General Topics

  • Fracture & fatigue of advanced materials
  • Failure mechanisms
  • Fracture & fatigue of MEMS and NEMS
  • Failure of nanodevices
  • Fracture at atomistic & molecular scale
  • Fracture & fatigue of thin films
  • Failure of nanocomposites
  • Physics of fracture
  • Brittle fracture
  • Ductile fracture
  • High temperature creep fracture
  • Fretting fatigue
  • Thermal-mechanical fatigue
  • Stress corrosion & corrosion fatigue
  • Environment assisted fracture
  • Fracture in ceramics
  • Fracture in polymers
  • Test methods in fracture
  • Nonlinear & linear fracture mechanics
  • Computational fracture mechanics
  • Nondestructive testing for fracture prevention
  • Fracture in biological materials
  • Cracks in geological systems
  • Mixed mode fracture
  • Structural integrity assessments
  • Probabilistic fracture mechanics
  • Smart materials & structures
  • Fracture in structural foams
  • Dynamic & high strain rate fracture
  • Fracture in weldments
  • Damage mechanics
  • Fracture of composites