HPSM/OPTI 2014 : High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials

[Victorio Sonzogni]

Desde: 09-06-2014
Hasta:  11-06-2014
Lugar: Ostend, Belgium


HPSM/OPTI 2014 <http://www.wessex.ac.uk/hpsmopti2014?e=0-57618>         

CALL FOR PAPERS

HPSM/OPTI 2014

The 2014 International Conference on High Performance and Optimum Design 
of Structures and Materials

9 - 11 June, 2014
Ostend, Belgium

View the conference website 
<http://www.wessex.ac.uk/hpsmopti2014?e=0-57618> for more 
information or to submit an abstract 
<http://www.wessex.ac.uk/hpsmopti2014?e=0-57618>.

*HPSM/OPTI 2014* is organised by the Wessex Institute, UK, the Vrije 
Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and the University of A Coruña, Spain. It 
is sponsored by WIT Transactions on the Built Environment and the 
International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental 
Measurements.

Benefits of Attending

  * Conference Book
    Papers are published in a book by WIT Press. Delegates may choose to
    receive a copy of the book in either hard cover or digital format.
  * Indexing
    Papers presented at Wessex Institute conferences are referenced by
    CrossRef and regularly appear in referencing and abstract services
    such as SCOPUS, Compendex, Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge and
    ProQuest.
  * Reviews
    Abstracts and papers are reviewed by members of the International
    Scientific Advisory Committee and other experts.
  * Papers Online
    All conference papers are archived online in the WIT eLibrary. View
    papers from HPSM 2012
    <http://library.witpress.com/pages/listPapers.asp?q_bid=563> and
    OPTI 2012 <http://library.witpress.com/pages/listPapers.asp?q_bid=564>
  * Special Fee for Students
    PhD Students may publish and present for a much reduced fee.

How to Participate

Papers are invited on the topics outlined and others falling within the 
scope of the meeting. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be 
submitted as soon as possible.

Delegates may also attend without submitting a paper.

Submit your abstract online or by emailing the Conference Secretariat

Registration for the conference will be available online shortly

        

Conference Topics

  * Composite materials & structures
  * Material characterisation
  * Experiments and numerical analysis
  * Steel structures
  * High performance concretes
  * Natural fibre composites
  * Transformable structures
  * Lightweight structures
  * Timber structures
  * Environmentally friendly
  * and sustainable structures
  * Emerging structural applications
  * Optimisation in civil engineering
  * Evolutionary methods in optimisation
  * Shape and topology optimisation
  * Aerospace structures
  * Structural optimisation
  * Biomechanics application
  * Material optimisation
  * Life cost optimisation
  * Intelligence structures and smart materials


Conference Secretariat

Irene Moreno Millan
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853
Email: imoreno at wessex.ac.uk 
<mailto:imoreno at wessex.ac.uk?Subject=HPSM%20OPTI%202014>


Submit an Abstract <http://www.wessex.ac.uk/hpsmopti2014?e=0-57618>

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Scientific Committee

C A Brebbia
Wessex Institute, UK
W P De Wilde
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
S Hernandez
University of A Coruna, Spain
V Andreev
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russia
H Azegami
Nagoya University, Japan
R Derksen
University of Manitoba, Canada
N de Temmerman
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
I Doltsinis
University of Stuttgart, Germany
T Katayama
Doshisha University, Japan
E Kita
Nagoya University, Japan
S Kravanja
University of Maribor, Slovenia
        A Maheri
Northumbria University, UK
F Navarrina
University of A Coruña, Spain
P Prochazka
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
E Schnack
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
M Sejnoha
Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
S Syngellakis
Wessex Institute, UK
H Takagi
University of Tokushima, Japan
K Takemura
Kanagawa University, Japan
I Takewaki
Kyoto University, Japan
K Tanaka
Doshisha University, Japan