Main topics

• Analytical, computational and physical Models;
• Biomaterials and Wood Fracture and Fatigue;
• Biomechanics;
• Ceramics Fracture and Damage;
• Composites;
• Computational Mechanics;
• Concrete & Rocks;
• Creep Fracture;
• Damage Mechanics;
• Damage and fracture in materials under dynamic loading;
• Durability of structures;
• Environmentally Assisted Fracture;
• Failure Analysis and Case Studies;
• Fatigue - Crack Growth (all materials);
• Fatigue Resistance of metals;
• Fatigue of Metals – Very High Cycle;
• Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering;
• Fractography and Advanced metallography;
• Fracture and Fatigue at Atomistic and Molecular Scales;
• Fracture and fatigue testing systems;
• Fracture under Mixed-Mode and Multiaxial Loading;
• Fracture vs. Gradient Mechanics;
• Functional Gradient Materials;
• Impact & Dynamics;
• Fundamentals of cohesive zone models;
• History of Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue;  
• Innovative Alloys;
• Linear and Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics;
• Materials mechanical behavior and image analysis;
• Mesomechanics of Fracture;
• Micromechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue;
• Multi-physics and multi-scale modelling of cracking in heterogeneous materials;
• Multiscale Experiments and Modeling;
• Nanostructured Materials;
• Nondestructive Examination;
• Physical Aspects of Brittle Fracture;
• Physical Aspects of Ductile Fracture;
• Polymers Fracture and Fatigue;
• Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics;
• Reliability and Life Extension of Components;
• Repair and retrofitting: modelling and practical applications;
• Sandwiches, Joints and Coatings;
• Smart Materials;
• Structural Integrity;
• Temperature Effect;
• Thin Films.