This book contains a selection of the lectures presented at the Euromech Colloquium 255, held at the Liborianum, Paderborn, from 31 October to 2 November 1989. The subject of the Colloquium "Thermal Effects in Fracture of Multiphase Materials" attracted about 50 scientists from 13 coun tries. Several well known scientists who are active in research on thermal effects in fracture proces ses were present at the Colloquium as lecturers (29 lectures were delivered) as well as valuable participants of the intensive discussions which took part during the sessions, coffe breaks and lunch times. The closing session of the Colloquium was devoted to a general discussion on the trends in the development of the research in the field, the prospects of the theoretical research, new materials (composites, ceramics etc. ), and the trends in technological applications. Over twenty comments and remarks have been made during this final general discussion, showing the interest of the audi torium in such an exchange of viewpoints. However, this discussion is not reflected in this volume. The Colloquium has been subdivided into six sessions: I "Thermodynamics of Fracture Processes" II . "Fracture of Nonhomogeneous Solids" III "Thermal Cracking of Heterogeneous Materials" IV-VI "Fracture Phenomena in Composite Systems I-III" One of the main topics in session I consisted in the description of the influence of thermal effects on shear band localization failure. Thereby shear bands nucleate due.

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Some Considerations on the Thermodynamics of Fracture.- Influence of Thermal Effects on Shear Band Localization in Elastic-Plastic Damaged Solids.- Specialization of the Thermodynamic Energy Balance Equations to Fracture Processes in Thermoelastoplastic Materials.- Stress Singularities and Discontinuities on the Free Surface of a Thermoelastoplastic Bimaterial Body.- Stress-Driven Solute Segregation Near Crack Tips: Theoretical Modelling and Applications to the Intergranular Fracture of Heterogeneous Materials.- Continuum Mechanics of Media with Interfaces.- Fracture of Coated Plates and Shells under Thermal Shock.- Debonding of Thin Surface Layers Generated by Thermal and Diffusive Fluxes.- Crack Propagation in Materials with Local Inhomogeneities under Thermal Load.- Crack Extension in Inhomogeneous Materials.- Thermal Cracking in Fibrous Composites Using the Normal Stress Ratio.- The Effect of a Plastic Zone around a Fiber on the Fracture Resistance of a Fiber Reinforced Composite.- Failure Mechanisms and Fracture Toughness of Different Polymer Composite Systems.- Modelling of Toughening and Its Temperature Dependency in Whisker-Reinforced Ceramics.- Theoretical Models for the Explanation of Toughening Mechanisms in Heavy-Duty Ceramics.- Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue of Shape Memory Alloys.- Matrix Cracking of Cross-Ply Laminates under T-Fatigue and Thermal Loading.- Load and Damage Dependent Thermal Effects in CFRP-Laminates.- A Statistical Approach to Thermal Shock Behaviour of Syntactic Foam.- Static and Dynamic Pull-Out of an Elastic Rod from a Rigid Wall.- An External Radial Crack in a Unit Cell of a Fibre-Reinforced Composite.- On the Effective Young's Modulus of Elasticity for Porous Materials Part 1: The General Model Equation.- The Crack Driving Force inDamaged Particle Strengthened Ceramics.- Stress Concentration in Microinhomogeneous Inelastic Materials.