Symposium "Mechanics and Physics of Fracture" at ESMC2025

We are pleased to announce the organization of the Mini-Symposium 3-4 "Mechanics and Physics of Fracture" at the 12th European Conference on Solid Mechanics (ESMC25), under the auspices of the European Society of Mechanics (EUROMECH), from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Lyon, France.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is 20 November 2024.

Significant progress has been reached during the last century in understanding many relevant physical mechanisms related to fracture, but much remains to be understood. For example, the study of 3D aspects, initiation of fracture and early stages of crack propagation, multi-cracking, destabilization towards complex oscillating crack paths or crack branching, and interactions with heterogeneities have recently garnered growing interest. Furthermore, describing cracks and fracture in anisotropic materials, fracture at large deformations or in visco-elasto-plastic materials pose ongoing challenges. 

Our vision for the mini-symposium is to create a platform that brings together a diverse group of researchers from the fields of continuum mechanics, materials science, solid-state, condensed matter & statistical physics. This multidisciplinary approach will enable a rich exchange of ideas and foster a collaborative environment, particularly by combining physics and mechanics, jointly discussing experiments and simulations, and/or crossing several scales from the atomistic over the micro-, meso- and macroscale.

Please see https://esmc2025.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/MS3_4_MechanicsPhysicsFracture.pdf