Liao-Liang Ke, Beijing Jiaotong University

Han Jiang, Southwest Jiaotong University

The Symposium on Fracture, contact, friction, wear and adhesion is organized to provide a platform for exchanging ideas related to Fracture, contact, friction, wear and adhesion problems in various disciplines of engineering sciences. The topics for this symposium include but not limited to

Contact mechanics of composite materials

Fracture mechanics at micro-/macro- scales

Scratch performance of polymers

Nanoindentation

Friction at micro-/macro- scales

Adhesion and contact of surfaces

Wear of materials

Fretting fatigue and fretting wear

Contact vibration

Contact problem involving the surface roughness 

Contact involving the frictional heat

Keywords: manufacture, solids and structure