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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Within the <b>10th World Congress on
Computational Mechanics</b>
(WCCM 2012) to be held in São Paulo, Brazil between the 8th and
13th of July
2012, we are organizing the Mini-Symposium "<u><b>MS-017 -
Advances in the
Modelling of Forming Operations</b></u>".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Due to your research activities in this field,
we invite you
to submit an abstract to our Mini-Symposium. Your contribution is
mostly
welcomed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TOPICS OF INTEREST</b> (not restricted to):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Mechanical Formulations;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Complex Constitutive Equations;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Inverse Identification Procedures;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Finite Element Technology;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Adaptative Remeshing Techniques;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Contact and Frictional Phenomena;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Coupling between Different Fields;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Parallel Computation;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Three-dimensional Problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IMPORTANT DATES:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract submission deadline: November 30,
2011;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notification of abstract acceptance: until
January 31, 2012;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline for full-paper submission: March 31,
2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please go to the abstract submission page
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.wccm2012.com">www.wccm2012.com</a>)
and select the Mini-Symposium “MS-017 - Advances in the Modelling
of Forming
Operations".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please, do not hesitate to contact us for
further
information.<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
We apologise for cross-postings.<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<i>Francisco M. Andrade Pires</i>, University of Porto, Portugal,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fpires@fe.up.pt">fpires@fe.up.pt</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Miguel Vaz Júnior</i>, State University of
Santa Catarina –
UDESC, Brasil, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:M.Vaz@joinville.udesc.br">M.Vaz@joinville.udesc.br</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Pablo A. Muñoz-Rojas</i>, State University
of Santa Catarina –
UDESC, Brasil, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Pablo@joinville.udesc.br">Pablo@joinville.udesc.br</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>José César de Sá</i>, University of Porto,
Portugal,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cesarsa@fe.up.pt">cesarsa@fe.up.pt</a></p>
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Miguel Vaz Júnior ><>
M.Eng. Ph.D.
State University of Santa Catarina
Department of Mechanical Engineering
89223-100 - Joinville-SC - Brasil
Tel: +55 47 4009-7971 - Fax: +55 47 4009-7940
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:M.Vaz@Joinville.udesc.br">M.Vaz@Joinville.udesc.br</a>
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