Researchers and engineers with expertise in fracture mechanics are invited to attend this special symposium to learn the outcome of the Sandia Fracture Challenge 2 (SFC2), which was launched in the summer of 2014. Discussions regarding novel modeling approaches for predicting the onset and process of ductile tearing will also be held.
SFC2 followed on the heels of a series of similar double-blind prediction challenges in the area of ductile fracture conducted at Sandia National Laboratories in the past five years. The official challenge was initiated on May 30, 2014 and closed on September 1, 2014. Participants were asked to predict the forces and displacements required to initiate and propagate a crack from a relatively simple geometry and predict the path of crack propagation.
This special symposium will highlight each investigator’s approach to modeling the challenge problem as well as a comparison to the experimental results. In addition, all the current and past participating Sandia Fracture Challenge teams are invited to present the progress of improving their models of ductile tearing. The symposium will provide a forum for researchers and engineers to define needed actions to improve the robustness and accuracy of fracture prediction.
Organizers: James M. Redmond, H. Eliot Fang, Helena Jin, Brad L. Boyce, Sharlotte L. Kramer, Sandia National Laboratories
To submit an abstract please go to: http://www.asmeconferences.org/IMECE2015/Author/NewAbstract.cfm
Track 12 Materials: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids Symposium: 12-47 Sandia Fracture Challenge