Topics

We welcome contributions that develop theory, advance computation, or demonstrate applications related to fracture and interface mechanics with a focus on peridynamics and its interplay with other methods. Submissions that include benchmarks, validation, or comparisons across approaches are particularly encouraged.

1) Fracture mechanics

• Crack initiation, propagation, and nucleation
  
• Fatigue and crack growth under cyclic loading
  
• Dynamic fracture, fragmentation, and high-speed impacts
  
• Impact and penetration studies
  
• Criteria for initiation and propagation
  
• Constitutive models for complex materials such as composites and architected media
  

2) Interfaces and discontinuities

• Modeling of material interfaces and their evolution
  
• Contact mechanics and friction in nonlocal settings
  
• Nonlocal interactions at discontinuities involving fracture and interfaces
  

3) Multiscale and multiphysics

• Bridging micro to macro scales in fracture and interface problems
  
• Coupling with thermal, electrical, chemical, and fluid fields
  
• Diffusion, corrosion, electrochemical effects, and their interaction with cracks and interfaces
  

4) Computation and algorithms

• Mesh-free discretizations, numerical solvers, and new algorithms
  
• High-performance computing, GPU and parallel implementations
  
• Coupling of local and nonlocal models, including finite element embeddings
  
• Data-driven modeling and machine learning for speed, calibration, or closure
  
• Dense and sparse treatments of peridynamic operators
  

5) Theory and analysis

• Mathematical analysis of peridynamic models
  
• Nonlocal waves, dispersion, and stability in elastic and structural systems
  
• Micropolar peridynamics and related theoretical extensions
  

6) Applications and emerging areas

• Heterogeneous, anisotropic, composite, and metamaterial systems
  
• Materials design, topology and structural optimization
  
• Manufacturing processes and their effects on integrity
  
• Geological materials, concrete, and random media
  
• Biomaterials and biomechanics
  
• Nanoscale mechanics and physics
  
• Upscaling strategies from fine-scale models
  

7) Comparative and integrative studies

• Benchmarks that compare peridynamics with phase-field, XFEM, cohesive-zone models, and SPH
  
• Hybrid workflows that integrate peridynamics with classical continuum mechanics
  
• Validation datasets, best practices, and reproducible pipelines
  

If your work falls near these themes but you are unsure about fit, please reach out. We aim for a broad and inclusive program that advances fracture and interface mechanics through shared evidence, open challenges, and collaborative discussion.