BOUCHAUD, Elisabeth
CEA/SACLAY
Gif sur Yvette Cedex - France
bouchaud@drecam.cea.fr

CHIAIA, Bernardino
Politecnico di Torino - Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics
Torino - Italy
bernardino.chiaia@polito.it

HANSEN, Alex
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim - Norway

HERRMANN, Hans J.
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart - Germany
hans@ica1.uni-stuttgart.de

KALIA, Rajiv
University of Southern California
Los Angeles - USA

MARDER, Michael
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas - USA
marder@chaos.ph.utexas.edu

VAN MIER, Jan G.M.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zurich - Switzerland

Abstract
Brute force fracture simulations from the atomistic level up are limited by the size of structures and time scales that can possibly be analyzed. Consequently, modeling and observing fracture at intervening scales, i.e. nano-, micro-, meso- and macro-scales is essential as well, as is the study of the relationship between various scales. In this symposium we intend to bring together scientists and engineers active in this wide range of size/scales, in order to achieve better understanding of various scaling phenomena. Models to be discussed include molecular dynamics, solvable atomistic models, lattice models, random fuse models, discrete particle models, multi-scale models and continuum models, whereas experiments leading to a better physical understanding at all scale levels will be discussed as well.