NEWSLETTER September 2012 Issue no. 1 · 2020-02-19 · relevant to damage assessment of engineering structures and systems including numerical simulations, signal processing of sensor

Applied Mechanics Group newsletter September 2012

NEWSLETTER

Issue no. 1

September 2012

Group committee ................................................................................................................. 2

Forthcoming events ............................................................................................................. 5

Reports from previous events ............................................................................................ 14

Bursaries ............................................................................................................................ 15

Next Annual General Meeting ............................................................................................ 16

Applied Mechanics Group

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The Applied Mechanics Group represents all interests concerned with the experimental, analytical and numerical analysis of static and dynamic behaviour of mechanical systems.

The understanding of stresses, deformational processes and failure of components, structures and materials exposed to various types of loading and service conditions is the key motivation for the activities of the group.

The scope of the group covers a wide range of topics such as materials characterisation; measuring and modelling residual stresses; damage assessment, identification and control; multi-functional and smart structures; multi-scale analyses; damping materials; mechanics of advanced materials under vibro-impact loading. The remit of the group covers the enabling technology that underpins analysis such as sensor development; full-field optical systems for experimental analysis; development and application of modal analysis; inverse methods; advances in finite element and boundary element analysis. The application range covers design, manufacture and vibration behaviour of aerospace components; composite materials and structures; bonded and bolted joints and connections; medical devices, surgical simulation and biological systems; energy technologies; automotive

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design; marine systems. An overarching theme is the synergy between experimental, numerical and analytical studies.

One-day meetings, with an appeal to both academia and industry, are a feature of the Group's activities. Recent meeting topics are listed in the Group calendar.

The Group has an active involvement in three major international conferences: Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, DAMAS - Damage Assessment of Structures and MoSS – Mechanics of Slender Structures.

The Group’s Committee has a strong link with the ASME Technical Committee of Vibration and Sound in coordination of events.

The group is represented on the UK Forum for Applied Mechanics (FAM). FAM coordinates the UK activities in the area of applied mechanics and elects the UK representatives for the European Association for Experimental Mechanics that organises the major European conference on experimental mechanics at four yearly intervals.

Group committee

Chair: Professor Huajiang Ouyang FInstP Professor of Structural Dynamics and Control University of Liverpool Huajiang Ouyang received his BEng in Engineering

Mechanics in 1982, MEng in Solid Mechanics in 1985 and PhD in Structural Engineering in 1989, from Dalian University of Technology, China. He became an Assistant Lecturer in 1985, a Lecturer in 1989 and an Associate Professor in 1991, in the same university. He is now Professor of Structural Dynamics and Control and Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool. His main research areas are structural dynamics and control and applied mechanics, in particular moving-load dynamics and structural modelling and identification. He is an Editor of Journal of Sound and Vibration. He has published over 170 journal and conference papers.

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Honorary Secretary: Dr Cristinel Mares MInstP Senior Lecturer In Aerospace Engineering Brunel University Cristinel Mares is a Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Design and Head of the

Dynamics Division of the University Research Centre for Engineering Tribology and Dynamics (RCETD) at Brunel University. His research has focused on the development and application of finite element methods for structural mechanics research with emphasis on structural dynamics, finite element model updating and uncertainty modelling. He has published over 70 journal papers and peer reviewed conference papers. He has been member of scientific committee for several international meetings and he is member of the organising committee of the Modern Practice and Stress in Vibration Analysis Conference (MPSVA 2009 and MPSVA 2012).

Treasurer: Dr Jack Hale FInstP Reader in Structural Dynamics University of Newcastle Jack Hale is a Reader in Structural Dynamics in the School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering at Newcastle University. Previously Instrument Engineer and Section

Leader at UKAEA Windscale Laboratory. He teaches mechanics and control to undergraduates. His research interests are in thick-film vibration sensors and smart structures. Ordinary Members:

Professor Vadim Silberschmidt FInstP Professor of Mechanics of Materials Loughborough University

Vadim Silberschmidt was appointed to the Chair of Mechanics of Materials at the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University in

2000. He heads the Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group and is Director of the International Centre of Vibro-Impact Systems. He was a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Mechanics at TU München in Germany. Educated in the USSR, he worked as a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics and headed a group at the Institute for Geosciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He is a Charted Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Physics. He is also a member of the editorial boards of


international journals 'Materials Science and Engineering A' and ‘Computers, Materials and Continua’. He has co-authored two research monographs and more than 180 peer reviewed scientific papers on mechanics and micromechanics of damage and fracture in advanced materials.

