EPSRC sponsored one-day symposium on “Multiscale Mechanics of Deformation and Failure in Materials” on 23rd November 2016 at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The aim of the symposium is to explore and discuss already existing techniques and new ideas for future research in the area. In order to do so world leading researchers in this area are being invited to discuss about the current state of the art in the corresponding research areas.

Some of the speakers include:

1. Professor Fionn Dunne (Imperial College London)

2. Professor Chris Pearce (University of Glasgow)

3. Professor Javier Llorca (IMDEA, Technical University of Madrid Spain)

4. Professor Maria Kashtalyan (University of Aberdeen)

5. Dr Martin Diehl (Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany)

6. Dr Hector Basoalto (University of Birmingham)

7. Dr Mehmet Kartal (University of Aberdeen)

8. Dr M. Amir Siddiq (University of Aberdeen)

Tentative Programmme

Wednesday 23rd November 2016

9:00 Welcome and Refreshment (Tea and Coffee)

Dr M. Amir Siddiq (University of Aberdeen)

Session 1 - (Chair: Professor Maria Kashtalyan)

9:30 – 9:45 Introduction to School of Engineering and Research Strategy

Professor Igor Guz; Dr Richard Neilson (University of Aberdeen)

9:45 – 10:30 Multiscale discreet dislocation and crystal plasticity in dwell fatigue

Professor Fionn Dunne (Imperial College London)

10:30 – 11:15 Multiscale modeling strategies for virtual processing and virtual testing of metallic alloys

Professor Javier Llorca IMDEA, Technical University Madrid Spain

11:15 – 11:30 Break (Tea and Coffee )

11:30 – 12:15 Crystal Plasticity: From Phenomenological Descriptions to Physics-based Constitutive Models

Dr Martin Diehl (Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany)

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch

Session 2 - (Chair: Dr Mohammed Imbabi)

13:00 – 13:45 Numerical modelling of fracture: from homogeneous to heterogeneous materials

Professor Chris Pearce (University of Glasgow)

13:45 – 14:30 A field dislocation dynamics model of heterogeneous deformation in nickel-based superalloys

Dr Hector Basoalto (University of Birmingham)

14:30 – 15:00 Transverse cracking in metal-ceramic composites with lamellar microstructure

Professor Maria Kashtalyan (University of Aberdeen)

15:00 - 15:20 Peridynamic modelling of microstructure and corrosion damage

Dr Erkan Oterkus (University of Strathclyde)

15:20 – 15:35 Residual stress measurement at different length scales: Experiments and modelling

Dr Mehmet Kartal (University of Aberdeen)

15:35 – 15:50 Multiscale Mechanics of Ductile Damage in Metals

Dr M. Amir Siddiq (University of Aberdeen)

15:50 – 16:00 Break (Tea and Coffee)

Panel Discussion

16:00 – 16:45 Panel Discussion on “ Future Research and Challenges in Multiscale Deformation and Failure in Materials”

Lead by: Professor Alfred Akisanya

Panel Members:

Professor Fionn Dunne; Professor Javier Llorca; Professor Chris Pearce; Professor Maria Kashtalyan

16:45 Workshop Close

Participants Biographical Summaries

Dr Hector Basoalto is currently Technical Director of the Partnership for Research in Simulation of Manufacturing and Materials (PRISM2) and the Centre for Advanced Simulation & Modelling for Manufacturing (CASiM2) at University of Birmingham, and is responsible with Professor J W Brooks in defining the strategic direction of the group. His research explores the relationships between microstructure, deformation and mechanical properties of engineering alloys.

Dr Martin Diehl is a Research Fellow at Max-Planck Institute für Eisenforschung Düsseldorf in the research group lead by Professor Dierk Raabe and Dr Franz Roters. His research focusses on Continuum Methods, High Performance Computing, Crystal mechanics, Grain interactions and development of the DAMASK — the Düsseldorf Advanced Material Simulation Kit.

Professor Fionn Dunne is Chair in Micromechanics and holds Royal Academy of Engineering/Rolls-Royce Research Chair at Imperial College London, UK. He has been Associate Editor of Philosophical Magazine and Deputy Editor of the Journal of Strain Analysis, and has contributed to the editorial boards of several journals. He is co-author of Introduction to Computational Plasticity, OUP, 2005. His current research is in fundamentals of deformation and failure particularly relating to hcp polycrystal and Ni alloys and includes computational crystal plasticity, discrete dislocation plasticity, micro-deformation and NDE. He leads the EPSRC programme grant Heterogeneous Mechanics in Hexagonal Alloys across Length and Timescales (HexMat).

Dr Mehmet Kartal is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering. His research focus on micromechanical modelling, contact mechanics, residual stresses using eigen-strain theory, and experimental mechanics.

Professor Maria Kashtalyan is Director of the Centre for Micro- and Nanomechanics. Her research interests include solid mechanics and its application in the context of mathematical modelling of anisotropic heterogeneous materials including functionally graded materials, and fibre-reinforced composites. She authored more than 140 publications including 53 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, 4 chapters in major reference books on composites, and 40 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Professor Javier Llorca is professor of materials science at Technical University of Madrid. He is also the director of IMDEA materials institute. His research interests are focused in the development of multiscale modelling strategies to carry out virtual design, virtual testing of structural materials for engineering applications, including the experimental validation at different length scales. He is in the editorial board of a number of international journals.

Dr Erkan Oterkus is a Senior Lecturer in the Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department of University of Strathclyde. His research is mainly focused on computational mechanics of materials and structures by using some of the state-of-the-art techniques including peridynamics and inverse finite element method. He is the co-author of numerous publications including the first of book on peridynamics, journal and conference papers.

Professor Chris Pearce is a Professor of Computational Mechanics and hold the Royal Academy of Engineering/EDF Energy Research Chair at University of Glasgow. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of the Civil Engineering. He is on the Editorial board of a number of international journals. His current research includes multi-scale mechanics and modelling of heterogeneous materials, modelling of quasi-brittle materials and fracture, modelling of coupled problems, computational biomechanics and high performance computing (MOFEM).

Dr M. Amir Siddiq is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering. His research fall in the broad category of experimental and computational investigation of materials and manufacturing processes. These include formulating and developing computational frameworks and materials constitutive models for metals, soft materials and their interfaces at different length scales.