The First Announcement

for

ICPNS’2010

The 6th International Conference

on Physical and Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing

November 9-12, 2010

Guilin, China

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Organized by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

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Co-sponsoredby 20 societies and universities

General Information

ICPNS’2010,the 6th International Conference on Physical & Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing, will be held on November 9-12, 2010 in GuilinCity, Guangxi Province, China.

The conference is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and is co-sponsored by 20 societies and universities around the world, including those from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China mainland, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, UK and the USA.

This conference series, following the tradition of its five predecessors in Harbin (1990), Hainan (1997), Beijing (1999), Shanghai (2004) and Zhengzhou (2007), provides a forum for researchers around the world to present papers on recent advances in the overall field of physical & numerical methods and their applications in thermo-mechanical processing of advanced materials.

Both oral and poster presentations will be included in the conference program. Internationally known experts from various countries will deliver keynote/leadlectures at the ICPNS’2007. About 600 delegates from 40 countries will attend the conference.

Conference Scope and Topics

The conference will cover all aspects on Physical and Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing. It will focus on,but not restricted to, the following topics:

  1. Physical simulation and numerical modeling of materials and thermo-mechanical processing;
  2. The materials of subject including HSLA steels, TMCP steels, stainless steels, super alloy, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, magnesium alloys, composites, intermetallics, ceramics, polymer, shape memory alloy, opto-electronic materials, gradient materials, semiconductor materials and other advanced materials, such as metallic glasses and biomaterials, etc；
  3. The ultra-fine grain materials and nanometer materials.;
  4. The industrial processes of welding, bonding, heat treatment, stamping, rolling, casting/continuous-casting, forging, extrusion, superplasticity, self-propagating, high grade energy beam processing and other advanced technologies;
  5. Surface engineering and coating;
  6. Prediction and evaluation on structure and performance of materials
  7. Application of artificial neural network and expert system on material processing
  8. Computation materials science and molecular dynamics simulation;
  9. Development and applications of numerical simulation software;
  10. Prospects of physical simulation and numerical modeling on materials and thermo-mechanical processing in the 21st century.

Paper and Publication

All accepted papers will be printed in the proceedings of ICPNS’2010. Each selected paper will be published in one of the leading journals indexed as SCI or EI.

Important Dates

-Abstract (250 words) Submission due: March 31, 2010

-Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2010

-Deadline for Full Manuscripts: August 31, 2010

-Final Program on website:September 30, 2010

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Conference Venue

ICPNS’2010 will be held at the ConferenceCenter of the Guisan Hotel,GuilinCity, Guangxi Province, China.

GuilinCity, located in the south of China and well known for its uniqueKarst landscape,is easily accessible by air from the major Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai , Guangzhouand Hong Kong. The temperature at Guilin is 15-25 0C in November.

Social Program

During and after the conference, the organization committee will arrange a tour program for participants and companions to visitLijiang of Guilin city and Yintai of Beihai City(nearby BeibuGulf).

Contacts

For manuscript/abstract submission, please contact our academic secretary, Dr Guangtao ZHOU at

For programs and other enquiries, please contact our chairman, Professor Jitai NIU

The website of the conference will be released later.

The organizing committee of the ICPNS‘2010