ESIS Newsletter December 2023

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Vice-President Prof. Filippo Berto Department Chemical Materials, Environmental Engineeering, Sapieza University of Roma Via dei Taurini, 19, 00185 Roma RM, Italy E ‐ Mail: filippo.berto@uniroma1.it Vice-President Prof. Liviu Marsavina Department of Mechanics and Strength of Materials Politehnica University of Timisoara Blvd. M. Viteazu, No.1 Secretary Prof. Pedro Moreira UMAI, INEGI, University of Porto Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 400, 4200 ‐ 465 Porto E ‐ mail: pmoreira@inegi.up.pt Treasurer Prof. Giuseppe Ferro Politecnico di Torino Department of Structural Engineering & Geotechnics Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, Italy E-mail: ferro@polito.it Vice-Treasurer Prof. Vittorio di Cocco Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale ‐ DICeM via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino (FR), Italy E ‐ mail: v.dicocco@unicas.it Newsletter and publications Prof. Sabrina Vantadori University of Parma - DIA Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124, Parma, Italy E-mail: sabrina.vantadori@unipr.it Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Israel e ‐ mail: banks@tauex.tau.ac.il Prof. Jianying He NTNU Nanomechanical Lab Dept. of Structural Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), N ‐ 7491 Trondheim, Norway Email: zhiliang.zhang@ntnu.no Prof. Milos Djukic Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Belgrade Kraljice Marije 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E ‐ mail: mdjukic@mas.bg.ac.rs Timisoara 300222, Romania E-Mail: msvina@mec.upt.ro Liaison officers Prof. Emerita Leslie Banks ‐ Sills The Dreszer Fracture Mechanics Laboratory School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University

European Structural Integrity Society ESIS Newsletter #70, December, 2023

In this issue: EDITORIAL BY THE ESIS PRESIDENT

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Czech Republic

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Portugal Russia Serbia

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TECHNICAL COMMITTEES TC2

TC3 TC4 TC6

TC12 TC14 TC15 TC18 TC20 TC21

CONFERENCES Calendar

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ESIS PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTS

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ESIS Officers

President Prof. Emeritus Aleksandar Sedmak Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Belgrade Kraljice Marije 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-mail: asedmak@mas.bg.ac.rs

Past-President Prof. Francesco Iacoviello Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale - DICeM via G. Di Biasio 43,

03043, Cassino (FR), Italy E-mail: iacoviello@unicas.it

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Blogger Prof. Per Ståhle Lund University Solid Mechanics Lund, Sweden Email: per.stahle@solid.lth.se

weekend preceding the Conference (24-25 th Au gust). More details can be found on the ECF24 website (LINK) and in this Newsletter. Number of other conferences also deserve our attention. At this point I would like to mention X ICEFA scheduled for 7-10 July in Athens, orga nized by our affiliated journal EFA (Conference chairs: Azevedo, Clegg, Infante, Pantazopoulos). Deadline for abstracts is 26 th January 2024. This and other important events, including events to be organized by TCs and NGs, can be found on our website calendar with appropriate links. In the meantime, the new website has been launched, thanks to Francesco, our past president and ICT wizard. Link is still the same, although the new one (LINK) also works. In any case, it was never as easy as now to use our website to promote TCs and NGs activities, as many of them are already doing, but not all. So, a gentle re minder for chairpersons in charge to start using our website for all info regarding their activities, past, present and future! The same holds for NGs leaders. Recently new TCs started with their activities (TC20, TC21 and TC22), and now there is another initiative to establish TC on Artificial Intelligence, already approved by ExCo as TC19. Out of many activities performed by TCs, let me mention here awards and competitions such as those provided by TC12 and TC18. So, let us make 2024 another successful year in ESIS long history and, why not, start preparing for double jubilee in 2026 (25 th ECF in Athens in 2026), 30 years after the 1 st one in 1976 in Com piégne, organized by the first ESIS (EGF at that time) president Dominique Francois. Aleksandar Sedmak 24 th European Conference on Fracture ECF24, Zagreb, Croatia, 26-30 August 2024 www.ecf24.eu

ECF24 Chairman Prof. Zeljko Bozic Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zgreb Ivana Lucica 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia E ‐ mail: zeljko.bozic@fsb.hr ECF25 Chairman Prof. Stavros Kourkoulis Department of Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece E ‐ mail: stakkour@central.ntua.gr

EDITORIAL BY THE ESIS PRESIDENT

Dear friends,

Year 2023 is almost over. ESIS activities were intensive, including a number of supported

conferences and events, as you can find out in this issue of Newsletter. The ExCo had its regular meeting in No vember, with ECF24, schedu led for 26-30 th August in Zag reb, Croatia, as the main to pic. We are now 8 months away from our biggest biennial event, preparations

are well advanced thanks to Zeljko Bozic and his team, and it is time to send abstracts and start preparing papers! I am sure that ECF24 will be another successful ESIS conference with high scientific level of presentation and an excellent opportunity to discuss research on all Fracture Mechanics and Structural Integrity topics, as well as to see good old friends and make new friendships. All TCs are invited to organize thematic symposia, as well as to compete for 3 best ones, the award established in Madeira during ECF23. Anyhow, this invitation is not limited to TCs, so whoever has an idea for thematic symposium is encouraged to apply. As usual, young researchers are invited to compete for the best paper award, provided by ESIS Elsevier (1000 euros for the 1 st place, 500 euros for the 2 nd place), and three best presentations, as well as for the ESIS support. We also encourage our members to nominate distinguished researchers for ESIS medals and awards. Finally, ESIS Fracture Mecha nics Summer School will be held during the

9 th ESIS Fracture Mechanics Summer School Zagreb, Croatia, 24-25 August 2024

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Four Elsevier journals are affiliated with ESIS

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Special Issues 2022-23

Journal

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Event

Editors

Organized by

P. Moreira L. Reis S. Vantadori

New Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Approaches in Fatigue - ECF23 Characterisation of Crack/Notch Tip Fields 6

European Conference on Fracture 2022 (ECF23)

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

ESIS

N. James L. Susmel Y. Hong M. Vormwald T. Palin-Luc Ž. Božić S. Vantadori F. Berto A. Carpinteri S. Natali

The 6th IJFatigue and FFEMS Joint Workshop on Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

Germany N.G.

