Programs of BICTAM for 2008-2010

 

The following are academic programs of BICTAM for 2008, and part of the tentative activities for 2009 and 2010. These include two symposia and two summer courses in 2008, two symposium in 2009, and one workshop in 2010. All of the activities are open to researchers, engineers, and students in Asia and the Pacific, and other countries. BICTAM will provide some financial support to students in Asia and the Pacific participating in these activities. Priority will be given to students recommended by the IAP members of BICTAM, and the societies of theoretical and applied mechanics and the relevant societies in the region.

All international students approved and accepted by BICTAM will get free registration and free accommodation. The total number of the students supported by BICTAM is 40 for 2008. The numbers of international students supported by BICTAM are shown in the information of the activities.

For enquiries, further information and application for participation in the activities, please contact the Secretariat of the BICTAM: Ms. Yang Liu, liuyang@cstam.org.cn or Ms. Yanan Tang, yntang@cstam.org.cn. The BICTAM will also help to arrange the accommodation for international participants.

 

No.	Title	Type of activity	Date	Venue	Number of international students supported
01	Surfaces and Interfaces in Solid Matters	Summer School	July 8-17, 2008	Peking University  Beijing, China	10
02	Multi-field Coupling Theory and Smart Materials	Summer School	Aug. 6-22, 2008	Xiangtan University Hunan Province, China	10
03	International Symposium on Computational Mechanics of Materials	Symposium	Oct. 7-9, 2008	Beijing Institute of University Beijing, China	10
04	Mechanics and Biomimetics of Biomaterials & Animal Locomotion	Symposium	Dec. 9-12, 2008	Sanya Hainan Province, China	10
05	Multi-Phase Flows in ABL: Wind Erosion, Dust Storms and Snow Drift	Symposium	Oct. 16-18, 2009	Lanzhou University Gansu Province, China	TBA
06	Meshfree/Meshless and Particle Methods	Symposium	Oct. 2009	Nanjing Jiangsu Province, China	TBA
07	Mitigation of Earthquake Hazards	Workshop	Apr. 2010	BICTAM Beijing, China	TBA

Program for 2008

 

Surfaces and Interfaces in Solid Matters

 

Type of activity: Summer school

Dates: July 8-17, 2008

Venue: Peking University, Beijing, China

Number of international students supported: 10

Organized by:

Jianxiang Wang (Peking University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

The course will expose the most central aspects of geometry, energetics, and electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces. Emphasis will be on crystalline solids and on the impact of capillary effects on states of mechanical as well as chemical equilibrium in solid matters, in particular in interface-controlled and nanostructured materials.

Lecturer

Professor Dr Joerg Weissmuller

Institute of Nanotechnology

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

PO-Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe

Germany

Email: Joerg.Weissmueller@int.fzk.de

Multi-field Coupling Theory and Smart Materials

 

Type of activity: Summer school

Dates: August 6-22, 2008

Venue: Xiangtan University, Hunan Province, China

Number of international students supported: 10

Organized by:

Yichun Zhou (Xiangtan University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

Functional materials are distinctly different from structural materials, and their physical and chemical properties are sensitive to a change in the environment such as temperature, pressure, electric field, magnetic field, optical wavelength, adsorbed gas molecules and the pH value. As a new emerging materials system which combines contemporary materials science with information science, smart materials and technologies are related closely with multi-field coupling theory. The goal of the summer school is to encourage graduate students, post-doc fellows, young researchers and teachers to understand generally the recent developments in multi-field coupling theory and smart materials, and to promote the communication among them.

To improve education of mechanics, and to promote better academic environment, the summer school “Multi-field Coupling Theory and Smart Materials” will be held at the Xiang Tan University in this August, jointly sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Education of China, BICTAM and Chinese Materials Research Society.

International Symposium on Computational Mechanics of Materials

 

Type of activity: Symposium

Dates: October 7-9, 2008

Venue: Beijing Institute of University, China

Number of international students supported: 10

Organized by:

Gengkai Hu (Beijing Institute of University, China)

Changle Xiang (Beijing Institute of University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

The enormous progress of computer-aided simulation methods in all areas of materials sciences opened the new interdisciplinary specialty in Computational Materials Science that unites elements of materials science, physics, information technology, mathematics and technical mechanics.

The objective of this International Symposium on Computational Mechanics of Materials is to present original and high level works from various areas of mechanics of materials.

The symposium is intended to cover progress on all aspects of the modeling and simulation of the mechanical behavior on different length scales. The scope of materials of interest ranges from industrial materials like metals, alloys, composites, to advanced materials under development and bio-materials.

The symposium shall also serve as a forum for in-depth discussions among scientists and engineers, who are interested in experimental investigations and numerical modeling of deformations and damage of engineering materials. All relevant micro-mechanisms of plastic deformation, fracture, fatigue as well as synergistic effects of various deformation and damage mechanisms shall be dealt with.

Lecturers

q   Professor S. Schmauder (Multiscale Simulation in Computational Materials Science)

q   Professor P. Steinmann (Perspectives in the Theory and Numerics of Configurational Mechanics)

Mechanics and Biomimetics of Biomaterials & Animal Locomotion

 

Type of activity: Symposium

Dates: December 9-12, 2008

Venue: Sanya, Hainan Province, China

Number of international students supported: 10

Organized by:

Mao Sun (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)

Xiqiao Feng (Tsinghua University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

Scientists have increasingly turning their attentions to searching for inspirations from the splendid living world in order to solve various challenging problems of technologically importance. Rapid advances in observation techniques and computational ability will make it a reality to understand, at different time and space scales, the structures and properties of natural materials as well as the complicated behavior of swimming, flying and running of animals. The aim of this symposium is to gather internationally famous experts to exchange and explore the recent developments in the study of mechanics and biomimetics of natural biomaterials and animal locomotions, a subject of great scientific interest.

