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The list, which follows chronological order, does not include several internal reports, compendia, etc.
If publication year is tagged with an asterix (*) e.g. 1971 *, the publication is electronically aviable from internet.

Publication
year
Title
1949 Pressure-Time-Relation at Detonation of High Explosives in Contact with Steel (in Swedish), Report 109:3 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1949 Term project (Examenarbete) from the Royal Institute of Technology. Stockholm.
1950 Calculation of the Decay of the Energy of a Shock Wave in Air, generated by a spherical TNT-charge (in Swedish) Report 103:2 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1950 Maximum Pressure at Normal Reflection of a Shock Wave in Air at a Rigid Wall, (in Swedish), Report 103:3 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1950 Theoretical Studies of Plane Shock Wave Propagation (translated from Swedish), Report 103:5, from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1950 Measurements of Shock Wave Pressures in Water by Using Tourmaline Crystals, (in Swedish), Report 111:2 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1951 Measurements with Strain Gauges on Structures Loaded by Shock Waves, (in Swedish), Report 109:4 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1951 Measurements of Displacements (Amplitudes) by Capacitive Methods on Structures Loaded by Shock Waves (in Swedish), Report 109:6 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1951 Principle Study of the Influence of Strength Properties on the Scabbing Phenomenon (in Swedish), Report 109:7 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1952 Measurements on Vibrations on Towers for Anti-Aircraft Guns (in Swedish), Report 118:1 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1954 Studies of the Principles for Air Conditioning in Rock Installations (translated from Swedish), Report 122:1 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1955 Studies of Scabbing of Solids Under Explosive Attack, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 22, 317-323.
1956 Shock Waves in Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Media, Phd Dissertation, Stockholm: Royal Institute of Technology. Also issued as Report 109:12 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration. Doctoral thesis later translated into Russian and Chinese.
1957 Sealing of Welded Joints on Steel-Concrete-Tanks (in Swedish), Report 113:1 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1957 Calculation of Certain Quantities at the Front of an Air Shock, Generated by a Spherical TNT-charge (in Swedish), Report 103:15 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1957 Heat Absorption in Standard Shelters (translated from Swedish, February 1958) Sundbyberg, Sweden.
1958 Seminar presentation, Lund Institute of Technology No.128
1958 Balanced Design of Shelters with Regard to Air Shocks and Radioactive Radiation (in Swedish), Report 109:14 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1959 Three lectures on the theory of fracture and spalling. Golden, Colorado: Technical report from the Colorado School of Mines
1959 A Problem on Stress Waves in an Infinite Elastic Plate. Transactions of the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, No. 139.
1960 Action of High Explosive at Contact Detonation at Granite Plates (in Swedish), Report 109:15 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1960 Effect of contact detonation in granite plates. (translated from Swedish Report 109:15 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration) published as Chapter 2 in US Department of Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, Wash.D.C. Foreign Research in Protective Construction. Navdocks P-296 (1963), 15-36
1960 The Propagation of a Brittle Crack, Arkiv för Fysik, Stockholm, 18, pp. 159-192.
1960 Some Aspects of the Mechanism of Scabbing, in Stress Wave Propagation in Materials, ed. by N. Davids, Intersc. Publ., N.Y. pp. 229-246.
1961 Scabbing in Rock Tunnels (in Swedish), Report 109:16 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration. English translation published as Spalling in rock tunnels. Chapter 5 in Wash. D.C.: Department of Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, Foreign Research in Protective Construction. Navdocks P-296 (1963) 107-16.
1963 On Protection against Direct-Transmitted Ground Shock in Rock (in Swedish), Report 109:18 from the Royal Swedish Fortifications Administration.
1964 On the Speed of a Brittle Crack. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 31, pp. 546-547.
1967 Discussion of Fracture from the Energy Point of view, in Recent Progress in Applied Mechanics, eds. B. Broberg, J.Hult, F. Niordson, Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm.
1968 Critical Review of Some Theories in Fracture Mechanics, International Journal of Fracture Mechanics, 4, pp. 11-18.
1971 * Crack-Growth Criteria and Non-Linear Fracture Mechanics, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 19, pp. 407-418.
1973 On Dynamic Crack Propagation in Elastic-Plastic Media (DuPont Lecture), in Proceedings of an international Conference on Dynamic Crack Propagation, ed. G.C. Sih Noordhoff Int. Publ., Leyden, pp. 461-499.
1973 On stable crack extension. Lund Institute of Technology.
1973 * Discussion of Initial and Subsequent Crack Growth, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 5: 1031-1035.