Fatigue Crack Paths 2021

The 7th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2021) The 1st European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (ESIAM 19) The 5th IJFatigue and FFEMS Joint Workshop on Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields 1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture (VECF1) Tribute to Professor Andrea Carpinteri (University of Parma, Italy) and Professor Les Pook (University College London, UK) European Conference on Fracture 2022 (ECF23)

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

TC03

F. Berto L. Susmel B. Van Hooreweder J. Torgersen G. Qian

Structural Integrity of Additively Manufacturing Materials and its implications to fatigue design Characterisation of crack tip fields 5 1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture (VECF1) - Fatigue in presence of cracks or stress concentrators Fracture and Fatigue of Structural Materials at different Length Scales

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

TC15

M. Vormwald N. James Y. Hong L. Susmel F. Iacoviello Ž. Božić A. de Jesus F. Iacoviello S. Vantadori S. Vantadori J.A. Correia F. Berto F. Iacoviello P. Moreira L. Reis V. Shlaynnikov V. Infante J. Correia A. Sedmak V. Moskvichev S. Vantadori F. Berto J.A. Correia F. Iacoviello A. Sedmak L. Marsavina S. Schmauder L. Reis

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

Germany N.G. & Italy N.G

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

ESIS

Int J Fatigue virtual SI

TC03

Eng Failure Anal virtual SI

Failure Analysis and Structural Integrity – Special issue on the European Conference on Fracture 2022

ESIS

Eng Failure Anal virtual SI

2nd International Conference on Risk

2nd International Conference on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and

Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS2022)

TC12

Components (IRAS2022)

Eng Failure Anal virtual SI

The 7th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2021)

Crack Paths 2021

TC03

Eng Frac Mech virtual SI

Recent Advances in Fracture Research of Materials and Structures

European Conference on Fracture 2022 (ECF23)

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A. Brunner B. Blackman A. Vassilopoulos L. Warnet

Eng Frac Mech virtual SI

1st Virtual ESIS TC4 Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures

The 9th International Conference on the Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives The 1st European Conference on Fracture (VECF1)

TC04

L. Marsavina P. Moreira F. Berto C. Gao J. Besson N. Bonora I. Scheider

Eng Frac Mech virtual SI Eng Frac Mech virtual SI Theor and Appl Fract Mech virtual SI Theor and Appl Fract Mech virtual SI Theor and Appl Fract Mech virtual SI

ESIS

Ductile damage models

TC08

A.J. Brunner S.K. Kourkoulis L. Reis L. Banks-Sills B. Blackman B. Blackman L. Banks-Sills A. Brunner Z. Major S.K. Kourkoulis

Innovative Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Tools in Fracture Research Advances in Fracture Research on Polymer based Materials

European Conference on Fracture 2022 (ECF23)

ESIS

The 1st European Conference on Fracture (VECF1)

ESIS

The 37th Congress of the Spanish Group of Fracture (GEF2021)

The 37th Congress of the Spanish Group of Fracture (GEF2021)

Spain N.G.

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Procedia Structural Integrity

Editorial Board Francesco Iacoviello, Italy

Sara Bagherifard, Italy Leslie Banks-Sills, Israel Chiara Bertolin, Norway Bamber Blackman, United Kingdom Željko Božić, Croatia Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Italy Virginia Infante, Portugal Liviu Marsavina, Romania Pedro Moreira, Portugal Aleksandar Sedmak, Serbia Valery Shlyannikov, Russian Federation Per Ståhle, Sweden

Sabrina Vantadori, Italy Zhiliang Zhang, Norway

2023 Issues

Volume 51, Pages 1-218 (2023) 6th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability (ICSID 2022) Edited by Željko Božić, Siegfried Schmauder, Katarina Monkova, George Pantazopoulos, Sergio Baragetti, Goran Vukelic, Francesco Iacoviello https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/51/suppl/C Volume 50, Pages 1-326 (2023) 16th International Conference on Mechanics, Resource and Diagnostics of Materials and Structures (MRDMS 2022) Edited by Evgeny Prosviryakov Professor, Yulia Khudorozhkova https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/50/suppl/C Volume 49, Pages 1-88 (2023) 2nd International Conference on Medical Devices: Materials, Mechanics and Manu facturing (ICMD3M 2023) Edited by Vadim Silberschmidt, Sotiris Korossis https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/49/suppl/C

