Overview

The mathematical foundation of fracture mechanics has seen considerable advances in the last years. This field of study covers a big variety of exciting topics, including propagation of cracks, equilibrium of structures with thin inclusions in the presence of delaminations, frictional contact problems, inverse and control problems. The aim of the workshop "Mathematical analysis of fracture phenomena for elastic structures and its applications" is to bring together researchers working on different aspects of these issues. The workshop provides a platform for researchers to communicate, discuss, and exchange ideas under the common theme of fracture phenomena.

CoMFoS was initiated in 1995 under the auspices of the activity group "Continuum Mechanics Focusing on Singularities (CoMFoS)" of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM). From April 2010, the activity group CoMFoS was renamed "Mathematical Aspects of Continuum Mechanics (MACM)".

This year's CoMFoS meeting covers the following topics:

• elasticity, plasticity

• modeling of composite materials

• fracture mechanics

• study of mathematical models for solids with defects

• asymptotic and multiscale analysis

• optimal shape design

• inverse problems

The links for the recent CoMFoS meetings can be accessed here: CoMFoS20 and CoMFoS21.