Conference Agenda

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Date: Tuesday, 22/Apr/2025
3:00pm - 6:00pmRegistration

Date: Wednesday, 23/Apr/2025
7:30am - 6:00pmRegistration
9:00am - 9:30amOpening Session
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Bernhard Pichler
Welcome Address - Bernhard Pichler
Obituary Kaspar Willam - Herbert A. Mang
9:30am - 10:10amPL1: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Bernhard Pichler
10:10am - 10:40amCoffee Break
10:40am - 12:20pmMS03-1: Monitoring of fracture in heterogeneous media
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Dimitrios G. Aggelis
Session Chair: Nathalie Godin
10:40am - 12:20pmMS07-1: Environmentally induced microstructural evolution and mechanical deterioration/enhancement of concrete
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Min Wu
Cracking and self-healing of cementitious composites and their effects on mechanical properties and durability
10:40am - 12:20pmMS09-1: Concrete and concrete structures in fire
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Christian La Borderie
10:40am - 12:20pmMS17-1: Durability mechanics of concrete at the various scales of observation. A tribute to the memory of Prof. K. Willam
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Giovanna Xotta
Session Chair: Ignacio Carol
10:40am - 12:20pmMS18-1: Recent advances in fracture modeling of concretes and structures
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Gianluca Cusatis
10:40am - 12:20pmTT-C1: Computational modeling
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Herbert A. Mang
Session Chair: Jaime Planas
12:20pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 2:10pmPL2: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Eric Landis
2:10pm - 2:20pmTransition to Parallel Sessions
2:20pm - 4:00pmMS03-2: Monitoring of fracture in heterogeneous media
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Eric Landis
Session Chair: Nathalie Godin
2:20pm - 4:00pmMS04: Phase field approach to fracture: from materials to structures
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Christian Hellmich
The phase field approach is a mathematical technique used to simulate evolving discontinuities in continua. It is based on an additional partial differential equation which is coupled with the standard field equations of the fluid/solid continuum, greatly enhancing the tracking of the field transitions from the computational point of view. The proposal of such an approach by Francfort and Marigo to simulate evolving displacement discontinuities in solids, which is a key problem of fracture mechanics, and the recovery of the Griffith theory in the limit of Gamma-convergence, has opened the way for a significant development of the method to make it a quantitative tool suitable for engineering technical applications. The aim of this mini-symposium is to bring together experts of theoretical, computational and experimental fracture mechanics to discuss limitations, challenges and perspectives of the phase field approach to fracture in relation to key open issues listed below. - Fundamentals of the phase field method: from brittle to cohesive fracture. - Comparison with benchmark tests in the lab for the technical assessment of the phase field approach to fracture for quasi-brittle materials. - From the laboratory scale to the structural scale: how to exploit the phase field approach to fracture in relation to concrete materials and concrete structures. - Competition between interface delamination and bulk fracture for civil applications (FRP strengthening, etc.). - The phase field approach to fracture applied to masonry materials and masonry structures. - Prediction of size-scale effects according to the phase field approach to fracture: limitations and challenges. - The phase field approach to fracture for coupled problems: thermo-elasticity, corrosion and other chemico-mechanical problems. - Fatigue and cyclic degradation phenomena simulated using the phase field approach to fracture. - Computational methods and high performance computing strategies for large scale computations based on the phase field approach to fracture.
2:20pm - 4:00pmMS07-2: Environmentally induced microstructural evolution and mechanical deterioration/enhancement of concrete
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: En-Hua Yang
Carbonation of cementitious composites and their effects on microstructure, mechanical properties, and durability
2:20pm - 4:00pmMS17-2: Durability mechanics of concrete at the various scales of observation. A tribute to the memory of Prof. K. Willam
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Giovanna Xotta
Session Chair: Ignacio Carol
2:20pm - 4:00pmMS18-2: Recent advances in fracture modeling of concretes and structures
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Gianluca Cusatis
2:20pm - 4:00pmTT-G: Fatigue & dynamic loading
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Gonzalo Ruiz López
Session Chair: Petr Hala
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee Break
4:30pm - 5:50pmMS03-3: Monitoring of fracture in heterogeneous media
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Dimitrios G. Aggelis
Session Chair: Eric Landis
4:30pm - 5:50pmMS07-3: Environmentally induced microstructural evolution and mechanical deterioration/enhancement of concrete
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Ye Li
(Reycled) aggregates and their role in enviroment-induced microstructural changes
4:30pm - 5:50pmMS18-3: Recent advances in fracture modeling of concretes and structures
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Gianluca Cusatis
4:30pm - 5:50pmTT-F: Structural concrete applications
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Angamuthu Rajprabhu
Session Chair: Ken Watanabe
6:15pm - 9:00pmWelcome Cocktail
Location: Cupola Hall

