SPECIAL ISSUES
The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design has an active programme of Special Issues on topics of particular interest. The Special Issues planned for 2011 include: 'Micro-scale experimental mechanics' and 'Strain Measurement using Synchrotron X-rays'.
2010, Vol. 45
High Strain Rate and Impact Loading, issue JSA6. Edited by Clive Siviour.
This special issue contains papers describing experiments for the intrinsic properties and macro-scale response of novel materials such as: composites, foams, bio-materials, nano-materials, and metals or polymers with bespoke microstructures, and a review showing how analytical calculations can be used, in combination with these properties, to predict and understand the response of structures to impact loading. These papers should be of interest to experimentalists and modellers alike: good numerical modelling must be underpinned by robust data for material properties, a sound physical understanding of the underlying phenomena, and high quality validation experiments.
Micromechanics: Micro-Deformation, Texture and Failure , issue JSA5. Edited by David Rugg, Angus Wilkinson and Fionn Dunne.
This Special Issue was initiated as a direct result of a meeting held in the UK in 2008, and organised by Rolls-Royce, in order to address the status quo and future needs and directions in developing fundamental understanding of deformation in metals. It is an important factor that the meeting and the resulting Special Issue were driven by the aero-engine industry and it is particularly noteworthy that the fundamentals of micro-deformation are considered by the industry to be key to the future of the technology. This Special Issue contains papers addressing the industrial perspective of micro-deformation, together with high-resolution EBSD, texture, x-ray synchrotron techniques in residual stress and micro-strain, and strain localisation and failure.
2009, Vol. 44
Strain and Deformation in Nanoscale Objects, Special Section in issue JSA7. Edited by Eann Patterson.
Opportunities arise from the prospect of using nanotechnology to obtain comprehensive, reliable data during service from devices and structures at all scales in order to make better structural prognoses. This outlook prompted the editors of JSA to commission a group of papers on strain and deformation at the nano-scale, even though the topic is still in its infancy. The result is this group of four, very different papers reflecting the broad potential impact of nanotechnology on strain analysis for engineering design.
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Strain Analysis in Soft Tissues, issue JSA5. Guest Edited by Mark Thompson.
A mechanical understanding of the function of the human body is central to the development and design of new and improved ways of detecting, monitoring, and treating disease and injury. The complex structure of soft tissues gives rise to special demands and constraints in the analysis of their mechanical behaviour. This special issue collects together reviews and reports of new techniques for analysis of the mechanical behaviour of soft tissues.
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Residual Strain Analysis, issue JSA1. Guest Edited by Alexander Korsunsky and David Hills.
This special issue of the Journal of Strain Analysis aims to address and review the state-of-the-art in the measurement, modelling, and management of residual strains and stresses.
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2008, Vol. 43
Image Correlation Methods, issue JSA8. Guest Edited by Michael Sutton.
The articles in this special issue include high-rate and submerged-specimen imaging, material property estimation, micro- and nano-scale imaging, volumetric measurements via CT and confocal microscope laser imaging, image-based error assessment, and three applications from concrete structures, fracture mechanics, and hole expansion effects.
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Thermal Techniques for Stress Analysis and Damage Assessment, (Special Issue in Honour of Emeritus Professor Peter Stanley), issue JSA6. Guest Edited by Janice Dulieu-Barton.
This collection of high-quality papers clearly demonstrate the range of current activities in the area of thermal stress analysis, and highlight the challenges that remain in providing a better fundamental understanding of the physics and mechanics of thermoelasticity.
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PREVIOUS SPECIAL ISSUES
2007, Vol. 42
Multiscale Modelling in Materials Processing, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by F P E Dunne.
2005, Vol. 40
Acoustic Emission, issue JSA1. Guest Edited by K M Holford and K Worden.
2004, Vol. 39
Contact Mechanics, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by A Sackfield and C E Truman.
2002, Vol. 37
Fretting Fatigue, issue JSA6. Guest Edited by D Hills
2000, Vol. 35
Residual Stress, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by D J Smith.
1999, Vol. 34
Remnant Life, issue JSA6. Guest Edited by M Ciavarella and D Hills.
1998, Vol. 33
Advanced Optical Techniques, issue JSA2. Guest Edited by E A Patterson
1994, Vol. 29
Creep, issue JSA3. Guest Edited by T H Hyde
1989, Vol. 24
Failure of Reinforced Plastics, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by F L Matthews
1983, Vol. 18
Boundary Integral Method, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by R T Fenner
1975, Vol. 10
Fracture Mechanics, issue JSA4. Guest Edited by H L Cox, H Fessler, K J Miller, L P Pook and C E Turner