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Volume 48, Pages 1-386 (2023) Second International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2023) Edited by Aleksandar Sedmak, Simon Sedmak, Branislav Djordjevic https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/48/suppl/C Volume 47, Pages 1-964 (2023) 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity (IGF27) Edited by Filippo Berto, Vittorio Di Cocco, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Francesco Iacoviello, Stefano Natali, Daniela Pilone, Sabrina Vantadori https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/47/suppl/C Volume 46, Pages 1-196 (2023) 5th International Conference on Structural Intergrity and Durability Edited by Željko Božić, Siegfried Schmauder, Katarina Monkova, George Pantazopoulo s, Sergio Baragetti, Francesco Iacoviello https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/46/suppl/C Volume 45, Pages 1-148 (2023) 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength and the 13th Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure (APCFS 2022 & SIF 2022) Edited by Andrei Kotousov, Ching Tai Ng, Wenyi Yan https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/45/suppl/C Volume 44, Pages 1-2356 (2023) XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy Edited by Giuseppe Ferro, Luciana Restuccia https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/44/suppl/C Volume 43, Pages 1-324 (2023) Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture Edited by Jaroslav Pokluda, Pavel Šandera https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-structural-integrity/vol/43/suppl/C

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OA Journals affiliated with ESIS

Francesco Iacoviello Editor in Chief

Filippo Berto Co-Editor in Chief

Sabrina Vantadori Co-Editor in Chief

Jianying He Co-Editor in Chief

Zoran Radaković Editor-in-Chief

Aleksandar Sedmak Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

In order to be included in the Open Access journal panel affiliated to ESIS, a journal must respect the following criteria: - all the papers are submitted to a reviewing process; - the journal is completely free of charge, both for readers and for authors; - the journal is not published by a professional Publisher; - the journal is published in English and is included in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journal). Other indexations (e.g., Scopus and ISI) are welcome.

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ESIS Publishing House

ESIS Publishing House (ESIS - PH) allows ESIS members to publish Monographies and Scholarly Editions (either in English or in one of the National European languages), edited volumes and special technical publications. All the volumes are published as "Open Access" volumes, being completely free of charge both for authors and for readers. Authors retain full and permanent ownership of their work. ESIS-PH retains a perpetual, non-exclusive right to publish the work and to include it in other aggregations and indexes to achieve broader impact and visibility. The volumes are organised in the following Series:

PSI - Procedia Structural Integrity https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/PSI

ECF conferences https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/ECF VIDEO presentations https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/VideoP CRACK PATHS conferences https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/cp MULTIAXIAL fatigue and fracture conferences https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/multiaxial MULTILATERAL events https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/Multilateral NATIONAL GROUPS conferences https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/NG PhD Thesis https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/phdthesis TC publications & ESIS recommendations https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/TCp BOOKS https://www.esis-ph.eu/index.php/eph/catalog/series/books

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ESIS Awards

ESIS AWARDS: CALL FOR NOMINATION The nomination for the 2024 ESIS Awards is open. ESIS confers every two years the following awards:

- The Griffith Medal - The Wöhler Medal - The Award of Merit - Honorary Membership - The Young Scientist Award

BDFM 2023

Each ESIS member can submit a proposal to the Awards Committee. The proposing member should be from a different country with respect to that of the candidate. Such a proposal has to be seconded by another ESIS member, from a different country with respect to both that of the proposing member and that of the candidate. Each proposal shall include a detailed justification of the candidate, usually covering one to two pages. It shall also include a detailed CV of the candidate and a list of his/her five most important publications. Nominations for the awards have to be lodged with the ECF24 chairman, Prof. Zeljko Bozic (zeljko.bozic@fsb.hr). All information is available on the ECF24 website (LINK). The deadline for the nominations is February 29, 2024.

With the BDFM-2023 Network Meeting and Workshop, the organizers continued their commit ment to providing a solid platform for researchers in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg working in the field of damage and fracture mechanics. The primary goal of the event is to promote new collaborations and friendships among participants and nurture existing partnerships. It offers an essential opportunity for those engaged in fracture mechanics to exchange knowledge, gain new insights, initiate new research collaborations, and set up joint proposal writing. Since BDFM-2019, this event has been intro duced to establish a research community in the area of damage and fracture mechanics for scientists from various universities and institutions across the Benelux region. This year's network meeting and workshop aim to sustain this community and facilitate the transfer of state-of the-art findings and the development of new research collaborations. The one-day event is dedicated to bringing together leading scientists in the field of damage and fracture mechanics in the Benelux to deliver presentations focused on a wide range of topics that can inspire easily, and to provide networking opportunities for PhD students, postdocs, and their supervisors.

National Committees

BeNeLux

3rd Benelux Network Meeting and Workshop on Damage and Fracture Mechanics (BDFM-2023)

On May 25th, the 3rd edition of the "Benelux Network Meeting and Workshop on Damage and Fracture Mechanics (BDFM 2023)" took place at KU Leuven, Campus Carolus in Antwerp. Resear chers from the Benelux region (Belgium, Nether lands, and Luxembourg) gathered with the aim of establishing a robust network and fostering co operation across national borders. This event was a joint initiative of KU Leuven and TU Eindhoven in collaboration with the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS). The organizing commit tee was led by Professor Reza Talemi (KU Leuven) and Professor Johan Hoefnagels (TU Eindhoven) who are BeNeLux national group representatives in ESIS.

BDFM 2023

In total, 80 participants from 3 different count ries took part in the workshop, where new deve lopments in the field of damage and fracture mechanisms were presented, and new ideas were exchanged. During the keynote sessions, speakers

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branch). The conference was focused on both theoretical and practical problems in the field of non-traditional cements and concretes.

such as Prof. Marc Geers, TU Eindhoven (NL), Prof. Anne Marie Habraken, U Liege (BE), Prof. Wim Van Paepegem, U Gent (BE), Prof. René Alderliesten, TU Delft (NL), Prof. Brecht Van Hooreweder, KU Leuven (BE), Prof. Aude Simar, UC Louvain (BE), and Prof. Semih Perdahcioglu, U Twente (NL), shared their findings and challenges.

