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@ the
i.
activity
Courses
of
and
the
R E P O R T on International Centre ( C I SM )
for
Mechanical
Sciences
Seminars
The regular p r o g r a m m e of c o u r s e s and s e m i n a r s p l a n n e d for the C e n t r e for the year 1991 by the S c i e n t i f i c C o u n c i l , took place in the two S c i e n t i f i c Sessions, the B U N S E N S e s s i o n (June-July, 1991) and the M A X W E L L S e s s i o n ( S e p t e m b e r - O c t o b e r , 1991). The topics, as always at an a d v a n c e d level, i n c l u d e d d i f f e r e n t fields of m e c h a n i c a s and r e l a t e d c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e s , both at a basic and a p p l i e d level. Some courses and s e m i n a r s were s p o n s o r e d by U N E S C O and CNR (National R e s e a r c h Council of Italy). The
BUNSEN
Session
-
B i f u r c a t i o n and S t a b i l i t y of D i s s i p a t i v e S y s t e m s A l g o r i t h m s and C o m p l e x i t y N o n l i n e a r A n a l y s i s of Shells by Finite E l e m e n t s R o t a t i n g Fluids in G e o p h y s i c a l and I n d u s t r i a l Situations - T h e o r y of Flame and C o m b u s t i o n M o d e l l i n g The
MAXWELL
Session
- E v a l u a t i o n of M a t e r i a l s and S t r u c t u r e s Ultrasonis - M e c h a n i c s of N o n - N e w t o n i a n Fluids 2. V a r i o u s
International
by Q u a n t i t a t i v e
Events
B e s i d e s the above c o u r s e s the f o l l o w i n g other m e e t i n g s were o r g a n i z e d by CISM in 1991:
international
- C o l l e g e on F u n d a m e n t a l s of C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e s (May 6 - June 14, 1991) The College, part of the U N E S C O p r o j e c t " A p p l i e d M a t h e m a t i c s and I n f o r m a t i c s for D e v e l o p i n g C o u n t r i e s " , was p r i m a r i l y aimed at s t r e n g t h e n i n g the f u n d a m e n t a l t e o r e t i c a l b a c k g r o u n d of Univ e r s i t y t e a c h e r s in c o m p u t e r science, m a t h e m a t i c s , physics, e n g i n e e r i n g and related fields who f o r e s e e to i n c l u d e c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e topics in their courses. 375
CISM
REPORT
This U N E S C O p r o j e c t has been made p o s s i b l e by a c o n t r i b u t i o n of the G e n e r a l D i r e c t o r a t e of C o o p e r a t i o n to D e v e l o p m e n t of the Italian M i n i s t r y for F o r e i g n Affairs. IUTAM I n t e r n a t i o n a l S u m m e r School on M o d e l l i n g of Defect and F r a c t u r e M e c h a n i c s ( S e p t e m b e r 2-6, 1991) The latest d e v e l o p m e n t s of m o d e l l i n g v a r i o u s types of d e f e c t s such as m i c r o - c r a c k s , m i c r o - v o i d s , d i s l o c a t i o n s , p h a s e c h a n g e s p r e c e d i n g gross f r a c t u r e s were d i s c u s s e d in the School, p r o v i d ing the p a r t i c i p a n t s with the n e c e s s a r y k n o w - h o w and the overall p i c t u r e of the s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t . The S c h o o l was a t t e n d e d by 51 p a r t i c i p a n t s from 18 d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s . -
School on I n t e l l i g e n t S y s t e m s for Signal and Image Understanding (October i - 4, 1991) The School has p r o v i d e d an i n t r o d u c t i o n to the f o l l o w i n g fields: n o n - n u m e r i c a l p r o g r a m m i n g t e c h n i q u e s ; signal u n d e r s t a n d i n g s y s t e m s a r c h i t e c t u r e s ; m u l t i - s e n s o r data fusion; p a r a l l e l d i s t r i b u t e d systems. C a s e - s t u d i e s on s y s t e m s cur-rently in use w e ~ also p r e s e n t e d . -
3.
