DYMAT 2015
DYMAT 2015 - 11th International Conference on the Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
Lugano, Switzerland, September 7th-11th, 2015
DYMAT is the European association for scientists and engineers working in the fields of materials at high strain rates, their modeling and associated numerical simulation as well as the application of this work. The triennially organized International Conferences are the platform to present the most recent scientific achievements on the thermo-mechanical behavior of materials under crash, impact and blast loading.
The 11th International DYMAT Conference took place between September 7th and 11th 2015 and was organized by the DynaMat Laboratory, SUPSI, in Lugano, Switzerland. Specific emphasis was set to five key topics: Experimental Techniques, Microstructural Effects, Biomechanics, Modeling and Numerical Simulation as well as Industrial Application. With authors coming from 32 different countries the DYMAT conferenced proofed once more its international character.
The 11th lnternational DYMAT Conference offered two types of publication. The contributions in this current issue of EPJ Web of Conferences were submitted as proceedings papers. Alternatively, authors could submit manuscripts to a peer review process and publish in an issue of the journal EPJ ST. Readers interested in the peer reviewed papers can (or might) look for the EPJ ST issue entitled "Dynamic Behaviour of Materials at High Strain rates: Experiments, Modeling and Simulation".
Committees
International Advisory Committee
| Prof. Dr. Yilong L. BAI | Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Prof. Dr. Manon BOLDUC | DRDC-Valcartier, Canada |
| Prof. Dr. Anatoly M. BRAGOV | Research Institute of Mechanics, State University, Russia |
| Dr. Trevor CLOETE | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Prof. Dr. Jayantha Ananda EPAARACHCHI | University of Southern Queensland, Australia |
| Prof. Dr. George T. (Rusty) GRAY III | Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA |
| Prof. Dr. Hidetoshi KOBAYASHI | Osaka University, Japan |
| Prof. Dr. Bengt LUNDBERG | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| Dr. Vaclav MENTL | Skoda Research Ltd., Pilsen, Czech Republic |
| Prof. Dr. Marc A. MEYERS | University of California San Diego, USA |
| Prof. Dr. Sérgio DE NEVES MONTEIRO | Centro de Ciência Technologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
| Prof. Dr. Daniel RITTEL | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Israel |
| Prof. Dr. Jaap WEERHEIJM | TNO Defence, Security & Safety, Netherlands |
Conference Committee
| Prof. Dr. Nadia BAHLOULI | Université de Strasbourg, France |
| Dr. Eric BUZAUD | CEA, Gramat, France |
| Prof. Dr. Ezio CADONI | University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland |
| H.D.R. Dr. Hervé COUQUE | Nexter Munitions, Bourges, France |
| Dr. Daniel EAKINS | Institute of Shock Physics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| Prof. Dr. Pascal FORQUIN | Université Joseph Fourier, France |
| Prof. Dr. Stefan HIERMAIER | Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Leopold KRUSZKA | The Jaroslaw Dabrowski Military University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland |
| Prof. Dr. Veli-T. KUOKKALA | Tampere University of Technology, Finland |
| Dr. Aantonio COSCULLUELA | CEA, Bordeaux, France |
| Prof. Dr. Magnus LANGSETH | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| Prof. Dr. Francisco GALVEZ | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Prof. Dr. Eric MARKIEWICZ | Université de Valenciennes, France |
| Prof. Dr. Nuno PEIXINHO | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| Prof. Dr. Philippe VIOT | Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France |
| Dr. Stephen M. WALLEY | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Organizing Committee
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
DynaMat Laboratory
Campus Trevano
6952 Canobbio (Switzerland)
http://www.supsi.dynamat.ch
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| Ezio CADONI | Chairman of DYMAT 2015 |
| Daniele FORNI | Conference Secretary |
| Matteo DOTTA | Conference organization |
| Gianmario RIGANTI | Conference organization |
| Nicoletta TESIO | Conference organization |
| Giorgia COSENZA | Administrative secretary |
DYMAT Association Office
European Association for the Promotion of Research into the Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and its Applications
CEA Centre de Valduc
21120 Is-sur-Tille (France)
http://www.dymat.org
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PRESIDENT: Stefan HIERMAIER (Germany)
VICE-PRESIDENT: Ezio CADONI (Switzerland)
VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLICATION: Hervé COUQUE (France)
TREASURER: Eric BUZAUD (France)
VICE-TREASURER: Antonio COSCULLUELA (France)
SECRETARY: Stephen M. WALLEY (United Kingdom)
VICE-SECRETARY: Nadia BAHLOULI (France)
Winners
Carlo Albertini
Winner of the DYMAT 2015 John Rinehart Award
Carlo Albertini born in Parma (Italy) where he studied Physics at the University of Parma. Since 1963 he was researcher at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. He developed a precision impact testing laboratory based on the modification of the Hopkinson bar technique for the measurement of the mechanical properties at high strain rate of as-received and irradiated nuclear reactor materials. The laboratory consisted of unique uniaxial and biaxial hydro-pneumatic and Hopkinson bar devices including the largest Hopkinson bar in the world (5MN loading capacity, 1.5 m displacement, 35 m/s speed, 200 m length). He was project leader of the JRC programme of reference impact testing on automotive materials and structures. He was the founder of Dynalab, a spin-off company of JRC, authorized by the European Commission, with the aim of JRC technology transfer in the field of precision impact testing to industrial and academic laboratories. He was responsible of the creation and activation of material impact testing laboratories at: Arcelor (France), University of Trondheim (Norway), Impact Engineering Laboratory (Japan), Tianjin University (China), SUPSI (Switzerland), FIAT (Italy). His scientific activity is illustrated in more than hundred papers published in scientific Journals and in the proceedings of specialized international conferences. 17 European and worldwide patents had Albertini as co-inventor mainly showing his innovation capability in this field.
Ron Armstrong
Winner of the DYMAT 2015 John Rinehart Award
Ron Armstrong is emeritus professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Energetic Concepts Development; see www.cecd.umd.edu. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1952-5, and Carnegie Institute of Technology, CarnegieMellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955-8. Previous employment was at Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Monroeville, PA, and Brown University, Providence, RI. Numerous visiting research positions have been with industrial and government laboratories in the United States and overseas. Principal research activities with students and colleagues have included: (1) studies of polycrystalline material strength properties, most notably with N.J. Petch, Leeds University and University of Strathclyde, UK; (2) microstructural aspects of fracture mechanics properties, with G.R. Irwin, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and University of Maryland; (3) crystal perfection and initiation of detonation in energetic materials, with W.L. Elban, U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center and Loyola University Maryland; and (4) development of constitutive relations for material dynamics calculations, with F.J. Zerilli, U.S. Naval Weapons Center, White Oak Laboratory and Indian Head Division, MD.