Thematic sessions and minisymposia

The contributions to the Conference can be alternatively submitted to the following Thematic Sessions or Minisymposia.

Thematic Sessions

• MG - General mechanics
• MF - Fluid mechanics
• MSS - Solid and structural mechanics
• MM - Mechanics for machines and mechanical systems

Minisymposia 

• MS01 - Theoretical and applied biomechanics for cardiovascular problems
  Organizers: Michele Conti, Michele Marino, Giuseppe Vairo, Massimiliano Zingales - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS02 - Dynamics and stability of mechanical systems, GADES, in memory of prof. Ali H. Nayfeh
  Organizers: Maria Grazia Naso, Francesco Pellicano, Giuseppe Piccardo - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS03 - Variational methods and applications in solid mechanics
  Organizers: Gabriele Cricrì, Elvira Zappale - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS04 - Innovative lattice materials and structures
  Organizers: Antonino Favata, Luciano Feo, Fernando Fraternali, Andrea Micheletti, Robert E. Skelton - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS05a - Mechanical behavior of masonry structures: modeling and numerical procedures
  Organizers: Daniela Addessi, Elio Sacco - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS05b - Mechanical behavior of masonry structures: analysis of curved structures
  Organizers: Francesco Marmo, Gabriele Milani, Luciano Rosati - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS06 - Novel approaches in computational mechanics, GIMC
  Organizers: Sonia Marfia, Anna Pandolfi, Alessandro Reali - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS07 - Fluid–structure interaction: methods and applications
  Organizers: Franco Auteri, Marco D. de Tullio and Flavio Giannetti - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS08 - Fracture: interface models and phase field approaches
  Organizers: Roberto Alessi, Francesco Freddi, Giovanni Lancioni, Elio Sacco - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS09 - Mechanics and materials, GMA
  Organizers: Lorenzo Bardella, Marco Paggi, Pasquale Vena - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS09a - Soft Active Materials, GMA
  Organizers: Giovanni Noselli, Alessandro Lucantonio - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS09b - Mechanics of green composites: mechanical characterization and related technological issues, GMA
  Organizers: Francesco Fabbrocino, Pietro Russo, Francesco Colangelo - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS09c - Recent advances in the mechanical modelling of composite materials and periodic structures, GMA
  Organizers: Andrea Bacigalupo, Francesco Dal Corso, Maria Laura De Bellis, Andrea Piccolroaz - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS09d - Mechanics and reliability of piezoelectric materials
  Organizers: Paolo S. Valvo, Marco Paggi - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS10 - Advanced and physically oriented numerical methods for continuum mechanics simulations
  Organizers: Gennaro Coppola, Marco D. de Tullio, and Francesco Capuano - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS11 - Stochastics and probability in engineering mechanics, GMS
  Organizers: Antonina Pirrotta, Luciano Rosati, Salvatore Sessa - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS12 - Coatings for tribological applications: modeling and characterization
  Organizers: Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Di Donato, Gregory Favaro - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
• MS13 - Mechanics of extreme materials: graphene-related, composite, meta- and biological/bioinspired materials - Information about the minisymposium (pdf)
  Organizers: Federico Bosia, Massimiliano Fraldi, Nicola M. Pugno