Vol. 56 No. 1 CONTENTS
Special Issue on
Polymeric Materials
General Paper

Special Issue on Polymeric Materials (Vol.56 No.1)

Original Paper (Vol.56 No.1)

Pattern on Fracture Surface of PS, PE, PPE and PC by Mechanical and Thermo-Stress Fatigue

M.Mori, N.Kousaka, T.Ishikawa, M.Tanahashi and K.Takeda

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Properties of GFRP Using Matrix Resin of Epoxy/Zcrylate Interpenetrating Polymer Network

Kiichi HASEGAWA, Hiroshi HIRANO, Joji KADOTA, Masahiro ABE, Satoshi MATSUDA, Hajime KISHI and Atsushi MURAKAMI

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Morphologies and Rheological Properties of Ethylene-Propylene Block Copolymer/Ethylene-Propylene Rubber Blends

Shuichi MAEDA, Eiichi KAMEI and Toshikazu TAKIGAWA

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Shear Rate Dependence of Orientation Angle and Shape of Dispersed Droplets in Immiscible Polymer Blends under Steady Shear Flow

Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI, Takeshi MURAYAMA, Naotomo IMURA and Ichiro NODA

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Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy Analysis of Yielding in Poly (Methyl Methacrylate)

Shinfya YOSHIOKA, Kohei NISHIDA@and Yukuo NANZAI

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Effects of Flow History on the Crystallization of Polyethylenes with Different Molecular Weight Distributions

Yuji NAKASHIMA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Akihiko TAKADA and Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI

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General Paper (Vol.56 No.1)

Original Paper (Vol.56 No.1)

A Study of Initial Crack Size Distribution Effects on Non-Linier Stress Strain Behavior of Porous Ceramics

H.Baba and A.Suzuki

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Effect of Concrete Sludge Leakage under Construction of Highway Bridge Slab on Its Concrete Strength

Kensuke SHIMIZU, Makoto IMANO, Toshiaki SAWANO, Tetsukazu KIDA, Tadashi ABE, Kiyoshi KATO, Naoki KATO and Makiko TAKANO

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Evaluation Method of Detection Probability on Defect Inspection by Staircase Method Based on Psychometric Measurement

Hidehiko HAYASHI, Masao NAKAGAWA, Hidetoshi NAKAYASU

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Optimization of Risk-Based Operation and Maintenance of Plants through the Application of Taguchi Method

Kazunari FUJIYAMA

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Fish-Eye Fracture of a Low Alloy Steel under High Cycle Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures

Kenji KANAZAWA, Isao SUMIYOSHI, Kazuhiro SHIRAKI and Maya SUGIMOTO

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Simplified Crack Initiation Analysis of Piezoelectric Ceramics under Cyclic Loading

Mamoru MIZUNO and Tetsuya SHIMOMURA

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Characteristics of Unfrozen Water in Frozen Soils and Its Effect on Flexural Strength

Hisao Izuta, Takahiro Ohrai and Chikaosa Tanimoto

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Mechanical Properties of Concrete Used Coarse Slag Aggregate Made from Sewage Sludge

Naho TAKEDA and Takayuki KOJIMA

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Lecture (Vol.56 No.1)

New Challenges for Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue‡T:Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue in Advanced Materials for Next Generation High-Temperature Compponents

Akito NITTA

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