TC2 UPDATE 2009
Minutes of the TC2 ESIS meeting
Leoben, April 20, 2009
Present:
Prof. J. Pokluda (CZ), Prof. O. Kolednik (AT), Prof. R. Pippan (AT),
Prof. M. Kotoul (CZ), Prof. S. Melin (SE), Prof. R. Goldstein (RU), Dr.
K. Slamecka (CZ), Dr. M. Sauzay (FR), Dr. P. Köster (GE), Dr. J. Predan
(SL), Dr. H. Grünbichler (AT), Prof. M. Starostenkov (RU), Dipl.-Ing. B.
Gludovatz AT), Dipl.-Ing. S. Wurster (AT), Dipl.-Ing. A. Hohenwarter
(A), Dr. M. Rakin (SB), Dr. W. Daves (AT), Dr. B. Schönbauer (AT), Dr.
H. Knobbe (GE), Prof. A. Shanyavskiy (RU), Dr. H.-P. Gänser (AT),
Dipl.-Ing. S. Endler (AT), Dipl.-Ing. R. Schöngrundner (AT), Dr. R.
Bermejo (AT), Prof. N. Gubeljak (SL), Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Kapp (AT),
Dipl.-Ing. Ingmar Roth (GE).
The TC2 meeting was held as a part
of the workshop on Micromechanisms in Fracture and Fatigue, organized by
Prof. O. Kolednik and Prof. J. Pokluda in Leoben, April 20-21, 2009.
During the workshop 25 oral presentations were given by participants
from 7 European countries. The Book of Abstracts was available for all
attendants.
Click here to download the Collection of Abstracts (PDF)
Agenda:
1) TC2 – State of the Art
2) Special issues and other future outputs
3) Next TC2 meetings
4) Discussion
Ad 1) TC2- State of the Art
This
was the third meeting of the re-established TC2, after its first
meeting in Alexandroupolis in August 2006. Since that time, a well
established group of scientists all over Europe regularly participated
in the TC2 meetings. There is already nice and visible scientific output
from the TC2 work, for example the special issue of Engng. Fract.
Mechanics devoted to the TC2 meetings at ECF16 and MSMF 5 edited by J.
Pokluda and R. Pippan. The participants of the meeting in Leoben decided
to keep the practice to organize TC2 meetings at least once per year,
either during eligible scientific conferences or in a more free way like
that in Leoben.
Ad 2) Special issues and other future outputs
At
the moment, there are three further special issues that are prepared as
output from the ECF17 conference. One of them, under the
guest-editorship of J. Pokluda, will again appear in Engng. Fract.
Mechanics. This issue will contain selected papers based in particular
on contributions presented at the TC2 section of ECF17. It seems to be
worthwhile to continue these activities. There is another favorable
aspect of such a work: A not negligible amount of money that we were
promised to receive from ESIS executive to promote the TC2 activities.
We have already received a reasonable support to enable people from
developing countries to participate in the TC2 section at ECF17 in Brno.
Another
activity should be associated with the application of international
projects in the frame of European scientific programs. Many European
programs are focused on the support of fracture research in Ukraine and
Russia so that the TC2 members should think about that kind of
activities for the future.
Ad 3) Next TC2 meetings
The
participants agreed that the next meetings of TC2 will be held in Brno,
June 2010 and in Dresden, September 2010. The first meeting will be
associated with the 6th Int. Conference on Materials Structure and
Micromechanics of Fracture (MSMF6). The second meeting will be related
to the ECF18 conference. The longer-term plans for the year 2011 will be
discussed in Brno next year.
Ad 4) Discussion
Prof.
O. Kolednik proposed to work-out a list of TC2 members and other
sympathizers. This will be done in collaboration with J. Pokluda. An
establishment of the official TC2 ESIS website will also be considered
for the future. A proposal of performing Round-Robin tests within the
TC2 was raised by Prof. R. Goldstein. Several discussants assumed that
this would be rather complicated and not very realistic due to a
possible lack of a common motivation and available funds.