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:

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  Mechanics of Energy & Energetic Materials

  
  


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  Vibration Effects in Fracture & Fatigue

  
  


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  Fracture & Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Materials

  
  


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  In Situ Techniques for Fatigue & Fracture

  
  


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  Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior

  
  


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  Fracture & Fatigue of Composites

  
  


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  Integration & Validation of Models with Experiments

  
  


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  Fracture & Fatigue in Extreme Environments

  
  


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  Novel Experimental Methods for Fatigue and Fracture

  
  


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  Fracture of Brittle & Ductile Materials

  
  


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  Interfacial Fracture