Conference topics:

• Analytical, computational and physical models
• Biomaterials and wood fracture and fatigue
• Biomechanics
• Ceramics fracture and damage
• Composites
• Computational mechanics
• Concrete & rocks
• Corrosion fatigue
• Creep
• Damage mechanics
• Databases, expert systems and software
• Durability of structures and components
• Environmentally assisted degradation and cracking
• Experimental fracture mechanics
• Failure analysis and case studies
• Fatigue crack growth modelling and analysis
• Fatigue and fracture of weldments, welded components, joints and adhesives
• Fatigue of metals – low, medium, high and very high cycle fatigue
• Fatigue resistance of metals
• Fractography and advanced metallography
• Fatigue and fracture at atomistic and molecular scales
• Fatigue and fracture testing systems
• Fretting fatigue and wear
• Impact and dynamics
• Innovative alloys
• Integrity of 3D-printed structures
• Linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics
• Low, medium and high cycle fatigue
• Mesomechanics of fracture
• Micromechanisms of fracture and fatigue
• Mixed-Mode and multiaxial fatigue and fracture
• Models, criteria and methods in fracture mechanics
• Multiscale experiments and modelling
• Nanostructured materials
• Nondestructive testing and evaluation
• Physical aspects of brittle fracture
• Physical aspects of ductile fracture
• Polymers fatigue and fracture
• Probabilistic fracture mechanics
• Reliability and life extension of components
• Residual stress effects
• Sandwiches, joints and coatings
• Smart materials
• Structural integrity
• Surface treatment and failure resistance improvement
• Temperature effect
• Thin films
• Vibration fatigue

Deadlines:

• Abstract submission: June 15, 2024
• Early registration: June 30, 2024
• Submission of full paper (optional): October 1, 2024