WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026 is expected to be one of the largest congresses in the field of computational mechanics and computational methods in applied sciences and engineering. It is anticipated to attract a diverse and global audience from academia, government, and industry, encompassing all areas of engineering and science. Computational mechanics has become a cornerstone of modern scientific inquiry, driving solutions to some of the most advanced and complex challenges in engineering and beyond.

List of Mini-Symposia

1. Advanced Discretization Techniques
2. Atomistic, Nano and Micro Mechanics of Materials
3. Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
4. Geomechanics and Natural Materials
5. Computational Applied Mathematics
6. Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
7. Digital Twins
8. Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena
9. Fluid-structure Interaction
10. Fracture, Damage and Failure Mechanics
11. Industrial Applications
12. Inverse Problems, Optimization and Design
13. Manufacturing and Materials Processing
14. Materials by Design
15. Multiscale and Multiphysics Systems
16. Numerical Methods and Algorithms in Science and Engineering
17. Scientific Computing
18. Structural Mechanics, Dynamics and Engineering
19. Verification and Validation, Uncertainty Quantification and Error Estimation
20. Other
21. Special Tracks: Teaching, Learning and Open-Source Software

Special Technology Sessions (STS) on Greening of Aviation, Transport and Renewable Energy

1. Multifunctional moveables for high-aspect ratio laminar wing
2. Hydrogen – Industrial Questions
3. Numerical Simulation, Optimization and Artificial Intelligence for Computational Engineering in Neurostimulation Implants
4. Advances in scale-resolving simulation for turbomachinery
5. CFD for ONERA, DLR and Airbus – Advanced Features of CODA for future CFD
6. New digitalized methods and tools for new challenges in Green Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computation
7. Advances in Simulation Technologies Towards Next-Generation Aircraft Design
8. Additive Manufacturing in Industry: Open Challenges and Future Perspective
9. MBSE Technologies In Civil Air Transportation
10. eVTOL: Configuration, Simulation and Optimization
11. AI for Low-Altitude Economy & UAV
12. Toward The New Materials Science Integrating with Computational and Deep Learning Technologies
13. AI-Machine learning methodologies to accelerate CFD-Based design and optimisation
14. Noise impact and control of eVTOL
15. Ultra-Performing Wing project (UP Wing) on HAR wing design and development for SMR aircraft
16. Technological and Operational Roadmap for Greening of Aviation
17. Advanced Numerical Methods for Simulation, Optimisation and Validation for Applications in Aeronautics and Industry
18. Integrating AI and Fluid Dynamics
19. Disruptive Aircraft’s Wing design through innovative Electroactive Morphing towards sustainable aviation