Dr Carol Featherston MInstP Reader Cardiff University Dr Carol Featherston works on the design, optimisation, test and health monitoring of lightweight structures. Her

specific interests are in the development of high speed tools for preliminary design, accurate modelling of 'real' structures incorporating sensitivity to manufacturing variables and damage, and structural health monitoring using acoustic emission powered by energy harvesting. Dr Featherston leads the School of Engineering Aerospace Research Group.

Dr Ramesh Rajasekaran MInstP Specialist at Rolls-Royce plc Dr Ramesh Rajasekaran Dr Ramesh Rajasekaran did his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics at Chennai, India. After working in Nuclear Industry in India and Railway Locomotive Industry in the USA, Ramesh did his

doctorate at Oxford, UK in fretting fatigue of dovetails. Currently Ramesh is leading a team of specialists in Rolls-Royce, Derby who are working in Methods Development in the areas of Vibration, Extreme Event Modelling and Optimisation & Robust design. Ramesh has 20 publications in National & International Conferences and Journals. Ramesh’s interests include vibration & damping, contact mechanics & fretting fatigue, creep & plasticity and auxetic materials.

Dr Inna Gitman MInstP Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Dr Inna Gitman has graduated from Perm State Technical University (Russia) in 2002; where she studied Mathematical Modelling of Systems and Processes. She was awarded her PhD in Civil Engineering from the Delft University of

Technology (Netherlands) in 2006. The topic was representative volume and multi-scale modelling in quasi-brittle materials. After several


postdoctoral jobs (on stochastic characterisation and reliability of saturated soils, which she was working on in the University of Manchester, finite elements for gradient elasticity and computational multi-scale modelling of mechanical stimulation of bone, in the University of Sheffield) Dr Gitman has joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Sheffield as a lecturer in 2009. Dr Sophoclis Patsias MInstP Research Fellow University of Sheffield Mr Paul Tatum MInstP Principal Engineer/Team Leader AWE Plc

Forthcoming events

DAMAS 2013 10th International Conference on

Damage Assessment of Structures July 8-10 2013

Trinity College Dublin Ireland

This is the tenth in a series of biennial international conferences, which aim to bring together the expertise of scientists and engineers in academia and industry in the field of damage assessment, structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation. The conference will cover all research topics relevant to damage assessment of engineering structures and systems including numerical simulations, signal processing of sensor measurements and theoretical techniques as well as experimental case studies.

The DAMAS conference is now well established as a major forum for discussion and dissemination of recent advances in damage detection, assessment and quantification. The 2013 conference returns to Dublin where it is being hosted by Trinity College. Previous conferences have been held in: Pescara (Italy, 1995), Sheffield (UK, 1997), Dublin (Ireland, 1999), Cardiff (UK, 2001), Southampton (UK, 2003), Gdansk (Poland, 2005), Torino (Italy, 2007), Beijing (China, 2009), Oxford (UK, 2011)

Abstract submission deadline 15 September 2012 Notification of acceptance 15 October 2012 Full Paper submission deadline 15 January 2013

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Referees Comments on papers to authors 28 February 2013 Deadline for revised papers and copyright forms 15 March 2013 Notification of acceptance to authors 31 March 2013 Early bird Registration Deadline 15 March 2013 Conference Dates 08-10 July 2013 Contributions for oral and poster presentations are invited in the following topics:

Damage assessment (localisation and quantification) Advanced NDT methods Recent advances in signal processing and algorithms Structural integrity Damage mechanisms Fatigue damage Sensor measurements strategies Smart materials and structures Knowledge-based systems Condition monitoring Biomedical damage detection and analysis Monitoring of Renewable Energy Systems Case studies

Please submit a succinct one-page document that clearly describes the proposed paper by 15th September 2012, including:

Title Author's name, postal address, telephone number, fax number and

email address Abstract (max 250 words) Keywords (four, indicating primary topic)

Important: If you chose to submit your abstract or full paper electronically (by email to [email protected]) please send it as a message attachment preferably as a MS Word file. Please, also clearly indicate the name of the main author both in the subject of your email as well as in the name of the attached file, and label it with a number in the case of multiple submissions. The conference proceedings will be edited and published and available to delegates at the conference. Papers presented orally by registered full time postgraduate students are eligible for consideration for the Young Researchers' Award. Please indicate that you wish to be considered for this award when you submit your paper.

