2010 International Symposium on Structural Integrity Structural integrity and materials ageing in extreme conditions

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2010 International Symposium on Structural Integrity

---- Structural integrity and materials ageing in extreme conditions

October 21-24, 2010, Shanghai, China

Co-organized by

- East China University of Science and Technology
- National Engineering Research Center of Pressure Vessels and Pipelines Safety Technology (General Machinery Research Institute)
- Energy Safety Research Institute of Chung Ang University
- Nanjing University of Technology
- Zhejiang University
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Zhengzhou University
- Changsha University of Science and Technology
- Shandong University
- Southwest Jiaotong University

Co-sponsored by

the Chinese Consortium of Structural Integrity
Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fracture and Strength Division)
Natural Science Foundation of China
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China

Aim and Scope of Symposium

The international symposium on structural integrity will be held at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, China, during October 21-24 of 2010. The predecessor of the annual symposium, Fracture Mechanics series, took place each year from 2003 to 2009 and was organized by China Structural Integrity Consortium (CSIC) which include the East China University of Science and Technology, Hefei General Machinery Research Institute, Nanjing University of Technology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhengzhou University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Shandong University and Beihang University, in addition to National Technology Research Center of Safety Engineering for Pressure Vessels and Pipelines.

The need of higher efficiency, less consumption of resources and reduced emission has led to higher operation parameters of various energy and materials processing plants. The working conditions of the plants have been going extreme. To ensure the safe operation of the plants, the structural integrity technology plays a key role in the materials selection, design, manufacture and maintenance of the plants. Besides the problems arising from energy and materials processing plants, the new developments of high techs, such as high power electronics, micro chemo-mechanical systems and fuel cells provide additional challenges to structural integrity.

To meet the challenges of extreme working conditions, the failure mechanisms of the plant components or devices should be studied, existing theories in structural integrity should be reexamined and new theories be developed. Innovation in materials development and applications and structural design are the basis to ensure the structural safety. Structural integrity prognosis or structural health monitoring provides an important solution to plant safety which needs more efforts.

The objective of this symposium is hence to bring together the research community and the application community to exchanges their new developments and ideas. Besides the traditional fracture and damage mechanics topics, contributions bridging the gap between the mechanics approaches and engineering practices are highly welcome.

Symposium Topics

With an appropriate size of the participants, emphases will be placed on Structural integrity in extreme conditions and the transferability and applicability of the current mechanics approaches. Contributions are welcome in the following areas:

- Failure mechanisms at extreme working conditions (high temperature, high pressure, deep cryogenics, high speed, irradiation, corrosive conditions etc)
- Structural integrity assessment to include multiscale damage and multiple damage mechanisms;
- Determination of thermal-mechanical and/or chemo-mechanical coupling effects;
- Mesoscopic approach to mechanical properties of materials;
- Transferability of fracture and damage parameters
- Testing technique development for metallic and non-metallic materials at extreme conditions;
- Online monitoring of structured integrity or structural health monitoring in extreme conditions;
- Long term performance and reliability of sensor systems in extreme conditions;
- Standard and codes for engineering structural integrity assessment.

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 Chairman

Prof. Shan-Tung Tu, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Technical Papers

The official language of the conference is English. Accepted papers will be collected in the ISSI-2010 (FM2010) proceedings which will be published by the East China University of Science and Technology Press before the symposium.

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. Zhengdong Wang through E-mail:

zdwang@ecust.edu.cn

Important dates

Deadline for submission of abstract-------------------------------------------June 30, 2009
Deadline for submission of final paper-------------------------------------August 20, 2009
Notification of acceptance of final paper-------------------------------September 15, 2009
Conference registration------------------------------------------------------October 21, 2009

Website

http://chemech.ecust.edu.cn/FM2010/

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 should be addressed to

Prof. Zhengdong Wang
School of Mechanical Engineering
East China University of Science and Technology
Shanghai 200237, China
Tel.: +86 21 64253149
Fax: +86 21 64253513
E-mail: zdwang@ecust.edu.cn

Any inquiries from Korean participants can be addressed to

Dr. Chang Hoon Lee
ESRI(Energy Safety Research Institute)
Room 102, Building 209,
Chung Ang University
221 Huksuk Dongjak
Seoul 156-756 Korea
Tel: 82-2-821-1585
Fax: 82-2-821-1586
E-mail: sillyosb@wm.cau.ac.kr

 

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