Conference topics

The conference topics include, but are not limited to:

• biomechanics and biomaterials,
• composite materials and structures,
• computational methods of mechanics,
• continuum mechanics, elasticity and plasticity,
• coupled and multiphysics problems,
• experimental mechanics,
• fracture, damage and fatigue,
• geomechanics,
• interfaces, thin layers and contact mechanics,
• mechanics of composites, porous and cellular materials,
• mechanics of defects (cracks, dislocations, inclusions, …),
• micromechanics and thermodynamics of materials,
• nanomechanics and atomistic modeling,
• nonlinear and stochastic dynamics of solids and structures,
• optimization, sensitivity and reliability analysis,
• phase transitions and microstructures,
• plates and shells,
• smart materials and structures,
• structural mechanics.

These topics will be covered under the thematic sessions, each of which encompasses a selection of the above-mentioned topics. Regardless of these thematic categories, we always welcome new research areas or ideas revolving around solid mechanics.