Vol. 54 No. 3 CONTENTS

Original Paper (Vol.54 No.3)

Consolidation with Grain Refinement by Compression Shearing Method under Room Temperature

Hiroyuku TAKEISHI , Noboru NAKAYAMA and Hiroyuki MIKI

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Interaction between Sigma Phase and Hydrogen in Duplex Stainless Steel Weld Metal

Katsuyuki NAKADE and Toshio KURODA

239

Grain Refinement and Improvement of Fatigue Strenth due to Controlled Extrusion in Magnesium Alloys

Mitsutoshi KAMAKURA, Keiro TOKAJI, Hideaki SHIBATA and Norikatsu BEKKU

245

Structural Strength Change by Single Crystallization of Turbine Blades and Vanes

Jinxiang CHEN, Akinori OGAWA, Ryosaku HASHIMOTO, Toyoaki YOSHIDA, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Yoshitaka FUKUYAMA, Tadaharu YOKOKAWA and Hiroshi HARADA

251

Temperature Estimation and Prediction of Aluminum-Content by Means of Microstructural Change in Gas Turbine Coatings

Mitsutoshi OKADA, Yoshiyuki ETORI, Tohru HISAMATSU and Takeshi TAKAHASHI

257

Dissimilarities and Similarities between Thermo-Mechanical and Isothermal Low Cycle Fatigues of a Titanium Alloy Matrix Composite, SP700/SCS-6

Masakazu OKAZAKI, Kazumi HIRANO and Yasuhiro YAMAZAKI

265

Evolution of Macroscopic and Microscopic Themal Cycle Damages in SP700/SCS-6 Titanium Alloy Matrix Composite

Masakazu OKAZAKI, Akira IKADA and Yasuhiro YAMAZAKI

271

Effect of Material Heating on Fabrication of ZnO Thin Films Using Cold He Plasma at Atmospheric Pressure

Tomokazu SHIKAMA, Yoshifumi SUZAKI, Seiki EJIMA, Yasuaki IDE, Syunryou AZUMA, Osamu TANAKA, Takahiro KAJITANI and Hideomi KOINUMA

279

Development of Fatigue Test Method and Size Effect of Fatigue Strength in Metallic Thin Wires

Yoshikazu NAKAI, Akihisa HASHIMOTO and Akihiko TAKETANI

284

Thermal Degradation of Fatigue Strength and Viscoelastic Behavior of Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene Rubber

Tomohiro NARUSE, Toshio HATTORI, Yukihiro YAMAGUCHI,Tetsuya KANAI and Takashi SEKIYA

290

The Effect of Prestrain on Ductile Fracture Initiation of Steel

Hitoshi YOSHINARI, Keitaro ENAMI, Mitsuharu KAN and Shigehiro KANEDA

296

The Prediction Method of Fatigue Life by Temperature Measurement in Fatigue Process

Tetsuya TSUJIKAMI, Takeshi HORIKAWA and Hidenobu TSUKADA

302

Bayesian Inference of Fatigue Life Estimated by Inspection Data

Shinsuke SAKAI, Satoshi OKAJIMA, Satoshi IZUMI and Atsushi IWASAKI

308

Efficient Hit-or-Miss Monte Carlo Methods Simulating Relevant Events for Structural Reliability Evaluation

Akinori S. MATSUHO

314

Fundamental Study on Repair Technology of Reinforced Concrete Based on Corrosion Pattern

Daishin HANAOKA, Shinichi MIYAZATO, Masayoshi YANO and Atsuro MORIWAKE

320

Analysis for Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Elastic Medium with Multi-Layered Elliptic Inclusions under Out-of -Plane Normal Stress

Takeshi TANE, Ken-ichi HIRASHIMA and Hiroki HAMANO

326

Residual Stress Measurement of Shrink Fitted Component in Textured Al Alloy by Neutron Diffraction Method

Shinobu OKIDO, Makoto HAYASHI, Yoshiaki AKINIWA, Keisuke TANAKA, Nobuaki MINAKAWA and Yukio MORII

333

Application of Neutron Stress Measurement Method without Stress-Free Lattice Constant to Practical Material

Hiroshi SUZUKI, Atsushi MORIAI, Nobuaki MINAKAWA and Yukio MORII

339

Lecture (Vol.54 No.3)

The Environment and Polymeric Materials‡V:Non-Petroleum Polymer Materials

Katsuhiko TAKAYA

346