Editorial
Activities
The l e c t u r e s of several of the c o u r s e s p u b l i s h e d in book form and d i s t r i b u t e d V i e n n a - New York. The f o l l o w i n g M. MELE "Advanced A. K L U W I C K "Nonlinear
books
were
Problems
Waves
printed
in B r i d g e
in real
held at CISM are by S p r i n g e r Verlag,
in 1991:
Construction"
Fluids"
F.CASCIATI-J.B.ROBERTS " R e l i a b i l i t y P r o b l e m s : G e n e r a l P r i n c i p l e s and A p p l i c a t i o n s in M e c h a n i c s of S o l i d s and S t r u c t u r e s " W.KOSINSKI-A.I.MURDOCH "Modelling Macroscopic
Phenomena
W.SZEMPLINSKA-H.TROGER "Engineering Applications
at L i q u i d
of D y n a m i c
Boundaries"
of Chaos"
A.LEWANDOWSKI-P.SERAFINI-G.SPERANZA " M e t h o d o l o g y , I m p l e m e n t a t i o n and A p p l i c a t i o n s Decision Support Systems" L.D.DAVISSON-G.LONGO " A d a p t i v e Signal P r o c e s s i n g " 376
of
CISM REPORT
The I n t e r n a t i o n a l Journal for rapid p u b l i c a t i o n " M E C H A N I C S REREARCH C O M M U N I C A T I O N S " (bimontly), created by CISM and Pergamon Press, O x f o r d - N e w York in 1973), p u b l i s h e d in 1991 its eighteenth volume. It c o n t a i n s short c o m m u n i c a t i o n s on research related to a wide domain of both t h e o r e t i c a l and a p p l i e d Mechanics. The journal, w h o s e Editor in Chief is P r o f e s s o r Bruno A.Boley, plays and i m p o r t a n t r6le in i m p l e m e n t i n g CISM's aims and activities.
4. Scholarships A limited number of s c h o l a r s h i p s , including free lodging and board, was offered during the courses to p a r t i c i p a n t s who were not supported by their home institutions, p r i o r i t y being given to young r e s e a r c h e r s coming from c o u n t r i e s that c o n t r i b u t e to CISM's o p e r a t i n g resources. Travel expenses as well as board and lodging of p a r t i c i p a n t s from d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s have been covered by UNESCO c o n t r i b u t i o n .
5. International P a r t i c i p a t i o n In 1991, 57 lecturers from 14 c o u n t r i e s d e l i v e r e d lectures in the BUNSEN and M A X W E L L Sessions. The two Sessions were a t t e n d e d by 377 p a r t i c i p a n t s from 31 countries. Besides, the i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g s were attended by n u m e r o u s p a r t i c i p a n t s from European and extra European countries.
G. Bianchi
377
i.
activity
Courses
of
and
the
R E P O R T on International Centre ( C I SM )
for
Mechanical
Sciences
Seminars
The regular p r o g r a m m e of c o u r s e s and s e m i n a r s p l a n n e d for the C e n t r e for the year 1991 by the S c i e n t i f i c C o u n c i l , took place in the two S c i e n t i f i c Sessions, the B U N S E N S e s s i o n (June-July, 1991) and the M A X W E L L S e s s i o n ( S e p t e m b e r - O c t o b e r , 1991). The topics, as always at an a d v a n c e d level, i n c l u d e d d i f f e r e n t fields of m e c h a n i c a s and r e l a t e d c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e s , both at a basic and a p p l i e d level. Some courses and s e m i n a r s were s p o n s o r e d by U N E S C O and CNR (National R e s e a r c h Council of Italy). The
BUNSEN
Session
-
B i f u r c a t i o n and S t a b i l i t y of D i s s i p a t i v e S y s t e m s A l g o r i t h m s and C o m p l e x i t y N o n l i n e a r A n a l y s i s of Shells by Finite E l e m e n t s R o t a t i n g Fluids in G e o p h y s i c a l and I n d u s t r i a l Situations - T h e o r y of Flame and C o m b u s t i o n M o d e l l i n g The
MAXWELL
Session
- E v a l u a t i o n of M a t e r i a l s and S t r u c t u r e s Ultrasonis - M e c h a n i c s of N o n - N e w t o n i a n Fluids 2. V a r i o u s
International
by Q u a n t i t a t i v e
Events
B e s i d e s the above c o u r s e s the f o l l o w i n g other m e e t i n g s were o r g a n i z e d by CISM in 1991:
international
