Technical Programme
Venue: Lecture theatre FN2,
Fraser Noble Building, King's College, Aberdeen
Day 1: 17 September 2012
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Registration |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Opening Remarks |
| Manchester Session: 17 September 2012, Monday afternoon Chair: Marian Wiercigroch, University of Aberdeen, UK |
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| 14:10 - 15:00 | Opening Lecture: "Mechanics and simulations of ductile fracture" John W Hutchinson, Harvard University, USA |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | "Materials and structures in extreme environments" Neil K Bourne, AWE, UK |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | "Dynamics of oblique 'rigid' body impact with friction" William J Stronge, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee break |
| Surrey Session: 17 September 2012, Monday afternoon/evening Chair: Neil K Bourne, AWE, UK |
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| 16:20 - 16:50 | "A coupled framework for climb-assisted glide in discrete dislocation plasticity" Vikram S Deshpande, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 16:50 - 17:20 | "Dynamics and strength of brittle solids and structures" Robert M McMeeking, UC Santa Barbara, USA |
| 17:20 - 17:50 | "Impact of an elastic-plastic ring on a rigid wall" Tongxi Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
| 19.30 - 21.00 | Civic Reception |
Day 2: 18 September 2012
| Cambridge Session: 18 September 2012, Tuesday morning Chair: Robert M McMeeking, UC Santa Barbara, USA |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | "Dynamics and solid mechanics in RED" Marian Wiercigroch, University of Aberdeen, UK |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | "The smooth DMS-FEM applied to strain gradient plasticity" Debasish Roy, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | "Multiscale modelling of aluminium for crash analyses" David Morin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee break |
| Aberdeen Session: 18 September 2012, Tuesday morning/afternoon Chair: Debasish Roy, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India |
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| 10:50 - 11:20 | "Nonlinear dynamic interactions between flow-induced galloping and shell-like buckling" John M T Thompson, University of Aberdeen, UK |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | "Intermediate rate properties of PMI foam" John J Harrigan, University of Aberdeen, UK |
| 11:50 - 12:20 | "The Quest for Truth" Miloslav Okrouhlík, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| 12:20 - 13.00 | Lunch (packed lunches to be collected prior to the tour) |
| 13:30 - 18.00 | Castle Trip |
| 19:30 for 20:00 - Conference Dinner | |
Day 3: 19 September 2012
| UMIST Session: 19 September 2012, Wednesday morning Chair: Anthony G Atkins , University of Reading, UK |
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| 09:00 - 9:30 | "Composite materials at their limit" John P Dear, Imperial College London, UK |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | "Quasi-static lateral plastic collapse of sandwich tubes with metal foam core" Guoxing Lu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | "The effects of age hardening in the shock loading regime" Jeremy C F Millett, AWE, UK |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee break |
| IMA Session: 19 September 2012, Wednesday morning/afternoon Chair: John P Dear, Imperial College London, UK |
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| 10:50 - 11:20 | "Prediction of sticking and sliding lengths on the rake faces of restricted contact and full-face tools from cutting forces" Anthony G Atkins, University of Reading, UK |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | "The final hurdle in the continuum damage representation for transverse matrix cracks in laminated composites" Shuguang Li, University of Nottingham, UK |
| 11:50 - 12:20 | "Modelling and characterization of damage in orthotropic metals" Rade Vignjevic, Cranfield University, UK |
| 12:20 - 13.30 | Lunch (Room FN110) |
| Hong Kong Session: 19 September 2012, Wednesday afternoon Chair: Tongxi Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
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| 13:30 - 14:00 | "On the dynamic lateral crushing of aluminium tubes" Bin Wang, Brunel University, UK |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | "Blast response of cellular material with the front panel: an analytical-numerical approach" Majid Aleyaasin, University of Aberdeen, UK |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | "Influence of the edge geometry on the cutting force for a blade-abradable interaction" Julien Vincent, LaBPS, Metz, France |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee break |
| Aberdeen Session: 19 September 2012, Wednesday afternoon/evening Chair: Bin Wang, Brunel University, UK |
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| 15:20 - 16:10 | Closing Lecture: "Some spiral structures in biology" Chris R Calladine, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 16:10 - 16:20 | Closing Remarks |