Tentative Program for 2009-2010

 

Multi-Phase Flows in ABL: Wind Erosion, Dust Storms and Snow Drift

 

Type of activity: Symposium

Dates: October 16-18, 2009

Venue: Lanzhou University, Gansu Province, China

Number of international students supported: To be announced

Organized by:

Xiaojing Zheng (Lanzhou University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

The natural disasters related to the transportation of multiphase flow have severe effects on human being’s life. Wind erosion，a process of wind-forced movement of soil particles，occurs in many arid, semiarid and agricultural areas of the world. Wind erosion leads to desert expansion and land degradation. It is estimated that 1,500 square miles of land is buried each year in China by the encroaching desert. Heavy snow and sleet have affected at least 19 provinces in China in February 2008. It is estimated that the economic losses are summed up to $155 billion. The same hazards also result in tremendous amounts of property loss and casualties in Asia and all over the world.

These extreme environment events are all related to the transportation of multi phase Flow. To frame effective strategies for disaster mitigation, an in-depth understanding of these hazards requires sound mathematical analysis in parallel with model building, data collection, in-door experiments and field observation. It is a prerequisite for researchers to have an overview of the present state of art in these frontier areas.

The goal of this symposium on the one hand is to attract researchers’ interest in the mechanics community in these issues and bring together scientists from different disciplines such as geographers and meteorologists, and on the other hand to share knowledge of science related to these environmental problems. Such kind of interactive discussion will certainly facilitate the identification of main points, which need urgent investigation by new theory and new methods. We are making efforts to establish a close international collaboration on the problems described above and initiate a network for young scientists in countries of Asia and the Pacific Region, especially in developing countries.

Topics:

q   Sand saltation modeling in atmospheric surface layer

q   Dust emission and transportation

q   Convective ABL and vertical flux

q   Interaction of turbulence and sand motion

q   Turbulent modeling, LES and DNS of ABL and particulate flows

q   Experiments and field observations

q   Wind erosion, Dust storm and snow drift disasters

q   Evolution of Aeolian landform

q   Environment effects of Aerosol

q   Atmospheric environment and health

Meshfree/Meshless and Particle Methods

 

Type of activity: Symposium

Dates: October, 2009

Venue: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Number of international students supported: To be announced

Organized by:

Mingwu Yuan (Peking University, China)

 

Brief introduction:

Since the invention of the finite element method (FEM) in the 1950s, FEM has become the most popular and widely used method in science and engineering computations.

However, in the simulation of many engineering problems, such as manufacturing processes, hypervelocity impact and explosive, it is necessary to deal with extremely large deformations of the mesh. These problems are not well suited to the conventional finite element due to mesh distortion and element entanglement. Therefore, the development of new meshfree/meshless and particle methods has been a very active research area in past fifteen years. Many novel methods such as EFG, RKPM, SPH, MPM, GFEM/XFEM, MLPG/LBIE, NEM, PIM, etc., have been successfully developed and applied in science and engineering computations.

While considerable advances of various meshfree and particle methods and their applications have been made, many challenges in the mathematical analysis and practical implementation of meshfree methods remain. This symposium aims to promote collaboration among engineers, mathematicians, and computer scientists and industrial researchers to address the development, mathematical analysis, future directions and application of meshfree and particle methods.

Topics:

q   New techniques and improvements in meshfree and particle methods

q   Meshfree-based multiple scale models

q   Coupling and adaptive meshfree methods

q   Implementation in meshfree and particle method

q   parallel computation in meshfree and particle method

q   Computer codes of meshfree and particle methods

q   Engineering applications of meshfree and particle methods

q   Identification and characterization of problems where meshfree and particle methods have clear advantage over classical methods

q   Identification of future opportunities

q   Other related aspects of meshfree and particle methods

 

Mitigation of Earthquake Hazards

 

Type of activity: Workshop

Dates: April, 2010

Venue: BICTAM, Beijing, China

Number of international students supported: To be announced

Organized by:

Xiangchu Yin (Institute of Mechanics, CAS, China)

 

Brief introduction:

Large earthquakes usually cause massive casualties and huge property loss. In the beginning of the new century, large earthquakes violently struck the world, especially the Asia-Pacific region. Near 300,000 people were killed by the magnitude 9.0 Northern Sumatra earthquake and tsunami in 2004, the magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province in China of may 12th in 2008, resulted in 70,000 deaths.

In the meantime, there has been great progress in earthquake mechanics (physics) based on field observation, numerical simulation, experimental and analytical researches. This progress could enhance the power of earthquake prediction, design for earthquake resistant building and other measures to help mitigate the earthquake hazard.

The Workshop on mitigation of earthquake hazard aims to give a platform exchanging research results and experiences on earthquake prediction, seismological engineering, earthquake countermeasures etc.

Topics:

q   Earthquake prediction in China

q   LURR- a new approach to earthquake prediction

q   Earthquake physics

q   Earthquake numerical simulation

q   Earthquake resistant building construction

q   Earthquake emergency and countermeasures