GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE BRITTLE MATRIX COMPOSITES
SYMPOSIA
ORGANIZERS
OF THE BMC SYMPOSIA
The
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research (IFTR) of the Polish Academy of
Sciences is the organizer of a series of International Symposia "Brittle
Matrix Composites". The IFTR is the major multidisciplinary research
institute of the Technical Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Beside
basic and applied research it provides also education for Doctoral Theses. It
is the policy of the Institute to cooperate with other academic bodies in
several countries and organize various international conferences and symposia.
The series
of BMC Symposia was initiated by the highly successful EUROMECH 204 Colloquium
on Brittle Matrix Composites held in Jablonna in November 1985, renamed BMC 1.
Three years later the Second Symposium BMC 2 in Cedzyna in September 1988 was
organized, followed by the Third International Symposium on Brittle Matrix
Composites BMC 3 in Warsaw, September 1991. The Proceedings were published and
sold by the Elsevier Applied Science, London and New York. In 1994, 1997, 2000,
2003, 2006
and 2009 BMC Symposia were organized also in Warsaw and the proceedings were
published jointly by a Polish and an English publishers.
The Symposia Co-Chairmen are:
Professor Dr. Andrzej M. BRANDT from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, POLAND,
Professor Dr. Christopher K. Y. LEUNG from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CHINA,
Professor Dr. Jan OLEK from the Purdue University in West Lafayette, USA
and Professor Dr. Michal A. GLINICKI from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, POLAND.
The local
organizing Committee and the Co-Chairmen were assisted for each Symposium by
International Advisory Panels, composed of outstanding specialists in the
fields covered by the Symposia.
The
success of the Symposia was closely related to the international cooperation
and participation of outstanding personalities from different countries. The
Proceedings were published and distributed all over the world.
SUBJECT OF
THE SYMPOSIA
The
subjects of the Symposia are on composite materials with matrices behaving as
brittle in normal or special conditions. Brittle matrix composites are applied
in various domains (civil engineering, mechanical equipment and machinery,
vehicles, etc.) and in the last decades their importance is increasing together
with their variety. Examples of the materials which are covered in the accepted
papers include:
- aggregate-binder composites
(concretes, fibre concretes, rocks),
- sintered materials (ceramics),
- high strength composites with brittle
matrices.
In
principle, the general problems of structures made of composite materials are
not included in the papers. Various approaches to the material engineering
problems are presented in the papers. Among others:
- design and optimization of the
structure of materials,
- theoretical considerations and
computational methods,
- models of materials and prediction of
material properties,
- test methods and new test results,
- manufacturing processes,
- applications of new materials and
their behaviour in service,
- durability
assessments and environmental effects.
OBJECTIVES
OF THE SYMPOSIA:
The BMC
Symposia provide an opportunity to bring together scientists and engineers
interested and actively working in the title subject. The Organizers' ambition
is to create favourable conditions for participants from different countries to
meet and exchange information, to present papers and follow discussions, and -
last but not least - to activate good personal contacts between the
participants from various parts of the world during the days of Symposium in
informal and friendly atmosphere.
A number of participants who attended the first Symposia BMC 1 and BMC 2 returned for BMC 3, BMC 4, BMC5, BMC6, BMC7, BMC8 and BMC9
PARTICIPANTS
At the
Symposia several countries and regions were represented. It is the tradition in
Poland that in various fields the specialists from different countries meet to
present their results and opinions, to discuss and to exchange view points. The
series of BMC Symposia plays that role in the field of brittle matrix
composites.
The number
of participants and the regions of the world represented at these events
varied, according to circumstances: others conferences in neighbouring fields,
political and economical situation in different countries, etc. Every time,
however, the participants created a friendly atmosphere of high-level research
and technology.
PAPERS AND
LECTURES
Only
unpublished papers and reports are presented orally or on posters. Original
results of research, reports from the new applications and valuable review
papers are selected.
All papers
are accepted on the basis of the abstracts reviewed by the Members of the
International Advisory Panel in conjunction with the Symposium Organizing
Committee. Papers are
presented, discussed and published exclusively in English.
PROCEEDINGS
Full texts
of the papers were published as the Symposium Proceedings. All participants obtain their copies of the
Proceedings free of charge and can also purchase additional copies at a special
discount price directly at the Registration. The Proceedings are later
distributed on normal commercial basis.
VENUES
The
Symposia BMC 1 was organized in Jablonna near Warsaw, BMC 2 in
Cedzyna near Kielce and since BMC3 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The
Symposium is organized in the Staszic Palace in the centre of Warsaw. A
short information about this historical building is given
here.
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