NTCC 2023 attendants – snap by Jan Klusák

The NTCC 2023 conference was opened by its chairmen Vlastimil Bílek, Stanislav Seitl, Zbyněk Keršner with rumour about the Brno Dragon, which was killed by a non-traditional use of construction material. Almost a hundred papers were presented in the form of lectures or posters dealt with modern methods of the use, preparation and evaluation of non-traditional cement and concrete. We are proud to have been able to provide the world’s scientists with the opportunity to meet and communicate the material and structural problems and challenges associated with concrete. The International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM), September 22-27, 2024, Prague Congress Center, Czech Republic will be organised by Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences and it will be supported European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS –Czech Republic branch). The MMM series is the world’s largest confe rence series focused on different aspects of MMM. The next conference MMM-11 is expected to gather around 800 participants from around the world. The conference will focus on both classical as well as new ground-breaking directions in the field. These are mainly: - Mathematical and computational foundation of multiscale methods - Probabilistic modeling and uncertainty quantification - Quantum mechanical studies of structure and properties of materials - Microscopic origins and multiscale modeling of plasticity, fracture and fatigue of materials - Multiscale studies of hard materials (crys talline, amorphous), soft and biological ma terials, multifunctional, hybrid materials and interfaces - Microstructure evolution across multiple length and time scales - Design of materials for energy conversion, harvesting and storage - Multiscale modeling of nuclear materials and radiation effects

BDFM 2023: participants

During the poster session, doctoral students and researchers had the opportunity to present their work. In this session, all participants could pitch their current and future research to a jury. Out of the 16 participating researchers, the pre sentation by Dr. Sanjay Gothivarekar (KU Leuven) on "Influence of grain distribution and elastic hete rogeneity on fatigue life prediction of thin electrical steels" was awarded the best poster presentation.

BDFM 2023

Reza Talemi

Czech Republic

The 7th International Conference Non-Traditio nal Cement & Concrete, June 25–28, 2023 Brno, Czech Republic was organised by Brno University of Technology – Faculties of Civil Engineering and Chemistry, VSB–TUO: Technical University of Ostrava – Faculty of Civil Engineering, and Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences and it was supported by Czech Concrete Society (CBS) and by European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS – Czech Republic

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Working Group Meeting Mixed Mode, 7.7.2023 in Kassel The influence of material properties and the resulting inhomogeneities and anisotropies are discussed in detail. In the field of numerical simulation, the focus is on applications for pre dicting crack growth in spatial structures. On the experimental side, many contributions make use of DIC for crack (length) detection. Other papers present new methodological approaches for the description and simulation of mixed-mode crack growth. The possible applications of the virtual element method (VEM) in fracture mechanics are discussed as well as a symbolic regression based on Williams series expansion. Michael Vormwald

- Synergistic coupling of experiments with multiscale modeling - Relationships between micromechanisms and pattern formation - Hierarchical and nature-inspired materials - Additive manufacturing and emerging manufacturing methods - Materials informatics (machine learning, data mining and artificial intelligence) We will host three symposia celebrating the life-long contributions of three outstanding materials scientists who have made seminal contributions to the field of multiscale materials modeling: - Vaclav Vitek honorary symposium on atomistic modeling of materials - Ladislas Kubin memorial symposium on microstructure evolution across multiple length scales - Wei Yang honorary symposium on multiscale mechanics modeling of materials Web page: https://mmm11.ipm.cz/ Stanislav Seitl Activities of the German group in 2023 Continuing education course 13.02.2023 in Darmstadt on Experimental methods of fracture mechanics with the contents on the topics: Overview of classical fracture mechanics test methods, Detection of cracks in fatigue tests using lock-in thermography, Application of digital image correlation and algorithm-based evaluation methods in experimental mechanics, Testing characterization of the high-temperature crack behavior, Ductile damage characterization using light and scanning electron microscopy, stiffness measurements, density measurements, micro-CT and coupling with AI for image recognition, Experimental determination of threshold values for fatigue crack propagation Annual Meeting Fracture mechanical material and component assessment: stress analysis, test methods and applications, 14.2-15.2.2023 in Darmstadt. The evaluation and avoidance of fracture and damage processes play an essential role in the construction and design of components and sys tems as well as for the development of materials suitable for use in order to ensure technical safety, service life and economic efficiency. The aim of the meeting is to provide infor mation on scientific progress and modern tech nical developments in the fields of fracture and damage mechanics and to exchange experiences. Germany

Italy

Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) activities In 2023, IGF supported the organisation of the “3rd European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials - ESIAM23” (September 4-6, 2023, Porto - Portugal & Web) in presence. With more than 102 abstracts received, 103 participants (more than 88 in presence) from 28 different countries, the event was really successful!!!

Venue of the 3rd European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials - ESIAM23 During the Conference, five young researchers, that is Marion Coffignez, Rosario Borrelli, Kristen Bobo, Andrea Zanichelli and Elena Zoncato, were awarded for the “Best presentation award”.

