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After the first two successful editions in 2015 and 2019, with the
enthusiastic participation of students and young researchers from all over the world, the third
edition of the international Summer School on Fatigue and Damage Mechanics of Composites
will be held in Vicenza (Italy) from the 4th to the 8th of July 2022. The venue is the Department
of Management and Engineering, campus of the University of Padova in Vicenza. The School has
already received the patronage of ESCM (the European Society for Composite Materials), AIAS
(the Italian Society for Mechanical Design), Assocompositi (the Italian Association of Composite
Industries) and IGF (the Italian Group of Fracture).
The School aims at providing young scientists and engineers both from Academia and Industry
with the unique opportunity to meet and learn from leading international experts about
advances in the fatigue and damage mechanics of polymer-based composite materials.
Based on the experience and the feedback received after the first editions, the format will be
improved with more tailored theoretical sections, hands-on activities and the presentation of
industrial application cases provided by experts of leading worldwide companies. Particular
attention will be always devoted to the understanding of damage mechanisms and the paths to
incorporate them into predictive models.
During the five-day program, senior researchers and industry representatives will provide
lectures on experimental techniques for damage investigations, damage evolution under
fatigue, analytical and numerical damage modelling, structural health monitoring and examples
of design against damage in advanced industrial applications.

For more information visit the web site: www.gest.unipd.it/damageschool2022

The 7th edition of the International Conference on Fatigue of Composites is going to be held in Vicenza (Italy) from 4th to 6th of July 2018. The conference is organized by the Department of Management and Engineering at the University of Padova, under the patronage of the European Society for Composite Materials, the Committee on Composite Materials of the Japan Society of Material Science, the Italian Association for Stress Analysis and the Italian Group of Fracture.

Dear Colleagues,

we are glad to present the Summer School on Fatigue and Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials (13 . 17 July 2015) and the Short Course on Experimental Techniques and Testing of Composite Materials (9 . 10 July 2015) organized by and to be held at The Department of Management and Engineering  - University of Padova in Vicenza - Italy.