Preface From the editors Exporation of multiscaling related to crack velocity behavior with temperature change under fatigue and creep Fatigue crack growth studies in fast breeder reactor steels Finite element creep analysis of brazed stainless steel plate-fin structure Investigation of traction prescribed weight function methodology for thermal shock fracture in a boundary restrained edge cracked plate Relationship between the applied torque and compression of fasket in a fuel cell assembly Specimens subjected to combined compressive and high temperature loads:intrinsic behaviour or structural effect? A unified visco-plastic constitutive model for uniaxial time-dependent ratcheting and its finite implementation Detection and analysis of corrosion and failure of urban buried steel-made fas pipeline Effect of three-dimensional complex microstructure on the mechanical behaviour and damage initiation of particle-reinforced composites Analytical solution for an open-ended thick-walled cylinder subjected to linear ddistribution pressure on the outer surface Multiaxial creep strength design for high temperature components in coal-fired power plants Micro-mechanics analysis for discontinuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite