Minisymposium on Damage Mechanics of Solids & Structures

As part of USNCTAM2014 (17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics) to be held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan from June 15-20, 2014, we are organizing a Minisymposium
entitled

Damage Mechanics of Solids and Structures 

within the Mechanics of Solids and Structures Technical Track. Detailed information on the conference is available at http://www.usnctam2014.org

We invite you to submit abstracts to this Minisymposium at https://www.egr.msu.edu/conference/.
The extended deadline for the abstract submission is January 6, 2014.

This minisymposium will address the current state of knowledge concerning the understanding and
theoretical and computational modeling of the degradation in mechanical and
physical properties of solids and structures due to the evolution of defects in
the form of micro-cracks and micro-voids and evolution of localized zones of
fracture and failure. Development of improved strength, stiffness, and lifetime
prediction methods are of great importance for improving the performance,
reliability, and structural integrity. Damage mechanics in various materials
(e.g. metals and metal alloys, concrete, polymers, ceramics, asphalt,
biomaterials, macro/micro/nano composites, electronic materials, rocks, etc) is
of great interest. This symposium thus welcomes presentation topics that
include but are not limited to the following areas:

• Constitutive models for damage initiation and evolution
• Thermodynamics of damage mechanics
• Multi-scale modeling of damage and failure
• Non-local and gradient-dependent damage theories
• Cohesive zone models and interfacial damage
• Damage-induced anisotropy
• Fatigue/creep damage
• Fluid/Hydro/Moisture-induced damage
• Coupling of damage mechanics with nonlinear and inelastic theories of
  viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity.
• Modeling impact/blast damage

Organizer:  Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE