Engineering Against Fracture Proceedings of the 1st Conference
This volume consists of selected papers from the first conference on Engineering Against Fracture, held in Patras, Greece, May 28-30, 2008. The book delivers a wealth of scientific works aiming to provide solutions to a number of engineering problems foun
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Spiros Pantelakis · Chris Rodopoulos Editors
Engineering Against Fracture Proceedings of the 1st Conference
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Editors Spiros Pantelakis Chris Rodopoulos University of Patras Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics 265 00 Patras Greece [email protected] [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4020-9401-9
e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9402-6
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Preface
Within the last thirty years there is a growing acknowledgement that prevention of catastrophic failures necessitates engagement of a large pool of expertise. Herein it is not excessive to seek advice from disciplines like materials science, structural engineering, mathematics, physics, reliability engineering and even economics. Today’s engineering goals, independently of size; do not have the luxury of being outside a global perspective. Survival of the integrated markets and financial systems require a web of safe transportation, energy production and product manufacturing. It is perhaps the first decade in engineering history that multidisciplinary approaching is not just an idea that needs to materialise but has matured beyond infancy. We can witness such transition by examining engineering job descriptions and postgraduate curricula. The undertaking of organising a conference to reflect the above was not easy and definitely, not something that was brought to life without a lot of work and commitment. The 1st Conference of Engineering Against Fracture from its conceptual day until completion was designed in a way of underlying the need of bringing all the key players on a common ground that once properly cultivated can flourish. To achieve that the conference themes were numerous and despite their, in principle notional differences, it was apparent that the attendees established such common ground through argumentation. The reader can see this from the variety of research areas reflected by the works and keynote lecturers presented. A booster to our endeavour was definitely the fact that the conference was also organised to honour the retirement of Prof. Theodore Kermanidis. A figure, which can easily receive the title of the forefather of our laboratory and department. The editors of these proceedings are in debt to several people including the local and international organising committee and the postgraduate students of the Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials, University of Patras. Special thanks should be given to two very special ladies, E. Sotiropoulou and A. Koutsouliakou who without them the confer
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