1974 The Importance of Stable Crack Extension in Linear and Non-Linear Fracture Mechanics, in Proceedings of an international Conference on Prospects of Fracture Mechanics, Noordhoff Int. Publ. Leyden, 125-¬137.
1975 * On Stable Crack Growth. J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 23: 215-237.
1975 * Corrigendum On stable crack growth J. Mech. Phys. Solids 23, 215 (1975)
J. Mech. Phys. Solids 23, 443-445
1975 On different stages and states in the fracture process and the nature of related criteria. Rapporter från svenska högskolor.
1975 Energy Methods in Statics and Dynamics of Fracture. Journal of The Japanese Society for Strength and Fracture of Materials, Sendai, Japan. Vol. 10, no 2: 33-45.
1975 On different stages and states in the fracture process and the nature of related criteria. Reports from Swedish highschools. Lecture at XVII Polish Solid Mechanics Conference in Szcyrk, 3-9 September. E20
1975 On the Theory of Wedging, Report from the Research Institute on Strength & Fracture of Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Vol. 11: 1, 1-27.
1976 On Determination of the J-Integral for Paths Close to a Crack-Tip in Cases of Axial Symmetry, Report SM 76-9 from the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
1976 An Engineering Approach to the Fracture Problem at Large Scale of Yielding, Report SM 76-10 from the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, California.
1976 On Transient Sliding Motion, Report SM 76-12 from the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
1977 On Effects of Plastic Flow at Fast Crack Growth, in Special Technical Publication 627 from the American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 243-256.
1977 On the Treatment of the Fracture Problem at Large Scale of Yielding, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Fracture Mechanics and Technology, Hong Kong 1977 (ed. by G.C. Sih and C.L. Chow), Sijthoff and Noordhoff Int. Publ., Vol. II, pp. 837-859.
1978 On Transient Sliding Motion, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 52: 397-432. In this article the ground motion near a shallow earthquake was investigated.
1978 On Modelling of Friction. Paper presented at the IASPEI symposium on Earthquake Source Physics at Bad Honnef, West Germany.
1978 The Inter-Relationship: Solid Mechanics - Earth Sciences, (Introductory Key-Note Lecture), in Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Conference on Mechanisms of Deformation and Fracture, University of Luleå, pp. 4-29.
1979 On the Behaviour of the Process Region at a Fast Running Crack Tip, in High Velocity Deformation of Solids, IUTAM Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, August 24-27, 1977, eds. K. Kawata & J. Shiori, Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, pp. 182-194.
1979 Mathematical Methods in Fracture Mechanics, in Trends in Applications of Pure Mathematics to Mechanics, Vol. II (ed. by H. Zorski), Pitman Publ. Ltd., pp. 57-78.
1980 Modeling of Intervertebral Discs (together with H.-O. von Essen), Spine, 5, pp. 155-167.
1980 Velocity Peculiarities at Slip Propagation, Report from the Division of En¬gineering, Brown University, Providence, R.I.,
1982 * The Foundations of Fracture Mechanics, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 16, pp. 497-515. This includes a critical review of presently used methods in fracture mechanics.
1983 On the Mechanical Behaviour of Intervertebral Discs, Spine, 8, pp. 151-165. In this article a realistic model of a lumbar disc was studied.
1983 New Approaches in Fracture Mechanics. In Mechanical Behaviour of Materials - IV (ed. by J. Carlsson and N.G. Ohlson) Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 927-934.
1983 On Crack Paths. In Workshop on Dynamic Fracture, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, pp. 140-155.
1984 What happens at Fast Crack Growth? In Fundamentals of Deformation and Fracture. (ed. by B.A. Bilby, K.J. Miller and J.R. Willis). Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 233-242.
1985 Irregularities at Earth-Quake Slip. Journal of Technical Physics, 26, pp. 275-284.
1985 Concepts and Methods in Fracture Mechanics. Paper presented at the VII Symposium on “Verformung und Bruch”, Magdeburg, DDR.
1986 * Crack Tip Characterizations. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 23: 161-166. Obrasovanie kratera Siljan. In Mechanics, 42, Moscow, pp. 235-272.
1987 On the Formation of the Siljan Meteorite Crater. In Macro- and Micro¬mechanics of High Velocity Deformation and Fracture, IUTAM Sym¬posium, Tokyo 1985 (ed. by K. Kawata and J. Shiori). Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 253-262.
1987 * On Crack Paths. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 28, pp. 663-679.
1987 A Path-Independent Integral for Plates. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 54, pp. 458-459.
1988 Physical Aspects on Cratering and Slumping. In Deep Drilling in Crys¬talline Bedrock, (ed. by A. Bod´en and K.G. Eriksson), V.I, Springer¬ Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 261-276.
1988 Models of the Process Region: Cheshire Cat of Fracture Mechanics? Paper presented at the Euromech colloquium No. 238 on Crack Tip Modelling and Fracture Criteria, Uppsala Aug. 17-19.
1988 Dynamic Elastic-Plastic Crack Growth. In VII Symposium Verformung und Bruch, Teil I, Technische Universit¨at “Otto von Guericke”, Magdeburg, pp. 52-57.
