Vol. 53 No. 5 CONTENTS

Original Paper (Vol.53 No.5)

Evaluation of Microscopic Plastic Deformation of Polycrystalline Aluminum by Laser-Scanning Microscope

Hualin SONG, Takeji ABE, Ichiro SHIMIZU, Naoya TADA and Tashiyuki TORII

473

Effects of Deformation in the Vicinity of Crack Tips on Crack Propagation after Applying Overload -Acceleration of Crack Propagation after Applying Overload-

Chobin MAKABE, Anindito PURNOWIDODO and Arthur J. McEVILY

481

Rolling Contact Fatigue in Carburized Steel (SCM415) and Crack Initiation Depth

Katsuyuki KIDA, Hiroyuki Asou, Makoto SAITOU, Noriyasu OGUMA, Koshiro YAMAKAWA and Hisashi HARADA

487

Environmental Effects of High Temperature Sodium on Fatigue Crack Characteristics

Hideaki ABE, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Kazumasa OZAWA and Yukio TAKAHASHI

493

Tearing Test of Natural and Synthetic Fibers

Masayoshi KITAGAWA, Shinya MATUZAKI and Daisuke NISHI

500

Effect of Shape of Bonded Dissimilar Materials on Stress Intensity Factor of Small Edge Interface Crack

Seiji IOKA, Takashi MATSUDA and Shiro KUBO

505

Tensile Strength and Fatigue Strength of Friction-Welded SUS304 Stainless Steel Joints -Evaluation of Joint Strength by Deformation Heat Input in Upset Stage and Upset Burn-Off Length-

Yoshiaki YAMAMOTO, Hiizu OCHI, Takeshi SAWAI, Koichi OGAWA, Ryoji TSUJINO and Masanori YASUTOMI

512

An Interface Crack in a Laminated Beam Subject to Thermal Gradient

Kazuyoshi FUKAGAWA, Masao ARITOMI, Mikio ODA and Masayuki TOYA

518

Initiation and Growth Behavior of Small Fatigue Cracks in Ultra Fine-Grained P/M Aluminum Alloys

Atsushi SUGETA, Yoshihiko UEMATSU, Soichi NAKAMURA, Munehiro YASUDA and Masahiro JONO

526

Effect of Intermetallic Compounds on Friction Weldability of Aluminum Alloys to S25C Carbon Steel

Hiizu OCHI, Koichi OGAWA, Yoshiaki YAMAMOTO, Gosaku KAWAI, Ryoji TSUJINO and Yasuo SUGA

532

Development of Cotton Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene/Polyethylene Composite Materials with Using Loosing Technique

Masahiro KURASAKA, Takashi MATSUOKA, Kazuhiko SAKAGUCHI and Hiroyuki FUJITA

539

A Study on Residual Stress Measurement for Fine Ceramics by Indentation Fracture Method

Tatsuo SAKAI, Tsuyoshi TANAKA and Takashi SHICHINO

546

Monitoring of Micro Drilling of Printed Wiring Boards by Thermograph -Drilling Temperature of Printed Wiring Boards Reinforced by Aramid Fiber-

Toshiki HIROGAKI, Eiichi AOYAMA, Tsutao KATAYAMA, NAKAGAWA Heisaburo, Takahide NAKAMURA, Youhei SIMOKAWA and Hisahiro INOUE

553

Investigation of Impact Tensile Test Using the Split-Hopkinson Bar

Kinya OGAWA and Fumiko SUGIYAMA

560

Evaluation for Creep Properties of 316FR Weld Metal with Miniature Weld Metal and Full-Thickness Welded Joint Specimens

Hiromichi HONGO, Masayoshi YAMAZAKI, Takashi WATANABE, Masaaki TABUCHI, Tatsuhiko TANABE and Yoshio MONMA

566

A Study on Prediction Method of Time-Dependent-Change of Viscosity for Cement Paste Used Polycarboxylate Based Superplasticizer

Tomoji Kumano, Kiyoshi Yamura and Kenji Nakura

572

Lecture (Vol.53 No.5)

Fracture, Its Evaluation and Suppression‡T:Current Topics on Environmental Strength of Materials -From Structural Materials to Micro Materials-

Kouji MINOSHIMA

578