Proceedings of Fatigue, Durability and Fracture Mechanics

Part 1: Fatigue Durability.- Engineering Design & Life Prediction.- Computational Techniques & Life Prediction.- Materials & Metallurgy.- Instrumentation & Life Prediction.- Reliability.- Part 2: Fracture Mechanics.- Part 3: Residual Life Assessment.

Dr. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao FASM, FNAE, FIIM, FASc, formerly served as Head, Mechanical Metallurgy Division at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. Presently he is a Ministry of Steel Chair Professor in the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. He has received his B.E degree (Metallurgy) from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, M.Tech (Physical Metallurgy) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and Ph.D (Metallurgical Engineering) from University of Madras. His current research interests are Mechanical Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Welding Science and Technology and Powder Metallurgy. He has published 250 research papers. He has been serving as an Editor of International Materials Reviews, International Review Board Member of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions and Materials Engineering and Performance since 1995. He is a member of the Technical Books Committee of ASM International. He has been the recipient of the Best Metallurgist Award from the Ministry of Steel (1995), MRSI Medal (1997), NASA Appreciation (1994), Binani Gold Medal of IIM (1990), SAIL Gold Medal (Certificate of Merit) of IIM (2000), I.T. Mirchandani (1990), H.D. Govindaraj (1990), Nucor (1996), and D&H Schechron (1994) Awards of the Indian Institute of Welding. He has served as National Research Council Fellow of USA at the NASA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland and as a Guest Scientist at Nuclear Research Centre, Juelich, Germany and University of Siegen, Germany.

Dr. S. Seetharamu received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in 1982 after obtaining his M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from IISc in 1976 and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University in 1974. Dr. S. Seetharamu worked in Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) since 1985 and retired as Director in June 2015. Energy Technology and Materials Engineering are his areas of interest and