Int. J. Materials and Structural Integrity, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2011 Contents 1 Radar investigation as a complementary tool for the diagnosis of historic masonry buildings Luigia Binda, Maurizio Lualdi, Antonella Saisi and Luigi Zanzi 26 Numerical investigation on the thermal conductive characteristics of the TiO2/ZnO bilayer films Yongsheng Wu, Ping Yang, Haifeng Xu and Xianxin Xu 36 A study on the surface integrity aspects of superalloy Inconel 718 under minimum quantity lubrication in high speed turning D.G. Thakur, B. Ramamoorthy and L. Vijayaraghavan 46 Performance of pre-tensioned concrete member and the level of deterioration due to acid rain exposure A.K. Parande, M.S. Karthikeyan, K. Kumar, V. Deepthi and N. Palaniswamy 58 Investigations on flexural characteristics of functionally graded alumina and alumina-titania ceramic composite coatings Sundaram Rajakumar, L. Vijayaraghavan, M.M. Mayuram and R. Krishnamurthy 77 Characterisation and photocatalytic activity of Ag-modified BiVO4 catalyst under visible light irradiation Sheng Yin, Hua-ming Li, Ling Liu, Hui Xu, Yuan-guo Xu and Cheng-tang Liu 90 Life prediction of a self-propelled steel bridge based on co-analysis technology of finite element and fatigue simulation Peng Weiping, Wei Yanhong, Liu Zhao and Peng Min 109 Recent development in modelling and simulation of interfacial heat transfer Ningbo Liao, Miao Zhang and Wei Xue