Welcome
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it gives us great pleasure to invite you to the 2014 International Conference on Advances in Micromechanics of Materials which will be held at Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland, 8-11 July 2014.
Please download and display the conference poster.
Organisers and sponsors
MICROMECH2014 is jointly organised by the two Consortia participating in FP7 PEOPLE Projects:
- IRSES Projects TAMER (PIRSES-GA-2013-610547)
- IAPP Project HYDROFRAC (PIAP-GA-2009-251475)
The event is supported by the Committee on Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
MICROMECH2014
Micromechanics of materials is rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of engineering science. It is developed by specialists in solid mechanics, applied mathematics and materials science. Micromechanics studies materials that can be generally characterized as multiphase mixtures. Perhaps, the most important class of them can be described as a matrix containing various inhomogeneities, like pores, microcracks, fibers, foreign particles. Another example is given by polycrystalline aggregates (like metals), consisting of crystallites of diverse orientations. Such materials may be man-made (composites, metals, foams) and may occur in nature (cracked or porous rocks, ice, bones). The goal of micromechanics is to relate the physical behavior (mechanical, conductive, etc.) to the ‘‘microstructure” – properties and geometrical arrangement of the constituents.
MICROMECH2014 is the premiere forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of analytical, computational and experimental micromechanics as well as on various applications of micromechanical modeling to problems of materials science, biomechanics, geomechanics etc. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in this domain of interest from around the world.
Conference topics
Fundamental aspects of micromechanics:
- Microstructure-property relations
- Effect of inhomogeneities’ shapes on overall properties
- Cross-property relations
- Theory of homogenization
- Inverse problems of micromechanics
Computational micromechanics:
- Multi-scale simulations of microstructure materials
- Damage and fracture analysis
- Deformation at microscale
Applied micromechanics:
- Mechanics of composite materials
- Micromechanical aspects of biomechanics
- Micromechanical modeling in geomechanics
- Applications of micromechanics to materials science
Keynote Speakers
- Prof. Mark Kachanov (Tufts University, USA)
- Prof. Thomas Böhlke (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
- Prof. Helmut J. Böhm (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
- Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev (University of Magdeburg, Germany)
- Prof. Elena Cherkaev (University of Utah, USA)
Further Information
If you could not find answer on your question on the MICROTECH2014 web pages or need further information please do not hesitate contacting the scientific secretary of the conference, DSc Andrzej Skrzat [micromech2014@prz.edu.pl].