Professor Huajiang Ouyang, Conference Chairman

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4th International Symposium on Mechanics of Slender Structures

Division of Dynamics and Control School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology is hosting a symposium on the mechanics of systems employing slender structural elements MoSS2012, which follows the MoSS2006 event staged Northampton, UK, in 2006, and the MoSS2008 and MoSS2010 events held in Baltimore, USA in 2008 and in San Sebastian, Spain, in 2010, respectively. The symposium will bring together experts from various fields: structural mechanics, thermo-mechanics, dynamics, electrodynamics, vibration and control, structural health monitoring, artificial intelligence, and materials science to discuss the current state of research as well as rising trends and direction for future research in the area of mechanics of slender structures. The meeting is aimed at improving the understanding of structural and thermo-mechanical properties and behaviour of slender structures. More specifically, the methods for the suppression of adverse dynamic responses of such systems will be addressed. The scope covers analytical, numerical, and experimental research into the mechanics of ropes, cables, tethers, chains, yarns and fibres as well as their interactions with the host structure in various engineering applications. The meeting is planned to take place in Harbin, China, from 7 to 9 January 2013. Please find attached a PDF copy of the brochure with the details. Further information concerning the event is available from the symposium website: http://cndr.hit.edu.cn/MoSS2012/index.php

Dr Stefan Kaczmarczyk, Conference Chairman

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International Symposium on

Dynamic Deformation and Fracture of Advanced Materials D2FAM 2013

Loughborough, UK

9—11 September 2013

Aim and Scope The aim of this Symposium is to bring together specialists in mechanics of materials, applied mathematics, physics, continuum mechanics, materials science as well as various areas of engineering to discuss advances in experimental and theoretical analysis, and numerical simulations of dynamic mechanical phenomena. The topics of the Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following:

high-strain-rate loading and deformation; dynamic fracture; impact and blast loading; high-speed penetration; impact fatigue; damping properties of advanced materials; thermomechanics of dynamic loading; stress waves in microstructured materials; simulation of failure mechanisms and damage accumulation processes

in materials under dynamic loading; response of components and structures to harsh environment.

The materials of interest range from traditional ones such as metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites to advanced and emerging materials as well as bio-materials and materials for sports applications. Special Session “Parametric Resonance, Vibro-impact and Related Phenomena” The session will cover a range of specific topics directly related to the FP7 IAPP project PARM-2: "VIBRO-IMPACT MACHINES BASED ON PARAMETRIC RESONANCE: Concepts, mathematical modelling, experimental verification and implementation.” Its topics include, but are not limited to:

PR excitation, stabilization, control and applications; multiple degrees of freedom of PR-excited systems; basic principles of PR-based macro and micro tools; design and technological aspects of PR based-machines; vibro-assisted machining; fatigue under high-amplitude vibro-impact conditions and corresponding

optimal design;


localisation near defects in dynamic response of elastic lattices and structures;

dispersive waves and dynamic fracture in non-uniform lattice systems; thermally induced surface-breaking cracks and thermal striping in

structured solids Publications The peer-reviewed papers presented at this Symposium will be published in a Special Issue of the Open Access Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), which is part of IOP Conference Series. All papers published in IOP Conference Series will be free to download. Financial Support Organisers have a limited number of EC-funded scholarships for early-stage researchers to participate in the Special Session on Parametric Resonance, covering the Conference Fee. Applications, including an abstract and a current CV, should be forwarded to the Secretariat. Prof. Vadim V. Silberschmidt, Symposium Chairman

Damping Materials & Devices

This one-day workshop will highlight energy dissipation mechanisms in a variety of damping materials and devices. The aims are to help explain the way in which different damping materials/devices work and to promote discussion about the benefits of each type of mechanism. Presentations will include the latest research on micro-friction processes in coatings, visco-elastic materials and friction devices. The main driving forces behind this seminar are the engineering needs to increase the operating range and performance of damping technologies and to model or estimate the vibration performance of damped components. The organisers expect the seminar to be equally relevant to academics and industry-based engineers involved in improving the vibration performance of machinery & components. The date of the workshop will be announced shortly. Dr Ramesh Rajasekaran, Workshop Chairman


26th International Congress and Exhibition on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2013)

Helsinki in 11–13 June, 2013, www.comadem2013.net.

