Call for Abstracts submission to IMECE 2020 Symposium 12-40: Fracture and Failure of Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Materials

Dear colleagues,

As part of 2020 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-19, 2020 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, we are organizing a minisymposium on  Fracture and Failure of Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Materials. This symposium aims to highlight recent advancements in characterizing and modeling of different failure/fracture phenomena in different reinforced polymer matrix composites and the usage of uncertainty quantification, machine learning, and sensitivity analysis that may guide material design. Materials of interest may include but are not limited to particle-reinforced, short-fiber-reinforced, unidirectional composites, woven composites, et cetera.

Nevertheless, research efforts in the following aspects can address these challenges:

1) Develop advanced testing and characterizing techniques to identify different failure modes in reinforced polymer composites, and their relationship with loading conditions;
2) Develop sophisticated computational models, informed by the experiential observation, to capture different failure and fracture modes at the microscale;
3) Integrate the modeling tool with uncertainty quantification, advanced machine learning algorithms (e.g., Gaussian process regression, artificial neural networks, Bayesian inference, et cetera.), and sensitivity analysis, to either identify the relative importance of different uncertain parameters or identify the optimal material microstructure.

We cordially invite you to submit your abstract for this mini-symposium. Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is July 13rd, 2020. You can submit your abstract using the following link (our session is listed as symposium 12-40): https://event.asme.org/IMECE

We hope you can join us in the IMECE conference and look forward to seeing you in Portland.

Best wishes.

Philippe Geubelle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xiang Zhang, University of Wyoming
Yuan Gao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maryam Shakiba, Virginia Tech