PSI - Issue 21

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Procedia Structural Integrity 21 (2019) 1 Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000–000

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1st International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials Editorial Cihan Tekog˘ lu a , Tuncay Yalc¸inkaya b a Department of Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, So¨g˜u¨ to¨zu¨ , Ankara 06560, Turkey b Department of Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey

Keywords: Plasticity; Damage; Fracture Mechanics

The decision of organizing an international workshop in Turkey on plasticity, damage and fracture of engineering materials was taken during ECF 22, 22nd European Conference on Fracture, which was undoubtedly a great success, owing to the encouragements of Prof. Aleksandar Sedmak. Ever increasing demand for materials with usually contra dicting properties such as high strength and high ductility requires a deep understanding of these three phenomena, from micro- to macro-scales. With this perspective, this workshop was co-organized by the Middle East Technical University and TOBB University of Economics and Technology, and held on 22-23 August 2019 in Ankara. The aim of the workshop was to bring together specialists working on both computational and experimental aspects of engi neering materials. The workshop became a great success with 31 oral and 26 poster presentations, and 129 authors from 19 di ff erent countries contributing to the book of abstracts. The poster by Mirac Onur Bozkurt deserves spe cial attention, which was awarded with the best poster prize. The social trip between 24-25 August to Cappadocia, a world heritage site located in Central Anatolia, provided a friendly environment for the participants of the workshop to discuss science while enjoying the beautiful nature of Turkey. The high scientific level of the workshop was set by the brilliant keynote lectures given by Prof. Majid Reza Ay atollahi on mixed mode fracture in brittle polymers, by Prof. Laurence Brassart on the e ff ective rheology of random aggregates in di ff usional creep and sintering, by Prof. Hu¨snu¨ Dal on a multiscale approach for cavity initiation and growth in rubberlike materials, by Prof. Johan Hoefnagels on the use electrons to measure local stresses in polycrys talline materials, by Prof. David Morin on a virtual laboratory for the design of aluminium structures: automotive applications, and by Prof. Cem Tasan on damage resistance through double-transformation: towards new generation TRIP-assisted alloys. We would like to thank all the keynote speakers for their immeasurable contributions to the workshop. This issue presents a selection of research papers presented at the 1st International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, whose process of organizing was made very easy by the kind, attentive and e ffi cient support of the members of the organizing committee: Prof. Hu¨snu¨ Dal, Prof. Mert Efe, and Prof. Ercan Gu¨rses. Finally, let us thank Prof. Francesco Iacoviello, the president of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), for his great support for the workshop, as well as this special issue.

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