Call for Papers |
Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit an abstract for the 6th international conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, to be held at the Portola Plaza Hotel, Monterey CA, March 30 - April 4, 2008. The conference is held in coordination with the journal of the same name. (Profs. Igor Emri and Wolfgang Knauss, editors-in-chief.) The hotel overlooks beautiful Monterey Bay. The Monterey Peninsula Airport is located 10 minutes from downtown, hotels and the Conference Center. There are five major airlines that provide over 80 arrivals and departures per day. Monterey is located on the California coast, 120 miles (200 km) south of San Francisco, 70 miles (112 km) south of San Jose and 330 miles (750 km) north of Los Angeles, all of which have international airports. We are soliciting papers involving constitutive, time (rate)-dependent behavior of all materials. The time-dependent mechanical response should be non-negligable in cases involving non-mechanical fields. Papers dealing with modeling and experimental aspects of the subject area are sought. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: characterization and modeling of behavior at multiple scales; viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity; transport, chemically and electronically active processes; multiphase and biomaterial systems; thermodynamics; shape memory; mechanics of testing; micro/nanoindentation on time-dependent materials; dynamic rate-dependent behaviors; large deformations; residual stresses; time (rate)-dependent damage and failure; polycrystalline, single crystal and nanocrystalline behaviors; multifunctional materials; mechanics of processing; design methods; environmental interactions; experimental methods and techniques; linear and non-linear time-dependent behavior; time (rate)-dependent composite materials of all types; numerical analysis; physical aging; rheological properties; temperature, pressure, and moisture effects on time dependence; damping related topics. The program will feature: several distinguished plenary speakers addressing a selection of the described topics; a day highlighting US and international governmental support with keynote by Dr. Janez Potocnik, Commissioner for Science and Research for the European Union; an extensive sightseeing excursion in the beautiful Monterey peninsula region. A short/tentative abstract indicating your intent to attend must be submitted by JUNE 15, 2007 <UPDATED>. A short 3-page paper will be required if accepted. See here for details and a schedule. A CD proceedings of the required 3-page papers will be distributed at the event. Authors are encouraged to submit optional full-length papers as they are completed to Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials journal. This can be done expeditiously by submitting directly to one of the conference chairs, or alternatively to the journal on-line. A block of rooms at the conference hotel will be available for the substantially discounted price of US $179+tax per night. A number of rooms at government rate will be available to individuals with government ID. You are welcomed to redistribute this announcement to other distinguished researchers. We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Monterey. Yours, Richard Hall, Air Force Research Laboratory, richard.hall@wpafb.af.mil, conference chair; Igor Emri, University of Ljubljana, organizing committee; |