This six day advanced course presents recent theoretical and numerical advances in dynamic fracture mechanics, focusing on sub , inter , and super-shear rupture in dry and fluid saturated media. Emphasis is placed on mode I tensile fracture, mode II shear rupture, forerunning (mother–daughter crack mechanisms), and the role of poroelastic coupling in accelerating rupture beyond classical wave speed limits.
The course integrates theory, experiments, numerical modeling,
and geophysical relevance.

Advanced School coordinated by:
Bernhard A. Schrefler, University of Padua, Italy
Jianfu Shao, Université de Lille, France

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