Organised by Profs Michael Wisnom, Ramesh Talreja, Janis Varna and Marino Quaresimin and hosted by Bristol Composites Institute at University of Bristol in June, sessions included longitudinal tension failure led by Yentl Swolfs, Micro mechanisms of transverse cracking led by Elena Correa and Mahoor Mehdikhani, fatigue led by Marino Quaresimin as well as a session on compression led by Lars Mikkelsen. 

Sessions on day 2 included presentations and discussions focused on different modelling methods to simulate the damage of composites at different scales (e.g., bottom-up multiscale method and high-fidelity modelling), addressing the limitations and benefits of these methods. The session featured talks from Prof Stephen Hallett, Dr Bassam El Said, and Prof Federico Paris, followed by concluding remarks from Prof Michael Wisnom.

There was also a poster session where several of our NextCOMP researchers were invited to present their research.