ICMS 2011 - XII International Conference on Metal Structures - Wroclaw 2011

15-17 June, 2011 | Wroclaw – Poland
www.icms2011.pwr.wroc.pl

It is a continuation of the tradition of metal structures conferences that have been taking place in Poland since 1958. The last three conferences were organized in Kraków (1995), Gdansk (2001) and Rzeszów (2006).

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of experience on recent developments in the areas related to the structural behaviour and modelling, analysis and design, standardization, education, innovations, manufacturing and construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of steel, aluminium and composite structures.

The conference is addressed to academic researchers, designers, industrial practitioners, steel producers, contractors and also architects interested in metal structures.

The conference topics include:

• fundamental aspects of structural behaviour and modelling,
• advanced analysis methods,
• joints and connections,
• design codes, incl. Eurocodes,
• innovative materials and structural systems (e.g. cable and membrane structures),
• structures from cold-formed profiles and sheets,
• concrete-steel and plastic-steel composite structures,
• steel and composite bridges,
• shell and plated structures,
• spatial and long-span structures,
• structural shaping and optimization,
• robustness,
• durability and maintenance,
• light cladding, covering and facades,
• fabrication and erection,
• fire engineering.

Dates for authors

• 15.11.2010 deadline for submission of extended abstract and full length papers
• 15.01.2011 information about the final acceptance of the papers
• 15.02.2011 deadline for the Conference fee payment
• 15-17.06.2011 Conference time

Honorary Committee

• Prof. Wojciech Radomski – Chairman, President of Committee for Civil Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences, President of Polish Chamber of Steelworks, President of Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers, President of Polish Association of Civil Engineers and Technicians
• Prof. Tadeusz Wieckowski – Rector of Wroclaw University of Technology
• Prof. Jerzy Hola – Dean of Civil Engineering Faculty of Wroclaw University of Technology
• Prof. Jerzy Jasienko – Director of Institute of Building Engineering of Wroclaw University of Technology
• Doc. Zdzislaw Bodarski
• Prof. Jan Bródka
• Prof. Jan Karczewski
• Prof. Zbigniew Kowal
• Prof. Ernest Kubica
• Prof. Stanislaw Kus
• Prof. Antoni Matysiak
• Prof. Janusz Murzewski

Conference sessions

• K.E. Kurrer: On the history of the orthotropic bridge deck
• D.A. Nethercot: Design of stainless steel structures: Approaches recognising the actual material characteristics
• F. Wald: Behaviour and resistance of steel structures to fire
• I. Vayas: Experimental and analytical investigations of double skin metal faced insulating panels
• M. Gizejowski, A. Kozlowski, W. Lorenc: Modeling of nonlinear behaviour of steel-concrete composite beams and beam-to-column joints – from theory to practice
• B. Gosowski, E. Kubica, K. Rykaluk: Analysis of laterally braced cold-formed C-shape members according to Vlasov theory
• J. Ziólko, E. Hotala, A. Perlinski: Investigation and operations problems of metal tanks and silos
• H. Zobel: Contemporary material and structural solutions of steel bridges

All papers classified by the Conference Scientific Committee will be orally presented during simultaneous thematic sessions. The number of thematic session will be known after the final qualification.

Conference language
English and Polish are the official languages.

Conference book
The conference papers will be published in English in the Book of Conference Proceedings – full length keynote lectures as well as two page extended abstracts of the paper qualified by the Scientific Committee. Full length paper up to ten pages as well as keynote lecture will be recorded in an electronic version on the CD-ROM attached to the Conference Proceedings. The ordered papers and two-page abstracts will be printed in English. Full papers will be printed in the English or Polish language version.
The qualified papers will be published on the condition that at least one of the co-authors will take the part in the Conference. The Conference Proceedings will be available on arrival at the Registration Desk in the Conference venue.
Guidelines for authors of papers and extended abstracts can be found on the website.

Exibition
An exhibition will run alongside the Conference sessions. The modern technologies, new products and software will be presented. Commercial advertisements in the Conference Proceedings are also possible. Single person and Firms interested to promote their products are invited to contact the Organizing Committee before 31stMarch 2011.

Additional information
The organizers are not in charge of hotel reservation. Web addresses of the hotels in Wroclaw are available on the website.
Reserving the place in the hotel one should give the aim of arrival, because the Conference delegates are entitled to a drop, negotiated by the Organizing Committee.