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Procedia Structural Integrity 17 (2019) 1–4 ICSI 2019 The 3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity Editorial Pedro Moreira*, Paulo J. Tavares INEGI – Institute of Scienc and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto, Portugal ICSI 2019 The 3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity Editorial Pedro Moreira*, Paulo J. Tavares INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto, Portugal ICSI 2019 The 3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity Editorial Pedro Moreira*, Paulo J. Tavares INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto, Portugal

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© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the ICSI 2019 organizers. In 2019, ICSI made an effort to return to the delegates a part of their dedication and enthusiastic support from the previous editions, in the shape of increased visibility to the conference and scientific impact. ICSI2019 therefore launched a number of invitations to prominent researchers all over the globe to lecture on their own research fields, such as Prof. Prof. Xiaosu Yi; Prof. Aleksander Sedmak; Prof. Alexopoulos Nikolaos; Prof. Constantinos Soutis, and; Prof. Øystein Grong. In view of the success of the ICSI2017 thematic symposia, ICSI2019 has also been organized into a general track and thematic symposia. Apart from the publication of the proceedings in Procedia Structural Integrity and a special issue in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, special issues were also offered in Applied Composite Materials and Engineering Failure Analysis, highly relevant journals in the field of Structural Integrity. The response to these efforts has been outstanding: Nine symposia were proposed and accepted for organization; the number of abstract submissions was kept at a similar level to 2017 with 197 communications approved for oral communication from a total of 229 received abstracts, and 131 full papers accepted for publication in the conference proceedings. Research activity in Structural Integrity has seen an emerging increase in recent years and spread throughout a number of exciting areas. ICSI focuses on all aspects and scales of structural integrity. This ranges from basics to future trends, with special emphasis on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches, and applications to new materials and challenging environments. Current research topics in the realm of Structural Integrity targeted by ICSI2019 include, but are not limited to Fracture and Fatigue, Stress Analysis, Damage Tolerance, Durability, Crack Closure, Joining Technologies, Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials, Ageing, Coatings Technology, Environmental Effects, Structural Health Monitoring, New materials, Surface Engineering, Structural Integrity in Biomechanics and many other exciting research topics. In 2019, ICSI made an effort to return to the delegates a part of their dedication and enthusiastic support from the previous editions, in the shape of increased visibility to the conference and scientific impact. ICSI2019 therefore launched a number of invitations to prominent researchers all over the globe to lecture on their own research fields, such as Prof. Prof. Xiaosu Yi; Prof. Aleksander Sedmak; Prof. Alexopoulos Nikolaos; Prof. Constantinos Soutis, and; Prof. Øystein Grong. In view of the success of the ICSI2017 thematic symposia, ICSI2019 has also been organized into a general track and thematic symposia. Apart from the publication of the proceedings in Procedia Structural Integrity and a special issue in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, special issues were also offered in Applied Composite Materials and Engineering Failure Analysis, highly relevant journals in the field of Structural Integrity. The response to these efforts has been outstanding: Nine symposia were proposed and accepted for organization; the number of abstract submissions was kept at a similar level to 2017 with 197 communications approved for oral communication from a total of 229 received abstracts, and 131 full papers accepted for publication in the conference proceedings. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the ICSI 2019 organizers. Research activity in Structural Integrity has seen an emerging increase in recent years and spread throughout a number of excitin areas. ICSI focuses on all aspects and scales of structural integrity. This ranges from basics to fut re trends, with special emphasis on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches, and applications to new materials and challenging nvironments. Current research topics in the realm of Structural Integrity targeted by ICSI2019 include, but are not limited t Fracture and Fatigue, Stress Analysis, Damage T leranc , D rability, Crack Closure, Joining T chnologies, Nanom chanics and Nanomaterials, Ageing, Coatings Technology, Environmental Effects, Stru tural Health M nitoring, New materials, Surf ce Engineering, Structural Integrity in Biomechanics and many other exciting research topics. In 2019, ICSI made an effort to ret rn to the delegates a part of their dedication and enthusiastic support from the previous editions, in the shape of increa ed visibility to t conference and scientific impact. ICSI2019 therefore launched a numb r of invitations to promi ent researchers all over the globe to lecture on their own research fields, such as Prof. Prof. Xi osu Yi; Prof. Aleksander Sedmak; Prof. Alexopoulos Nikolaos; Prof. Constantinos Soutis, and; Prof. Øystein Grong. In view of the success of the ICSI2017 thematic symposia, ICSI2019 has also been organized into a general track and thematic symposia. Ap rt from the publication of the pr ceedings in Procedia Structur l Integrity and a special issue in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, special issues were also offered in Applied C mposite Materials and Engineering Failure Analysis, highly relevant journals in the field of Structural Integrity. The response to these efforts has been outstanding: Nine symposia were proposed and accepted for organization; the number of abstract submissions was kept at a similar level to 2017 with 197 communications approved for oral communication from a total of 229 received abstracts, and 131 full papers accepted for publication in the conference proceedings. Research activity in Structural Integrity has seen an emerging increase in recent years and spread throughout a number of exciting areas. ICSI focuses on all aspects and scales of structural integrity. This ranges from basics to future trends, with special emphasis on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches, and applications to new materials and challenging environments. Current research topics in the realm of Structural Integrity targeted by ICSI2019 include, but are not limited to Fracture and Fatigue, Stress Analysis, Damage Tolerance, Durability, Crack Closure, Joining Technologies, Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials, Ageing, Coatings Technology, Environmental Effects, Structural Health Monitoring, New materials, Surface Engineering, Structural Integrity in Biomechanics and many other exciting research topics.

2452-3216 © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the ICSI 2019 organizers. 2452-3216 © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the ICSI 2019 organizers. 2452-3216 © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the ICSI 2019 organizers. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 225 082 151; fax: +351 229 537 352. E-mail address: pmoreira@inegi.up.pt * Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 225 082 151; fax: +351 229 537 352. E-mail address: pmoreira@inegi.up.pt * Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 225 082 151; fax: +351 229 537 352. E-mail address: pmoreira@inegi.up.pt

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