastics | 266 |
| T. Itoh, M. Sakane, T. Morishita; Evaluation and visualization of multiaxial stress and strain states under non-proportional loading | 293 |
| M. Kurek, T. Łagoda, S. Vantadori; Estimation of fatigue life of selected construction materials under cyclic loading | 306 |
| V. Anes, L. Reis, M. de Freitas; Random accumulated damage evaluation under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions | 313 |
| M. Sakane, T. Itoh; Microstructural study of multiaxial low cycle fatigue | 323 |
| V. Shlyannikov, R. Yarullin, I. Ishtyryakov; Surface crack growth in cylindrical hollow specimen subject to tension and torsion | 339 |
| Y. Wang, L. Susmel; Critical plane approach to multiaxial variable amplitude fatigue loading | 349 |
| M.A. Meggiolaro, J.T.P. Castro, H. Wu; On the applicability of multi-surface, two-surface and non-linear kinematic hardening models in multiaxial fatigue | 361 |
| M.A. Meggiolaro, J.T.P. Castro, H. Wu; Shortcuts in multiple dimensions: the multiaxial racetrack filter | 372 |
| A. Carpinteri, A. Spagnoli, C. Ronchei, S. Vantadori; Time and frequency domain models for multiaxial fatigue life estimation under random loading | 380 |
| D. G. Hattingh, M. N. James, L. Susmel, R. Tovo; Multiaxial fatigue of aluminium friction stir welded joints: preliminary results | 386 |
| M. Cova, P. Livieri, R. Tovo; Fast assessment of the critical principal stress direction for multiple separated multiaxial loadings | 394 |
| F. Fremy, S. Pommier, E. Galenne, S. Courtin; Crack tip fields in elastic-plastic and mixed mode I+II+III conditions, finite elements simulations and modeling | 401 |
| F. Morel, R. Guerchais, N. Saintier; Competition between microstructure and defect in multiaxial high cycle fatigue | 408 |
| JM. Ayllon, C Navarro, J. Vázquez, J. Domínguez; Comparison of two multiaxial fatigue life prediction models to dental implants | 419 |
| J. A. Araújo, F. C. Castro, S. Pommier, J. Bellecave, J. Mériaux; Equivalent configurations for notch and fretting fatigue | 431 |
| J. Toribio, M. Lorenzo, D. Vergara; Role of multiaxial stress state in the hydrogen-assisted rolling-contact fatigue in bearings for wind turbines | 438 |
| F. C. Castro, J. A. Araújo, M. S. T. Pires, L. Susmel; Estimation of fretting fatigue life using a multiaxial stress-based critical distance methodology | 448 |
| R. Sepe, A. Pozzi; Static and modal numerical analyses for the roof structure of a railway freight refrigerated car | 455 |
| J. Fan, D. Dong, L. Chen, X. Chen, X. Guo; Weight Function Method for computations of crack face displacements and stress intensity factors of center cracks | 467 |
| C. Gao, Y. Lu, Y.T. Zhu; A new micromechanical model of CNT-metal nanocomposites with random clustered distribution of CNTs | 475 |