ESIS Publishing House

12th Annual Conference of Society of Structural Integrity and Life (DIVK12) - 2024

2024-12-14T04:15:46+00:00

Aims of this international conference was to include researches concerning innovation and recent trends, multidisciplinary approach, as well as case studies, involving structural integrity assessment, risk analysis and safety of engineering structures taking into account environmental effects, materials behaviour, their characterisation, and the specificity of the structure itself. We invited an academic and engineering communities as well to take participation to this event, and to share their knowledge on following areas:
• Structural integrity approach on engineering structures: development and recent trends
• Structural integrity assessment: classic approaches
• Methods for reliability and probabilistic safety assessment
• Investigation on structural integrity of engineering structures under specific loading condition
• Environmental effect concerning structural integrity and material characterisation
• Mechanical characterisation of engineering materials
• Structural integrity of newly developed materials in engineering application
• FEM and analytical modelling of failure under various loading conditions
• Fracture mechanics approach in structural integrity assessment
• Welding and welding constructions as a specific problem: damage analysis, environmental effects and specificity

Organizing Committee

Aleksandar Sedmak, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Branislav Djordjevic, Innovation center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia
Ana Petrovic, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Nenad Zrnic, Innovation center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia
Dragan Bojovic, IMS institute, Belgrade, Serbia
Mhajlo Arandjelovic, Innovation center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia
Simon Sedmak, Innovation center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia
Zoran Radakovic, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Ivana Cvetkovic, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Zeljko Flajs, IMS institute, Belgrade, Serbia
Ksenija Djokovic, IMS institute, Belgrade, Serbia
Isaak Trajkovic, Innovation center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia

The 17th International Conference on MECHANICS, RESOURCE AND DIAGNOSTICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES (MRDMS 2023)

2024-12-06T04:17:19+00:00

Edited by
Sergey Smirnov Prof.
Aleksandar Sedmak Dr.
Evgenii Prosviryakov Prof.
Yuliya Khudorozhkova Dr.
Volume 65,
Pages 1-324 (2024)

The 8th International Conference on Crack Paths - CP2024

2024-11-10T07:27:22+00:00

The 8th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2024) is organised by TC3 Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and by the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF).
The CP 2024 edition took place in Rimini, Italy and online (10 - 12 September 2024).

Chairpersons

• Sabrina Vantadori, University of Parma
• Francesco Iacoviello, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
• Nicholas Fantuzzi, University of Bologna
• Andrea Carpinteri, University of Parma
• Luca Vincenzo Ballestra, University of Bologna

SMAR 2024 – 7th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures

2024-11-10T10:51:43+00:00

Edited by
Enzo Martinelli Dr.
Moslem Shahverdi Dr.
Volume 64,
Pages 1-2262 (2024)

22nd International Conference on Modelling in Mechanics 2024

2024-11-04T14:39:10+00:00

Edited by
Martin Krejsa Dr.
Majid Movahedi Rad Dr.
Aleksandar Sedmak Dr.
Bartlomiej Blachowski Dr.
Pratanu Ghosh Dr.
Volume 63,
Pages 1-58 (2024)

II Fabre Conference – Existing bridges, viaducts and tunnels: research, innovation and applications (FABRE24)

2024-10-26T14:46:59+00:00

Edited by
Walter Salvatore Dr
Andrea Dall’Asta Dr
Volume 62,
Pages 1-1144 (2024)

3rd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials (IWPDF 2023)

2024-07-26T16:32:09+00:00

Edited by
- Benjamin Klusemann Dr.
- Emilio Martinez-Paneda Dr.
- Tuncay Yalcinkaya Dr.
Volume 61,

Third International Conference on Structural Integrity 2023 (ICONS 2023)

2024-06-06T04:12:13+00:00

Edited by
S.A. Krishnan Dr.
A. Nagesha Dr.
A. Moitra Dr.
M. Vasudevan Dr.
Raghu V Prakash Prof.

Volume 60,
Pages 1-734 (2024)

VII International Conference “In-service Damage of Materials: Diagnostics and Prediction (DMDP 2023)"

2024-06-05T04:17:23+00:00

Edited by
Oleg YASNIY Dr.
Olha Zvirko Dr.
Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn Dr.
Volodymyr Iasnii Dr.

Volume 59,
Pages 1-798 (2024)

Fatigue Design 2023 (FatDes 2023)

2024-06-02T05:03:19+00:00

Edited by Fabien Lefebvre Dr.

Volume 57,

Pages 1-904 (2024)

7th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability (ICSID 2023)

2024-06-02T12:44:30+00:00

Edited by:

Zeljko Bozic

Siegfried Schmauder

Katarina Monkova

George Pantazopoulos

Sergio Baragetti

Francesco Iacoviello

ESICC 2023 – Energy efficiency, Structural Integrity in historical and modern buildings facing Climate change and Circularity

2024-04-01T16:13:48+00:00

Edited by
Chiara Bertolin
Inês Flores-Colen
Vittorio Di Cocco
Stavros K. Kourkoulis
Aleksandar Sedmak

Structural Integrity and Reliability of Advanced Materials obtained trough Additive Manufacturing (SIRAMM23)

2024-04-01T16:57:04+00:00

Edited by
Roberto Brighenti
Liviu Marsavina
Aleksandar Sedmak
Filippo Berto
Lubos Nahlik

International Conference on Structural Integrity 2023 (ICSI 2023)

2024-03-04T05:03:28+00:00

In the last two years, since the virtual ICSI2021, research activity in Structural Integrity has seen an exponential increase, spilling over several exciting areas in materials, methods, and applications. For the most part, this has been fueled by both the necessity of diversifying energy sources and the societal pressure to cope with climate change and the issues brought about by the required technological development. Research into metal (mis)behavior in the presence of Hydrogen, to cite an example, which has long been an important topic in Structural Integrity, gradually came under the focus of a growing number of scientists due to its importance in Hydrogen storage. In testimony of the importance of this topic, nearly one-fourth of all ICSI2023 accepted abstracts focusing on Hydrogen Embrittlement-related topics.
Concomitantly, the experimental activity related to experimental validation in new simulation concepts and applications, and novel applications for validated simulation models which, for instance, enable sensor virtualization, together with disruptive sensing technologies from the realm of science fiction a mere couple of years ago, are paving the way for a revamped R&D arena, with implications in most Engineering fields. From the very start, five editions ago, ICSI has focused on all aspects and scales of structural integrity, ranging from basics to future trends, with special emphasis on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches, and applications to new materials and challenging environments. Current research topics in the realm of Structural Integrity targeted by ICSI2023 include, but are not limited to Fracture and Fatigue, Stress Analysis, Damage Tolerance, Durability, Crack Closure, Joining Technologies, Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials, Ageing, Coatings Technology, Environmental Effects, Structural Health Monitoring, New materials, Surface Engineering, Integrity of biomechanics structures in and many other exciting research topics.
In 2023, the ICSI organization focused on inviting lecturers related to topics that dominate the contemporary status in Structural Integrity, such as Prof. Frank Cheng from the University of Calgary, working in the field of corrosion engineering and pipeline reliability, Prof. Su Taylor from Queen’s University in Belfast, devoted to the development of structural health monitoring of sustainable infrastructure; Prof. José Correia from Porto University, fully engaged in Structural Integrity of energy infrastructure; Prof. César Azevedo well known for his contribution in structural failure and Prof. Zagorac, from Belgrade University, working in the field of material behavior under extreme conditions. Like previous editions, ICSI2023 has been organized into a general track and a number of thematic symposia. Apart from Procedia Structural Integrity, a special issue from Engineering Failure Analysis will cover ICSI2023.
The response to the organization’s efforts has been outstanding: Thirteen symposia were proposed; the number of abstract submissions was kept at a similar level to previous editions, with around 200 approved for oral communication.
These are very challenging times for the organization of meaningful conferences, but the organizers strived to make this 5th Edition a memorable one, which will stimulate both young and well-known researchers in the field to contribute further to ICSI.

