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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.

The 4th edition of the International Conference of Nanomechanics and Nanocomposites (ICNN)  will be held in Vicenza from 14th to 17th of September 2016.

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.

Dear all,

these papers might interest those engaged in the assessment of the mechanical properties of nanocomposites using multiscale approaches.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0266353812002709

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1359835x13000298

Dear all,

This paper might interest those engaged in the assessment of non-linear notch root stresses and strains. Please take a look, the paper is free.

http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ffe.12124/full

Bests 

Michele

The University of Padova opened a selection for 15 PhD grants for
foreign (non-Italians) students with deadline for application at
September 19th. The call and information for the selection are available
at the following website:

http://www.unipd.it/en/research/doctoral-degrees-phd-programmes.

Michele Zappalorto PhD

Assistant Professor of Machine Desing

University of Padova, Italy

The University of Padova, through the funding of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo,

offers research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/International Courses. During the 3-year doctoral programme.

This position is closed