Download or read book 8th International Conference on Fracture and Strength of Solids written by Ahmad Kamal Ariffin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set of 339 peer-reviewed papers covers the broad areas of Composite, Polymer and Ceramic Materials, Fracture Mechanics and Mechanisms, Materials, Mechanical Structure, Strength and Dynamics, Interface Failure and Failure Analysis, Nano-Mechanics and Structures, Damage and Failure, Structural Design and Optimisation, Fatigue and Crack Propagation, Materials Modelling and Computation, Concrete, Rock and Soil, Dynamic Fracture and Impact, Erosion and Corrosion, Smart Materials and Structures, Biomechanics and Other Novel Methods of Computer Modelling in Engineering and Science. The new ideas and results presented will certainly stimulate and enhance progress in research on fracture mechanics, materials behaviour and computational science, as well as advancing fundamental understanding in these fields.