Third European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactures Materials (ESIAM23)

2024-02-11T05:19:47+00:00

Edited by
Filippo Berto Professor
Francesco Iacoviello Professor
Abílio De Jesus Professor
Jan Torgersen Professor
Sabrina Vantadori Professor

Fracture, Damage and Structural Health Monitoring

2024-02-04T17:53:51+00:00

Guest editors:
Ali Mehmanparast
Zahra Sharif Khodaei
Ferri Aliabadi

ICF13A - 2013

2023-12-30T14:35:35+00:00

ICF13
Beijing (China)
2013

ICF13B - 2013

2023-12-30T14:38:17+00:00

ICF13
Beijing (China)
2013

ICF13C - 2013

2023-12-30T14:39:19+00:00

ICF13
Beijing (China)
2013

ICF12 - 2009

2023-12-28T14:52:00+00:00

ICF12

Ottawa (Canada)

2009

ICF11 2005

2023-12-28T05:47:32+00:00

ICF11
Torino (Italy)
2005

ICF10A - 2001

2023-12-27T18:03:50+00:00

ICF10
Honolulu (USA)
2001

ICF10B - 2001

2023-12-27T18:09:54+00:00

ICF10
Honolulu (USA)
2001

ICF10C - 2001

2023-12-27T18:38:31+00:00

ICF10
Honolulu (USA)
2001

ICF10D - 2001

2023-12-27T18:42:19+00:00

ICF10
Honolulu (USA)
2001

ICF9-A 1997

2023-12-26T14:30:13+00:00

ICF 9

Sydney, Australia

1997

ICF9-B 1997

2023-12-26T14:36:19+00:00

ICF 9

Sydney, Australia

1997

ICF9-C 1997

2023-12-26T14:40:57+00:00

ICF 9

Sydney, Australia

1997

3rd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials

2024-01-11T17:25:46+00:00

4-6 October 2023,

Instanbul, Turkiye

6th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability (ICSID 2022)

2023-11-27T17:23:40+00:00

Edited by:

Zeljko Bozic
Siegfried Schmauder
Katarina Monkova
George Pantazopoulos
Sergio Baragetti
Goran Vukelic
Francesco Iacoviello

16th International Conference on Mechanics, Resource and Diagnostics of Materials and Structures (MRDMS 2022)

2023-11-18T17:08:14+00:00

Edited by

Evgeny Prosviryakov Professor
Yulia Khudorozhkova Dr.

23rd European Conference on Fracture

2023-11-11T17:30:37+00:00

2022

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

2nd International Conference on Medical Devices: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing (ICMD3M 2023)

2023-11-01T06:37:31+00:00

Edited by Vadim Silberschmidt, Sotiris Korossis
Volume 49,
Pages 1-88 (2023)

The third European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials ESIAM23

2023-10-22T16:30:45+00:00

Porto, Portugal, & Web, September 4-6, 2023

Structural integrity, i.e. the fracture and fatigue strength of additively manufactured materials and components is becoming increasingly important with the technology’s transition towards major industrial utilization. The conference provided an overview over current scientific knowledge and stimulate ideas for future research directions in this emerging field. The agenda allowed for extended discussions and for exploring Porto at the end of summer. ESIAM23 is the second event in presence of the ESIAM series following the success of the first event in Trondheim 2019 (and the online conference held in 2021).

Organizing Committee

Sara Bagherifard, Politechnic of Milan
Matteo Benedetti, Univ. Trento
Filippo Berto, Univ. Rome "Sapienza"
José Correia, FEUP & IDMEC
Jianying He, NTNU
Francesco Iacoviello, Univ. of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Abílio de Jesus (local chairman), FEUP & INEGI
Luis Reis (local chairman), IST-UL & IDMEC
Ana Réis, FEUP & IDMEC
Manuel Sardinha, IST-UL & IDMEC
Raffaele Sepe, Univ. di Salerno
Luca Susmel, Univ. Sheffield
Jan Torgersen, Technische Universität München
Brecht Van Hooreweder, KU Leuven
Sabrina Vantadori, Univ. of Parma

ICF8A - 1993

2023-09-10T15:32:39+00:00

ICF8

1993

Kiev (Ukraine)

ICF8-B 1993

2023-09-10T15:33:45+00:00

ICF8

1993

Kiev (Ukraine)

ICF7-A 1989

2023-08-31T17:05:33+00:00

ICF7

Houston (USA)

1989

ICF7-B 1989

2023-08-31T17:06:48+00:00

ICF7

Houston (USA)

1989

ICF4-A 1977

2023-08-28T13:34:48+00:00

ICF4

Waterloo (Canada)

1977

ICF4-B 1977

2023-08-28T13:36:05+00:00

ICF4

Waterloo (Canada)

1977

ICF4-C 1977

2023-08-28T13:37:06+00:00

ICF4

Waterloo (Canada)

1977

ICF5 - 1981

2023-08-28T15:32:04+00:00

ICF5

Cannes (France)

1981

ICF2 - 1969

2023-08-26T14:59:19+00:00

ICF2
Brighton (UK)
1969

ICF3-A 1973

2023-08-26T17:03:11+00:00

ICF3
Munich (Germany)
1973
Vol. A

ICF3-B 1973

2023-08-26T17:04:36+00:00

ICF3
Munich (Germany)
1973
Vol. B

ICF1 - 1965

2023-08-25T14:00:07+00:00

ICF1

Japan

1965

ICF0 - 1959

2023-08-22T17:09:03+00:00

ICF0
Swampscot -MA (USA)
1959

5th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability

2023-07-03T15:12:14+00:00

Edited by Zeljko Bozic, Siegfried Schmauder, Katarina Monkova, George Pantazopoulos, Sergio Baragetti, Francesco Iacoviello

Volume 46

27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity (IGF27)

2023-08-04T14:18:58+00:00

IGF (Italian Group of Fracture) organized the IGF27, the 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity (February 21-24, 2023). The event was held at the Engineering Faculty of Rome "Sapienza". A remote participation was also allowed.

Chairpersons:

Filippo Berto, "Sapienza" Università di Roma - NTNU
Vittorio Di Cocco, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Politecnico di Torino
Francesco Iacoviello, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Stefano Natali, "Sapienza" Università di Roma
Daniela Pilone, "Sapienza" Università di Roma
Sabrina Vantadori, Università di Parma

Second International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2023)

2023-08-04T16:55:43+00:00

Edited by

Aleksandar Sedmak
Simon Sedmak
Branislav Djordjevic

17th Asia-Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength and the 13th Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure (APCFS 2022 & SIF 2022)

2023-06-19T03:53:01+00:00

Edited by Andrei Kotousov, Ching Tai Ng, Wenyi Yan
Volume 45,
Pages 1-148 (2023)

Second International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2023)

2023-06-12T15:25:54+00:00

The Second International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2023) is organised by ESIS TC12 on Risk Analysis and Safety of Large Structures and Components (in-team TC12), which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, located at the confluence of two large rivers, Sava and Danube, 2-4 April 2023. This Symposium is intended to be a forum of discussion of the recent advances in maintenance, safety, risk analysis, probabilistic assessment, life-cycle performance, fatigue, fracture, damage mechanics, numerical simulation of a wide range of infrastructures, such as, engineering technical systems, transportation systems, bridges, buildings, dams, railways, underground constructions, wind and transmission towers, offshore platforms, pipelines, naval vessels, oceanic structures, nuclear power plants, airplanes and other types of structures including aerospace and automotive structures are considered. It is expected contributions from engineers, metallurgists, material scientists, among others, allowing a very multidisciplinary discussion.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Aleksandar Sedmak, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Milos Milosevic, Innovation centre of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia
Isaak Trajkovic, Innovation centre of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia
Branislav Djordjevic, Innovation centre of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia
Milos Djukic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Ana Petrovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Simon Sedmak, Innovation centre of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia

IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2023-04-15T08:08:29+00:00

February 21-24, 2023, Rome (Italy) & Web

Organizing Committee

Filippo Berto, "Sapienza" Università di Roma - NTNU
Vittorio Di Cocco, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Politecnico di Torino
Francesco Iacoviello, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Stefano Natali, "Sapienza" Università di Roma
Daniela Pilone, "Sapienza" Università di Roma
Sabrina Vantadori, Università di Parma

XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy

2023-02-10T05:34:45+00:00

Guest editors: Luciana Restuccia, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro

Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture

2023-01-17T15:07:19+00:00

Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture (MSMF1 0),
msmf.fme.vutbr.cz

Guest editors:
Jaroslav Pokluda,Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Pavel Šandera, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

ECF23: 23 rd European Conference on Fracture

2023-01-03T05:32:06+00:00

The International European Conference on Fracture (ECF23) was organized from 27 June to 1 July 2022. ECF started out in 1973 in France, as the 1st European Colloquium on Fracture, and rapidly become a reference event focused on Fracture Mechanics and Structural Integrity related topics. It has been traveling around Europe, and the previous event was held in Belgrade in 2018. It has the mission to promote research focused on topics related to all fracture phenomena, structural integrity and monitoring, contributing for the improvement of the reliability of systems, through focused R&D in applied mechanics.