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Activities foreseen for 2024 February 1-2, 2024. Portuguese Conference on Fracture, Setúbal, Portugal (LINK)

ESIAM23: best presentation award

The 2024 Portuguese Conference on Fracture is a joint organization of the Portuguese Structural Integrity Society and the Polytechnical Institute of Setúbal. It will be held in the Campus of the Polytechnical Institute of Setúbal, from February 1 to 2, 2024. Main topics: Fracture; Fatigue; Structural Integrity; Advanced Materials and Biomaterials. Plenary Speakers Confirmed: Mario Guagliano (Pol. of Milano) and José Martinho de Oliveira (Univ. of Aveiro) Selected abstracts will be invited for full paper publication to a special issue of the Book Series on Structural Integrity (indexed in SCOPUS and WoS), with a high visibility online publication on Springer Publishing. VHCF symposium: Experimental methods, specimens and machines, and damage mechanisms Abstract submission and registration before December 30, 2023 (last call): LINK 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue – Lisbon, Portugal, June 26 – 28th, 2024 (LINK) From August 21 to 25, 2023, the XIII All Russian Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was held in St. Petersburg at the Peter the Great University. This is one of the oldest and largest scientific events in Russia. The Organizing Committee of the Congress was headed by the Chairman of the Russian National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Goryacheva and the Rector of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Chairman of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Rudskoy. More than 1,600 people from 70 cities of Russia, as well as Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan became participants. The Congress program included 21 scientific sections and 12 symposia on general Luis Reis Russia

Proceedings will be published on an issue of Procedia Structural Integrity with 46 papers (soon available). Moreover, a Special Issue on Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures is being organised. Proceedings of the “ 27th International Conference on Fracture - IGF27” are available on the issue No. 47 of Procedia Structural Integrity (LINK). The volume of the presentations videorecordings is available in ESIS-PH (LINK). Moreover, both a Special Issue on Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale and on Science Talks are being organised. In the last six months, the IGF journal "Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale - Fracture and Structural Integrity" published two issues, in July and in October, obtaining the first JCR Impact Factor equal to 1.4. In 2024, IGF will support the organisation of “The 8th International Conference on Crack Paths - CP2024” (September 10-12, 2024, Rimini - Italy & Web). The Conference is chaired by: Sabrina Vantadori (Parma, Italy), Francesco Iacoviello (Cassino, Italy), Nicholas Fantuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Andrea Carpinteri (Parma, Italy), Filippo Berto (Roma, Italy), Luca Vincenzo Ballestra (Bologna, Italy). All details may be found at this link (LINK).

Filippo Berto

Portugal

Portuguese national group (SPFIE) to ESIS Activities carried out from June 2023 Seminar with a title: Long-term Fatigue Behavior of Engineering Metal Alloys, Online, 2nd November, 2023

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and applied mechanics, fluid and gas mechanics, and mechanics of solids. Over the five days of work, more than 1,100 reports were presented at subsections and symposiums. The program inclu ded 12 plenary 40-minute reports on current problems in mechanics. Among the speakers and experts are 18 academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and almost 300 young scientists. A competition was held among young scientists participating in the con gress for the best report, the winners of which were 35 young researchers and graduate stu dents. As part of the work of the section Mecha nics of Solids, the work of the subsection Mecha nics of Fracture and Damage was organized, headed by prof. Oleg Plekhov and prof. Valery Shlyannikov. This subsection included 40 oral and 60 poster presentations.

Plenary session of the congress.

Plenary session of the congress.

Participants of the XIII All-Russian Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Meeting of the section “Solid Mechanics”.

Plenary session of the congress.

Meeting of the subsection “Fracture and Damage Mechanics”.

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Switzerland

Annual meeting of the Swiss National group: participation was 21 people. The program is available at this link (LINK).

Andreas J. Brunner

Meeting of the subsection “Fracture and Damage Mechanics”.

United Kingdom

Events organised or co-organised by UK FESI (Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity) since June 2023 are as follows: Structural Integrity in the Nuclear World (12 Sept 2023, Cambridge), in association with TWI Struc tural Integrity Group. Speakers included: - Mike Martin, Engineering Associate Fellow (Structural Integrity), Rolls-Royce on Probabi listic structure integrity - Jack Beswick, Structural Integrity/Finite Ele ment Senior Consultant, Jacobs on Recent developments in R6 - Steve Jones, Professor of Joining Technologies (Welding, Brazing and Bonding), University of Sheffield, on Can we improve welding integrity from an artificial perspective—PROBABLY. ‘The expansion of a Welding Engineer’s toolbox for the future’. - Charles Schneider, NDT Consultant, TWI Ltd on Advanced ultrasonic NDT of austenitic pipework for stress corrosion cracking - Huan Wu, Senior Numerical Simulation Engi neer, TWI Ltd on A probabilistic model for the prediction of the distribution of breaching times of carbon steel canisters - Dr Gareth Hopkin, Principal Inspector of Nuc lear Installations, Office for Nuclear Regulation on the use of probabilistic safety assessments in the nuclear industry-a regulatory view Forthcoming events: Future Challenges for Structural Integrity of High Integrity Components, TAGSI-FESI Symposium 2024, 17 April 2024, Manchester (LINK).

Exhibition of poster presentations.

Chairman of the Russian National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Goryacheva, presents a diploma for the best report to graduate student Daria Fedotova.

Valery Shlyannikov

Serbia

James Marrow

The Second International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2023) proceedings is publish ed by Elsevier, Procedia Structural Integrity, Vol. 48, comprising 52 papers and Editorial by A. Sed mak, S. Sedmak and B. Djordjevic (LINK).

