MESOMECH'98

Dear Colleague:

You are welcome to present a paper at

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICAL
MESOMECHANICS AND COMPUTER AIDED
DESIGN OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
 - M E S O M E C H A N I C S ' 9 8 (May 31 - June 2, 1998)

and/or at

WORKSHOP ON MICRO- AND MESOMECHANICS ASPECTS
 OF MATERIAL FAILURE - M E S O F A I L U R E ' 98 (June 3 - 4, 1998)

in Tel Aviv, Israel (one paper per presenter).

What is Mesomechanics?
A new science, a branch of the physics and mechanics of deformation
and fracture, has recently received its own name - Mesomechanics. The
"meso" range of experimental and theoretical analysis of processes
related to deformation and fracture of solids is defined as lying
between the scale at which continuum mechanics is sufficiently
accurate for a description of the events, and the atomistic scale.
Within this range, several subscales can be identified, for instance
those related to grains, grain boundaries, particles, shear bands,
voids, microcracks and dislocations. To study phenomena within the
meso range, new tools are often needed, sometimes outside the normal
use of classical mechanics. Mesomechanics deals also with phenomena of
self-organization in materials under loading.

Conference and Workshop Co-Chairmen:
Prof. V.E. Panin, Director of State Research Center Institute of
Strength Physics and Materials Science, Siberian Branch of Russian
Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
Prof. R.L. Salganik, Center for Technological Education Holon, Israel.
Prof. G.C. Sih, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
Prof. M.P. Wnuk, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

Conference Topics:
-Physics and mechanics of heterogeneous media as a basis for
computer aided design of advanced materials.
 -Computer aided design of advanced materials based on metals,
ceramics and polymers.
 -Basic scientific principles of strengthening and surface treatment
of materials.
 -Non-destructive testing based on mesomechanics.
 -Mesomechanics of fatigue.
 -Experimental methods of mesomechanics.
 -Fractals in mesomechanics.
 -Mathematical models and methods for mesomechanics.
 -Contact mesomechanics.
 -Strain localization processes at pre-fracture stage on meso-level
of material structure.
 -Influence of yielding, irreversible deformation and fracture on
 phase transformations in solids on micro- and meso-levels.
 -Mesomechanics of time-dependent deformation, damage and fracture.
 -High rate deformation and fracture processes.
 -Mesomechanics of highspeed and shock wave deformation.
 -Mesomechanics of rocks and soils
 -Engineering applications of mesomechanics.

Some invited key-note lectures that will be presented to the
Conference:
Prof. K.B. Broberg, "Modelling of Materials in Mesofracture"
(University College Dublin, Ireland);
Prof. Y.C. Gao,"Fatigue Mechanism of Fiber-Reinforced
Materials" (Northern Jiaotong University, China);
Prof. J.K. Knowles, "Continuum Modeling of Solid-Solid Phase
Transitions" (Caltech, USA);
Prof. B.R. Lawn, "Damage Accumulation Beneath Hertzian
Contacts in Ceramics and Other Brittle Materials"
(National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA);
Prof. G.C. Sih, "Transitional and Stability Character of
Mesofracture" (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China);
Prof. M.P. Wnuk, "Constitutive Modeling of Damage
Accumulation and Fracture in Multiphase Materials"
(University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA)

A synopsis of one page should be sent or faxed and also sent by e-mail
(if possible) to the Conference and Workshop Coordinator not later
than October 31, 1997: see the Application and Information Request
below.

Please inform your Colleagues to submit tentative paper titles
immediately, thanks.

For more information please see

http://www.cteh.ac.il/happen/meso98.html

or address:

Prof. R.L. Salganik - the Conference and the Workshop Coordinator.
Center for Technological Education Holon
P.O. Box 305, Holon 58102. Israel

Fax: (972-3) 502-6643, (972-3) 502-6619
Tel.: (972-3) 502-6628

E-mail: mesomech@barley.cteh.ac.il

 Communication by e-mail is preferable.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: "MESOMECHANICS'98"
May 31. - June 2, 1998
WORKSHOP: "MESOFAILURE'98"
June 3 - 4, 1998
Tel Aviv, Israel

APPLICATION AND INFORMATION REQUEST

Please mail this form to:
Prof. R.L. Salganik - the Conference and Workshop Coordinator.
Center for Technological Education Holon, Affiliated with Tel Aviv
University P.O. Box 305, Holon 58102, Israel

Fax: (972-3) 502-6643, (972-3) 502-6619
E-mail: mesomech@barley.cteh.ac.il

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