This conference was the twentieth edition of a globally recognized event in the field of structural mechanics. The importance of the event required us to apply for its organization in 2014 in its edition in Trondheim, Norway. Since then, it has passed through Catania and Belgrade, now having Funchal as its destination in 2022, after the postponement due to the pandemic situation in 2020. A Summer School was also included in this organization from the 25th to the 26th of June, held at the premises of the Rectory of the University of Madeira. This first event was mainly dedicated to young students and researchers, who can enjoy the experience of renowned speakers and exchange experiences with each other.

Despite all difficulties related to the pandemic, the scientific community response was outstanding: a total of 505 delegates from 40 countries attended the event. A total of 616 abstracts were submitted, and 457 were accepted for oral presentations, divided in 96 parallel sessions, and 71 for Poster presentations. Apart from the publication of the proceedings in Procedia Structural Integrity, special issues in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, International Journal of Fatigue and Engineering Failure Analysis were also offered. In the two days prior to the ECF23 conference, a Summer School on Fracture Mechanics and Structural Integrity took place, and four well known Lecturers attracted the presence of 90 delegates.

2nd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials

2022-11-24T16:19:52+00:00

18-20 August, 2021

Ankara, Turkey

The 1st International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials

2022-11-24T16:39:17+00:00

22-23 August, Ankara, Turkey

Mathematical Physics

2022-11-20T16:27:27+00:00

This book is mainly based on the material initially published in Serbian, in 2021, by the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, under the title Mathematical Physics (Theory and Examples). For the purpose of this book the material from the Serbian edition was reviewed, amended, and translated, with new material added in two final chapters in the second volume. We have divided text into two separate volumes:

Mathematics of Physics - Analytical Methods
Mathematics of Physics - Numerical Methods.

The first volume consists of 8 chapters:

- The first 7 chapters were written by Dragoslav Kuzmanovi´c, Dobrica Nikoli´c and Ivan Obradovi´c, and correspond to the text from Chapters 1-8 of the Serbian edition, translated by Ivan Obradovi´c.
- The material of Chapter 8, which is of a monographic character, corresponds to the material of Chapter 9 in the Serbian edition, but was thoroughly reviewed and rewritten in English by Mihailo Lazarevi´c.

The second volume consists of 6 chapters:

- The first 3 chapters were written by Aleksandar Sedmak and correspond to Chapter 10 of the Serbian edition, restructured and reviewed, and then translated by Simon Sedmak.
- Chapter 4 corresponds to the text of Chapter 11 of the Serbian edition, written and translated by Nikola Mladenovi´c.
- Chapters 5 and 6, written by Rade Vignjevi´c and Sreten Mastilovi´c, respectively, offer completely new material.

Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are of a monographic character.

Mathematical Physics

2022-11-20T17:04:38+00:00

Mathematics of Physics - Analytical Methods
Mathematics of Physics - Numerical Methods.

The first volume consists of 8 chapters:

The second volume consists of 6 chapters:

Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are of a monographic character.

ICMFF12 - 12th International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture

2022-11-07T17:20:29+00:00

Bordeaux, France, June 24-26, 2019
T. Palin-Luc, F. Morel and A. Carpinteri (Eds.)

The aim of this conference was to share the latest developments in multiaxial fatigue and fracture by scientists and engineers from all over the world. New researches as well as applications in industry were of interest. This conference was a good opportunity for experimentalists, theoreticians, industrial practitioners and academic experts to discuss current progress and to build a bridge between their areas of expertise. Presentations on experimental set-ups, material characterization, analytical models, numerical models, etc. were all welcome.

Organized by SF2M - Societe Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux

ICMFF10 - 10th International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue & Fracture

2022-11-07T17:29:50+00:00

Kyoto (Japan), 3-6 June, 2013-Suzaku Campus, Ritsumeikan University

Conference Chairman

Andrea Capinteri, Parma, Italy

Masao Sakane, Shiga, Japan

Shan-Dong Tu, Shanghai, China

ICMFF9 - International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue & Fracture

2022-11-07T17:38:49+00:00

Parma (Italy), 7 - 9 June, 2010 - University of Parma

Conference Chairmen

Andrea Carpinteri, Parma

Les P. Pook, London

C. M. Sonsino, Darmstadt

ICBMFF5 - 5th International Conference on Biaxial and Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture

2022-11-07T17:50:15+00:00

Cracow, Poland (1997)

ICBMFF4 - 4th International Conference on Biaxial and Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture

2022-11-07T18:09:38+00:00

St. Germain-en-Laye, France (1994)

ICBMFF3 - 3rd International Conference on Biaxial and Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture

2022-11-07T18:15:50+00:00

Stuttgart, Germany (1989)

ICBMFF2 - 2nd International Conference on Biaxial and Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture

2022-11-07T18:22:16+00:00

Sheffield, UK (1985)

23rd European Conference on Fracture

2022-11-06T05:40:17+00:00

23rd European Conference on Fracture – ECF23 was held in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal), June 27 – July 1, 2022.

Chairmen
Pedro Moreira, INEGI, Portugal
Luis Reis, IST, Portugal

ESIS Summer School -2022 - Funchal, Madeira (Portugal)

2022-11-06T05:46:14+00:00

This ESIS Summer School was organized in the frame of the ECF23 that was held in 2022 in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal).

Lecture Notes

2022-11-02T14:11:06+00:00

This book collects the lecture notes written by George Irwin in 1972

Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics

2022-11-02T14:25:01+00:00

This book is an important addition to the bookshelves of those metallurgists and engineering who are striving to produce stronger and more durable constructions and materials, as well as being essential reading for final year materials science and engineering students

1st Virtual Conference on Structural Integrity - VCSI1

2022-10-30T05:12:28+00:00

Online 2020

The First Virtual Conference on Structural integrity was organized by four active National Groups of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS): APFIE (Portuguese Structural integrity Society, Portugal), DIVK (Društvo za integritet i vek konstrukcija „Prof. dr Stojan Sedmak“, Serbia), GSEMM (Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials, Greece) and IGF (Italian Group of Fracture, Italy), under the aegis of ESIS.

2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-10-30T05:28:53+00:00

2022

Catania & Online

The Algerian Group of Fracture Mechanics and Energy (AGFME), the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials (GSEMM), the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) and the Sociedad Espanola de Integridad Estructural - Grupo Espanol de Fractura (SEIE-GEF) organized the second edition of the MedFract, the “2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, MedFract2”

First Multi-Lateral Workshop on “Fracture and Structural Integrity related Issues”

2022-10-30T05:53:34+00:00

Catania 2014.

The event was organized by:

- Gruppo Italiano Frattura (IGF)

- Portuguese Structural Integrity Society (SPFIE)

- Sociedad Española de Integridad Estructural Grupo Español de Fractura (GEF)

IGF Workshop 2009: Progettazione a fatica di giunzioni saldate (... e non)

2022-10-30T07:16:17+00:00

Forni di Sopra (UD), Italy

March 9-10, 2009

IGF Workshop 2010: Problematiche di Frattura nei materiali per l'Ingegneria

2022-10-30T11:04:22+00:00

IGF Workshop 2010

Forni di Sopra (UD)

IGF Workshop 2011: First IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop

2022-10-30T14:04:07+00:00

March 7-9.