Aleksandar Sedmak

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tuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Andrea Carpinteri (Parma, Italy), Filippo Berto (Roma, Italy), Luca Vincenzo Ballestra (Bologna, Italy) (LINK)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

TC2: Micromechanisms

TC2 is organising a Symposium at ECF24 entitled “Advances in understanding the mecha nisms of fracture and fatigue”, chaired by Andrey Jivkov, Andrey Shanyavskiy, James Marrow and Jaroslav Pokluda. The Symposium is dedicated to experimental and modelling approaches to understand and simulate the micromechanisms of materials' de gradation and failure. The main topics are: Expe rimental and computational methods for micro structure analysis; Microstructure, properties, and modelling of metallic, quasi-brittle, bio-materials, and nano-materials; Single crystal defect beha viour during deformation; Experimental and mo delling approaches at the atomic scale; Modelling deformation and fracture of polycrystalline mate rials; Micromechanisms-informed continuum mo dels for fatigue and fracture; Methods for bridging between length scales (LINK).

(2.3) Organisation of the Special Session on “Fatigue and fracture of eco-friendly, green and alternative structural materials” (chaired by Professors Camilla Ronchei (Parma, Italy), Daniela Scorza (Parma, Italy), Sabrina Vantadori (Parma, Italy), Andrea Zanichelli (Parma, Italy), Łukasz Sadowski (Wrocław, Poland), Grzegorz Lesiuk, (Wrocław, Poland) ) at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in Civil, Urban and Transportation Engineering (CUTE 2024), Wrocław, Poland, 14th to 17th October, 2024 (LINK) 3. Achievement of objectives (3.1) Organisation of the Thematic Symposium on “Experimental and Theoretical Fracture Analysis of Traditional and Innovative Ma terials” - chaired by Sabrina Vantadori (Parma, Italy) and Luciano Feo (Salerno, Italy) - at the 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity (IGF27), 22nd to 24th Feb ruary, 2023, Rome (Italy) & Web (LINK) (3.2) Co-Organisation of the Thematic Sympo sium on “Fatigue Crack Growth – experimental, theoretical and numerical approach” - chaired by Grzegorz Lesiuk at the 5th International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI2023), 29th August to 1st September, 2023, Madeira, Portugal (LINK)

Andrey Shanyavskiy Andrey Jivkov

TC3: Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures

Statutes and activities of ESIS TC3

1. Name TC3: FATIGUE of ENGINEERING MATERIALS and STRUCTURES Chairpersons: Sabrina Vantadori and José António Correia Secretaries: Camilla Ronchei and Shun-Peng Zhu Treasurer: Daniela Scorza 2. Objectives of TC3 (2.1) Organisation of the Thematic Symposi um on “Fracture and fatigue failure of engi neering materials and structure” (chaired by Professors Sabrina Vantadori, Andrea Carpinteri, Camilla Ronchei, Daniela Scorza, Andrea Zani chelli, Parma, Italy) at the 24th European Confe rence on Fracture (ECF24), Zagreb, Croatia, 26th to 30th August, 2024 (LINK) (2.2) Organisation of the 8th International Con ference on Crack Paths (CP 2024) , in Rimini - Italy and online, 10th to 12th September, 2024. Chairpersons: Sabrina Vantadori (Parma, Italy), Francesco Iacoviello (Cassino, Italy), Nicholas Fan

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Prof. Aleksandar Grbovic for outstanding contribution to Fatigue Crack Growth Simulation, to Prof. Marc Meyers for outstanding contribution to Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Charac terization of New Materials and Dr. Motomichi Koyama for outstanding contribution to Material Resistance to Hydrogen Cracking. Previous awar dees included Prof. H. Nykyforchyn, Dr. J. Michop oulos, Prof. G. Lesiuk (2022), Prof. F. Berto, Prof. M. Veljkovic, Prof. Maria Feng (2021), Prof. N. Ja mes, Prof. R. Calcada, Prof. V. Moskvicev (2020), Prof. H. Adeli, Prof. A. Ferdinandez-Candelli, Prof. A. Sedmak (2019). Award of merit was given to Prof. A. De Jesus, Dr. B. Djordjevic and Dr. S. Sedmak. In 2024 TC12 will organize thematic ECF24 symposium in Zagreb, 26-30 August 2024. The third IRAS conference will be held in spring time, 2025, in Wroclaw, Poland.

TC4: Polymers, Polymer Composites and Adhesives

The fall meeting 2023 was held in person in Enschede (NL) September 28-29 with about 30 participants. The next event is the 9th International Con ference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives, March 24–27 2024, Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, Switzerland (LINK). The spring 2024 meeting will be held fully virtual on April 11, 2024 (for participation and link, Laurent Warnet is the main contact).

Andreas J. Brunner

Aleksandar Sedmak

TC6: Ceramics

2023 FAC 2023, Fractography of Advanced Cera mics 2023, 3.9.-5.9.2023, Leoben, Austria, 60 participants (co-organizer Jan Dusza) ICMEM 2023, International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, 26.06.- 30.06 2023, Nový Smokovec, Hotel Atrium, Slova kia, 200 participants (co-organizer Pavol Hvizdos) Processing and Properties of Advanced Cera mics and Glass 2023, Joint annual meeting of the Slovak Silicate Scientific – Technological Society and Workshop of advanced ceramics and glasses, Congress Centre Academia, Stará Lesná 25–27 October 2023, 50 participants (organizer Jan Dusza) 2024 International Conference on the Science of Hard Materials ICSHM12, Taj Bentota, Sri Lanka, 11-15 March 2024 (co-organizer Pavol Hvizdos) The 14th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Systems (CMCEE-14), Budapest Congress Centre, Budapest, Hungary, 18–22 August 2024 (co-organizer Pavol Hvizdos).

