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Mini-Symposium

I. Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Structural and Advanced Materials

The Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Committee of the 11th Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics is soliciting papers for publication and presentation in the technical sessions of the PACAM XI. The fracture and fatigue behavior of structural components subjected to various loading and environmental conditions is central to assess structural integrity. The increasing demand for ensuring acceptable levels of structural safety has spurred a flurry of predictive methodologies aimed at quantifying the impact of defects in load-bearing materials such as, for example, cracks in critical structural components. Such methodologies play a key role in repair decisions and life-extension programs for in-service structures (e.g., aerospace, automotive, nuclear and offshore structures). This symposium will focus on general topics associated with fatigue, fracture and damage of structural and advanced materials with emphasis on the development and application of assessment procedures for structural integrity. Papers covering the following topics (but not limited to) are welcome:

  • Integrity Assessment Methods Under Static and Dynamic Loading
  • High Temperature Materials
  • Environmental Degradation
  • Fracture Mechanics and Damage Approaches
  • Crack Nucleation, Critical and Sub-Critical Crack Growth
  • Residual Stress, Fracture and Fatigue of Welded Structures
  • Fatigue Behavior and Fatigue Crack Growth
  • Effects of Short Cracks and Crack Closure on Fatigue
  • Probabilistic and Reliability Approaches Applied to Assessment Methods
  • Composite Material Structures
  • Computational Modeling of Fracture and Fatigue

 

Symposium Coordinators:
Prof. Claudio Ruggieri
Dept. of Naval Arch. and Ocean Engineering (PNV-EPUSP)
University of São Paulo

Prof. Tulio Nogueira Bittencourt
Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering (PEF-EPUSP)
University of São Paulo
E-mail: tulio.bittencourt@poli.usp.br