Forni di Sopra

IGF Workshop 2012: Problematiche di frattura ed integrità strutturale di materiali e componenti ingegneristici

2022-10-30T15:08:52+00:00

March 1-2, 2012,

Forni di Sopra

Second IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Meeting

2022-10-30T15:33:19+00:00

Malaga, Spain

2013

IGF Workshop 2015: Third IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop

2022-10-30T15:40:43+00:00

20-22 April 2015

Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields
Urbino, Italy

IGF Workshop 2015: Challenges in Multiaxial Fatigue

2022-10-30T15:46:54+00:00

1st International Workshop on Challenges in Multiaxial Fatigue
Urbino, Italy
22-24 April 2015

4th IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop

2022-10-30T16:00:33+00:00

The 4th IJF & FFEMS CRACK TIP FIELD WORKSHOP

Bonifacio, France
10-12 April 2017

The 2nd IJF & FFEMS CHALLENGES IN MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE

2022-10-30T16:08:08+00:00

Bonifacio, France
12-14 April 2017

The 2nd IJF & FFEMS
CHALLENGES IN MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE

IGF Workshop 2018: Fracture and Structural integrity: ten years of ‘Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale’

2022-10-30T16:13:08+00:00

Cassino, Italy,

June 4-6, 2018

21st European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-29T15:29:04+00:00

Catania, Italy

2016

22nd European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-29T15:54:05+00:00

2018

Belgrade, Serbia

1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-29T16:06:11+00:00

2020

Online (due to Covid-19 pandemia)

1st Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, MedFract1

2022-10-29T17:03:26+00:00

Athens, Greece

2020

Organized by the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials (GSEMM) and the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF)

IGFXXII - 22nd IGF Conference

2022-10-28T03:12:08+00:00

2013 Roma
IGFXXII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

IGFXXIII - 23rd IGF Conference

2022-10-28T03:19:49+00:00

2015 Favignana
IGFXXIII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference

IGFXXIV - 24th IGF Conference

2022-10-28T03:45:57+00:00

2017 Urbino
IGFXXIV - Italian Group of Fracture Conference

IGFXXV - 25th IGF Conference

2022-10-28T03:54:31+00:00

2019 Catania
IGFXXV - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
25th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

IGFXXVI - 26th IGF Conference

2022-10-28T04:08:41+00:00

2021 Torino & web
IGFXXVI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
26th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

IGFIX - 9th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:00:00+00:00

1993 Milano
IGFIX - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-05-2

IGFX - 10th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:03:39+00:00

1994 Torino
IGFX - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-06-9

IGFXI - 11th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:06:38+00:00

1995 Brescia
IGFXI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-07-6

IGFXII - 12th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:10:18+00:00

1996 Parma
IGFXII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-08-3

IGFXIII - 13th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:20:51+00:00

1993 Cassino
IGFXIII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-10-6

IGFXIV - 14th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:28:20+00:00

1998 Trento
IGFI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-11-3

IGFXV - 15th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:31:18+00:00

2000 Bari
IGFI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-12-0

IGFXVI - 16th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:34:53+00:00

2002 Catania
IGFI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-13-7

IGFXVII - 17th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:38:10+00:00

2004 Bologna
IGFI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-16-8

IGFXVIII - 18th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:43:17+00:00

2006 Cetraro
IGFXVIII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-18-2

IGFXIX - 19th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:50:24+00:00

2007 Milano
IGFXIX - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-19-9

IGFXX - 20th IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:53:37+00:00

2009 Torino
IGFXX - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-25-0

IGFXXI - 21st IGF Conference

2022-10-27T03:57:12+00:00

2011 Cassino
IGFXXI - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-36-6

IGFI - 1st IGF Conference

2022-10-26T13:56:27+00:00

1983 Milano.

IGFI. Italian Group of Fracture Conference

Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

IGFIII - 3rd IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:11:58+00:00

1986 Torino.
IGFIII. Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-00-7

IGFIV - 4th IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:15:24+00:00

1988 Milano.
IGFI. Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-01-4

IGFV - 5th IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:26:35+00:00

1989 Trento.
IGFV Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-23-6

IGFVI - 6th IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:30:05+00:00

1990 Ancona
IGFVI. Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-02-1

IGFVII - 7th IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:33:35+00:00

1991 Firenze
IGFVII. Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae. (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-03-8

IGFVIII - 8th IGF Conference

2022-10-26T16:36:37+00:00

1992 Genova
IGFVIII - Italian Group of Fracture Conference
Acta Fracturae (ISSN 2281-1443)

ISBN 978-88-95940-04-5

Crack Paths 2006

2022-10-11T03:05:19+00:00

University of Parma

Parma, IT

September 14-16, 2006

Crack growth can take place under both static and fatigue loading. The complete solution of a crack growth problem includes the determination of the path taken by the crack. The crack path in a critical component or structure in aerospace, automotive, offshore and other industries can determine whether failure is benign or catastrophic. Knowledge of potential crack paths is also needed for the selection of appropriate non-destructive testing procedures. Agreement between theoretically predicted and experimentally determined crack paths is often poor, and there is relatively little information available on how to ensure that a crack path is benign.

The determination of crack paths is a matter of concern to engineers, industry experts and research scientists, from both a fundamental science standpoint and a technological one. The International Conference on Crack Paths will bring together both fatigue and fracture experts from Industries, Universities and so on, to exchange recent information and provide a discussion forum on how to promote research and development in this field early in the 21st Century.

The scope of this Conference is to focus on the state-of-the-art experimental techniques, and numerical and analytical models for the determination of crack paths in solids made of a broad range of materials, together with the application of crack path data to the design of components and structures subjected to both static and fatigue loading.

This Conference follows the Conference on Fatigue Crack Paths (FCP 2003) held in Parma in September 2003. A special issue of the International Journal of Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (Vol.28, No.1-2, 2005) has been devoted to works presented at that Conference.

Crack Paths 2009

2022-10-11T03:17:46+00:00

Vicenza, IT
September 23-25, 2009

Crack growth can take place under both static and fatigue loading. The complete solution of a crack growth problem includes the determination of the path taken by the crack. The crack path in a critical component or structure in aerospace, automotive, offshore and other industries can determine whether failure is benign or catastrophic. Knowledge of potential crack paths is also needed for the selection of appropriate non-destructive testing procedures. Agreement between theoretically predicted and experimentally determined crack paths is sometimes poor, and further information is needed on how to ensure that a crack path is benign.

This Conference follows the Conferences FCP 2003 and CP 2006, held in Parma, Italy. Special issues of International journals have been devoted to work presented at those Conferences (Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol.28, No.1-2, 2005, and Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.75, No.3-4, 2008).

Members of different industries and scientists from all over the world are invited to contribute with presentations on any of the following topics (in the case of both static and fatigue loading):

Experimental Determination of CP
Theoretical Prediction of CP
Life Assessment Methods based on CP Evaluation
Microscopic Aspects of CP
CP of Surface Cracks
CP of Short Cracks
Effect of Large Scale Yielding on CP
Effect of Material Inhomogeneities on CP
Effect of Non-Proportional Cyclic Loading on CP
Effect of Environmental Conditions on CP
CP in Advanced Materials
Laboratory Methods of Controlling CP
In-Service Inspection of CP
Application of CP Concepts and Data in Design
Industrial Application of CP Concepts and Data

Crack Paths 2012

2022-10-11T03:23:06+00:00

The 4th International Conference on "Crack Paths" (CP 2012)

Gaeta, Italy, 19 - 21 September, 2012

Conference Chairmen

Andrea Carpinteri, Parma, Italy

Francesco Iacoviello, Cassino, Italy

Les P. Pook, Sevenoaks, UK

Luca Susmel, Sheffield, UK

Crack Paths 2015

2022-10-11T03:40:49+00:00

The Fifth International Conference on Crack Paths

Ferrara (Italy), 16 - 18 September, 2015

Crack growth can take place under both static and fatigue loading. The complete solution of a crack growth problem includes the determination of the path taken by the crack. The crack path in critical components or structures where crack propagation occurs (offshore, bridges, etc.) can determine whether failure is benign or catastrophic. Knowledge of potential crack paths is also needed for the selection of appropriate non-destructive testing procedures. This Conference follows the Conferences in Parma in 2003 and 2006, Vicenza in 2009, and Gaeta in 2012. Special issues of international journals have been devoted to work presented at those Conferences.

Crack Paths 2018

2022-10-11T03:47:17+00:00

The 6th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2018)

Verona, Italy, 19-21 September, 2018

Crack growth can take place under both static and fatigue loading. The complete solution of a crack growth problem includes the determination of the path taken by the crack. The crack path in critical components or structures where crack propagation occurs (offshore, bridges, etc.) can determine whether failure is benign or catastrophic. Knowledge of potential crack paths is also needed for the selection of appropriate non-destructive testing procedures.
This Conference follows the Conferences in Parma in 2003 and 2006, Vicenza in 2009, Gaeta in 2012, and Ferrara in 2015. Special issues of international journals have been published after those Conferences.