The Congress will cover a wide range of subjects in engineering, manufacturing, process, environment, energy and human factors management including keynotes, technical papers, poster sessions and exhibition stands. The Congress will also feature an active and varied social programme with lots of opportunities for networking with delegates and speakers from industry, academia and government whilst enjoying the beautiful sights and hospitality of Helsinki, the white pearl of the Baltic Sea.

The major topics to be addressed at COMADEM2013 include, but are not limited to, the following:

Asset Life Cycle Management Condition Based Maintenance Design out Maintenance e-Maintenance Energy Efficiency Fault Identification and Failure Analysis Health, Safety and Environment Human Factors and Organizational Issues Information & Communication Technology Logistics & Supply Chain Management Maintenance Engineering Maintenance Management&Economics Performance Optimization and Control Quality Management Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Standardization and Certification TPM, RCM/TQM/OR Applications Tribology

Industry / Service Sectors

COMADEM2013 Congress shall serve, but is not limited to, the following industry and service sectors:

Aeronautics & Aerospace Automotive Chemical Processes

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Construction Education & Training Electrical & Electronic Energy Production and Distribution Food & Beverage IT & Telecommunications Life Sciences Manufacturing, Process & Production Marine & Subsea Mining Oil & Gas Public Infrastructures Pulp & Paper Transportation & Logistics

Important Dates

Congress Proceedings

All accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings of the congress. A copy of the proceedings will be provided to each congress delegate. The proceedings will also be published in the congress website where registered participants can directly access it.

Contact Person: Prof. Raj Rao

9th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics

University of Cardiff 3-5 September 2013

The British Society for Strain Measurement's (BSSM) 9th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics will offer industry and academia the opportunity to discuss advances in experimental mechanics.

• Submission of Abstracts 15.10.2012

• Notification of Abstract Acceptance 10.12.2012

• Papers’ Submission 31.01.2013

• Notification of Papers’ Acceptance 15.03.2013

• Early Registration (Reduced Fee) 15.03.2013

• Camera Ready Manuscript 15.04.2013

• Authors’ registration deadline 15.04.2013

• Conference 11.06.2013


Set against one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world, the conference will combine the modern facilities of the Cardiff School of Engineering with the traditional surroundings of the Viriamu Jones Gallery and one of Europe's finest art collections at the National Museum Cardiff, where your conference dinner will be served.

Keynote Lectures The BSSM Measurements Lecture EMex - the BSSM's annual exhibition of Experimental Mechanics BSSM Young Strain Analyst Competition

Conference themes

Papers are welcomed from any area of experimental mechanics within the theme of integrating simulation and experimentation for validation, including the following:

- Fatigue studies and determination of remaining life - Fracture and damage assessment - Full field stress and strain measurement techniques - Full-scale testing - High temperature stress and strain measurement - Impact behaviour of materials and structures - Measurements at the micro- and nano-scale - Mechanical characterisation of biomaterials - Mechanical characterisation of fibre reinforced materials - Non-destructive evaluation of damage - Remote sensing - Residual stress - Strain gauge applications - Structural health monitoring - Vibration-based characterisation techniques

Key dates

Online Extended (2 page) Abstract Submission 15 January - 18 March 2013 Extended Abstract Submission 18 March 2013 Decisions on Submitted Extended Abstracts 15 April 2013 Reviews of Extended Abstracts to Authors 26 April 2013 Final Extended Abstract Submission 31 May 2013 Early Bird Registration Deadline 31 May 2013

Contact Person: Biana Gale


6th International Conference on Composites Testing and Model Identification - CompTest 2013

Aalborg, Denmark, 22-24 April 2013

This conference aims at bringing together the international scientific community working in the field of testing and modeling of composite materials and structures. It is well accepted that testing such heterogeneous and anisotropic materials and structures raises a number of challenges to researchers, such as the identification of numerous parameters, the development of specifictest fixtures (shear, compression, fracture toughness), or the control of parasitic effects. As a consequence, the development of testing and model identification procedures is broadly recognized as an interesting and important area.

