Vol. 56 No. 3 CONTENTS

Original Paper (Vol.56 No.3)

Molecular Dynamics Study of Impact Velocity Dependence of Structure of Debris Cloud under Hyper Velocity Impact

Keiko NAKATANI, Ryosuke KAYANOKI and Yoshihiko SUGIYAMA

199

Molecular Dynamics Study of Impact Angle Dependence of Structure of Debris Cloud under Hyper Velocity Impact

Keiko NAKATANI, Ryosuke KAYANOKI and Yoshihiko SUGIYAMA

205

Effect of P(LLA-CL) Blending on the Mechanical Properties of PLLA/PCL

Tetsuo TAKAYAMA, Mitsugu TODO, Hideto TSUJI and Kazuo ARAKAWA

211

Measurement of Residual Stress Distribution in Laser-Shock Peened Ti Alloy Using Hard Synchrotron X-Rays

Kenji SUZUKI, Takahisa SHOBU and Keisuke TANAKA

217

X-Ray Diffraction Analyses of ZnO and (Zn,Mg)O Single Crystalline Films Epitaxially Grown on a-plane Sapphire Substrates

Katsuhiko INABA, Kazuto KOIKE, Shigehiko SASA, Masataka INOUE and Mitsuaki YANO

223

Effects of Stress Ratio and Frequency on Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass

Yoshikazu NAKAI and Makoto SEKI

229

Influences of Hardness, Defect Size and Retained Austenite on Fatigue Strength at N = 107 for Carburized Steels

Junichiro YAMABE and Toshiharu MATSUI

236

Brittle Fracture Analysis of Porous Ceramics Based on Initiation of Micro Damages

Tomoyuki FUJII, Yoshiaki AKINIWA and Takafumi AMATA

244

Water Resistance and Mechanical Properties of Modified Porous Carbon Materials made from Rice Hull

Michiaki SHISHIDO, Satoshi KUBO, Keigo YOSHIDA, Takeshi TAKAHASHI and Hiroshi IIZUKA

252

Evaluation of Seismic Reliability of Steel Bridge Piers Considering Energy Absorption Performance

Hiromitsu KOSHIDA, Wataru SHIRAKI and Masahiro DOGAKI

258

Effects of Frequency and Stroke on Lubricated Reciprocating Friction between Plain Carbon Steel and Bearing Steel

Toku ITOH and Sadamu FUJII

266

A Fast-Response Thermopile Photodetector Fabricated by a Photolithography Technique Combined with Laser-Beam Machining

Shigenobu MURAOKA, Mitsuaki YANO, Yoshihiro KITA and Kozo ICHIKAWA

272

Direct Growth of ZnO Whiskers Bridging between Micron-Gap Electrodes in Aqueous Solution

Keisuke KAMETANI, Herve DUMONT, Hiroshi IMAMOTO and Shizuo FUJITA

278

Effect of Coarse Aggregate on the Tensile Strength of Expansive Concrete in Early Age

Isamu YOSHITAKE, Kunikazu YOSHIOKA, Yuji EBITANI, Keisuke MIYAMOTO and Sumio HAMADA

282

Mechanical Properties of Lightweight Concrete Using Crushed Waste Expanded Polysyrene Melts Ingot

Seiji FUKUSHIMA and Tetsuro KASAI

287

Shrinkage Characteristics of Cement Paste and Mortar at Very Early Ages

Yusuke BABA and Tetsurou KASAI

294

Lecture (Vol.56 No.3)

New Challenges for Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue‡V:Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue in Electronic Devices

Masao SAKANE

302