BRÉCHET, Y.
Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble
France
ybrechet@ltpcm.inpg.fr

FIRRAO, D.
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
donato.firrao@polito.it

ONCK, Patrick R.
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
p.r.onck@phys.rug.nl

PARDOEN, T.
Université Catholique de Louvain
Belgium
pardoen@pcim.ucl.ac.be

Abstract
Modelling fracture of heterogeneous materials in relation with the microstructural features and type of loading faces a new challenge when the underlying microstructure is varying in space on length scales comparable to the length scale of the damage events. Such situations are encountered in systems with heterogeneous precipitation, in cast alloys, in graded materials, in mixed microstructures alloys, but also in welds of various types. The symposium aims at gathering the community around this theme , focusing on
- mechanical testing of spatially heterogeneous materials
- local evaluation of plastic properties
- measure of damage, post-mortem and in-situ
micromechanical modelling of fracture in relation with the microstructure