6th International Conference on Thin Walled Structures

05 – 07 September 2011, Timisoara, Romania
www.ct.upt.ro/ictws2011

The aim of this conference is to continue the successful conference series and provide a platform for the experts from global thin-walled structures community including academics, researchers, engineers, designers and manufacturers to participate at this international gathering, present and discuss the recent work in the field of thin-walled structures.

The ICTWS 2011 conference is organised in conjunction with the EUROSTEEL 2011 conference to be held in Budapest, Hungary from 31.08-03.09.2011 (www.eurosteel2011.com). A reduced 10% fee will be applied for the participants who will attend both conferences.

Online registration

Please follow the link: http://ms.upt.ro/ICTWS2011/ to upload your abstract(s).

Conference main topics

• Buckling, vibration and optimisation
• Post-buckling and collapse mechanism
• Structural crashworthiness
• Structural dynamics
• Cyclic and blast loading
• Fire resistance
• Fatigue and fracture mechanics
• Energy absorption characteristics
• Impact mechanics
• Reliability and safety
• Manufacturing aspects of thin-walled structures
• Damage repair and assessment of thin-walled structures
• Innovative thin-walled structural designs and applications
• Connections in thin-walled structures
• Aeroelastic considerations and General fluid-structural interaction aspects
• Design codes and standards
• Cold-formed steel structures
• Composite structures
• Honeycomb and foam-filled sandwich construction
• Lightweight aluminium structures
• Lightweight fibre reinforced plastic composite structures
• Aircraft and aerospace structures
• Bridge and building structures
• Ship structures
• Vehicle structures
• Storage racking and silo structures
• Plate, shell and space structures
• Off-shore structures
  
  

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Proceedings

Authors are invited to submit 200-300 words abstracts of papers on the topics listed above between now and the deadline given below. The abstracts should clearly highlight the aims and conclusions of the respective studies. Both abstracts and full papers will be reviewed by outstanding experts in the field and the procedure will conform to the standards required for peer-reviewed conference papers. All accepted papers will be presented during working sessions. Oral presentation is the unavoidable condition for the publication of a paper in the Proceedings. The Proceedings will be published in an outstanding publishing house. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Thin-Walled Structures.

Key dates

Abstract submission: by 10 July 2010
Acceptance of Abstracts: 15 September 2010
Submission of Full Papers for Review: 15 January 2011
Acceptance of Papers: 31 March 2011
Submission of Final Papers: 01 May 2011
Conference dates: 05-07 September 2011

More on www.ct.upt.ro/ictws2011.htm

Contact Prof. Dan DUBINA dan dubina, Assoc. Prof. Viorel UNGUREANU viorel ungureanu Phone/Fax: +40.256.403932 Department of Steel Structures and Structural Mechanics Faculty of Civil Engineering; "Politehnica" University of Timisoara Ioan Curea 1, 300224, Timisoara, Romania