CST 2008 Computational Structures Technology

[submitido por Victorio Sonzogni]

Desde: 02-09-2008
Hasta: 05-09-2008 
Lugar: Athens, Greece


The Ninth International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology
Athens, Greece
2-5 September 2008


http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2008.htm


Call-for-Papers
Introduction
This is the Ninth Conference in the Computational Structures Technology series 
that commenced in 1991. Previous venues for the conference have included: 
Budapest, Edinburgh, Prague, Leuven, Lisbon and Gran Canaria. The conference 
is concerned with the application of the latest computational technology to 
structural mechanics and engineering. Computational Technology encompasses 
both the latest hardware and software developments as well as algorithmic and 
theoretical developments.

The conference is concerned with both theoretical, mathematical and scientific 
developments as well as applications of established technology to new 
domains. The word Structures is interpreted in its widest sense.

The conference runs concurrently with the Sixth International Conference on 
Engineering Computational Technology. Participants may attend sessions from 
either conference.
Themes
The themes for this conference will include: Structural Analysis and Design - 
Non-Linear Analysis - Dynamic Analysis - Finite Element Analysis - Boundary 
Element Analysis - Computer Aided Design - Structural and Multidisciplinary 
Optimization - Structural Re-analysis & Sensitivity Analysis - Geomaterials - 
Plates and Shells - Structural Modelling - Micro-Mechanics Models - Damage 
Identification - Material Models - Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics - 
Computational Stochastic Mechanics - Structural Reliability - Reliability 
Problems - Software Standards and Quality Control - Adaptivity - Mesh and 
Grid Generation - Shape and Topology Optimization - Visualization and 
Graphics - Impact and Contact Simulations - Post and Pre Processing - Smart 
Structures - Multi and Inter-Disciplinary Optimization - Composite Materials 
and Structures - Forming Problems - Poromechanics - Fracture and Fatigue - 
Brittle Materials - Eigensolvers - Education - Coupled Problems - 
Soil-Structure Interaction - Fluid-Structure Interaction - Simulation - 
Integration of CST and CFD - Inverse Problems - FEM in Design - 
Implementation of Computational Procedures - Computer Modelling - Materials 
Characterisation - Meshfree Methods - Uncertainty - Structural Health 
Monitoring - Computer simulated demolition - Robust Design - Vibration - 
Damping - Active Control - Damage Tolerance and Fail Safety - Structural 
Health Monitoring - Verification and Validatiion - Multi-scale Modelling - 
eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) - Smart Materials and Structures - 
Functional Graded Materials - Computational Biomechanics.

Analysis, modelling and simulation of a wide range of structural types 
including: aerospace, civil, mechanical and offshore structures including: 
membrane structures, lightweight structures, fabric structures, retractable 
roofs, steel structures, concrete structures, timber structures, aluminium 
structures, brick structures, blockwork structures, geotechical structures.

Papers concerned with the following aspects of structural engineering 
computation are particularly relevant to the conference: Parallel 
Processing - Use of High Performance Computer Architectures - 
Supercomputing - Domain Decomposition and Partitioning - MIMD Architectures - 
Distributed Computing and Networking - Artificial Intelligence and 
Knowledge-Based Systems - Novel Software Tools and Development Environments - 
Virtual Reality - Algorithms for Vectorization and Parallelisation - Genetic 
Algorithms - Neural Networks - Object Oriented Methods - Data Mining - 
Solution Procedures for Large Scale Problems - Hardware and Software 
developments for HPC - Grid Computing - WWW Applications - Computational 
Intelligence - Evolutionary Processes - Autonomic computing.
Special Sessions
A number of special sessions will be organised at this Conference. Papers may 
be submitted directly to the Conference Editor or to any of the special 
session organisers if you wish to participate in their session. Over the 
coming months the list of special sessions will gradually grow. Please visit 
this page regularly to keep up to date. Please also notice the important 
dates.