TC14: Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Materials

Activities of ESIS TC14 “Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Materials” 1. Special Issue of Procedia Structural Integrity (Elsevier) was published with a selection of papers presented at the 2 nd International Con ference on Medical Devices: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing ICMD3M 2023 organised by TC 14 "Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Mate rials" in Corfu, Greece in June 2023 (LINK). The published papers were focused on the development of underpinning technologies for the manufacturing and assessment of a number of different medical devices, ranging from stents and tissue engineering scaffolds to catheters, microfluidic devices and orthotic systems. Most of the featured studies were based on computational and/or in vitro simulations, whilst the manufac turing approaches investigated included additive development of computational fluid dynamics models to assess the performance of 3D printed tissue scaffolds within a perfusion bioreactor; - degradation process in TPMS-based polymer PLA scaffolds; - novel biofabrication process based on micro fluidics; - extrusion additive manufacturing to design and classify compliant geometries in orthotics systems, - correlation between metal fused filament fabrication parameters and material properties of sintered 17-4PH stainless steel; manufacturing and bio fabrication. The following topics were discussed: -

Ján Duzsa Pavol Hvizdoš

TC12: Risk analysis and safety

In the scope of Second International Symposi um on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Struc tures and Components, (LINK), Belgrade, April 2023, TC12 Robert Moskovic award was given to

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lifetime prediction for AM metals, both on the test geometry as well as on the component level. Despite the online nature of the ESIAM21 conference, there were more than 150 participants from 25 countries represented. This year in collaboration with TC18 a new event (ESIAM23) has been organized in Porto from 4 th to 6 th of September. The event was organized with the strong support of the Italian Group of Fracture. More than 100 participants have joined the events presenting their contributions to the conference in Porto. The social activities of the event were also very successful, giving the possibility to the participants to visit the beauties of Porto. We want to thank immensely the local organizers of the event Prof. Abilio De Jesus and Prof. Luis Reis. The next ESIAM conference will be held in 3 years from now in 2026. More information will be available in due to course. A special symposium dedicated to TC 15 will be organized at ECF24 in Zagreb in August 2024.

- mechanical testing of 3D-printed devices, using a transtibial prosthetic socket as an example; - patient-specific computational simulations for planning thoracic endovascular aortic repair, designing cardiac procedures, and assessing the impact of calcification stress during endo vascular aortic aneurysm; - coating transfer in drug-coated balloon angio plasty using a hybrid in silico/in vitro appro ach; - novel methodology for modelling catheter as piration in high-fidelity thrombectomy simu lations; - numerical models for analysis of high-tempe rature behaviour of magnesium-hydroxyapa tite metal-matrix composites. This collection of studies clearly demonstrates the diversity of approaches and the complementarity of methods that underpin the development of medical devices. As the field moves into the era of more personalised solutions for tissue/organ repair/replacement and patient care and rehabili tation, biofabrication, underpinned by computa tional simulations and additive manufacturing, is poised to generate truly smart devices, with enhanced function and durability, reducing the need for costly revisions and ultimately improving patient experience and therapy. 2. Technical Committee 14 "Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Materials" will organise a Special Session within the framework of the 8 th International Conference on Material Mo delling ICMM8 in London, UK on 15-17 July 2024 . This biennial conference is the eighth in the ICMM series. The first ICMM took place in Dortmund 2009 (Germany). The conference since then was held in Paris (France), Warsaw (Poland), Berkeley (USA), Rome (Italy), Lund (Sweden) and Cape Town (South Africa). More details can be found at the ICMM8 web site (LINK).

ESIAM23

Filippo Berto

TC18: Structural integrity of Welded joints

Vadim V. Silberschmidt

In 2024 TC18 will organize thematic ECF24 symposium in Zagreb, 26-30 August 2024. Com petition will be held for Paolo Lazzarin award (fatigue design of structural connections), Stojan Sedmak award (structural integrity of welded constructions), as well as for Neuber medal (design of structures in presence of defects, notches and geometrical discontinuities).

TC15: Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Components

European Conference on the Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Mate rials, ESIAM , was founded in 2017 and first held in Trondheim, Norway 2019. The conference has been organized under the umbrella of ESIS TC15. Due to the pandemic a virtual conference has been organized. ESIAM21 constituted the second conference in the ESIAM series, where we have seen several advances in fatigue design and

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- TC20 mini-symposium host by Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. The planned date is the 5 th or 6 th of December 2024 (still to be confirmed). The proposed topics for the mini symposium are: “Investigation of architectural finishes - Procedure, methodology and docu mentation of results”; “Enhancing integrity and Fire Protection in Cultural Heritage Buil dings: challenges and opportunities.” (Still TBD the final one). On behalf of all the working team of the TC20, I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Paolo Lazzarin

