Presentations in any area of damage and failure mechanics will be welcomed. Specific topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following:

1.Experimental damage mechanics: 

• Multiscale damage mechanisms characterizations from the materials sciences point of view
• Structural damage monitoring
• CT/XCT technique for damage characterization
• Ultra-high resolution image processing technique for damage and fracture detection
• Damage detect technique in extreme condition
• Data fusion based on multi-physical experiments, …

2.Theoretical damage mechanics: 

• Nano, micro and macro modelling of damages evolution and their effects (or coupling) on the other thermomechanical fields
• "Negative" or "reversible" damages due to self-healing
• Analytical models bridging fracture and damage
• Modelling of stochastic damage
• Fatigue damage for metallic and brittle materials
• Rate-dependent damage theory for dynamic and creep deformations, …

3.Computational damage mechanics: 

• Numerical aspects to solve the associated evolution problems under quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions, and their associated initial and boundary value problems
• Numerical algorithm of material damage models
• GFEM and XFEM with damage concepts
• Mesh-sensitivity problem associated with damage and softening, …

4.Applications to engineering problems:

• Prediction of damages occurrence in mechanical components and in-service structural-integrity under various complex loading paths.
• Prediction of damages occurrence in materials forming and manufacturing processes
• Concrete, cementitious composites, geomaterials and asphalt materials
• Nano-materials, bio-materials and agro-materials, including the concept of "negative" or "reversible" damages due to self-healing
• Aging infrastructures and structures
• Catastrophe of structures under dynamic excitations
• Stochastic damage and its application to structural reliability