%O 15th European Conference on Fracture (ECF), Stockholm, Sweden, August 11-13,2004 - On CD-ROM %B Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Fracture (ECF) %T Influence of interface bonding strength on brittle crack propagation in bi-material structural components %X The influence of the interface bonding strength on brittle crack propagation in bi-material structures is investigated. In this study a crack is set at the vertex of the interface between two joined dissimilar materials. Competition between several possible crack trajectories is endeavoured, paying special attention to the effect of thermo-elastic and residual stresses on crack propagation. %I ECF %L eprints1924 %A Alberto Carpinteri %A Marco Paggi %D 2004