The conference will focus on all issues related to identifying parameters for modeling the mechanical and physical behaviour of composite materials. Particular attention will be given to innovative identification procedures, interactions between testing and modeling, in-situ damage monitoring, and the use of whole-field measurements. All composite materials will be addressed including (but not limited to) polymers, cements, ceramics, metallic matrices, carbon fibres, glass fibres, boron fibres, natural fibres, wood.

Contact Person: Prof Ole Thybo Thomsen

Structural and Material Challenges for Green Aircraft September 2013 (one day workshop) Details will follow University of Cardiff Dr Carol Featherstone, Workshop Chairman


Reports from previous events

The Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis Conferences

The 2012 Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis conference was held during 29 to 31 August 2012 at the University of Glasgow, repeating the successful formula of 2003 when Glasgow hosted this event for the first time, and attracting over sixty-five delegates and speakers. The conference offered the usual eclectic MPSVA mix of topics encompassed within fifteen sessions and punctuated by six keynote addresses provided by internationally renowned speakers. Topics included vibrations in structures, manufacturing applications, structural mechanics, energy harvesting, micromechanics and materials, nonlinear system identification, experimental stress and strain analysis, control of vibration in structures, a special session on impact, biomedical applications and biomechanics, structural health monitoring, modelling, non-destructive evaluation, high power ultrasonic systems, and a Young Stress and Vibration Analyst competition in which four outstanding students competed for the title. The keynote speakers were J.R.Barber of the University of Michigan, C.Holt of Cardiff University (BSSM Measurements Lecture), W.Lacarbonara of La Sapienza Umiversity in Rome, F.Pierron of the University of Southampton, W.M.Ostachowicz of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdansk, and J.A.Warminski of the Technical University of Lublin. There was a special preconference workshop provided on 28 August 2012, organised by E.Patterson of the University of Liverpool and J.Lambros of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The complete conference proceedings are available within JPCS and are on open access. The social programme included a specially arranged visit to the Glasgow City Chambers where delegates were given a drinks reception hosted by Baillie Dr Nina Baker, and the conference dinner was at the beautiful Oran Mor, one of the premier venues in the west end of Glasgow, with a speech of welcome from Professor Frank Coton, Vice Principal for Learning and Teaching at the University of Glasgow. An exhibition of strain measurement and stress analysis equipment and instrumentation was provided by EMex, and the conference was sponsored by the Xodus Group, with co-sponsorship provided by NAFEMS, BSSM, EDS, and MRS. The organisers would like to


thank all the participants and the Institute of Physics for making this another highly successful event running under this long established series.

Professor Matthew P. Cartmell, Conference Chairman

WORKSHOP ON STRAIN MEASUREMENT IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS1 Tuesday 28th August, 20122 Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical School THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW The event included ten invited presentations covering Measurement Challenges, High Temperature Image Correlation, Extreme Measurement and Large and Fast Measurements, and was attended by approx 25 delegates from both academia and industry. There were also two lively expert panel discussions. Professor Eann Patterson, University of Liverpool

Bursaries

C R Barber Trust

The C R Barber Trust Fund is open to Associate Members of the Institute, who are in the early stages of their career, and who wish to attend an overseas conference. The support given to successful applicants will normally cover only part of the expenses incurred in attending a conference and are intended to supplement grants from other sources. Grants can be used to cover any part of the conference attendance (travel, registration fees, accommodation). Grants are fixed and are dependent on where the conference is located. For applications based in the UK the following amounts apply:

£100 for conferences in Europe £175 for conferences in the USA/Canada £300 for conferences in the rest of the world

Detailed information can be found at http://www.iop.org/about/grants/barber/page_38812.html

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Research Student Conference Fund

The Institute of Physics provides financial support to research students to attend international meetings and major national meetings. Research Student Conference Fund (RSCF) bursaries are available to only to research students who are a member of the Institute and of an appropriate Institute group. RSCF applications are considered on a quarterly basis and should reach the Institute by: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September or 1 December; a decision will be made within eight weeks of the closing date.

Detailed information can be found at http://www.iop.org/about/grants/research_student/page_38808.html

Next Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 13 July at 12:30 – 2 pm (provisionally) at St Anne's College, Oxford University

Items for the newsletter

Please send items for the newsletter to Inna Gitman – [email protected] or any other committee member.

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