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International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness
Int. J. Mech. Sci. Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 301 304, 1983.PergamonPress Ltd. Printedin Great Britain.
ANNOUNCEMENTS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURAL CRASHWORTHINESS The University of Liverpool, England 14-16 September 1983 It is the purpose of this Symposium to bring together people from various branches of the Structural Crashworthiness field to exchange views and information. The structural crashworthiness of aircraft (including helicopters), cars, buses, trains, ships and offshore platforms will be discussed as well as recent related studies into the behaviour of structural members. The following papers will be presented: Laterally compressed metal tubes as impact energy absorbers S. R. Reid, Aberdeen University, Scotland
The static approach to plastic collapse and energy dissipation in some thin-walled steel structures N. W. Murray, Monash University, Australia Crushing behaviour of plate intersections T. Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Energy Absorption by structural collapse P. H. Thornton, H. F. Mahmood and C. L. Magee, Ford Motor Company, U.S.A. Axial crushing of fibre reinforced composite tubes D. Hull, University of Liverpool, England Impact scalability of plated steel structures E. Booth, D. Collier and J. Miles, Ove Arup and Partners, England Static and dynamic finite element analysis of structural crashworthiness in the automotive and aerospace industries E. Haug, F. Arnaudeau, J. Dubois and A. DeRouvray, Engineering System International, France, and J. F. Chedmail, Engineering System International, West Germany Study of the crash behaviour of aircraft fuselage structures R. C. Tennyson and J. S. Hansen, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Canada Aircraft crash dynamics; modelling, verification and application G. Wittlin, Lockheed-California, U.S.A. Application of the nonlinear finite element computer program "D YCAST'" to aircraft crash analysis R. J. Hayduk, NASA Langley Research Center and R. Winter and A. Pifko, Grumman Aerospace, and E. L. Fasanella, Kentron International, U.S.A. Structural aspects of ship collisions Norman Jones, University of Liverpool, England Collision resistance of marine structures E. Pettersen, Trosvik Engineering and S. Valsg~.rd, Det Norske Veritas, Norway Analysis of frame-type safety structures in road vehicles D. Kecman, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia Rail vehicle structural crashworthiness Pin Tong, Department of Transportation, U.S.A. Structural damage in airship and rolling stock collision W. Johnson, Cambridge University, England Additional papers on various aspects of structural crashworthiness are currently being reviewed and will be presented at the Symposium. All papers will be printed and available for the Symposium. The co-chairmen of the Symposium are: Prof. Normal Jones (Liverpool University); and Prof. T. Wierzbicki (MIT). 301
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Announcements
For further information on the programme, registration, accommodation and other details please contact: Prof. NORMAN JONES Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Liverpool P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX England (An early indication of your interest would be appreciated.)
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC LOADING Nantes, 28-30 September 1983
Aim of the Congress The aim of the Congress is to provide a forum for discussions between researchers of various countries who are interested in problems of dynamic behaviour of materials: on the one side, specialists in mechanics wish to obtain macroscopic constitutive equations of materials and on the other side, physicists tend to explain the microscopic mechanisms of deformation. Its objective is to bring together researchers of the two "schools of approach" in order to reduce the gap between them.
Main topics --Behaviour of materials: mechanical and physical characteristics. Constitutive laws and deformation mechanisms --Shock and impact of materials. --Dynamic fracture. --Response of structure to dynamic loading.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EUROMECH COLLOQUIUM 174 O N I N E L A S T I C STRUCTURES UNDER VARIABLE LOADS University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 O c t o b e r 1983 In modern technology for industrial and civil engineering applications, structures are often required to resist loadings such as temperature variations, fluctuating forces, vibrations, ground accelerations, etc. which are essentially variable in time, repetitive or cyclic. For history dependent material behaviour, structural analysis involves important mathematical and computational problems. These often lead to complicated calculations which give illusory results due to the uncertainties of the material model and of the loading history during the expected life of the structure. Simplified analytical methods for assessing strength, deformability, and reliability of structures, therefore, play a crucial role for design purposes. Euromech Colloquium 174 has as its main purpose that of bringing into such structural analysis as is concerned with variable loads those methods and results which are available from shal~edown theory, cyclic plasticity, creep, fatigue and the damage of materials; its scientific aim is to stimulate the specification of a unified approach to analysis and the design of inelastic structures under variable loads. Attention will be focussed on structural mechanics and hence on the elaboration, verification and application of methods of analysis and design of structures subjected to time dependent loads. Studies concerned only with material modelling or specimen behaviour do not comply with the specific interests of the Colloquium. The main topics of interest are: shakedown and non-shakedown, with emphasis on thermal and dynamic loads; ratchetting; deformation bounding techniques; the analysis and design methods for elastic-plastic-creeping structures, below and above the shakedown limit; life-time prediction for structures subjected to creep, fatigue and internal damage; numerical methods for structural analysis and design, provided they are based on well defined material models concerning cyclic behaviour; and experimental results on the behaviour of inelastic structures under variable loads. Participants in the Colloquium are expected to contribute lectures about their own recent research activities in the above fields. A period of about 30 min. will be allotted for each lecture which will be followed by a discussion. Well known specialists will be solicited for giving general lectures on the most significant topics. In order to preserve the informal character of the Colloquium, the number of the participants will be limited to about 60 and therefore only invited participants will be admitted. The official language will be English. A volume containing the papers presented and the discussions is planned to be published after the Colloquium, which is to be held at the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 October 1983, and organized by Prof. Castrenze Polizzotto, from that University, and Prof. Antoni Sawczuk, from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