1989 The Near-Tip Field at high Crack Velocities. International Journal of Fracture, 39: 1-13.
1989 Material behaviour at rapid loading – old thoughts revisited. In Advances in Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials, International Academic Publishers, Pergamon Press, Beijing, pp. 355-358.
1989 Implications of viscoplasticity at rapid crack growth. In Advances in Plas¬ticity 1989, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 709-712.
1990 Computer Demonstration of Crack Growth.International Journal of Fracture, 42: 277-285.
1992 Fracture Mechanics–teoria or tekhne? International Journal of Fracture, 57:85-99.
1993 * Slow Deformation of Intervertebral Discs. Journal of Biomechanics, 26: 501-512.
1994 Twilight Zone of Fracture. – From singular Crack Tip to non-linear Process Region.In Advances in Fracture Resistance and Structural In¬tegrity, edited by V.V. Panasyuk, D.M.R. Taplin, M.C. Pandey, O.Ye. Andreykiv, R.O. Ritchie, J.F. Knott and P. Rama Rao. Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp. 59-66.
1994 Fracture Mechanics for statically loaded Structures. Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, 5: 155-162.
1994 Intersonic bilateral slip. Geophysical Journal International, 119, pp. 706-714.
1995 * Critical review of some theories in nonlinear fracture mechanics. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 50: 157-164.
1995 * Dynamic crack propagation in a layer. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 32: 883-896.
1995 * Influence of lateral inertia on crack propagation in plates. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 32: 2457-2480.
1995 * Intersonic bilateral slip. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science and Geomechanics Abstracts 32 (5) 215A
1995 Blisters – A wallpapering problem. Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Jour¬nal, 10: 204-209.
1995 Intersonic mode II crack expansion. Arch. Mech., 47: 859-871.
1995 Discussion of “Why K? High order singularities and small scale yielding” by C.Y. Hui and Andy Ruina. International Journal of Fracture, 74, R31-R32.
1996 How fast can a crack go? Physico-Chemical Mechanics of Materials, 32, 91-98.
1996 Loss of localization at high crack speeds. In Constitutive Relation in High/Very High Strain Rates, edited by K. Kawata and J. Shioiri, Springer Verlag Tokyo, 85-91.
1997 * The cell model of materials. Computational Mechanics, 19: 447-452.
1997 Encounters with Professor Waloddi Weibull. In Fracture Research in Ret¬rospect – An Anniversary Volume in Honour of George R. Irwin’s 90th Birthday, edited by H.P. Rossmanith, Balkema Publ., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 141-148.
1997 Early theories of dynamic fracture. In Fracture Research in Retrospect – An Anniversary Volume in Honour of George R. Irwin’s 90th Birthday, edited by H.P. Rossmanith, Balkema Publ., Rotterdam, The Nether¬lands, 413-427.
1998 * Crack expanding with constant velocity in an anisotropic solid under anti¬plane strain. International Journal of Fracture, 93, 1-12.
1999 Cracks and Fracture. Academic Press, London.
1999 * Intersonic crack propagation in an orthotropic material. International Journal of Fracture, 99, 1-11.
1999 * Intersonic mode II crack acceleration. Fatigue Fract. Engineering Material Structures, 22, 17-24.
1999 * Influence of T -stress, cohesive strength and yield strength on the competition between decohesion and plastic flow in a crack edge vicinity. International Journal of Fracture, 100, 133-142.
2002 * A smooth dissipative region model. International Journal of Fracture, 113, L3-L8.
2002 * Constant velocity crack propagation—dependence on remote load. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 6403-6410.
2003 * Corrigendum to “Constant velocity crack propagation—dependence on remote load” [International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39 (2002) 6403-6410] International Journal of Solids and Structures, 40 , 2039
2003 Constant velocity crack propagation – a microstructural or a continuum event?
The Frithiof Niordson Volume. Proceedings from DCAMM In¬ternational Symposium on Challenges in Applied Mechanics, 25-27 July 2002, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, edited by P. Pedersen and Niels Olhoff, 69-78.
2003 The many scales in fracture mechanics. Strength, Fracture and Complexity, 1, 31-38.
2004 Non-uniqueness of constant velocity crack propagation. Surface Waves in Anisotropic and Laminated Bodies and Defects Detection. Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Surface Waves in Anisotropic and Laminated Bodies and Defects Detection, Moscow, Russia, from 30 October to 2 November 2001, edited by R. V. Goldstein and G.A. Maugin, Kluwer, The Netherlands, 279-288.
2004 * Significance of morphology changes at a propagating crack edge. International Journal of Fracture, 130, 723-742.
2004 * Lindgren, G. and Broberg, K.B.: Cycle range amplitude distributions for Gaussian processes. Exact and approximative results. Extremes, 7, 69-89.
2005 * A note on T -stress determination using dislocation arrays. International Journal of Fracture, 131, 1-14.
2005 The mechanism of dynamic crack propagation. In Crack Dynamics, edited by A. Ivankovic and M.H. Aliabadi, WIT Press, 177-210.
2006 * Differences between Mode I and Mode II Crack propagation, in Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163, 1867-1879. Paper presented at the 4th International ACES Workshop in Beijing. July 9-14, 2004.
   

