SSTA 2013 - 10th Jubilee International Conference Shell Structures: Theory and Applications

10th Jubilee International Conference
"Shell Structures: Theory and Applications"
October 16-18, 2013, Gdansk, Poland
The officially appointed place of the Conference is Gdansk University of Technology.
Already confirmed General Lectures are:
- H. Altenbach (Germany), Actual developments in the Shell Theory - state of the art and new applications
- D. Chapelle (France), 3D-shell mathematical models and finite elements: from mathematical and physical insight to application examples
- Y. Huang (USA), Application of shell and thin film theories to stretchable electronics
- I. Kreja (Poland), Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of composite panels
All accepted full-text papers will appear in the hard-cover volume of Proceedings published by CRC Press / Balkema (Taylor & Francis Group) www.crcpress.com, www.taylorandfrancis.com.
The participants interested in organizing Thematic Sessions of at least 5 lectures in their area of expertise or interest are kindly asked to submit the proposals of topics.
We kindly invite you to participate in the Conference, meet specialists in the field and enjoy touristic attractions and cultural heritage of the historic Hanseatic city of Gdansk.
The web site http://www.ssta.pg.gda.pl/
Conference topics
Theory and analysis of plates and shells:
refined linear and nonlinear models;
constitutive laws of elastic and inelastic shells;
plates and shels with internal microstructure;
smart composite structures;
membrane and deployable structures;
hybrid and branched shell structures;
stability, dynamics, optimization, reliability, sensitivity, damage, limit load analysis;
inverse problems, etc.
Numerical analysis of shell structures:
FEM, BEM, meshfree and other numerical methods;
computer modeling and simulation;
analysis of nonstandard problems;
development of software packages.
Design and maintenance of shell structures:
industrial applications in civil, power, mining and mechanical engineering, as well as in automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace and chemical processing industries;
shell design codes and procedures (e.g. Eurocode);
shells formfinding, Computer Aided Design;
case studies of failure problems, etc.
Special surface-related mechanical problems:
material and non-material interfaces;
carbon nano-tubes, fullerenes and graphenes;
thin micro- and nano-films, biological membranes;
capillarity, contact problems, growth phenomena, etc.
The language of the Conference will be English.
Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz, Chairman of the International Advisory Board
Jaroslaw Gorski, Chairman of the Organizing Committee
e-mail: ssta-AT-pg.gda.pl