PLASTICITY 2009, Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort,
January 3-8, 2009
FIRST CIRCULAR (Dated January 19, 2008)
IMPORTANT DATES
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Hotel
Reservation..................................................................................................................ASAP
Half-page
Abstract..................................................................................................March
1, 2008
Early
Pre-registration............................................................................................August
1, 2008
Typing Instructions sent to
Participants................................................Already on the
website
Three page Compact Paper
Due...................................................................September
15, 2008
Required Payment of Registration
Fee...........................................................November 1, 2008
PLASTICITY 2009, will take place at Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Marriott
Beach Resort, January 3-8, 2009. This Symposium
series is the prime forum for plasticity research dissemination as usually
300-400 scientists from around the world participate in this conference. The
symposium will focus on multi-scale computational plasticity, plasticity of
emerging materials (nanocrystalline solids, thin films, biomaterials, polymers
etc.) and micro mechanics of plastic deformation and texture evolution,
including materials science aspects, metal forming, and elastic-plastic damage
mechanics. However, presentations in any area of plasticity will be welcomed,
especially experimental and materials science studies related to plastic
deformation. Thus topics of interest include plastic and visco-plastic behaviors
of single crystals and polycrystalline metals, nano-crystalline metals, thin
films, biomaterials, ceramics, ice, rocks and soils, composite materials and
polymers, as well as plasticity aspects of damage, failure and fracture
mechanics. Symposium presentations must be original unpublished research
related to experimental, numerical or theoretical analyses of the inelastic
behavior of solids subjected to quasi-static, dynamic or cyclic
thermo-mechanical loading.
A three-page
summary/compact paper will be printed in a CD proceedings and available at the
symposium for quick dissemination of your research. The optional full-length
papers are published in the International Journal of Plasticity after the
standard peer review process and acceptance, for archival reference. The journal
has the highest impact factor among all solid mechanics journals in 2002, 2004,
2005 & 2006. Please see the internet for the journal details at:
www.elsevier.com/locate/ijplas/
The full-length papers should be submitted for publication consideration anytime
from six months before to six months after the symposium. We expect this
symposium to be as outstanding, both technically and socially, as its
predecessors, including the one in Whistler (July 2000), Aruba (Jan. 2002),
Quebec City (July 2003), Kauai (January 2005), Halifax (July 2006) Alyeska
Resort south of Anchorage (June 2007) and Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort (January,
2008).
THE LOCATION AND HOTEL
PLASTICITY 2009, will take place at Frenchman's
Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, January 3-8,2009. See details at:
The resort has its own private beach. The temp. is expected to be 75-80 F. St. Thomas is close to Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands (Virgin Gorda & Tortola), St. John, Cuba etc. There are direct flights from several European countries in the neighboring islands and direct flights to St. Thomas from New York, Washington, Chicago and other US cities. A block of rooms has been set aside at a very special rate (single or double $ 160 for resort view, or $ 180 for ocean view rooms, per night, plus tax), even for this peak season; the regular rate is more than double of the symposium rate. More information will be provided for reservation after we receive your acceptance.
St. Thomas and neighboring islands of St. John,
Virgin Gorda & Tortola, are famous for its unspoiled natural beauty.
PRESENTATIONS AND REGISTRATION FEE
The presentations
will include key-note invited lectures and invited presentations in each of four
parallel sessions. The invited key-note lecture of 40 minutes duration is
expected to give an overview of the subject with almost 20 minutes being devoted
to the results of other researchers. Invited presentations will be allotted 20
minutes. All presentations, including invited lectures, must contain a
significant amount of unpublished results. A session of two hours will normally
include one lecture and four invited talks. Computer projectors will be
available for your presentation.
A registration form for registration fees and mailing information will be sent
later. Please send a line indicating your interest as soon as possible,
preferably by return e-mail to
khan@umbc.edu and symposium@internationalplasticity.com.
Kindly follow the deadlines given below.