Issue34

Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 34 (2015); International Journal of the Italian Group of Fracture IX …. ECF21 is near!! ear friends, just a few words about the most important event that IGF is organizing: the 21 st European Conference on Fracture, under the auspices of the European Structural Integrity Society. This event will be held in Catania, Italy (June 20-24, 2015) and, according to the ECFs events tradition, will allows to hundred of researchers to meet in the wonderful land of Sicily. I don’t want to bother you describing the sea, the culture, the food, the people of Sicily … join us and you will see by your own!!! In these lines I wish only to underline some details: - Abstract summission deadline: 30.11.2015; - Proceedings will be published in Procedia Structural Integrity (Elsevier); - Special issues will be published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Engineering Failure Analysis and International Journal of Fatigue; - A Summer School titled “Understanding and modelling fracture and fatigue of materials and structures” will be organized before the ECF event (June 18-19, 2015) You can find all the details in the ECF21 website www.ecf21.eu …. Looking forward to meeting you in Catania!!! Francesco Iacoviello F&IS Chief Editor D