AFGROW European Training and Workshop 2026 proceedings and notes

Hosted by ZHAW, the School of Engineering, Centre for Aviation, Winterthur, Switzerland

This was the six AFGROW European Workshop with 18 attendees representing the Industry and Academia. We would like to express our deepest thanks to the ZHAW School of Engineering, Centre for Aviation for providing the Workshop location.

The Workshop provided an excellent opportunity for feedback from our customers all over the world, and was a fantastic opportunity for colleagues to get together and discuss interesting developments in the Industry.

The Workshop presentations are available for download.

1. Welcome ZAV 2026, Michel Guillaume - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2. AFGROW Release 5.5 Overview (includes Spectrum Manager), Alexander Litvinov - LexTech
3. Analysis of Small Cracks, a proposed approach, Domenico Quaranta - Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
4. Short cracks and plastic zone investigation, James Harter - LexTech
5. AFGROW web based post-processing application , Alex Litvinov - LexTech
6. Progress in AFGROW FEA Handbook Development, Alex Litvinov - LexTech
7. AFGROW future development, Alex Litvinov - LexTech