Pablo Seleson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Florin Bobaru, University of Nebraska

John Foster, University of Texas at Austin

Erdogan Madenci, University of Arizona

Peridynamic modeling has demonstrated effective simulation and prediction of material failure and damage in many application problems. Examples of these problems include projectile impact modeling for defense applications, failure in composites for aerospace applications, and corrosion damage for naval applications, among many others. To advance the state-of-the-art of peridynamics and overcome challenges, significant theoretical, numerical, and computational efforts have been made in past years. The purpose of this minisymposium is to gather researchers working on peridynamic modeling and related applications, to discuss current advances and open problems in the field.

Keywords: infrastructure, solids and structure