OPTI 2007

[submitido por Victorio Sonzogni]

Desde:  07-05-2007
Hasta: 09-05-2007
Lugar: Myrtle Beach, USA


OPTI 2007
Tenth International Conference on Optimum Design in Engineering
7 - 9 May 2007, Myrtle Beach, USA

Organised by:
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
University La Coruña, Spain

Sponsored by:
WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

+++ N E W
- - - Short Course on: Optimum Structural Design
- - -  Presented by Professor Santiago Hernandez, University of La Coruña, 
Spain

+++ SEE the Short Courses website for further details: 
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/programmes/sdesign.html

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Dear Colleague

On behalf of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), we are 
pleased to inform you of the Tenth International Conference on Optimum 
Design in Engineering. The meeting will take place from 7 - 9 September 2007 
at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Hotel, USA.

Conference papers will be reviewed by members of the ISAC and other 
colleagues, and if selected, will be published in hard book form by WIT 
Press and will be available to delegates at the time of registration. In 
addition, the proceedings will be widely distributed after the conference 
through the international book trade and by direct announcement to readers 
and librarians. All papers will be permanently archived in the Transactions 
of the Wessex Institute on our eLibrary site, which is available to the
Further details about the conference follow this message. Alternatively 
click on the web address below to access the conference website, which has 
full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission 
requirements: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2007/opti2007/cfp.html

If you are not the right point of contact for this material we apologise, 
and would appreciate you forwarding this to the correct person or providing 
us with the contact details.

Best regards,

S Hernandez, University of La Coruña, Spain
C A Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

Conference Chairmen

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OPTI 2007
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INTRODUCTION
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OPTI 2007 is the Tenth International Conference in this successful series on 
Optimum Design in Engineering.

The objective of this meeting is to communicate recent developments in 
advanced types of structures, particularly those based on new concepts and 
new types of materials resulting in optimum solutions.

Particular emphasis will be placed on computational methods to model, 
control and manage new structural solutions and material types. This 
integration of their
design together with optimisation technologies is evident in all aspects of 
industry and research.

Engineering design is enhanced by adding optimisation methods and their 
influence cannot be over-emphasised. The resulting solutions provide an 
efficient way of dealing with some of the most difficult challenges in 
engineering
practice today.

The conference aims to attract papers describing case studies in 
engineering, considering static, dynamic analysis and damage tolerance. 
Manufacturing and
structural protection issues are going to be discussed as well as papers on 
emerging applications in fields such as biomechanics. Contributions on 
numerical methods and different optimisation techniques are also welcome as 
well as papers on new software. Optimisation problems of interest to the 
meeting involve those related to size, shape and topology or material 
properties.

Previous conferences have been held in Southampton, UK (1989); Boston, USA 
(1991); Zaragoza, Spain (1993); Miami, USA (1995); Rome, Italy (1997); 
Orlando, USA (1999); Bologna, Italy (2001); Detroit, USA (2003) and 
Skiathos, Greece (2005).

CONFERENCE TOPICS
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Optimisation and manufacturing
Structural optimisation
Optimisation in biomechanics
Shape and topology optimisation
Industrial examples of design optimisation
Fluid structure interaction
Damage and fracture mechanics
Composite materials optimisation
Optimum behaviour of fibre reinforced polymers
Aerospace structures
Applications in mechanical and car engineering
New algorithms

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Papers are invited on the topics outlined above and others falling within 
the scope of the meeting. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be 
submitted by mail, fax, email or via our website as soon as possible.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION

We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts electronically.

Please complete the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM on our website at:
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2007/opti2007/cfp.html

OR submit your abstract via email to the Conference Secretariat at:
rcreasey at wessex.ac.uk. Please insert OPTI 2007 in the subject line and also 
include your name, full address and conference topic in the main body of 
your email.

For further instructions on paper submission, please see:
http://www.witpress.com/author_instruction.html

TIME  SCHEDULE

Please submit abstracts as soon as possible. The final paper deadline will 
be advised upon acceptance of your abstract.

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
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Papers presented at OPTI 2007 will be published by WIT Press in a volume of
WIT Transactions on the Built Environment (ISSN 1743-3509). In addition to
being available to delegates at the time of registration, the hardcover 
volume
will be publicised directly to researchers and institutional libraries and 
distributed
widely through the international book trade.

The papers will also be archived online in the Transactions of the Wessex
Institute Collection [http://library.witpress.com]. The Collection provides 
the international scientific community with immediate and permanent access 
to individual papers presented at WIT conferences. WIT Press is committed to 
offering authors the option to make their work freely accessible to 
colleagues through their Open-Access service.

Coverage of WIT proceedings appears regularly in notable publications and
databases, including Applied Mechanics Reviews (AMR), Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts, Ei Compendex, INSPEC, Thomson Scientific, Scitech Book
News as well as the Directory of Published Proceedings.

Access to papers is available on a pay per view basis or as part of an 
institutional subscription, for further information please contact: 
lsowinski at witpress.com or visit: library.witpress.com

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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Rachel Creasey
Conference Secretariat
OPTI 2007
WESSEX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK

Tel:  + 44 (0) 238 029 3223
Fax:  + 44 (0) 238 029 2853
Email: rcreasey at wessex.ac.uk

VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE AT: 
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2007/opti2007/cfp.html