16th European Conference of Fracture

Started in 1976, the European Conference of Fracture (ECF) is today the premier activity of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) to promote world-wide cooperation among scientists and engineers concerned with fracture and fatigue of solids. It takes place every two years in a European country.

The 16th European Conference of Fracture will focus in all aspects of Structural Integrity with the objective of improving the safety and performance of engineering structures, components, systems and their associated materials. Emphasis will be given in the failure behavior of nanostuctured materials and nanostructures.

The 16th European Conference of Fracture will comprise invited lectures together with contributed oral and poster presentations covering all aspect of fracture and fatigue.

The language of the conference will be English.

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Track 1
Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

• Fracture and fatigue of nanostuctured materials
• Failure mechanisms
• Nanoindentation for fracture of nanostructured materials
• Fatigue and Fracture of MEMS and NEMS
• Failure modes and failure analysis of nanodevices
• Fatigue and fracture at atomistic and molecular scales
• Thin films
• Electronic materials
• Failure of nanocomposites

Track 2
Engineering Materials and Structures

• Physical aspects of fracture
• Brittle fracture
• Ductile fracture
• Nonlinear fracture mechanics
• Fatigue and fracture
• High temperature fracture
• Fretting fatigue
• Polymers and composites
• Ceramics
• Ice
• Fracture mechanics analysis
• Surface treatment technologies
• Probabilistic approaches to fracture mechanics
• Computational fracture mechanics
• Experimental; fracture mechanics
• Creep fracture
• Environment assisted fracture
• Dynamic, high strain rate, or impact fracture
• Damage mechanics
• Residual stress effects
• Concrete and rock
• Sandwich structures
• Novel testing and evaluation techniques
• NDE
• Mixed-mode fracture
• Structural integrity
• Scaling and size effects
• Mesofracture mechanics
• Smart materials and structures
• Fracture of biological materials
• Geophysical and tectonic problems
• Micromechanisms in fracture and fatigue