Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 7 of the Proceedings of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. 

Session organizers include: Jay Carroll, Shuman Xia, Allison Beese, Ryan Berke, Garrett Pataky, Samantha Daly, Kavan Hazeli, Antonios Kontsos, Omer Ozgur Capraz, Scott Grutzik, Onome Scott-Emaukpor

The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including: 

• Mechanics of Energy & Energetic Materials
  
• Vibration Effects in Fracture & Fatigue
  
• Fracture & Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Materials
  
• In Situ Techniques for Fatigue & Fracture
  
• Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior
  
• Fracture & Fatigue of Composites
  
• Integration & Validation of Models with Experiments
  
• Fracture & Fatigue in Extreme Environments
  
• Novel Experimental Methods for Fatigue and Fracture
  
• Fracture of Brittle & Ductile Materials
  
• Interfacial Fracture