    * Modeling and Simulation of Composite and Adaptive Structures,
      organised by Prof. C.M. Mota Soares, IDMEC/IST, Portugal (cmmsoares AT 
alfa.ist.utl.pt) and Prof. A. Benjeddou, Conservatoire National des Arts et 
Metiers, Paris, France (benjeddou AT supmeca.fr)
    * Multi-Scale Numerical Modeling of Engineering Structures,
      organised by Dr J.Q. Ye, University of Leeds, UK (j.ye AT leeds.ac.uk) 
and Dr Y. Sheng, University of Leeds, UK (Y.Sheng AT leeds.ac.uk)
    * Heurisic Methods in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization,
      organised by Dr O.M. Querin, University of Leeds, UK (ozz AT 
mech-eng.leeds.ac.uk)
    * Numerical design of protective structures,
      organised by Prof. N. Gebbeken, Universität der Bundeswehr München, 
Germany (norbert.gebbeken AT unibw-muenchen.de)
    * Modelling of the composite beams,
      organised by Prof. J. Murin, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, 
Slovakia (justin.murin AT stuba.sk)
    * Mechanics of Composites, Functionally Graded and Piezoelectric 
Materials,
      organised by Prof. T. Kant, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 
India (tkant AT civil.iitb.ac.in)
    * Spectral and Wave Element Methods for Structural Response Prediction and 
Damage Detection,
      organised by Prof. J.R. Arruda, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, 
Brazil, (arruda AT fem.unicamp.br)
    * Evolutionary and Non-Deterministic Methods in Structural Optimization,
      organised by Prof. M. Domaszewski, Université de Technologie de 
Belfort-Montbéliard, France (domaszewski AT utbm.fr)
    * Stochastic optimization methods in optimal structural analysis and 
design,
      organised by Prof. K. Marti, UniBw Muenchen, Germany (kurt.marti AT 
unibw.de)
    * Soft Computing and Structural Engineering,
      organised by Asst. Prof. Y. Tsompanakis, Technical University of Crete, 
Greece (jt AT science.tuc.gr) and Dr N. Lagaros, Nat. Technical University of 
Athens, Greece (nlagaros AT central.ntua.gr)
    * CAD/CAM/CAE/CSCW/C-Control,
      organised by Prof. I. Hagiwara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 
(hagiwara AT mech.titech.ac.jp)
    * Differential Quadrature, Generalized Methods and Related Discrete 
Element Analysis Methods,
      organised by Prof. Chang-New Chen, National Cheng Kung University, 
Taiwan (cchen AT mail.ncku.edu.tw)
    * Application of finite element methods for the analysis and design of 
steel and concrete structures,
      organised by Assoc. Prof. E.S. Mistakidis, University of Thessaly, 
Volos, Greece (emistaki AT uth.gr)
    * Multiscale characterization and modeling of materials,
      organised by Prof. R. Lackner, Technical University of Munich, Germany 
(Roman.Lackner AT tuwien.ac.at)
    * Optimization of process and material parameters in material processing,
      organised by Prof. J.C. Gelin, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, 
France (jean-claude.gelin AT univ-fcomte.fr)
    * Structural Analysis and Optimization in Acoustics and Vibrations,
      organised by Prof. M. Matos Neves, IDMEC-IST, Lisbon, Portugal (maneves 
AT dem.ist.utl.pt) 

Important Dates

Please take note of these important dates when planning your participation to 
this conference:

Abstract submission	1 December 2007
Full paper deadline	as advised by the editor in your abstract acceptance email
Last day for author registrations	1 July 2008
Programme is released	15 August 2008
The conference	2-5 September 2008

Informations

    * Professor Barry H.V. Topping
      Editorial Office
      Dun Eaglais
      Station Brae, Kippen
      Stirling, FK8 3DY, UK
      Tel: 44(0)1786 870 191
      Fax: 44(0)1786 870 192
      Email: conf2008 AT civil-comp.com