ANNOUNCEMENTS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURAL CRASHWORTHINESS The University of Liverpool, England 14-16 September 1983 It is the purpose of this Symposium to bring together people from various branches of the Structural Crashworthiness field to exchange views and information. The structural crashworthiness of aircraft (including helicopters), cars, buses, trains, ships and offshore platforms will be discussed as well as recent related studies into the behaviour of structural members. The following papers will be presented: Laterally compressed metal tubes as impact energy absorbers S. R. Reid, Aberdeen University, Scotland
The static approach to plastic collapse and energy dissipation in some thin-walled steel structures N. W. Murray, Monash University, Australia Crushing behaviour of plate intersections T. Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Energy Absorption by structural collapse P. H. Thornton, H. F. Mahmood and C. L. Magee, Ford Motor Company, U.S.A. Axial crushing of fibre reinforced composite tubes D. Hull, University of Liverpool, England Impact scalability of plated steel structures E. Booth, D. Collier and J. Miles, Ove Arup and Partners, England Static and dynamic finite element analysis of structural crashworthiness in the automotive and aerospace industries E. Haug, F. Arnaudeau, J. Dubois and A. DeRouvray, Engineering System International, France, and J. F. Chedmail, Engineering System International, West Germany Study of the crash behaviour of aircraft fuselage structures R. C. Tennyson and J. S. Hansen, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Canada Aircraft crash dynamics; modelling, verification and application G. Wittlin, Lockheed-California, U.S.A. Application of the nonlinear finite element computer program "D YCAST'" to aircraft crash analysis R. J. Hayduk, NASA Langley Research Center and R. Winter and A. Pifko, Grumman Aerospace, and E. L. Fasanella, Kentron International, U.S.A. Structural aspects of ship collisions Norman Jones, University of Liverpool, England Collision resistance of marine structures E. Pettersen, Trosvik Engineering and S. Valsg~.rd, Det Norske Veritas, Norway Analysis of frame-type safety structures in road vehicles D. Kecman, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia Rail vehicle structural crashworthiness Pin Tong, Department of Transportation, U.S.A. Structural damage in airship and rolling stock collision W. Johnson, Cambridge University, England Additional papers on various aspects of structural crashworthiness are currently being reviewed and will be presented at the Symposium. All papers will be printed and available for the Symposium. The co-chairmen of the Symposium are: Prof. Normal Jones (Liverpool University); and Prof. T. Wierzbicki (MIT). 301
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Announcements
For further information on the programme, registration, accommodation and other details please contact: Prof. NORMAN JONES Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Liverpool P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX England (An early indication of your interest would be appreciated.)
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC LOADING Nantes, 28-30 September 1983
Aim of the Congress The aim of the Congress is to provide a forum for discussions between researchers of various countries who are interested in problems of dynamic behaviour of materials: on the one side, specialists in mechanics wish to obtain macroscopic constitutive equations of materials and on the other side, physicists tend to explain the microscopic mechanisms of deformation. Its objective is to bring together researchers of the two "schools of approach" in order to reduce the gap between them.
Main topics --Behaviour of materials: mechanical and physical characteristics. Constitutive laws and deformation mechanisms --Shock and impact of materials. --Dynamic fracture. --Response of structure to dynamic loading.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EUROMECH COLLOQUIUM 174 O N I N E L A S T I C STRUCTURES UNDER VARIABLE LOADS University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 O c t o b e r 1983 In modern technology for industrial and civil engineering applications, structures are often required to resist loadings such as temperature variations, fluctuating forces, vibrations, ground accelerations, etc. which are essentially variable in time, repetitive or cyclic. For history dependent material behaviour, structural analysis involves important mathematical and computational problems. These often lead to complicated calculations which give illusory results due to the uncertainties of the material model and of the loading history during the expected life of the structure. Simplified analytical methods for assessing strength, deformability, and reliability of structures, therefore, play a crucial role for design purposes. Euromech Colloquium 174 has as its main purpose that of bringing into such structural analysis as is concerned with variable loads those methods and results which are available from shal~edown theory, cyclic plasticity, creep, fatigue and the damage of materials; its scientific aim is to stimulate the specification of a unified approach to analysis and the design of inelastic structures under variable loads. Attention will be focussed on structural mechanics and hence on the elaboration, verification and application of methods of analysis and design of structures subjected to time dependent loads. Studies concerned only with material modelling or specimen behaviour do not comply with the specific interests of the Colloquium. The main topics of interest are: shakedown and non-shakedown, with emphasis on thermal and dynamic loads; ratchetting; deformation bounding techniques; the analysis and design methods for elastic-plastic-creeping structures, below and above the shakedown limit; life-time prediction for structures subjected to creep, fatigue and internal damage; numerical methods for structural analysis and design, provided they are based on well defined material models concerning cyclic behaviour; and experimental results on the behaviour of inelastic structures under variable loads. Participants in the Colloquium are expected to contribute lectures about their own recent research activities in the above fields. A period of about 30 min. will be allotted for each lecture which will be followed by a discussion. Well known specialists will be solicited for giving general lectures on the most significant topics. In order to preserve the informal character of the Colloquium, the number of the participants will be limited to about 60 and therefore only invited participants will be admitted. The official language will be English. A volume containing the papers presented and the discussions is planned to be published after the Colloquium, which is to be held at the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 10-14 October 1983, and organized by Prof. Castrenze Polizzotto, from that University, and Prof. Antoni Sawczuk, from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.