Final Information for the VECF1
Proposers: José Correia, Aleksandar Sedmak, Vladimir Moskvichev.
Summary: This minisymposium is intended to be a forum of discussion of the recent advances in maintenance, safety, risk analysis, probabilistic assessment, life-cycle performance, fatigue, fracture, damage mechanics, numerical simulation of a wide range of infrastructures, such as, engineering technical systems, transportation systems, bridges, buildings, dams, railways, underground constructions, wind and transmission towers, offshore platforms, pipelines, naval vessels, oceanic structures, nuclear power plants, airplanes and other types of structures including aerospace and automotive structures are considered. It is expected contributions from engineers, metallurgists, material scientists, among others, allowing a very multidisciplinary discussion.