- C o l l e g e on F u n d a m e n t a l s of C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e s (May 6 - June 14, 1991) The College, part of the U N E S C O p r o j e c t " A p p l i e d M a t h e m a t i c s and I n f o r m a t i c s for D e v e l o p i n g C o u n t r i e s " , was p r i m a r i l y aimed at s t r e n g t h e n i n g the f u n d a m e n t a l t e o r e t i c a l b a c k g r o u n d of Univ e r s i t y t e a c h e r s in c o m p u t e r science, m a t h e m a t i c s , physics, e n g i n e e r i n g and related fields who f o r e s e e to i n c l u d e c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e topics in their courses. 375
CISM
REPORT
This U N E S C O p r o j e c t has been made p o s s i b l e by a c o n t r i b u t i o n of the G e n e r a l D i r e c t o r a t e of C o o p e r a t i o n to D e v e l o p m e n t of the Italian M i n i s t r y for F o r e i g n Affairs. IUTAM I n t e r n a t i o n a l S u m m e r School on M o d e l l i n g of Defect and F r a c t u r e M e c h a n i c s ( S e p t e m b e r 2-6, 1991) The latest d e v e l o p m e n t s of m o d e l l i n g v a r i o u s types of d e f e c t s such as m i c r o - c r a c k s , m i c r o - v o i d s , d i s l o c a t i o n s , p h a s e c h a n g e s p r e c e d i n g gross f r a c t u r e s were d i s c u s s e d in the School, p r o v i d ing the p a r t i c i p a n t s with the n e c e s s a r y k n o w - h o w and the overall p i c t u r e of the s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t . The S c h o o l was a t t e n d e d by 51 p a r t i c i p a n t s from 18 d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s . -
School on I n t e l l i g e n t S y s t e m s for Signal and Image Understanding (October i - 4, 1991) The School has p r o v i d e d an i n t r o d u c t i o n to the f o l l o w i n g fields: n o n - n u m e r i c a l p r o g r a m m i n g t e c h n i q u e s ; signal u n d e r s t a n d i n g s y s t e m s a r c h i t e c t u r e s ; m u l t i - s e n s o r data fusion; p a r a l l e l d i s t r i b u t e d systems. C a s e - s t u d i e s on s y s t e m s cur-rently in use w e ~ also p r e s e n t e d . -
3.
Editorial
Activities
The l e c t u r e s of several of the c o u r s e s p u b l i s h e d in book form and d i s t r i b u t e d V i e n n a - New York. The f o l l o w i n g M. MELE "Advanced A. K L U W I C K "Nonlinear
books
were
Problems
Waves
printed
in B r i d g e
in real
held at CISM are by S p r i n g e r Verlag,
in 1991:
Construction"
Fluids"
F.CASCIATI-J.B.ROBERTS " R e l i a b i l i t y P r o b l e m s : G e n e r a l P r i n c i p l e s and A p p l i c a t i o n s in M e c h a n i c s of S o l i d s and S t r u c t u r e s " W.KOSINSKI-A.I.MURDOCH "Modelling Macroscopic
Phenomena
W.SZEMPLINSKA-H.TROGER "Engineering Applications
at L i q u i d
of D y n a m i c
Boundaries"
of Chaos"
A.LEWANDOWSKI-P.SERAFINI-G.SPERANZA " M e t h o d o l o g y , I m p l e m e n t a t i o n and A p p l i c a t i o n s Decision Support Systems" L.D.DAVISSON-G.LONGO " A d a p t i v e Signal P r o c e s s i n g " 376
of
CISM REPORT
The I n t e r n a t i o n a l Journal for rapid p u b l i c a t i o n " M E C H A N I C S REREARCH C O M M U N I C A T I O N S " (bimontly), created by CISM and Pergamon Press, O x f o r d - N e w York in 1973), p u b l i s h e d in 1991 its eighteenth volume. It c o n t a i n s short c o m m u n i c a t i o n s on research related to a wide domain of both t h e o r e t i c a l and a p p l i e d Mechanics. The journal, w h o s e Editor in Chief is P r o f e s s o r Bruno A.Boley, plays and i m p o r t a n t r6le in i m p l e m e n t i n g CISM's aims and activities.
4. Scholarships A limited number of s c h o l a r s h i p s , including free lodging and board, was offered during the courses to p a r t i c i p a n t s who were not supported by their home institutions, p r i o r i t y being given to young r e s e a r c h e r s coming from c o u n t r i e s that c o n t r i b u t e to CISM's o p e r a t i n g resources. Travel expenses as well as board and lodging of p a r t i c i p a n t s from d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s have been covered by UNESCO c o n t r i b u t i o n .
5. International P a r t i c i p a t i o n In 1991, 57 lecturers from 14 c o u n t r i e s d e l i v e r e d lectures in the BUNSEN and M A X W E L L Sessions. The two Sessions were a t t e n d e d by 377 p a r t i c i p a n t s from 31 countries. Besides, the i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g s were attended by n u m e r o u s p a r t i c i p a n t s from European and extra European countries.
G. Bianchi
377