Conference Chairpersons
Filippo Berto, Trondheim,Norway
Andrea Carpinteri, Parma, Italy
Youshi Hong, Beijing, China
Les P. Pook, Sevenoaks, UK
Sabrina Vantadori, Parma, Italy

Crack Paths 2021

2022-10-11T03:54:46+00:00

The 7th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2021) is organised by TC3 Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The CP 2021 edition was organized as a virtual event (September 21st to 24th, 2021) due to disorders caused by the pandemic COVID-19 situation.

Main Topics of the Conference

Crack growth can take place under both static and fatigue loading. The complete solution of a crack growth problem includes the determination of the crack path. The crack path in critical components or structures where crack propagation occurs can determine whether failure is benign or catastrophic. Knowledge of potential crack paths is also needed for the selection of appropriate non-destructive testing procedures.

This Conference follows the Conferences in Parma in 2003 and 2006, Vicenza in 2009, Gaeta in 2012, Ferrara in 2015, and Verona in 2018.

Members of different industrial laboratories and scientists from all over the world are invited to contribute with presentations on any of the following topics (in the case of both static and fatigue loading):

Experimental Determination of CP
Theoretical Prediction of CP
Integrity Assessments based on CP Evaluation
Microscopic Aspects of CP
CP of Surface Cracks
CP of Short Cracks
Effect of Large Scale Yielding on CP
Effect of Material Inhomogeneities on CP
Effect of Non-Proportional Cyclic Loading on CP
Effect of Environmental Conditions on CP
CP in Advanced Materials
Laboratory Methods of Controlling CP
In-Service Inspection of CP
Application of CP Concepts and Data in Design
CP in Additive Manufacturing Processes
Industrial Application of CP Concepts and Data

Fatigue Crack Paths 2003

2022-10-08T16:17:00+00:00

Fatigue Crack Paths 2003

Parma, Italy

September 18-20, 2003

Extension of the virtual crack closure technique and Clifford formalism

2022-10-07T09:05:42+00:00

The Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT) was first presented in 1977 for calculating stress intensity factors of cracks in linear elastic, homogenous and isotropic material. It makes use oof the Irwin crack closure integral to obtain values of the modes I, II and III energy release rates from finite data. Using the energy release rate, the stress intensity factors may be obtained. In the literature, failure criteria make use of the stress intensity factors. Thus, accurate values for the stress intensity factors are valuable. It was seen in the literature that i was difficult to obtain accurate results for interface cracks with VCCT. In Banks-Sills and Farkash (2016), a criterion was proposed to overcome this difficulty for this method allowing accurate calculation of stress intensity factors for two-dimensional problems of an interface crack between two dissimilar linea elastic, homogenous and isotropic materials with fine meshes. For this criterion, new energy release rates were presented, namely, the dual energy release rates. The virtual crack extension (VCE) consists of a number of elements rather than one element as was used in previous studies. The new criterion indicates the optimal number of elements to be used as the VCE.

2nd European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:22:02+00:00

Darmstadt, Germany

1978

3rd European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:24:54+00:00

London, UK

1980

4th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:29:19+00:00

Lisbon, Portugal

1982

5th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:33:30+00:00

Leoben, Austria

1984

6th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:36:17+00:00

Amsterdam, Netherlands,

1986

7th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:41:33+00:00

Budapest, Hungary

1988

8th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:44:43+00:00

Torino, Italy

1990

9th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:47:26+00:00

Varna, Bulgaria

1992

10th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:50:32+00:00

Berlin, Germany

1994

11th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:53:30+00:00

Poitiers, France

1996

12th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T03:59:51+00:00

Sheffield, UK

1998

13th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:03:13+00:00

San Sebastian, Spain

2000

14th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:06:49+00:00

Crackow, Poland

2002

15th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:10:13+00:00

Stockholm, Sweden

2004

16th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:16:45+00:00

Alexandroupolis, Greece

2006

17th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:21:29+00:00

Brno, Czech Republic

2008

18th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-06T04:27:15+00:00

Dresden, Germany

2010

19th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-04T04:12:14+00:00

Kazan, Russia 2012

1st International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, IWPDF 2019, 22-23 August 2019, Ankara, Turkey

2022-10-03T02:44:58+00:00

Edited by Cihan Tekoglu, Tuncay Yalçinkaya
Volume 21,
Pages 1-232 (2019)

First International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2019)

2022-10-03T02:48:06+00:00

Edited by Abílio M.P. de Jesus, António Abel Henriques, José A.F.O. Correia, José M.F. Castro, Pedro Montenegro, Rui A.B. Calçada
Volume 22,
Pages 1-406 (2019)

9th International Conference Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture (MSMF9)

2022-10-03T02:52:42+00:00

Edited by Jaroslav Pokluda, Pavel Sandera
Volume 23,
Pages 1-626 (2019)

AIAS 2019 International Conference on Stress Analysis

2022-10-03T02:59:33+00:00

Edited by Franco Furgiuele, Nicola Bonora, Luigi Bruno, Filippo Cianetti, Giovanni Meneghetti, Giuseppe Mirone, Marco Sasso, Francesco Iacoviello
Volume 24,
Pages 1-996 (2019)

1st Virtual Conference on Structural Integrity - VCSI1

2022-10-03T03:02:19+00:00

Edited by Filippo Berto, Francesco Iacoviello, Stavros Kourkoulis, Pedro Moreira, Paulo Nobre B Reis, Aleksandar Sedmak, Luca Susmel, Paulo Tavares
Volume 25,
Pages 1-496 (2020)

1st Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, MedFract1

2022-10-03T03:04:51+00:00

Edited by Stavros Kourkoulis, Francesco Iacoviello, Dimos Triantis, Filippo Berto, Dimitrios Karelakas, Giuseppe Ferro
Volume 26,
Pages 1-438 (2020)

The 6th International E-Conference on Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering (ICIMECE 2020) Special Symposium - Integrity of Mechanical Structure and Material

2022-10-03T03:07:59+00:00

Edited by Aditya Rio Prabowo, Ubaidillah ., Fitrian Imaduddin
Volume 27,
Pages 1-178 (2020)

1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture - VECF1

2022-10-03T03:10:35+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Aleksandar Sedmak, Liviu Marsavina, Bamber Blackman, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Valery Shlyannikov, Per Stahle, Zhiliang Zhang, Pedro M.G.P. Moreira, Zeljko Bozic, Leslie Banks-Sills
Volume 28,
Pages 1-2450 (2020)

Art Collections 2020, Safety Issue (ARCO 2020, SAFETY)

2022-10-03T03:13:15+00:00

Edited by Marco Tanganelli, Stefania Viti,
Volume 29,
Pages 1-198 (2020)

IX Eurasian Symposium on the problems of strength and resource in low climatic temperatures (EURASTRENCOLD-2020)

2022-10-03T03:15:49+00:00

Edited by Valeriy V. Lepov, Theodoros Rousakis, Bisong Mbelle Samuel
Volume 30,
Pages 1-232 (2020)

4th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability, ICSID 2020

2022-10-03T03:18:37+00:00

Edited by Zeljko Bozic, Siegfried Schmauder, Katarina Monkova, Aleksandar Sedmak, Sergio Baragetti, Francesco Iacoviello

Volume 31,
Pages 1-154 (2021)

XXIIth Winter School on Continuous Media Mechanics

2022-10-03T03:21:20+00:00

Edited by Matveenko Valerii P, Plekhov Oleg A.
Volume 32,
Pages 1-344 (2021)

26th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-10-03T03:23:43+00:00

Edited by Vittorio Di Cocco, Paolo Ferro, Luciana Restuccia, Giacomo Risitano, Andrea Spagnoli, Carmine Maletta
Volume 33,
Pages 1-1234 (2021)

The second European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials

2022-10-03T03:26:03+00:00

Edited by Filippo Berto, Brech van Hoorweder, Francesco Iacoviello, Juergen Stampfl, Luca Susmel, Jan Torgersen
Volume 34,
Pages 1-274 (2021)

2nd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials (IWPDF 2021), 18-20 August 2021, Ankara, Turkey

2022-10-03T03:28:31+00:00

Edited by Tuncay Yalcinkaya
Volume 35,
Pages 1-278 (2022)

1st Virtual International Conference “In service Damage of Materials: Diagnostics and Prediction

2022-10-03T03:31:40+00:00

Edited by Petro Yasniy, Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn, Volodymyr Iasniy, Olha Zvirko
Volume 36,
Pages 1-408 (2022)

