ESIS Newsletter December 2025

The event was part of the MUR PRIN 2022 PNRR project “Towards innovative methodologies to design metallic Additive Manufactured complex components for civil engineering structures subjected to time varying loading”, led by Filippo Berto and Sabrina Vantadori, aimed at developing new fatigue design methodologies for AM metallic components. The Thematic Symposium also received an award, winning first place as the best symposium of the Congress due to the exceptional number of contributions received.

(2.2) Organisation of the Mini Symposium on “ Fatigue and fracture behaviour in emerging and green materials ” (chaired by Professors Sabrina Vantadori, Parma, Italy and Francesco Iacoviello, Cassino, Italy) at the 1st Biennial ESIS-CSIC Conference on Structural Integrity (BECCSI 2025), Belgrade (Serbia) & Web, 25th to 28th November, 2025. The Thematic Symposium was announced to address the growing need for materials that combined mechanical performance with environmental sustainability. It aimed to gather researchers, engineers, and professionals to discuss advances in the understanding of fatigue and fracture mechanisms in innovative and eco-friendly materials. The symposium focused on several key topics: fatigue and fracture in novel metallic, polymeric, ceramic, and composite materials; design and durability of sustainable materials; microstructural effects on crack initiation and propagation; experimental and numerical approaches for fatigue life prediction; and the influence of green manufacturing processes on structural integrity. International experts were invited to present case studies and technological developments.

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