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FRACTURE MECHANICS 2009 Symposium of Transferability and Applicability of Current Mechanics Approaches |
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Fracture Mechanics 2009: Symposium of Transferability and Applicability of Current Mechanics Approaches
Chengdu, China
October 16-20, 2009
Aim and Scope of Symposium
The seventh annual meeting of the Fracture Mechanics series (FM2009) has been planned to be held at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) during October 16-20 of 2009. This series started in 2003 and was organized by a consortium of academic and industrial institutions. They include the East China University of Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Nanjing University of Technology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhengzhou University, Changsha University of Science and Technology, and Shandong University, in addition to National Technology Research Center of Safety Engineering for Pressure Vessels and Pipelines (Hefei General Machinery Research Institute).
As the globe is evolving into a more complex world, the structural integrity technology should adapt to the challenges of complexity of the environments and the machines themselves. An examination of the transferability and applicability of the current mechanics approaches or theories to structural integrity assessment should be imperative. Any new model or approach must successfully transit two sequential “filters” between research initiation and application, a technical filter (does it work?) and a technological filter (does it make sense in the “real world”?). Our mechanics research community is normally not sufficiently knowledgeable concerning the metrics of the technological filter and therefore “non (application) useful” research is conducted in many cases and in others the research is not carried far enough to allow practical applications. The objective of this symposium is hence to bring together the mechanics research community and the application community to identify the transferability and applicability of current mechanics approaches for structural integrity assessment. Besides the traditional fracture mechanics topics, contributions bridging the gap between the mechanics approaches and code practices are highly welcome.
Symposium Topics
With an appropriate size of the participants, emphases will be placed on the transferability and applicability of the current mechanics approaches to structural integrity assessment. Contributions are welcome in the following areas:
- Transferability of fracture and damage parameters;
- Applicability and micro and miniature specimen testing techiniques;
- Structural integrity assessment to include multiscale damage and multiple damage mechanisms (e.g. thermal, corrosion, irradiation, cyclic loading effects);
- Multiscale modeling of physical system, atomistic simulation models and applications;
- Mesoscopic Approach of Mechanical Properties of materials;
- Testing technique development for metallic and non-metallic materials ranging from room to high temperature;
- Determination of thermal-mechanical and/or chemo-mechanical coupling effects;
- Standard and codes for engineering structural integrity assessment;
- Online monitoring of structured integrity and long term performance and reliability of sensor systems.Topics not covered above but fall within the general scope of this symposium are also welcome. Abstracts and full papers should be written in English. Early submission of full papers is advisable in order to get the full benefit of editorial assistance.
Conference Organizers
Executive Chairman
Prof. Guozheng Kang, Southwest Jiaotong University, ChinaSymposium Series Chairman
Prof. Shan-Tung Tu, East China University of Science and Technology, ChinaChairman of International Steering Committee
Prof. G.C. Sih, Lehigh University, USA
Technical PapersThe official language of the conference is English. All papers should be written and presented in English. Accepted papers will be collected in the FM2009 proceedings which will be published by the East China University of Science and Technology Press before the symposium (All abstracts were indexed in ISTP in the previous symposia).
Abstracts (about 300-500 words) and full papers (not over 6 pages for session presentations and 10 pages for keynote lectures) should be submitted to Prof. Guozheng Kang through E-mail: fm2009swjtu@yahoo.com.cn.
Those who wish to have their full papers reviewed and published in the journal of Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (SCI/EI indexed), please contact Prof. George C. Sih through E-mail: gcs@ecust.edu.cn.
Important dates
Deadline for submission of abstract---------------------------------------------May 31, 2009
Deadline for submission of final paper----------------------------------------August 10, 2009
Notification of acceptance of final paper-----------------------------------September 5, 2009
Conference registration-----------------------------------------------------October 16, 2009Website: http://chemech.ecust.edu.cn/FM2009/
Registration and Accommodation
Registration fee will be 500 USD. Students are welcome with a reduced registration fee of 300 USD. The registration fee covers admission to all technical sessions, two refreshment breaks each day of the conference, banquet, conference dinners and a copy of the conference proceedings, but not accommodation.
Accompanying persons can join for an additional amount of 100 USD, which includes ladies’ program, banquet and conference dinners.
Contact Information
All inquires with reference to the Symposium for Fracture Mechanics 2009 should be addressed to
Prof. Guozheng Kang
School of Mechanics and Engineering
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu 610031, China
E-mail: fm2009swjtu@yahoo.com.cn or guozhengkang@yahoo.com.cn