ICSI 2021 The 4th International Conference on Structural Integrity

2022-10-03T03:34:23+00:00

Edited by Pedro Moreira, Ing. Paulo Tavares
Volume 37,
Pages 1-1072 (2022)

Fatigue Design 2021, International Conference Proceedings, 9th Edition

2022-10-03T03:37:00+00:00

Edited by Fabien LEFEBVRE, Pascal SOUQUET
Volume 38,
Pages 1-640 (2022)

7th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP2021)

2022-10-03T03:39:40+00:00

Edited by Sabrina Vantadori, Stefano Natali, Francesco Iacoviello, Andrea Carpinteri, Filippo Berto
Volume 39,
Pages 1-814 (2022)

15th International Conference on Mechanics, Resource and Diagnostics of Materials and Structures (MRDMS 2021)

2022-10-03T03:42:28+00:00

Edited by Roman Savrai, Alexander Smirnov
Volume 40,
Pages 1-476 (2022)

2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-10-03T03:45:33+00:00

Edited by Filippo Berto, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francisco Galvez, Stavros K. Kourkoulis, Francesco Iacoviello, Mohamed Hadj Meliani
Volume 41,
Pages 1-766 (2022)

20th European Conference on Fracture

2022-10-03T17:00:51+00:00

Edited by Zhiliang Zhang, Bjørn Skallerud, Christian Thaulow, Erling Ostby, Jianying He
Volume 3,
Pages 1-2206 (2014)

CHePiCC Summer School

2022-07-07T11:23:59+00:00

The concept of the Cultural Heritage Protection in Climate Change (CHePiCC) School focuses on built cultural heritage as integral part of cultural landscapes and vice versa, both seriously affected by climate change and related natural catastrophes. Climate change itself is the connecting element and affects both cultural landscapes and cultural heritage. Higher Education (HE) students are given the chance to learn about applicable maintenance, preparedness and preservation measures by developing tailored measures for a given site and by implementing and actually testing their ideas. The concept focuses on the effects of climate change in a certain climate zone, and develops possibilities to teach sustainable, eco-friendly and cost-efficient preparedness measures for built cultural heritage and maintenance measures for cultural landscapes. The whole concept is hybrid, student-centred, following a strict hands-on approach and is research based. The entire concept of the School can easily be transferred to other frameworks.

Third IJFatigue & FFEMS Workshop “Characterization of Crack Tip Fields”

2022-10-02T04:21:57+00:00

April 20 - 22, 2015 – Urbino, Italy

The second IJF & FFEMS “Challenges in Multiaxial Fatigue”

2022-10-02T04:25:18+00:00

April 12-14, 2017 – Bonifacio, France

The 4th IJF & FFEMS Workshop “Characterization of Crack Tip Fields”

2022-10-02T04:28:49+00:00

April 10-12, 2017 – Bonifacio, France

Fracture and Structural integrity: ten years of ‘Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale’

2022-10-02T04:32:18+00:00

June 4-6, 2018 - Cassino

IGF19

2022-10-02T04:36:14+00:00

July 2-4, 2007 - Milano

IGF20

2022-10-02T04:40:29+00:00

June 24-26, 2009 - Torino

IGF26 - 26th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-10-02T04:43:38+00:00

May 26-31, 2021 - Turin

1st Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, MedFract1

2022-10-02T04:46:43+00:00

February 26-28, 2020, Athens, Greece

XV Portuguese Conference on Fracture, PCF 2016, 10-12 February 2016, Paco de Arcos, Portugal

2022-10-02T09:15:07+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Luis Reis, Manuel Fonte, Manuel Freitas, Virgínia Infante
Volume 1,
Pages 1-318 (2016)

ECF21

2022-10-02T09:23:32+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Luca Susmel, Donato Firrao, Giuseppe Ferro

Volume 2,

Pages 1-3798 (2016)

XXIV Italian Group of Fracture Conference, 1-3 March 2017, Urbino, Italy

2022-10-02T09:29:28+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Luca Susmel, Donato Firrao, Giuseppe Ferro
Volume 3,
Pages 1-588 (2017)

ESIS TC24 Workshop "Integrity of Railway Structures", 24-25 October 2016, Leoben, Austria

2022-10-02T14:18:46+00:00

Edited by Hans-Peter Gänser, Stefano Beretta
Volume 4,
Pages 1-114 (2017)

2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity, ICSI 2017, 4-7 September 2017, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

2022-10-02T14:22:36+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Pedro M.G.P. Moreira, Paulo J.S. Tavares
Volume 5,
Pages 1-1454 (2017)

XXVII International Conference «Mathematical and Computer Simulation in Mechanics of Solids and Structures. Fundamentals of static and dynamic fracture»,MCM 2017,25-27 September 2017, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2022-10-02T14:26:03+00:00

Edited by Yuri Petrov, Vadim Silberschmidt
Volume 6,
Pages 1-344 (2017)

3rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects, FDMD 2017

2022-10-02T14:29:32+00:00

Edited by Stefano Beretta, Stefano Foletti, Gianni Nicoletto, Roberto Tovo
Volume 7,
Pages 1-536 (2017)

AIAS2017 - 46th Conference on Stress Analysis and Mechanical Engineering Design, 6-9 September 2017, Pisa, Italy

2022-10-02T14:33:15+00:00

Edited by Dario Amodio, Nicola Bonora, Gabriele Arcidiacono, Luigi Bruno, Francesco Frendo, Giuseppe Mirone, Francesco Iacoviello
Volume 8,
Pages 1-628 (2018)

IGF Workshop “Fracture and Structural Integrity”

2022-10-02T14:36:28+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Luca Susmel, Donato Firrao, Giuseppe Ferro
Volume 9,
Pages 1-328 (2018)

1st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials,Athens, May 10-12, 2018

2022-10-02T14:39:37+00:00

Edited by Stavros K. Kourkoulis, Dimos Triantis
Volume 10,
Pages 1-342 (2018)

XIV International Conference On Building Pathology And Constructions Repair, Florence, Italy, June 20-22, 2018

2022-10-02T14:44:07+00:00

Edited by Gianni Bartoli, Michele Betti, Mario Fagone, Barbara Pintucchi
Volume 11,
Pages 1-470 (2018)

AIAS 2018 international conference on stress analysis

2022-10-02T14:46:45+00:00

Edited by Dario Amodio, Nicola Bonora, Luigi Bruno, Francesco Frendo, Francesco Iacoviello, Giuseppe Mirone
Volume 12,
Pages 1-602 (2018)

ECF22

2022-10-02T15:47:36+00:00

Edited by Aleksandar Sedmak, Zoran Radakovic, Marko Rakin

Volume 13

Pages 1-2266 (2018)

SICE 2018 (2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity and Exhibition 2018)

2022-10-02T15:51:08+00:00

Edited by K Bhanu Sankara Rao, R Sunder, Vikram Jayaram, S Gopalakrishnan, K Gopinath, Kartik Prasad
Volume 14,
Pages 1-986 (2019)

International Conference on Stents: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing ICS3M 2019

2022-10-02T15:53:26+00:00

Edited by Liguo Zhao, Vadim V. Silberschmidt
Volume 15,
Pages 1-74 (2019)

6th International Conference “Fracture Mechanics of Materials and Structural Integrity”, FMSI 2019, 3–6 June, 2019, Lviv, Ukraine

2022-10-02T15:55:48+00:00

Edited by Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn, Ihor Dmytrakh, Olha Zvirko
Volume 16,
Pages 1-286 (2019)

3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity, ICSI 2019, 2-5 September 2019, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

2022-10-02T15:58:27+00:00

Edited by Pedro M.G.P. Moreira, Paulo J.S. Tavares
Volume 17,
Pages 1-1010 (2019)

25th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-10-02T16:00:49+00:00

Edited by Francesco Iacoviello, Luca Susmel, Donato Firrao, Giuseppe Ferro
Volume 18,
Pages 1-920 (2019)

Fatigue Design 2019, International Conference on Fatigue Design, 8th Edition

2022-10-02T16:02:52+00:00

Edited by Fabien Lefebvre, Pascal Souquet Cetim
Volume 19,
Pages 1-728 (2019)

1st International Conference on Integrity and Lifetime in Extreme Environment (ILEE-2019)

2022-10-02T16:05:12+00:00

Edited by Valeriy V. Lepov, Theodoros Rousakis, Bisong Mbelle Samuel
Volume 20,
Pages 1-310 (2019)

The 7th International Conference on Crack Paths – CP 2021

2022-10-01T06:32:32+00:00

The 7th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2021) was organised by TC3 Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The CP 2021 edition took place in a virtual format (September 21st to 24th, 2021) due to disorders caused by the pandemic COVID-19 situation.

