01Advanced computational methods
Numerical tools to understand and predict the response of structures and materials.
- Computational mechanics
- Simulation
- Materials
Structural Integrity Research Group · Seville
Understand how they fail. Design how to prevent it.
We investigate damage and fracture in materials and structures by combining computational modelling, experimentation and industrial experience.
- Approach
- Computational + experimental
- Environment
- Academia + industry
- Based in
- Seville, Spain
01 · VISION
From fundamental mechanics to safer structural decisions.
We study failure mechanisms, develop predictive tools and apply knowledge to real problems. Our identity combines scientific rigour, computational capability and a clear industrial perspective.
Observe · understand · predict ↗02 · RESEARCH
Research lines connected by one question
How does damage initiate, how does it evolve, and how can it be anticipated before structural integrity is compromised?
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02Finite element formulations
New formulations and simulation strategies for nonlinear and damage problems.
- FEM
- Nonlinearity
- Phase field
03Advanced experimentation
Tests and experimental methods to characterise materials, joints and components.
- Testing
- Characterisation
- Validation
04Static and dynamic analysis
Analysis of structural components under static and dynamic loading.
- Structures
- Dynamics
- Shells
05Integrity under complex loading
Damage and safety assessment under static, cyclic and dynamic loading.
- Fracture
- Fatigue
- Assessment
03 · NEWS
Latest from the group
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SIS member Luis Távara will chair ECF26 in Seville
The University of Seville will organise the 26th European Conference on Fracture, a leading international meeting in fracture mechanics and structural integrity.
ESIS website · ECF26 Chair ↗
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José Reinoso included in the latest Stanford/Elsevier database
José Reinoso is among the 164 University of Seville researchers included in the eighth edition of the international database of highly cited authors.
University of Seville news ↗ 03
New competitive project on damage in natural-fibre composites
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities funds project PID2024-157471OB-I00 through the competitive Knowledge-Oriented Research Projects call.
Project record in PRISMA ↗04 · TEAM
Different paths. A shared vision.
Backgrounds in aeronautical, industrial, civil and materials engineering broaden the way we approach each problem.
Full Professor
Luis Arístides Távara Mendoza
Materials Engineer · PhD, University of Seville
Interface fracture, finite and boundary elements, additive manufacturing and experimentation
Full Professor
José Antonio Reinoso Cuevas
Industrial Engineer · Civil Engineer · PhD, University of Seville
Phase field, multiscale and multiphysics fracture, damage models and advanced finite element formulations for shells
Group leader · Associate Professor
Israel García García
Aeronautical Engineer · PhD, University of Seville
Finite fracture mechanics and the coupled criterion, phase field, advanced experimentation and finite elements
Industrial engineer · professional practice
Marcos Núñez Tenorio
Industrial Engineer
Structural analysis, finite elements and project management
PhD researcher · Airbus
José Luis Guzmán López
Aeronautical Engineer
Finite elements, aerospace engineering and industrialisation
PhD researcher · GRI Renewable Industries
Antonio Manuel Alonso Arias
Aeronautical Engineer
Finite elements, structural integrity and the energy sector
Integrated perspective
Different backgrounds and academic and industrial experience share the same working space.
Meet the team ↗05 · OUTPUTS
Scientific results and collaboration
Explore our publications, the projects behind them and the capabilities we bring to new challenges.
RECENT ACTIVITY
Latest outputs
Direct access to the group’s latest publication and open research output.
Latest publication2026
An inf-sup stable phase-field formulation for fracture of thermo-responsive hydrogels: Isotropic and transversely isotropic material models
Composite Structures
↗Latest code2026-08-26
FFMcracking
Python script for Abaqus that automates the Coupled Criterion of Finite Fracture Mechanics to predict crack initiation. Example 2 uses Bayesian optimisation to obtain the critical crack length and load factor; this package includes the compatibility update described in issue #12.
↗06 · CODES AND DATA
Codes and data to reproduce and extend our results.
We share tools and experimental evidence to support new research and applications.
07 · CONTACT
Could we study a structural integrity problem together?
Scientific collaboration, doctoral research, knowledge transfer and new ideas.