CONFERENCE TOPICS:

AREAS:
Materials modelling and constitutive relationships
Homogenisation and localisation
Plasticity
Impact and crash
Damage and fracture
Transport phenomena
Fluid-structure interaction
Nanomechanics
Dynamics
Biomechanics
Alternative energy (wind, hydro, solar etc.)

MATERIALS:
Composites and multiphase materials
Porous and cellular materials
Adhesive Science and Technology
Advanced Materials
Nanomaterials
Biomaterials

METHODS:
Numerical methods
Mathematical foundations
Experimental methods

SPECIAL SESSIONS:

Special Session 1
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD) (SS1)

Special Session 2
PLASTICITY AND CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING (SS2)

Special Session 3
BIOMECHANICS & BIOMATERIAL (SS3)

Special Session 4
NANOMATERIALS (SS4)

Special Session 5
ADHESIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SS5)

Special Session 6
ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES (SS6)

Special Session 7
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELLING in Polymer MECHANICS: State of the Art and Future Trends (SS7)

Special Session 8
BIOMECHATRONICS AND APPLIED ENGINEERING FOR THE DESIGN OF PROSTHESIS (SS8)

Special Session 9
OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS (SS9)

Special Session 10
NUMERICAL MODELING OF STRUCTURES (SS10)

Special Session 11
SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION AND IMAGING SYSTEMS (SS11)

Special Session 12
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: 3D-PRINTING OF PLASTICS, METAL AND CERAMICS (SS12)

Special Session 14
FRICTION STIR WELDING