<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div></div><div><style><!--<br><div><br></div>@font-face<br> {font-family:"Cambria Math";<br> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:Calibri;<br> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:Consolas;<br> panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br><div><br></div>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br> {margin:0cm;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:11.0pt;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}<br>a:link, span.MsoHyperlink<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#0563C1;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#954F72;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";<br> margin:0cm;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:11.0pt;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}<br>span.PlainTextChar<br> {mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";<br> mso-style-priority:99;<br> mso-style-link:"Plain Text";<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}<br>span.EmailStyle19<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:windowtext;}<br>span.EmailStyle20<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle21<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle22<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle23<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle24<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle25<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle26<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle27<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle28<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle29<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle30<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle31<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle32<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>span.EmailStyle33<br> {mso-style-type:personal-reply;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:#1F497D;}<br>.MsoChpDefault<br> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br> font-size:10.0pt;}<br>@page WordSection1<br> {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;<br> margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}<br>div.WordSection1<br> {page:WordSection1;}<br>--></style></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Dear Colleague,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The 1</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">7<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics will take place in the historical city of Seville,<br> Spain from 4-6<sup>th</sup> September 2018. The papers will be published in the journal of Key Eng Material and proceedings made available during the meeting. The deadline for abstracts<br><span style="color: black;" data-mce-style="color: black;">(100 words)</span><span style="color: #1f497d;" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;"></span>is 15<sup>th</sup> December 2017.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The conference web pages<br><a href="http://fdm.engineeringconferences.net/new/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://fdm.engineeringconferences.net/new/">http://fdm.engineeringconferences.net/new/</a> are being updated and further information will be available shortly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Best wishes</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Conference organisers:<br></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Profs Jaime Dominguez and Luis Luis Rodriguez-Tembleque<br></span></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><br>Escuela Técnica Superior de IngenierÃa, Universidad de Sevilla</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Professor Ferri M.H.Aliabadi, Professor of Aerostructures</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Imperial College, London<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" data-mce-style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>