Stojan Sedmak

Aleksandar Sedmak

Chiara Bertolin

TC20: and Preservation/Restoration of Historical Buildings Structural Integrity

TC21: Hydrogen Embrittlement and Transport

ESIS TC21 Hydrogen embrittlement and transport Activities 2023-No.2 - ESIS TC21 chairs Milos B. Djukic, Tom Depover, and Motomichi Koyama, together with Frank Cheng, Lívia Cupertino Malheiros, Masoud Moshtaghi, and Birhan Sefer will organize the upcoming TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions: ”Hydrogen embrittlement in metallic materials: pipeline transport, hydrogen storage, and other applications” within the framework of the 24 th European Conference on Fracture - ECF24 (LINK), August 26 - 30, 2024, Zagreb, Croatia. More details will be available very soon. - ESIS TC21 chairs Milos B. Djukic and Tom Depover, together with May Martin and Hisao Matsunaga, organizing the ongoing special issue (SI) of Engineering Failure Analysis (EFA) journal entitled “Understanding Environmentally Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of Metals: Key Towards a Sustainable Future” (LINK). The manuscript submission deadline is extended until 15 February 2024 (LINK). This SI will include a selection of papers presented at the TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions: ”Hydrogen embrittlement of metals: Problems and solutions” within the framework of the 5th International Conference on Structural Integrity (LINK), 29 August - 1 September 2023, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

In 2023 the main activity of the TC20- Struc tural Integrity and preservation/Resto ration of Historical Buildings has been the organization of the ESICC Conference 2023 (LINK) - Energy efficiency, Structural Integrity in historical and modern buildings facing Climate change and Circularity, held at the Istituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon the 4 th of July 2023. The contributions to the ESICC Conference have been published concurrently to the event as a book of abstracts (LINK). After the conference the authors have submitted their contributions as papers to the Elsevier Journal Procedia Structural Integrity (LINK) in a dedicated Special Issue. The peer reviewed process has been carried out over the period July-December 2023. It is expected that the ESICC special issue will be published in 2024 with 28 contributions. For the 2024 , the TC20 is planning three events as follows: - TC20 thematic symposium within the ECF24 planned in August in Zagreb, Croatia. The proposed titles are as follows: “Durability problems of 20th century reinforced concrete historical/military/strategic structures and their restorations”; “From identification to protection of historical structures through innovative monitoring and risk assessment: challenges and opportunities” (Still TBD the final one). - TC20 mini-symposium host by the EEA Grant PROJECT GREENER - GREEN roofs and walls hydraulic performance: Evaluation of the contribution towards Resilient cities. The mini symposium is planned for the 8 th of November 2024 at the Istituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon, Portugal. The topic is: “historical nature-based solutions integrated to buildings and/or infrastructures.”

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groups from Germany, France, Norway, Italy, Japan, USA, Australia, and other countries. The final program is available here: LINK

- ESIS TC21 chair Emilio Martínez Pañeda is organizing the upcoming Oxford-EPRI Workshop in Hydrogen Embrittlement, June 23-26, 2024, Oxford, UK. The workshop will host 40 invited speakers, who will give extended talks in a single room (i.e., no parallel sessions), and discussion will be stimulated. ESIS TC21 chair Milos B Djukic is one of the invited speakers. While oral talks are by invitation only, there will be a poster session open to anyone interested in contributing. More details will be available very soon through a dedicated website. - ESIS TC21 chair Milos B. Djukic, together with Ankit Sharma organizing the ongoing special issue of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (Impact factor: 2.3, CiteScore: 4.4) on “Automation In Sustainable Welding Manufacturing”(LINK). The manuscript submission deadline is 31 December 2024. One of the topics of this SI is Corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement in welds. - ESIS TC21 chair Milos B. Djukic, together with Arun Devaraj and Wendy Gu, organizing the ongoing special issue (SI) Collection of npj Materials Degradation journal entitled “Hydrogen Embrittlement” (LINK). The manuscript submission deadline is extended until 07 November 2024. - The inaugural ESIS TC21 Technical Committee Meeting was held during the 5 th International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI2023), 29 August – 1 September 2023. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (LINK). - ESIS TC21 has organized TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions: ”Hydrogen embrittlement of metals: Problems and solutions” (LINK), which will be held from 29 August – 1 September 2023. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (LINK). The HE Thematic/Special Symposium is organized by Technical Committee TC21 “Hydrogen embrittlement and Transport” of the European Structural Integrity Society – ESIS, together with Prof. Frank Cheng, Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering. A total of 44 papers are presented, including 9 invited talks by some of the top hydrogen embrittlement researchers and research

Participant of the TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions ”Hydrogen embrittlement of metals: Problems and solutions” at the 5th International Conference of Structural Integrity (ICSI 2023), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. - ESIS TC21 chairs Milos B. Djukic and Emilio Martínez Pañeda, together with Jianying He, have participated in the organization of a very successful Special Session entitled HYDROGEN (Hydrogen embrittlement), organizers - HYDROGEN Session Chairs: Jianying He, Milos B. Djukic and Emilio Martínez Pañeda, held during 17 th International Conference on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment and 2023 International Symposium on Structural Integrity (ESIA17–ISSI2023), 23–25 May 2023, The Lowry, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK (LINK). - The LinkedIn page for ESIS TC21 Hydrogen embrittlement and transport is open and already has 760+ followers including the most prestigious hydrogen embrittlement researchers worldwide: LINK 2022 (Archive) - ECF23 - Mini-symposium on Hydrogen embrittlement. Thematic Symposium with a round table and panel discussions TC10B “Hydrogen Embrittlement”, The Current State of the Art in Hydrogen Embrittlement Understanding“, organized by Milos B. Djukic, Hrihoriy Nykyforchyn, Jesús Toribio, Motomichi Koyama and Andrej Atrens. - ECF23 - Mini-symposium on Hydrogen embrittlement on the ESIS YouTube channel. Video recording of presentations during Thematic Symposium with a round table and panel discussions TC10B “Hydrogen Embrittlement”, The Current State of the Art in Hydrogen Embrittlement Understanding“, organized by Milos B. Djukic, Hrihoriy

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