1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes 01 August 1996 Pages: v - v

2. Extensions of the pseudo tractions technique for friction in cracks, circular cavities and external boundaries; effect of the interactions on the homogenised stiffness

   • C. Fond
   • Y. Berthaud

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 1 - 28

3. Fractal effects of crack propagation on dynamic stress intensity factors and crack velocities

   • Heping Xie
   • David J. Sanderson

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 29 - 42

4. On the fundamental energy argument of elastic fracture mechanics

   • R. F. Keating
   • G. B. Sinclair

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 43 - 61

5. Interfacial stress singularities in a bimaterial wedge

   • M. R. H. Rudge
   • D. M. Tiernan

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 63 - 75

6. Influence of crack depth and strength matching on deformation and plastic zone for welded joint specimen

   • W. Tang
   • Y. W. Shi

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 77 - 87

7. A 2-D five-noded finite element to model power singularity

   • M.M. Abdel Wahab
   • G. De Roeck

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: 89 - 97

8. Meetings calendar

   Events 01 August 1996 Pages: R2 - R2

9. Plastic zone characteristics of crack tip in anisotropic solids

   • Zhiming Ye

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: R3 - R10

10. Weight function for cracks ahead of sharp notches

    • T. Fett

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1996 Pages: R11 - R16

11. A comment on the mixed-mode fracture criteria: Effect of the micro damage zone around the crack tip

    • Chen Zengtao

    BriefCommunication 01 August 1996 Pages: R17 - R19