Endnotes

“Shock Waves in Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Media”, 1956, was Bertram Brobergs Doctor’s thesis and later translated into Russian and Chinese.

In “A Problem on Stress Waves in an Infinite Elastic Plate”, 1959, a technique for inversion of Laplace Transforms, later known as the Cagniard-De Hoop technique, was employed.

In “The Propagation of a Brittle Crack”, 1960, the first solution to the problem of a dynamically expanding crack was given.

“On the Speed of a Brittle Crack” contains the first determination of the energy release in the dynamic crack situation.

In “Crack-Growth Criteria and Non-Linear Fracture Mechanics”, 1971, the J-integral criterion for onset of crack growth (now widely accepted in both research work and engineering) was first proposed.

In “On Stable Crack Growth”, 1975, a treatment leading to the so-called J-resistance curve was proposed.

In “On Transient Sliding Motion”, 1978, the ground motion near a shallow earthquake was investigated.

In “On the Mechanical Behaviour of Intervertebral Discs”, 1980, a realistic model of a lumbar disc was studied.

In “The Foundations of Fracture Mechanics”, 1982, a critical review was made of presently used methods in fracture mechanics.

In “On Crack Paths”, 1987, the first laboratory produced mode II crack at monotone loading is presented.

In “A Path-Independent Integral for Plates”, 1987, a previous path-independent integral is generalized.

In “Slow Deformation of Intervertebral Discs”, 1993, diurnal variations of the height of the human body were explained, In “Intersonic Bilateral Slip”, 1994, the possibility for slip propagation at intersonic speeds was explored.

In “The cell model of materials”, 1997, a material model based on the dominant microscopic phenomena at crack formation and propagation was suggested.

In “Intersonic mode II crack acceleration”, 1999, the first solution for a crack propagating at non-constant intersonic velocity was given.

“Cracks and Fracture” (1999), a monography, 768 pages.

In “Significance of morphology changes at a propagating crack edge", 2004, the implications of crack surface morphology and remote load on the terminal crack velocity was considered.