The main topics of the conference will be:

• Linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics in the description of the destruction of materials and structures
• Multiscale identification and modeling of fracture mechanisms in engineering materials
• Cracking of biomaterials
• Modeling of plastic and brittle fracture
• Fracture mechanics of composites and polymers
• Cracking of heterogeneous structures
• The statistical approach in describing the fracture process
• Criteria for fracture of materials
• Forecasting structural damage
• Cracking of materials and structures in a complex state of stress
• Cracking of materials and structures under dynamic loads
• The influence of the environment on the process of fracture of materials and structures
• Experimental methods in the mechanics of fracture of materials
• Mechanics of fatigue cracking
• Modeling of fracture processes using probabilistic methods and artificial intelligence

Here you can find latest version of conference programme

Here you can find the book of abstracts. File is encrypted. Conference participants will obtain password

2-page abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts published by the Publishing House of the Wrocław University of Technology.

Full papers (6-8 pages) will (optional) be published as chapters in the Springer — Structural Integrity Series monograph

Full versions of the papers selected by the Scientific Committee, after their presentation at the conference, will be recommended for publication in one of the special issues of the journals:

• Engineering Failure Analysis (IF = 2.897)
• International Journal of Fatigue (IF = 4,369)
• International Journal of Fracture (IF = 2.807)
• Springer Nature Applied Science (Wos, Scopus)

Publications:

1. Abstracts: May 1, 2021 July 11, 2021 (information about acceptance until May 25 July, 25). You can find the abstract template here.
2. Full versions of works for the Springer book: 10/06/2021 August 15, 2021 (the book will be published after the conference - certainly in 2021, the organizers do not guarantee its publication before the conference deadline)

Registration and fees:

1. Registration and payment of the fee by 30/05/2021 July 15, 2021 (to be further specified).
2. Conference fee: 400 zł (about 100 €)