now: June 27 – July 1, 2022. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

ECF History

ECF 22Belgrade, Serbia, August 26-31, 2018 “Loading and Environment Effects on Structural Integrity”
ECF 21
Catania, Italy, June 20 – 24, 2016 “Fracture and Safety”
ECF 20 Trondheim, Norway, Jun 30 – Jul 04, 2014 “Fracture at all scales”
ECF 19 Kazan, Russia, Aug 26-31, 2012 “Fracture Mechanics for Durability, Reability and Safety”
ECF 18 Dresden, Germany, Aug 29 – Sep 03, 2010 “Fracture of Materials and Structures from Micro to Macro Scale”
ECF 17 Brno, Czech Republic, Sept 2-5, 2008 “Multilevel Approach to Fracture of Materials, Components and Structures Greek flag”
ECF 16 Alexandroupolis, Greece, Jul 3-7, 2006 “Failure Analysis of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures”
ECF 15 Stockholm, Sweden, Aug 11-13, 2004 “Advanced Fracture Mechanics for Life and Safety Assessments”
ECF 14 Krakow, Poland, Sep 8-13, 2002 “Fracture Mechanics Beyond 2000”
ECF 13 San Sebastian, Spain, Sep 6-9, 2000 “Fracture Mechanics: Applications and Challenges”
ECF 12 Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sep 14-18, 1998 “Fracture from Defects”
ECF 11Poitiers, Futuroscope, France, Sep 3-6, 1996 “Mechanisms and Mechanics of Damage and Failure of Engineering Materials and Structures”
ECF 10 Berlin, Germany, Sep 20-23, 1994 “Structural Integrity: Experiments, Models and Applications”
ECF 9 Varna, Bulgaria, Sep 21-25, 1992 Reliability and Structural Integrity of Advanced Materials
ECF 8 Turin, Italy, Oct 1-5, 1990 Behaviour and Design of Materials and Structures 
ECF 7 Budapest, Hungary, Sep 19-23, 1988 Failure Analysis – Theory and Practice
ECF 6 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jun 15-20, 1986 Fracture Control of Engineering Structures
ECF 5 Lisbon, Portugal, Sep 17-21, 1984 Life Assessment of Dynamically Loaded Materials and Structures
ECF 4 Leoben, Austria, Sep 22-24, 1982 Fracture and the Role of Microstructure
ECF 3 London, United Kingdom, Sep 8-10, 1980 Fracture and Fatigue
ECF 2 Darmstadt, Germany, Oct 9-11, 1978 2nd European Colloquium on Fracture 
ECF 1 Compiegne, France, 1976 1st European Colloquium on Fracture