1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes 14 April 2004 Pages: v - vii

2. Microcrack initiation at tip of a rigid line inhomogeneity

   • Z. M. Xiao
   • H. Fan

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: 1 - 9

3. The fiber-matrix interface crack — A numerical analysis using Boundary Elements

   • F. París
   • J. C. Caño
   • J. Varna

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: 11 - 29

4. The immersed fatigue response of polymer composites

   • L. V. Smith
   • Y. J. Weitsman

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: 31 - 42

5. A study of fatigue crack closure by elastic-plastic finite element analysis for constant-amplitude loading

   • J. Wu
   • F. Ellyin

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: 43 - 65

6. Numerical modeling of ductile crack growth in 3-D using computational cell elements

   • C. Ruggieri
   • T. L. Panontin
   • R. H. Dodds Jr.

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: 67 - 95

7. Meetings calendar

   Events 14 April 2004 Pages: R2 - R2

8. Size effects on fracture toughness of brittle materials

   • H. J. Schindler

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: R3 - R10

9. Study of the 3-D region around a crack tip by caustics

   • M. Konsta-Gdoutos
   • E. I. Meletis

   OriginalPaper 14 April 2004 Pages: R11 - R17