Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 7 of the Proceedings of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Session organizers include: Jay Carroll, Shuman Xia, Allison Beese, Ryan Berke, Garrett Pataky, Samantha Daly, Kavan Hazeli, Antonios Kontsos, Omer Ozgur Capraz, Scott Grutzik, Onome Scott-Emaukpor

The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:

Mechanics of Energy & Energetic Materials

Vibration Effects in Fracture & Fatigue

Fracture & Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Materials

In Situ Techniques for Fatigue & Fracture

Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior

Fracture & Fatigue of Composites

Integration & Validation of Models with Experiments

Fracture & Fatigue in Extreme Environments

Novel Experimental Methods for Fatigue and Fracture

Fracture of Brittle & Ductile Materials

Interfacial Fracture.