International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics: Integrating Simulation and Experimentation for Validation (ISEV)

7-9 September 2011
The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

The 2011 International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics: Integrating Simulation and Experimentation for Validation (ISEV) will be the first joint venture between the British Society for Strain Measurement (BSSM) and the Society for Experimental Mechanics, USA (SEM).

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			The conference will offer industry and academia the opportunity to present current developments in experimental mechanics at the prestigious venue of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.

Key dates

Abstract submission from 1st September - 15th November 2010
Abstract notification: 15th December 2010
Draft paper submission: 15th January 2011
Reviewers' comments to authors: 15th February 2011
Final paper submission: 30th March 2011

Conference highlights

The Measurements Lecture:
Prof. Janice Barton, University of Southampton, UK:

‘Measurement of thermomechanical coupling and its application in stress and damage analysis’

Keynote lectures

Prof. Wolfgang Osten, Director of the Institute for Applied Optics (ITO), University Stuttgart, Germany:
'What optical metrology can do for experimental mechanics? A re- and perspective view'.

Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran, California Institute of Technology:
‘3D Traction Force Microscopy and Mechanotransduction’

Other highlights include

EMex, the BSSM’s annual Exhibition of Experimental Mechanics. EMex is the premier UK exhibition for manufacturers and suppliers of strain measurement and stress analysis equipment. The exhibition will take place on the middle day of the conference. Click here for more details

BSSM Young Stress Analyst Competition

Sponsored by Airbus, AWE and Imetrum

The annual Young Stress Analyst Competition reaches its final stage at the Conference. Four finalists will be invited to present their work and other entries of merit will be invited to produce a poster for display at the conference.

The competition is open to final year undergraduate (or equivalent) students, MSc students, PhD students who have not submitted  their final thesis and industry-based personnel. Click here for more details.


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 remnant 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

Further Details

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Accomodation information
Downloadable Edinburgh pocket map
Edinburgh Fringe information

Organising Committee

Prof. Margaret Lucas, University of Glasgow (co-Chair)
Prof. Eann A. Patterson, Michigan State University (co-Chair)
Dr Richard Burguete, Airbus
Dr Simon Quinn, University of Southampton
Dr Kristin B. Zimmerman, General Motors
Prof. Wei-Chung Wang, National Tsing Hua University
John Edwards, BSSM
Biana Gale, BSSM

Conference Secretariat

John Edwards, British Society for Strain Measurement,
22 St Georges Road, Bedford, MK40 2LS
Telephone/Fax: +44(0) 1234 347778
E-mail: johnedwards@bssm.org