Workshop Very High Cycle Fatigue

2022-10-01T14:25:34+00:00

November 5, 2008 – Torino, Italy

IGF session in AIAS 2009

2022-10-01T14:32:29+00:00

2009 – Torino, Italy

Workshop “Progettazione a fatica di giunzioni saldate e non”

2022-10-01T14:38:27+00:00

March 9-10, 2009 - Forni di Sopra (UD), Italy

Wokshop "Problematiche di frattura nei materiali per l'ingegneria"

2022-10-01T14:43:40+00:00

March 1-2, 2010. Forni di Sopra (UD), Italy

First IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop

2022-10-01T14:49:08+00:00

March 7-9, 2011 - Forni di Sopra (UD), Italy

IGF session in AIPnD 2011

2022-10-01T16:10:00+00:00

2011 – Firenze, Italy

IGF session in CompImage2012

2022-10-01T16:13:41+00:00

2012 – Rome, Italy

IGF21

2022-10-01T16:17:55+00:00

June, 13-14, 2011, Cassino (Italy)

IGF22

2022-10-01T16:21:17+00:00

July 1-3, 2013 - Rome

IGF23

2022-10-01T16:25:04+00:00

June 22-24, 2015 - Favignana

IGF24

2022-10-01T16:28:29+00:00

March 1-3, 2017 - Urbino

IGF25

2022-10-01T16:33:56+00:00

June 9-11, 2019 - Catania

IGF Session in AIPnD2009

2022-10-01T16:37:30+00:00

2009 – Rome, Italy

Summer School IGF 2008 - Elasticity

2022-10-01T16:41:20+00:00

2008 – Trieste, Italy

Summer School IGF 2010 - Integrity

2022-10-01T16:44:40+00:00

2010 – Trieste, Italy

Summer School IGF 2012 - Multiaxial Fatigue Assessment

2022-10-01T16:48:07+00:00

2012– Udine, Italy

Summer School IGF 2019 - Fracture Mechanics

2022-10-01T16:52:36+00:00

2019 – Catania, Italy

Wokshop Problematiche di frattura e di Integrità Strutturale

2022-10-01T16:57:23+00:00

January 3-6, 2012, Forni di Sopra (UD), Italy

Second IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop

2022-10-01T17:02:45+00:00

April 15-17, 2013 – Malaga, Spain

The first Multi-Lateral Workshop on “Fracture and Structural Integrity related Issues”

2022-10-01T17:08:37+00:00

September 15-17, 2015 – Catania, Italy

The first International Workshop on “Challenges in Multiaxial Fatigue”

2022-10-01T17:12:54+00:00

April 22-24, 2015 – Urbino, Italy

Workshop Young IGF Researchers

2022-09-29T13:46:01+00:00

July 24, 2008 – Trieste, Italy

1st Virtual Conference on Structural Integrity, VCSI-1

2022-09-25T13:18:15+00:00

January 16, 2020, Online

Organizing Committee

Aleksandar Sedmak - University of Belgrade, Serbia;
Filippo Berto - NTNU, Norway;
Francesco Iacoviello - University of Cassino, Italy;
Stavros Kourkoulis - National Technical University of Athens, Greece;
Pedro Moreira - INEGI, Portugal;
Paulo NB Reis - UBI, Portugal;
Luca Susmel - University of Sheffield, UK;
Paulo Tavares - INEGI, Portugal; Filippo Berto, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

DIVK 2021 Annual Conference

2022-06-18T14:53:30+00:00

DIVK 2021 Annual Conference, Belgrade, Serbia

ECF23-Book of Abstracts

2022-06-06T13:41:47+00:00

ECF23-Book of Abstracts

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. June 27 – July 1, 2022

Virtual 4th International Conference on Structural Integrity – ICSI 2021

2022-04-16T15:05:47+00:00

Virtual 4th International Conference on Structural Integrity – ICSI 2021 was held online, August 26-31, 2018. August 30 – September 2, 2021

Chairmen
Pedro Moreira, INEGI, Portugal
Paulo Tavares, INEGI, Portugal

Organizing Committee
Virginia Infante, IST, Portugal
Luís Reis, IST, Portugal
Paulo Lobo, UMA, Portugal
Luís Borrego, IPC, Portugal

Local Organizing Committee
Behzad Farahani, INEGI, Portugal
Carmen Sguazzo, INEGI, Portugal
Daniel Braga, INEGI, Portugal
Nuno Viriato, INEGI, Portugal
Shayan Eslami, INEGI, Portugal

Mixed mode fracture behaviour of a multi-directional plain weave composite - An interface delamination between a 0°/90° and a +45°/-45° weave

2022-04-16T15:34:27+00:00

Currently, the advantages of composite materials, such as high strength and toughness to weight ratios, corrosion and fatigue resistance, make these materials very attractive and desirable to work with, especially in the aerostructure industry. However, composite material structures are sensitive to the presence of damage such as delamination, which is one of the most typical failure modes in laminate composites. A delamination may be induced during the manufacturing process or may be caused by inadvertent impact damage after manufacturing.

Mixed mode fracture behavior of a multi-directional laminate composite produced by a wet layup

2022-02-08T11:49:01+00:00

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers are used for improving performance and lowering operational costs of structures, particularly in the aerospace industry. However, lack of knowledge of the fracture behavior of these composites may result in catastrophic disasters. Understanding delamination initiation and propagation of carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates (CFRPs) may assist in preventing catastrophic failures of structures such as airplanes. Precise engineering tools may lead to safer design, improved performance, as well as lowered operational costs of structures constructed from these materials.
This study focuses on a delamination between two fiber reinforced composite plies. The upper ply is a UD fabric with fibers oriented in the 0^o- direction and the lower ply is a plain balanced weave with tows oriented in the +45^o/-45^o - directions. The composite is manufactured by a wet-layup process.

Twenty-seven successful mixed mode fracture toughness tests were carried out using Brazilian disk specimens to determine the fracture toughness properties of this composite and interface. During each test, a load P was applied at an angle omega with respect to an artificial delamination located between the investigated plies. Seven loading angles were used to achieve different mixed mode combinations. Based on the results, using finite element analyses in conjunction with the three-dimensional conservative interaction energy integral or M-integral and the displacement extrapolation method, the stress intensity factors resulting from mechanical loads, as well as residual curing stresses were obtained along the delamination front for each specimen. The stress intensity factors were superposed and used to calculate the interface initiation energy release rate and mode mixities or phase angles. Finally, two and three-dimensional failure criteria were proposed for this material and interface and a statistical analysis with a 10% probability of unexpected failure in the safe zone with a confidence of 95% was performed. The failure curves and surfaces may be used to predict catastrophic failure for this material and interface, as well as to lead to a better understanding of interlaminar delamination.

Initiation and propagation properties were determined based on nearly mode I, nearly mode II and mixed mode fracture toughness and fracture resistance tests. For mode I, DCB tests, which were performed and described in Chocron and Banks-Sills (2019), were reanalyzed. For the nearly mode II and mixed mode initiation and resistance properties, C-ELS and MMELS fracture tests were performed, respectively, and analyzed. These tests were quasi-static and consisted of two stages. In the first test stage, an artificial delamination was extended and in the second test stage, propagation from a natural precrack was observed.
The experimental and numerical results obtained from the tests were employed to determine the fracture resistance G_iR-curves for nearly mode I, nearly mode II and for one mixed mode I/II deformation ratio. The G_iR-curves were generated by means of a local M-integral approach, as well as by means of the global experimental compliance method (ECM) and included determination of the initiation G_ic and steady-state propagation G_iss values. The G_iR-curves obtained using both methods were compared for each tested specimen. In addition, the phase angles psi and phi which define the mode mixities, were calculated for each specimen and test.
The R-curves found may be used to account for the fracture resistance energy release rate required for propagation and to assist in improving the design and safety of a structure made of this laminate with this interface.

2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity

2022-04-03T07:34:48+00:00

Algerian Group of Fracture Mechanics and Energy (AGFME), Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials (GSEMM), Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) and Sociedad Espanola de Integridad Estructural - Grupo Espanol de Fractura (SEIE-GEF) organized the 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity, MedFract2.

