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European Conference on Fracture 2024 Preface Željko Božić a, *, Robert Basan b , Goran Vukelić c , Siegfried Schmauder d , Leslie Banks Sills e , Aleksandar Sedmak f , Francesco Iacoviello g a University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia b University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia c University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Marine Engineering Dept., Studentska 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia d University of Stuttgart, Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials (IMWF), Pfaffenwaldring 32, Stuttgart, Germany e Tel Aviv University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel European Conference on Fracture 2024 Preface Željko Božić a, *, Robert Basan b , Goran Vukelić c , Siegfried Schmauder d , Leslie Banks Sills e , Aleksandar Sedmak f , Francesco Iacoviello g a University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia b University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Vukovarska 58, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia c University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Marine Engineering Dept., Studentska 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia d University of Stuttgart, Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials (IMWF), Pfaffenwaldring 32, Stuttgart, Germany e Tel Aviv University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel f Facuty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, 11120 Belgrade, Serbia g Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, via G. DI Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino (FR), Italy The 24th European Conference on Fracture, ECF24, was held on-site in Zagreb, Croatia, with possible online participation, from August 26 – 30, 2024. The ECF24 conference was organized by the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. The ECF24 conference was a forum for discussing current and future trends in experimental, analytical and numerical fracture mechanics, fatigue, structural integrity assessment, failure analysis, and other important topics in the field. The participants of the ECF24 conference had the opportunity to exchange ideas with leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines and get acquainted with the state-of-the-art in theory and applications of fatigue and fracture mechanics. ECF24 managed to bring together 650 scientists and engineers from 54 countries from around the world. Nine Plenary Lectures were presented at the ECF24 conference by distinguished scientists and researchers. In total 680 Extended abstracts were accepted. 90 parallel sessions were held, with 535 Oral presentations, including 50 Online presentations. In Poster Sessions 73 posters were presented. 17 thematic symposia were organized within the The 24th European Conference on Fracture, ECF24, was held on-site in Zagreb, Croatia, with possible online participation, from August 26 – 30, 2024. The ECF24 conference was organized by the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. The ECF24 conference was a forum for discussing current and future trends in experimental, analytical and numerical fracture mechanics, fatigue, structural integrity assessment, failure analysis, and other important topics in the field. The participants of the ECF24 conference had the opportunity to exchange ideas with leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines and get acquainted with the state-of-the-art in theory and applications of fatigue and fracture mechanics. ECF24 managed to bring together 650 scientists and engineers from 54 countries from around the world. Nine Plenary Lectures were presented at the ECF24 conference by distinguished scientists and researchers. In total 680 Extended abstracts were accepted. 90 parallel sessions were held, with 535 Oral presentations, including 50 Online presentations. In Poster Sessions 73 posters were presented. 17 thematic symposia were organized within the © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of ECF24 organizers f Facuty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, 11120 Belgrade, Serbia g Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, via G. DI Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino (FR), Italy

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2452-3216 © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of ECF24 organizers 10.1016/j.prostr.2025.06.014 2452-3216 © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of ECF24 organizers 2452-3216 © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of ECF24 organizers * Corresponding author. Tel.: +385 1 6168 536; fax: +385 1 6156 940. E-mail address: zeljko.bozic@fsb.unizg.hr