Date: Thursday, 24/Apr/2025
8:00am - 6:00pmRegistration
9:00am - 9:40amPL3: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Günther Meschke
9:40am - 10:10amCoffee Break
10:10am - 12:10pmMS03-4: Monitoring of fracture in heterogeneous media
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Nathalie Godin
Session Chair: Dimitrios G. Aggelis
10:10am - 12:10pmMS09-2: Concrete and concrete structures in fire
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Christian La Borderie
10:10am - 12:10pmMS10-1: Discrete modeling of mechanical and coupled processes in quasi-brittle materials
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Jacek Tejchman
Session Chair: Gianluca Cusatis
10:10am - 12:10pmMS11: Coupling transport and cracking in concrete under harsh environments
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Syed Yasir Alam
Session Chair: Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot
This session explores latest research on the interaction between transport processes and fracture in cement-based materials, with a focus on durability, degradation mechanisms and structural performance under coupled actions.
10:10am - 12:10pmMS13-1: Advances in the design and assessment of materials and structures for performance, safety, durability, and sustainability
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Alfred Strauss
Session Chair: Túlio Bittencourt
10:10am - 12:10pmTT-C2: Computational modeling
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Beatriz Sanz
Session Chair: Reijo Kouhia
12:10pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 2:10pmPL4: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Philipp Preinstorfer
2:10pm - 2:20pmTransition to Parallel Sessions
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS01-1: Next-generation reinforced concrete: brittle behaviour and fracture mechanics assessment
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Federico Accornero
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS02-1: Fatigue behavior of concrete and fiber reinforced concrete
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Rostislav Chudoba
Session Chair: Miroslav Vořechovský
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS05-1: Application of advanced computational models to challenging engineering problems
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Matthias Neuner
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS06-1: Small scale testing of mechanical and time-dependent behavior of cementitious materials
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Hongzhi Zhang
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS08-1: Advances in forward and inverse damage simulation of complex materials and structures
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Savvas Triantafyllou
Session Chair: Junqi Zhang
2:20pm - 3:40pmMS15-1: Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Iurie Curosu
2:30pm - 5:00pmRILEM TC-QPA meeting
Location: Meeting room of Rectorate
3:40pm - 4:10pmCoffee Break
4:10pm - 5:30pmMS06-2: Small scale testing of mechanical and time-dependent behavior of cementitious materials
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Jiri Nemecek
4:10pm - 5:30pmMS08-2: Advances in forward and inverse damage simulation of complex materials and structures
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Savvas Triantafyllou
Session Chair: Junqi Zhang
4:10pm - 5:30pmMS15-2: Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Jing Yu
4:10pm - 5:30pmTT-E: Novel cementitious and/or other quasi-brittle materials
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Anne Zora Gierth
Session Chair: Philipp Preinstorfer
5:30pm - 6:30pmIA-FraMCoS General Assembly
Location: EI 7
7:30pm - 11:00pmConference Banquet
Location: Volkshalle, City Hall

Date: Friday, 25/Apr/2025
8:00am - 3:00pmRegistration
9:00am - 9:40amPL5: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Erik Schlangen
9:40am - 10:10amCoffee Break
10:10am - 12:10pmMS01-2: Next-generation reinforced concrete: brittle behaviour and fracture mechanics assessment
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Ying Yu
10:10am - 12:10pmMS02-2: Fatigue behavior of concrete and fiber reinforced concrete
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Miroslav Vořechovský
Session Chair: Rostislav Chudoba
10:10am - 12:10pmMS05-2: Application of advanced computational models to challenging engineering problems
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Peter Gamnitzer
10:10am - 12:10pmMS06-3: Small scale testing of mechanical and time-dependent behavior of cementitious materials
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Jishen Qiu
10:10am - 12:10pmMS10-2: Discrete modeling of mechanical and coupled processes in quasi-brittle materials
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot
Session Chair: Jan Elias
10:10am - 12:10pmMS13-2: Advances in the design and assessment of materials and structures for performance, safety, durability, and sustainability
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: Drahomír Novák
Session Chair: Jan Cervenka
12:10pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 2:50pmMS01-3: Next-generation reinforced concrete: brittle behaviour and fracture mechanics assessment
Location: EI 10
Session Chair: Federico Accornero
1:30pm - 2:50pmMS02-3: Fatigue behavior of concrete and fiber reinforced concrete
Location: EI 5
Session Chair: Mario Aguilar
Session Chair: Miroslav Vořechovský
1:30pm - 2:50pmMS05-3: Application of advanced computational models to challenging engineering problems
Location: EI 2
Session Chair: Günter Hofstetter
1:30pm - 2:50pmMS10-3: Discrete modeling of mechanical and coupled processes in quasi-brittle materials
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Jan Elias
Session Chair: Gianluca Cusatis
1:30pm - 2:50pmMS13-3: Advances in the design and assessment of materials and structures for performance, safety, durability, and sustainability
Location: EI 9
Session Chair: David Lehký
Session Chair: Marta Słowik
1:30pm - 2:50pmTT-B: Experimental methods
Location: EI 8
Session Chair: Kishen J M Chandra
Session Chair: Maximilian Weiß
2:50pm - 3:00pmTransition to Plenary Session
3:00pm - 3:40pmPL6: Plenary Lecture
Location: EI 7
Session Chair: Christian Hellmich
3:40pm - 4:00pmYoung Researcher Best Paper Award Ceremony & Closing Session
Location: EI 7