FACTA UNIVERSITATIS
SERIES MECHANICS, AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND ROBOTICS, Vol. 3, No 13, 2003


Contents
Emmanuel E. Gdoutos
PREFACE
E.E. Gdoutos, I.M. Daniel, P. Schubel
FRACTURE MECHANICS OF RUBBER
Katica (Stevanović) Hedrih, Ljubiša Perić
METHODS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF ELECTROELASTIC PIEZOELECTRIC BODIES 
WITH DEFECT APPLYING SPATIAL ANALYSIS IN MATLAB
Jörg F. Kalthoff
FAILURE METHODOLOGY OF MODE-II LOADED CRACKS
Mirko Vukobrat
CONSERVATION LAWS IN THE DYNAMICS OF COSSERA CURVES - 
APPLICATION TO THE FRACTURE MECHANICS
Dragan B. Jovanović
POTENTIAL ENERGY STATE DURING CRACK PROPAGATION 
IN DISCRETE MODEL OF MATERIAL
Jelena M. Veljković, Ružica R. Nikolić
APPLICATION OF THE INTERFACE CRACK CONCEPT TO PROBLEM 
OF A CRACK BETWEEN A THIN LAYER AND A SUBSTRATE
A. R. Luxmoore
AN R-CURVE ASSESSMENT OF STABLE CRACK GROWTH IN AN ALUMINIUM ALLOY
David J. Unger, Elias C. Aifantis
NEW CLASS OF SOLUTIONS OF THE REDUCED WAVE EQUATION 
APPLICABLE TO CRACK PROBLEMS RELATED TO GRADIENT ELASTICITY
H. J. Schindler
AN ENGINEERING CONCEPT TO ACCOUNT FOR CRACK-TIP CONSTRAINTS
L. Marsavina, A. D. Nurse
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SMALL-SCALE YIELDING INTERFACIAL FREE-EDGE JOINT 
AND CRACK-TIP FIELDS
D. Jelaska, S. Glodez, S. Podrug
CLOSED FORM EXPRESSION FOR FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION 
AT COMBINED HCF/LCF LOADING
Chris A Rodopoulos, Eduardo R. de los Rios
THE EFFECT OF STRESS RATIO ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF SHORT FATIGUE CRACKS 
IN ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
M. de Freitas, L. Reis, B. Li
EVALUATION OF SMALL CRACK GROWTH MODELS 
FOR NOTCHED SPECIMEN UNDER AXIAL/TORSIONAL FATIGUE LOADING
G. Labeas, Th. Kermanidis, J. Diamantakos
EFFICIENT ENGINEERING APPROACHES FOR THE PREDICTION OF FATIGUE PROPAGATION 
OF CORNER CRACKS IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE SITE DAMAGE
G. Labeas, J. Diamantakos, Al. Kermanidis, Sp. Pantelakis
ASSESSMENT OF WIDESPREAD FATIGUE DAMAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF CORROSION
Jozef Čačko
MODELLING OF A MATERIAL DEGRADATION AND DAMAGE MECHANICS 
IN MACHINE STRUCTURES UNDER SERVICE LOADING
Nenad Gubeljak
UNSTABLE FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR OF WELD METAL 
AT A HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOY STEEL
George Tsamasphyros, Zaira Marioli-Riga, Chris Vrettos
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE STRESS ANALYSIS OF REPAIRED AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES 
WITH THE METHOD OF COMPOSITE PATCH REPAIR
Eitoku Nakanishi, Yutaka Sawaki, Kiyoshi Isogimi
MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION OF FIBER DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE 
DURING MACHINING OF A-FRP
Zaira P. Marioli-Riga, George J. Tsamasphyros, George N. Kanderakis
EVALUATION OF EDDY CURRENT SENSITIVITY FOR THE INSPECTION 
OF CRACK PROPAGATION UNDER A COMPOSITE PATCH
A. Carpinteri, G. Lacidogna
DAMAGE DIAGNOSTIC IN CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES 
BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION TECHNIQUE
LETTER TO EDITOR
Igor V. Andrianov, Jan Awrejcewicz
HOMO ANALITICUS OR HOMO COMPUTICUS?
Irena Čomić
SOME REMARKS ON THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TENSOR SOCIETY 
ON DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY & ITS APPLICATIONS AND MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS 
OF INFORMATION SCIENCES & ITS APPLICATIONS
AKITSUGU KAWAGUCHI
TOMOAKI KAWAGUCHI
Lajos Tamássy
PROFESSOR AKITSUGU KAWAGUCHI
Katica (Stevanović) Hedrih
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANALYSIS, MANIFOLDS AND MECHANICS
Sarbari Ray-Guha
PROF. M. C. CHAKI 
AND M. C. CHAKI CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE, CALCUTTA