Crack Tip Examination.- Numerical Evaluation of Crack Tip Opening Displacements: 2D and 3D Applications.- Problems of Numerical CTOD Analyses.- Theoretical Calculation of CTOD Using a Dugdale Model Including Strain Hardening for Surface Cracks.- Dugdale Solutions for Strain Hardening Materials.- Experimental Techniques.- COD Concepts in R-Curve Testing.- On the Experimental Determination of CTOD Based R-Curves.- Relationships Between Various Definitions of the Crack Tip Opening Displacement.- CTOD and Crack Growth Including J-CTOD Relationship.- Evaluation of the Crack-Tip-Opening-Displacement (VR) Resistance Curve Method.- CTOD and J Relationships for a Growing Crack.- Relations Between the Crack Tip Opening Displacement, ?5, and the Modified J, JM.- Application.- A Preliminary Assessment of the Use of the CTOD Criterion in Dynamic Fracture Mechanics.- CTOD Testing of Welds.- Statistical Analysis of Critical CTOD and J Values in SAW C-Mn Steel Welds.- On the Toughness Evaluation of Sulphide-Controlled Fe 510 Steel by Charpy-V-Impact, Fracture Mechanics, and Wide Plate Tests.- The Use of CTOD Methods in Fitness for Purpose Analysis.- The Prediction of Failure Situations Using th CTOD Concept Based on the Engineering Treatment Model (ETM).- Fracture Mechanics Tests on Axially Cracked Pipe Sections Subjected to Internal Pressure.
