First announcement and call for papersThis will be the 9th International Conference in the series organised by the European Structural Integrity Society - Technical Committee 4 on Fracture Mechanics related to Polymers, Polymeric Composites and Adhesives.

We are again inviting papers in the areas reflecting the current and future interests of TC4 as listed overleaf.

New developments and innovative applications are especially welcome.

Organised by ESIS – The European Structural Integrity Society and Elsevier Ltd, publisher of Engineering Fracture Mechanics

9th International Conference on

Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives

6-10 September 2020 Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

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Conference ChairsBamber R.K. Blackman Imperial College London, UK

Andreas J. Brunner Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Abstract submission deadline: 17 January 2020Early bird registration deadline: 1 June 2020

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Analytical characterizations of crack tip plastic zone size for central-cracked unstiffened and stiffened plates under biaxial loading X. Huang , Y. Liu and X. Huang 1

A new overall nonlinear damage model for fi ber metal laminates based on continuum damage mechanics M. Kashfi , G.H. Majzoobi , N. Bonora , G. Iannitti , A. Ruggiero and E. Khademi 21

Fatigue analysis of friction stir welded butt joints under bending and tension load R. Ranjan , A.C. de Oliveira Miranda , S. Hui Guo , S. Walbridge and A. Gerlich 34

Analysis of material size and shape effects for steel fi ber reinforcement self-consolidating concrete M. Akbari , S. Khalilpour and M. Dehestani 46

Interface delamination vs. bulk cracking along wavy interfaces S. Sehr , S. Amidi and M.R. Begley 64

Conditions for notch strength to be higher than static tensile strength in high–strength ductile cast iron T. Ikeda , N. Noda and Y. Sano 75

Thermal-mechanical crack propagation in orthotropic composite materials by the extended four-node consecutive-interpolation element (XCQ4) M.N. Nguyen , N.T. Nguyen , T.T. Truong and T.Q. Bui 89

The Adobe delta damage model: A locally regularized rate-dependent model for the static assessment of soil masonry bricks and mortar T. Li Piani , J. Weerheijm , L. Koene and L.J. Sluys 114

The effect of thin fi lm adhesives on mode I interlaminar fracture toughness in carbon fi ber composites with shape memory alloy inserts D.J. Quade , S.C. Jana , G.N. Morscher and M. Kanaan 131

A state-based peridynamic model for quantitative elastic and fracture analysis of orthotropic materials H. Zhang and P. Qiao 147

A new framework based on continuum damage mechanics and XFEM for high cycle fatigue crack growth simulations V.B. Pandey , I.V. Singh , B.K. Mishra , S. Ahmad , A. Venugopal Rao and V. Kumar 172

Validation of the two-parameter fracture criterion for various crack confi gurations made of 2014-T6 aluminum alloy using fi nite-element fracture simulations – Part 2 TL-Orientation M. Malki , S. Himmiche and J.C. Newman Jr. 201

Infl uence of cohesive stresses on shear capacity of reinforced SFRC beams without stirrups: A discrete crack approach S. Gali and K.V.L. Subramaniam 218

Conference CommitteeProfessor René Alderliesten Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

Dr Luca Andena Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Professor Francesco Baldi University of Brescia, Italy

Professor Leslie Banks-Sills Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr Bamber Blackman Imperial College London, UK

Dr Andreas J. Brunner Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Professor Lucien Laiarinandrasana MINES ParisTech, France

Professor Zoltan Major Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Professor Alfredo de Morais Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Dr Neal Murphy University College Dublin, Ireland

Dr Rui de Oliveira BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Professor Gerald Pinter Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Dr Jordi Renart Canalias Universitat de Girona, Spain

Professor Alicia Salazar Lopez Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Dr Anastasios Vassilopoulos EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr Laurent Warnet University of Twente, The Netherlands

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VenueLes Diablerets is a Swiss Alpine village situated 120 km from the International Airport of Geneva, easily reached by car or public transport. At an altitude of 1200 m and near Lac Léman, the village is a ski-resort in winter. The scenic beauty of the region coupled with excellent facilities provides an ideal setting for this residential Conference. The Conference will be held in the ‘Maison des Congrès’ set in the heart of the village, with accommodation and meals at the nearby four-star hotel, Eurotel-Victoria.

Throughout the summer and autumn, the village is a centre for hiking and other sports, including golf, tennis and glacier skiing.

Both experimental and theoretical work is sought, including modelling and simulation, in order to give a balanced view of the subject areas:

Polymers: Low rate properties, Kc, G

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Essential work of fracture, We. Impact and high

rate properties. Ductile energy dissipation and notching effects. Environmental effects. Fracture in soft materials. Cutting, machining and scratching.

Composites: Delamination in continuous fibre composites including cross-ply and 3-D reinforcement. Impact and high rate properties. Fatigue fracture, damage mechanisms, thermal properties, experimental characterization and simulation. Toughness of short fibre, particulate, or nano- and micro-scale reinforced composites. Pure and mixed-mode fracture. Peeling of flexible laminates.

Adhesives: Structural adhesives toughness evaluation. Geometry and thickness effects on G

c. Measuring toughness in highly toughened

adhesive joints, including Jc testing. Toughening

mechanisms, including nano-scale additives. Impact and high rate behaviour. Environmental effects. Peeling of flexible laminates.

Application of fracture mechanics: Service life prediction models, including cyclic fatigue loads and environmental ageing effects. Data for FE design codes. Applications in structural engineering, electronics, pipelines and layered structures. Crash simulations.

Call for Papers300 word abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations.

Abstracts should be submitted using the online abstract submission system at: www.elsevier.com/esistc4conference.