Aims & Topics

In addition to the thematic tracks listed below, the conference warmly welcomes contributions on any other topics related to fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, and structural health monitoring (SHM). Submissions that address emerging research areas, interdisciplinary approaches, novel materials and structures, innovative experimental or computational techniques, and industrial or applied challenges—and that align with the overall objectives of the conference—are particularly encouraged.

Thematic Tracks

Track 1: Fracture Mechanics and Crack Growth

  • Linear and Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
  • Crack Initiation and Propagation
  • Dynamic Fracture
  • Residual Stress Effects
  • Fracture Control

Track 2: Fatigue, Damage Tolerance, and Structural Integrity

  • Fatigue and Fatigue Crack Growth
  • Damage Tolerance Concepts
  • Fracture Failure and Life Assessment
  • Repair and Life-Extension Techniques
  • Safe and Reliable Structural Design

Track 3: Materials and Failure Behaviour

  • Metallic Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Ceramics and Polymers
  • Concrete and Civil Engineering Materials
  • Microstructural and Micromechanical Behaviour

Track 4: Environmental and Time-Dependent Effects

  • Corrosion and Environmental Degradation
  • Creep and Time-Dependent Failure
  • Environmental Effects on Fracture and Fatigue

Track 5: Computational and Modelling Approaches

  • Computational Fracture and Damage Mechanics
  • Multiscale, Micromechanical, and Multiphysics Modelling
  • Nonlinear and Coupled Problems
  • Numerical Methods for Damage and Failure

Track 6: Probabilistic Methods, Reliability, and Risk

  • Probabilistic Fracture and Fatigue
  • Risk and Reliability Analysis
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Reliability-Based Design and Decision-Making

Track 7: Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Inspection

  • Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Systems and Architectures
  • Guided Waves, Acoustics, and Ultrasonics
  • Non-Destructive Inspection and Testing (NDI/NDT) Techniques
  • Sensor Technologies and Smart Materials
  • Data-Driven, AI-Enabled, and Digital-Twin-Based SHM
  • Damage Detection, Localisation, and Prognostics

Track 8: Experimental Methods and Failure Analysis

  • Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering
  • Experimental Techniques for Fracture, Fatigue, and Damage
  • Full-Scale, Component-Level, and In-Service Testing