Editorial: Recent advances in fracture research

• 来源期刊: 力学快报(英文版)
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（4）
• 页码范围: 12-13
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.1063/2.1404102

摘要

Fracture is a leading subject full of revolutionary and discipline penetration in a diversity of fields,e.g.,mechanics,materials science,physics,medicine,mechanical engineering,civil engineering,astronautics and aeronautics.Fracture research concerns various fracture accidents in real life,and provides important theoretical supports for preventing catastrophic accidents.Investigations on damage,fracture,fatigue and structural integrity of materials and structures are of critical significance in the development of human being's civilization and lay the foundation for the improvements in different areas of science and technology.Understandings of the damage and failure mechanisms of materials and structures are closely related with the security of many engineering fields.The fundamental theories and methods of damage,fracture and fatigue under different service conditions have been widely applied in almost all aspects of economics,e.g.,aerospace,energy,environment,national defense,architecture,microelectronics,mechanical,petrochemical,biomedical,civil and hydraulic engineering.In recent years,fracture research and its applications have extended from biomedicine to geophysics,from nano/micro to macro scales,and from physical to holistic and system modelling.