International Congress on Fracture (ICF) is an international body for promoting worldwide cooperation among scientists and engineers concerned with the mechanics and mechanisms of
fracture
Fracture is the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid. If a displa ...
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fatigue
Fatigue describes a state of tiredness that does not resolve with rest or sleep. In general usage, fatigue is synonymous with extreme tiredness or exhaustion that normally follows prolonged physical or mental activity. When it does not resolve ...
The idea for an International Congress on Fracture dates to 1961 and a meeting at MIT when an “Interim International Conference Committee” was established under the Chairmanship of Takeo Yokobori.
In November 1965, ICF1 was organised in Sendai, Japan. In April 1969, at ICF2 in Brighton, England, ICF was formally founded with statutes and by-laws, a Council and Executive. Thereafter ICF organised a major conference every four years. ICF also organised “interquadrennial” conferences, the first of which was in
Beijing, China
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in November 1983. ICF established national organisations in their member nations, one of the first being the “Australasian Fracture Group” in 1971.
ICF became more than a conference organiser and rather a society for the broad field of structural integrity, fracture,
fatigue
Fatigue describes a state of tiredness that does not resolve with rest or sleep. In general usage, fatigue is synonymous with extreme tiredness or exhaustion that normally follows prolonged physical or mental activity. When it does not resolve ...
, creep, corrosion and reliability – from biological to geophysical materials: metals, alloys, ceramics, composites, electronic and natural materials. The scope evolved through ICF1-1CF12 from nano to
macro
Macro (or MACRO) may refer to:
Science and technology
* Macroscopic, subjects visible to the eye
* Macro photography, a type of close-up photography
* Image macro, a picture with text superimposed
* Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observat ...
scales, from basic science, engineering and mathematics to practical technology and
systems modelling
Systems modeling or system modeling is the interdisciplinary study of the use of models to conceptualize and construct systems in business and IT development.Anaheim, California, May 2011 ICF was renamed “ICF: The World Academy of Structural Integrity”.
Structure
ICF-WASI is governed by a Council which comprises members from each member nation, with one nation one vote. The Council meets once every four years at each ICF-WASI Quadrennial. Council delegates the management of ICF-WASI to a President and an Executive Committee.
Since ICF 6, the Treasurer has acted as the de facto CEO working closely with the President and Secretary-General. The Council elects Fellows every four years who are now termed “ Academicians” (50). ICF-WASI in its widest sense consists also of the “Associates” who comprise the whole community of the up to 10,000 delegates who have attended Quadrennial and Interquadrennial conferences.
Sydney
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(Australia) 1997
*ICF-10 Honolulu (USA) 2001
*ICF-11 Turin (Italy) 2005
*ICF-12 Ottawa (Canada) 2009
*ICF-13 Beijing (China) 2013
*ICF-14 Rhodes (Greece) 2017
The next Conference (ICF-15) is scheduled for Atlanta (USA) in 2023.International Congress on Fracture Event home page Retrieved on June 23, 2022.