The International Conference on MECHANICS, RESOURCE AND DIAGNOSTICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES pursues the traditions of the conferences entitled “Mechanics of Microinhomogeneous Materials and Fracture” and “Resource and Diagnostics of Materials and Structures”, which have been held since 2001.

The conference will include distant participation, with online Internet presentation of papers, and participation in absentia, with the submission of poster presentations to the Organizing Committee.

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Conference goal

Initiating the effort of researchers working in the fields of mechanics of materials, material science and nondestructive testing, as well as industrial specialists, for solving scientific and applied problems. Representatives from industry and concerned organizations will have a chance to meet and discuss their problems with scientific experts, to make reports and to participate in debates.

Objectives:
- discussing topical problems and advanced achievements in solving scientific and applied problems of the complex evaluation of the life of technical objects, prediction of their durability and longevity by methods of material science, nondestructive testing and mechanics;
- familiarizing the scientists, representatives of academic, educational, sectoral research institutes, industrial enterprises and engineering centers with the world’s advanced experience in the application of scientific developments.

The scientific significance of the Conference

Generalization of experience and interdisciplinary approach to the evaluation of the service life and diagnostics of materials and structures, development of scientific ties among research groups working in this field. Exchange of advanced scientific experience.

The subject-matter of the event corresponds to the priority lines of basic research in the field of material sciences and takes into consideration world development trends.

A special feature of the Conference is participation of specialists working in different lines of research, and this enables us to unite researchers working in mechanics of materials, material science and nondestructive testing and attract industry experts to solving scientific and applied problems. The Conference will cover the post important areas of basic research, such as:

· New techniques for studying and predicting the service life of mechanisms and structures under production and operation, which are based on a complex approach to the evaluation of a current state of engineering and functional materials in terms of nondestructive testing, material science and mechanics.

· Methodology of using the results of nondestructive testing and material science analysis in models of mechanics to predict the service life of materials and structures.

· State-of-the-art technologies of material design, production, processing and testing aimed at increasing the level of functional properties, durability, reliability and survivability of machine parts and structural components operated under extreme conditions.

· Interdisciplinary approach to studying advanced materials with a multilevel hierarchic structure in order to create new processes and reliable structures. 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

·  Scientific foundations for the development of materials with a multilevel hierarchic structure, including those designed for extreme operation conditions:
- materials for aerospace and transportation industries; 
- materials nuclear-power engineering; 
- materials for operation under Arctic conditions; 
- medical materials. 

·  Instability and localization of deformation and fracture in hierarchically structured materials.

·  Methods and devices for nondestructive testing of hierarchically structured materials and structures, including welded joints.

·  Mechanics of damage and fracture.

·  Material models.

·  Applied issues of the strength theory.

·  Strength, durability and crack resistance.

·  Plasticity, strain resistance.

·  Physical-mechanical properties under extreme effects.

·  Relations among the structure, mechanical and physical properties of materials.

·  Fracture and wear under contact interaction.

·  Increase in the mechanical properties and structural strength of materials.

·  Creation of materials with a prescribed structure.

·  Production and processing of functional materials.

·  Methods and devices for the diagnostics of physical-mechanical properties.

·  Physical methods and devices for nondestructive testing.

·  Experimental mechanics.

·  Material processability and fracture in technological processes.

·  Evaluation and prediction of material properties degradation in operation.

·  Material damage in structures.

·  Simulation and evaluation of reliability and survivability of technical objects.

·  Life testing of materials and structures.

·  Fracture examination.

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

The conference activities will consist of plenary and sectional sessions and poster presentations. Invited speakers will lecture at the plenary sessions. Plenary presentation time is 30 min. Sectional presentation time is 15 min. Poster presentations are in the form of A1 posters.

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee includes participation in the sessions, a participant’s folder, a collection of abstracts and Conference materials, coffee breaks and it amounts to: 

Bank details for the fee transfer will be found on the Conference website.

DEADLINES

Registration and abstract submission – April 01, 2018

Notification of abstract acceptance – April 10, 2018

Paper submission – April 30, 2018

Payment transfer – April 30, 2018

Conference dates: May 21 to May 25, 2018 

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Conference will be held at the Institute of Engineering Science, UB RAS, 34 Komsomolskaya Str, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Official languages: Russian and English.

Papers not meeting the requirements will be rejected.

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS

The collection of abstracts will have been released by the Conference start. Abstracts under 500 words in Russian or English, are to contain the aims, results and inferences of the paper. 

The text is in the Rich Text Format, RTF. Original size is À4. Font: Times New Roman, the main text font size: 12 pt; page parameters: all margins 2 cm, justified, single line spacing, 1.25 cm indent. A new paragraph starts with a new line, hyphenation on, portrait page orientation.

The title is centered, Caps Lock, medium-face type. Last name(s) with initials is/are on a new line, centered, ordinary type. Next line is affiliation, house, street, city, code, country, (all in italics), author’s/authors’ e-mail address.

The file name is to contain the presenter’s name and initials.  The file is to be sent by Conference e-mail: conf_mrdmk@mail.ru.

COLLECTION OF CONFERENCE PAPERS

The Conference papers will be published in an issue of AIP Conference Proceedings, which is indexed in the Web of Science abstract database of journal articles and conference proceedings. Please submit your materials in English in the form of 4 page papers before 30 April, 2018 after notification of paper acceptance. The requirements for papers can be found on the Conference site. Papers written in improper English or inconsistent with the requirements may be rejected.

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