Dr. B. H. V. Topping Department of Civil Engineering Herriot-Watt University Riccarton Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, U.K. Tel. 031-449 5111 (ext 4431) Fax. 031449 5153
THIRD
INTERNATIONAL IFToMM CONFERENCE ROTORDYNAMICS
ON
9-12 September 1990 Lyon, France The conference is organ&d by the International Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM). Papers on recent advances in rotordynamics are solicited. Both theoretical and practical papers on field experiences and case histories in the following areas are invited: * * * * * * * * *
System Identification Blade and Bladed-Disk Dynamics Bearings, Magnetic Bearings Seal Dynamics Couplings, Fluid-Rotor Interactions Geared Rotors System, Jet Engine Rotors Foundations and Support Dynamics Dynamic Optimization Cracked Rotors
Hydraulic Machinery Vertical Machines-Water Power Component Life Estimation Balancing Trouble Shooting Transient motion, Seismic and Stochastic Response * Diagnostics, Monitoring * Measurements and Processing of Vibrations Data * Experimental Methods, Case Studies
Due dates. Three copies of an abstract (1,000 words) of proposed papers should be submitted by 1 July 1989. Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 1989. Camera-ready copies must be received by 1 March 1990. For further information,
write to:
Prof. M. Lalanne (Chairman) or Prof. R. Henry (Vice-Chairman) Laboratoire de Mechanique des Structures Institut National des Sciences Appliques de Lyon-l 13 20, avenue Albert Einstein 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex France Telex: INSALYN 380856F Telecopy: 78-94.83-83
WORKSHOP
ON RELIABILITY IN COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS 26-28 October 1989 Austin, Texas
Purpose of the meeting. The Texas Institute
for Computational Mechanics (TICOM) will host a three-day workshop on the reliability of modern computational methods. The meeting will be held on 26-28 October 1989. Workshop topics include reliability of mathematical models, a priori and a posteriori error analysis of