research

The second cohort of the Research Training Group GRK 2423 FRASCAL started in January 2022. Due to the global pandemic situation in general and the restrictions in Germany in particular, the kick-off meeting was organised online on 4 February 2022.

On 14 and 15 October 2021, all members of the GRK 2423 FRASCAL met for the 6th RTG Seminar at the Hotel Riesengebirge in Neuhof an der Zenn. As usual at our biannual RTG seminars, all FRASCAL doctoral researchers, the Post Doc and this time even four of the associated doctoral researchers each gave a talk on their latest research results.

In the 1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium, recent studies on fracture and the failure of materials were presented by various guest speakers, including material instability, crack formation and transition, material adhesion and grain boundary evolution. A wide variety of materials, from brittle to ductile and from crystalline to disordered, were discussed.