The IUTAM Symposium on ¿Multiscale Modelling of Damage and Fracture Processes in Composite Materials¿ was held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland , 23 -27 May 2005. The Symposium was attended by 48 persons from 15 countries. During 5 day meeting, 4 keynote lectures and 39 invited lectures were presented. This volume constitutes the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium. The main aim of the Symposium was to discuss the basic principles of damage growth and fracture processes in different types of composites: ceramic, polymer and metal matrix composites, cement and bituminous composites and wood. Nowadays, it is widely recognized that important macroscopic properties like the macroscopic stiffness and strength, are governed by processes that occur at one to several scales below the level of observation starting from nanoscale. Understanding how these processes influence the reduction of stiffness and strength is essential for the analysis of existing and the design of improved composite materials. The study of how these various length scales can be linked together or taken into account simultaneously is particular attractive for composite materials, since they have a well-defined structure at the nano, micro and meso-levels. The well-defined microstructural level can be associated with small particles or fibres, while the individual laminae can be indentified at the mesoscopic level. Moreover, the advances in multiscale modelling of damage and fracture processes to the description of the complete constitutive behaviour in composites which do not have a very well-defined microstructure, e.g. cementitious, bitumous composites and wood was analysed.

Preface; Keynote Lecture 1: A Computational Damage Micromodel for Laminate Composites, by P. Ladevèze, G. Lubineau, D. Violeau, D. Marsal; Keynote Lecture 2: Numerical Methods for Debonding in Composite Materials: A Comparison of Approaches, by R. de Borst; Keynote Lecture 3: Atomic-Continuum Transition at Interfaces of Silicon and Carbon Nanocomposite Materials , by R. Pyrz; Multiscale Modelling for Damaged Viscoelastic Particulate Composites, by A. Dragon, C. Nadot-Martin, A. Fanget; A Shakedown Approach to the Problem of Damage of Fibre-Reinforced Composites, by A. Hachemi, D. Weichert; Perforation of Sandwich Panels with Cellular Solid Core under Impact Loading, by H. Zhao, I. Elnasri; Influence of Delamination on the Predicition of Impact Damage in Composites, by A. Johnson, N. Pentcôte; Debonding or Breakage of Short Fibres in a Metal Matrix Composite, by V. Tvergaard; A Microscale Model of Elastic and Damage Longitudinal Shear Behaviour of Highly Concentrated Long Fiber Composites, by S. Lenci; Analysis of Metal Matrix Composites Damage under Transverse Loading, by E. Oleszkiewicz, T. Lodygowski; On the Out-of-Plane Interactions between ply Damage and Interface Damage in Laminates, by D. Marsal, P. Ladevèze, G. Lubineau; The Elastic Modulus and the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Particulate Composites Using a Dodecahedric Multivariant Model, by E. Sideridis, G. A. Papadopoulos, V. N. Kytopoulos, T. Sadowski; Prediction of Crack Deflection and Kinking in Ceramic Laminates, by D. Leguillon, 0. Cherti Tazi, E. Martin; Dynamic Buckling of Thin-Walled Composite Plates, by T. Kubiak; Numerical and Experimental Models of the Fracture in the Multi -Layered Composites, by M. Jaroniek; Multiscale Method for Optimal Design of Composite Structures Incorporating Sensors, by F. Collombet, M. Mulle, Y-H. Grunevald; Numerical Multiscale Modelling of Elasto-Plastic Behaviour of Superconducting Strand, by B. A. Schrefler, M. Lefik, D. P. Boso; Mechanical Properties ofWood Investigated by Means of Continuum Micromechanics, by K. Hofstetter, Ch. Helimich, H. A. Mang; Antiplane Crack in a Pre-Stressed Fiber Reinforce Elastic Material , by E. M. Craciun; Characterization and Practical Application of a Multiscale Failure Criterion for Composite Structures, by F. Laurin, N. Carrere, J. F. Maire, D. Perreux; Crack and Delamination Patterns in Thin Layers under Monotonic and Cyclic Temperature Loading, by M. Bialas, Z. Mróz ; Stress Field Singularities for Reinforcing Fibre with Single Lateral Crack, by G. Mieczkowski, K .L. Moiski; Numerical Modelling of Mechanical Response of a Two-Phase Composite, by E. Postek, T. Sadowski, S. Hardy; Modelling of Delamination Damage in Scaled Quasi-Isotropic Specimens, by S. R. Hallett, W. G. Jiang, M. R. Wisnom; Damage in Patrimonial Masonry Structures: The Case of The O-L Cathedral in Tournai (Belgium), by L. Van Parys, D. Lamblin, G. Guerlement, T. Descamps; Macroscopic Strength of Perforated Steel Plates at Maximum Elastic and Limit State, by S. Datoussald, D. Lamblin, G. Guerlement, W. Kakol; Importance of Surface/Interface Effect to Properties of Materials at Nano-Scale, by J. Wang, B. L. Karihaloo; On a Deformation of Polycrystalline Structures, by L. Berka, N. Ganev, P. JenJu, P. Lukd; A Multiscale Damage Model for Composite Laminate Based on Numerical and Experimental Complementary Tests, by C. Huchette, D. Leveque, N. Carrere; Influence of Strength Heterogeneity Factor on Crack Shape in Laminar Rock-Like Materials, by J. Podgórski, J. Jonak; Crack Propagation in Composites with Ceramic Matrix, by K. Konopka; Experimental Investigations and Modelling of Porous Ceramics, by S. Samborski, T. Sadowski; Numerical Analysis of Stress Distributions in Adhesive Joints, by J. Kuczmaszewski, M. Wtodarczyk; APPENDIX: The Scientific Programme.