Final Information for the VECF1
Proposers: Major Zoltan, Andreas J. Brunner.
Summary: The minisymposium organized by ESIS TC4 on "Fracture and fatigue of polymers and polymer composites: Industrial Perspectives and Applications in the Digital Age" focusses on industrial applications of fracture mechanics research for polymers and polymer composites.
In addition to the conventional topics - experimental fracture and fatigue fracture analysis of parts or structural components and application of non-destructive test methods for investigating fracture behavior in an industrial environment - the symposium focusses on the proper combination and extension of experiments with novel modelling and simulation approaches and methods.
The modelling focuses on the application and extension of the integrative computational materials engineering methodology to fracture and fatigue relevant problems of polymeric and polymer composite components. Virtual material testing with fracture mechanics concepts, the application and problems of virtual allowables for composite structures and the implementation of data science based predictive methods for fracture assessment are some of the many novel areas of interest of the mini symposium.