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Title:
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Cohesive Models of Fracture, Branching, and Fragmentation 

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Organizers:
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Glaucio H. Paulino
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois,  205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801-2352
Phone: (217)333-3817
FAX: (217)265-8041
E-mail: paulino@uiuc.edu

Robert H. Dodds, Jr.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois,  205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801-2352
E-mail: rdodds@uiuc.edu

Seong Hyeok Song
California Department of Transportation
Division of Engineering Services, MS 9-3/3G
1801 30th Street
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: (916) 227-0441
FAX: (916) 227-9576
E-mail:seong-hyeok_song@dot.ca.gov 

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Minisymposium description:
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Cohesive models are versatile and effective tools for computational
simulation of various separation phenomena in materials. We welcome papers
that describe applications of cohesive models at any length and time
scales, from atomistic and molecular to microstructural and
phenomenological models. The goals of this minisymposium are to represent
the state of the art in cohesive modeling, to describe opportunities for
new applications, and to expose open questions in the supporting theory and
algorithms, especially those involving multiscale modeling. It will cover a
range of applications, including the fracture of advanced materials such as
functionally graded, nano-composites and bio-materials, ductile crack
growth and rupture, creep damage and fracture, dynamic crack propagation,
fatigue, and cutting.