February 14-16, 2022, Catania (Italy) & Web

21st European Conference on Fracture

2022-03-01T05:33:46+00:00

21st European Conference on Fracture – ECF21 was held in Catania (Italy), June 20-24, 2016.

Organizing Committee

Francesco Iacoviello	(Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy)
Giuseppe Andrea Ferro	(Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Donato Firrao	(Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Luca Susmel	(University of Sheffield, UK)

22nd European Conference on Fracture

2022-03-01T06:01:05+00:00

22^nd European Conference on Fracture – ECF22 was held in Belgrade (Serbia), August 26-31, 2018.

VSSFM - 2021, Summer School on Fracture Mechanics

2022-02-25T04:51:52+00:00

The scientific programme of the school contained different areas of mechanics including material science, mechanics of solid deformable body and others.

The leading researchers delivered lectures that deal with relevant problems of mechanical phenomena and present the results of latest studies in the respective areas.

The lectures were held in the form of webinar, presentation, open discussion with the ability to ask questions in the real time using the Google Meet platform.

ESIS Summer School - 2014 - Trondheim (Norway)

2022-02-25T05:20:16+00:00

This ESIS Summer School was organized in the frame of the ECF20 that was held in Trondheim (Norway) in 2014.

ESIS Summer School - 2016 Catania (Italy)

2022-02-25T16:05:40+00:00

This ESIS Summer School was organized in the frame of the ECF21 that was held in Catania (Italy) in 2016.

ESIS Summer School - 2018 Belgrade (Serbia)

2022-02-25T17:16:59+00:00

This ESIS Summer School was organized in the frame of the ECF22 that was held in Belgrade (Serbia) in 2018

1st Winter School Trends on Additive Manufacturing for Engineering Applications

2022-02-25T18:00:40+00:00

This 1st Winter School, Trends on Additive Manufacturing for Engineering Applications was organized online in the frame of the SIRAMM project in 2021.

1st Virtual ESIS Summer School

2022-02-23T04:58:34+00:00

Due to the COVID-19 pandemia, in 2020 the Summer School organized in the frame of ECF23 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) was postponed to 2022. The 1^st Virtual ESIS Summer School – VESS1 was held online (July 2020).

1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture

2022-02-22T15:03:10+00:00

Due to the COVID-19 pandemia, in 2020 the ECF23 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) was postponed to 2022. The 1^st Virtual European Conference on Fracture – VECF1 was held online (June 29 – July 1, 2020).

The second European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials

2022-02-19T17:26:12+00:00

Structural integrity, i.e. the fracture and fatigue strength of additively manufactured materials and components is becoming increasingly important with the technology’s transition towards major industrial utilization. The conference provided an overview over current scientific knowledge and stimulated ideas for future research directions in this emerging field. ESIAM21 was the second event of the biannual international conference series held in Europe and worldwide.

Chairpersons

Filippo Berto	Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
Juergen Stampfl	Institute of Materials Science and Technology. Vienna University of Technology - Vienna (Austria)
Jan Torgersen	Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – Trondheim (Norway)
Luca Susmel	Structural Integrity at the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering. The University of Sheffield (UK)
Brecht Van Hooreweder	Department of Mechanical Engineering - Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) Section. Ku Leuven (Belgium)

Advanced methodology for fretting fatigue assessment of metallic structural components

2021-04-10T14:14:16+00:00

The present Ph.D. Thesis deals with the analysis of metallic structural components subject to fretting fatigue in partial slip regime. An analytical methodology for fretting fatigue assessment of structural components is proposed. Such a methodology allows to evaluate both the initial crack path and the lifetime of metallic structures under fretting fatigue elastic partial slip loading conditions in high-cycle fatigue.

The proposed methodology consists in the joint application of the multiaxial fatigue criterion by Carpinteri et al. together with the non-local approach (named Critical Direction Method) by Araújo et al. The philosophy related to the theory of the Critical Distance by Taylor is also taken into account in the procedure.

The stress field induced into two bodies in contact subject to fretting fatigue is analysed in Chapter 2, since it represents an input data for the methodology. Firstly, the damage process associated with fretting is described, by even exploiting the concept of fretting map. Subsequently, the main methodologies available in the literature to analyse fretting fatigue problems are briefly reviewed. Finally, the analytical formulation implemented in the proposed methodology is detailed.

Chapter 3 is devoted to the description of the advanced analytical methodology proposed in the present Ph.D. Thesis for fretting fatigue assessment of structural components. In particular, both the Critical Direction Method by Araújo et al., the theory of the Critical Distance by Taylor, and the Carpinteri et al. criterion for fretting fatigue are described. Then, the steps of the advanced methodology proposed in the present Ph.D. Thesis are detailed.

Chapter 4 deals with the validation of the proposed analytical methodology. In more detail, ten different experimental campaigns available in the literature and related to fretting fatigue tests in partial slip conditions are examined. Eight different materials, that is, four aluminium alloys, one titanium alloy and three steels, are analysed. The results obtained in terms of both crack path orientation and fatigue life are described and compared to the experimental ones available in the literature, for each experimental campaign examined.

Finally, conclusions are summarised in Chapter 5.

Mechanical Modelling of Short-Fibre-Reinforced Materials under Static or Cyclic Loading

2021-04-10T14:13:45+00:00

Fibre-Reinforced Composite (FRC) materials typically consist of two or more constituents combined at a macroscopic level. Due to their high mechanical
properties (such as good tensile strength, fracture resistance, durability, corrosion
resistance, enhanced wear and fatigue strength), composites are commonly used in
advanced engineering applications. The mechanical properties of such multiphase
materials depend on those of their constituents, i.e. the bulk material (matrix)
and the reinforcing phase (such as fibres), as well as on their reciprocal interface
bonding. The strength and durability design of composite structural elements must
consider the typical damage phenomena occurring in such materials under in-service
loading. Such degrading effects, usually responsible for a significant decrease of
the structural mechanical performances, can be mainly related to the fibre-matrix
delamination (also identified as debonding), fibre breaking, fibre buckling, matrix
plastic deformation or cracking. The proper evaluation of the safety factor of
composite materials during the service life and also at their limit state, is a crucial
task in the design and durability assessment of structural components made by
such materials.
The present Ph.D. Thesis deals with the development of a micro-mechanicalbased approach for the assessment of the mechanical behaviour of short fibre
reinforced composites under static and cyclic loading, by taking into account
the principal damage failure modes. A homogenisation approach, based on an
energetic formulation, has been generalised in order to take into account the spatial
arrangement and distribution of the fibre reinforcing phase. Fibres effectiveness is
considered by means of a proper parameter, the sliding function s, that quantifies
the stress transfer capability of the fibre-matrix interface bond. Such a parameter
has been determined through the fracture mechanics based approach proposed in
this Ph.D. Thesis, in alternative to the classical "Shear Lag" model. A correlation
between the present model and the shear lag one has been proposed in order to
allow the quantification of the static critical interface parameters (such as fracture
toughness and fracture energy), necessary to identified the condition of incipient
detachment propagation. The progressive debonding due to the action of cyclic
loads is quantified through a fatigue power law.
In order to consider all the micro-mechanical phenomena involved in static
and fatigue problems, the mechanical behaviour of the single constituents of the
composite are also analysed. The matrix is assumed to be characterised by a
linear elastic, elastic-plastic or brittle mechanical behaviour in case of static loads,
whereas an approach based on the experimental Wöhler diagrams (S-N curves)
is adopted to simulate fatigue effects. The fibre-reinforcing phase is assumed to
present a linear elastic behaviour until reaching a suitable condition of failure at
which the fibre breaks into two parts. Fibre-fibre reciprocal interaction is also
considered, whereas the effect of the cycle loading on the fibre material has been
neglected.
Finally, the formulation proposed has been implemented in a non-linear 2-D
FE code and used for the simulation of simple structural elements under static
and cyclic loads. Some of the obtained results have been reported, discussed and
compared with literature available data.

ESIS Recommendations for Determining the Fracture Resistance of Ductile Materials

2020-01-13T18:43:14+00:00

This volume describes a European Structural Integrity Society Procedure for determining the crack growth fracture resistance behavior of ductile materials The fracture behavior is characterised in terms of either the variation in fracture resistance J or crack tip opening displacement delta with crack growth