The 29th International Conference of the Italian Fracture Group (IGF29) invites contributions across a broad spectrum of research areas, focusing on the following core topics of interest:
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Additive Manufactured Materials
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Alloys: Al alloys, Cast irons, Cu alloys, Mg alloys, Ni alloys, Refractory metals, Shape Memory Alloys, Sintered Alloys, Steels, Super alloys, Ti alloys
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Analytical, computational and physical Models
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Biomaterials
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Cement and mortars
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Ceramics
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Composites
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Concrete
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Creep
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Damage mechanics
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Environmentally Assisted Fracture & Hydrogen Embrittlement
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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering
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Fatigue & Fatigue crack growth
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Fractography and Advanced Metallography
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Fracture and Fatigue at Atomistic and Molecular Scales
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Fracture and fatigue testing systems
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Fracture under Mixed-Mode and Multiaxial Loading
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Fracture vs. Gradient Mechanics
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Functionally graded materials
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Fundamentals of cohesive zone models
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High and Very High Cycle Fatigue
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High-entropy materials
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History of Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue
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Impact and Dynamics
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Linear and Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
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Low Cycle Fatigue
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Materials mechanical behavior and image analysis
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Mesomechanics of Fracture
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Micromechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue
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Multi-physics and multi-scale modelling of cracking in heterogeneous materials
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Multiscale Experiments and Modeling
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Nanomaterials
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Nondestructive Examination
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Physical Aspects of Brittle Fracture
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Physical Aspects of Ductile Fracture
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Polymers
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Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics
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Reliability and Life Extension of Components
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Repair and retrofitting: modelling and practical application
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Rocks
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Sandwiches, Joints and Coatings
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Smart Materials
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Structural Integrity
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Thin Films
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Wear
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Wood