Vol.2, No 7, 1997 pp. xix
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THERMAL
STRESSES AND RELATED TOPICS
THERMAL STRESSES '97
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, New York, U. S.A., June 8-11, 1997
The Second International Symposium on Thermal
Stresses and Related Topics - Thermal Stresses '97 was held from June 8
to 11,1997 at Rochester Institute of Technology USA. General Chairs of
the Symposium was Richard B. Hetnarski, James E. Gleason Professor of Mechanical
Engineering MT, U.S.A. and Naotake Noda, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Shizuoka University, Japan.
The Program of the Symposium contained
following Principal Lecture:
First Principal Lecture: "Thermomechanics
of Heterogeneous Media" by George J. Dvorak, Rensslaer Polytechnik Institute
USA.
Second Principal Lecture: "Modeling of
Thermal Cracking in Elastic and Elasioplastic Solids" by K.P. Hermann,
University of Paderbom, Germany.
Third Principal Lecture: "Thermal Stress-Focusing
Effect Following Rapid Uniform Heating of spheres and Long Cylindrical
Rods" by Toshiaki Hata, Shizuoka University, Japan.
The Program of the Symposium contained
following sections:
Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials,
Wave Propagation, Plasticity, Residual Stresses, Imperfections Inhomogeneity,
Constitutive Equations for Inelastic Behavior, Heat Conduction, Functionally
Graded Materials, Viscoelasticity and Viscoplasticity, Contact Problems,
Stability, Experimental Methods, Analytical Methods, Multilayer Structures,
Structures, Computational Techniques for Thermal-Structural Problems, Anisotropic
Materials, Dissimilar Materials, Concrete Pavement, Civil Engineering Problems,
Dynamical Problems, Ceramics, Lase Radiation Effects, and Plates and Shells.
The Symposium Program included the following
short lectures of participants from Yugoslavia:
"On the Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction
in a Nonlinear Fluid" by J. Jarić and Z. Golubović.
"The Problem of the Nonlinear Temperature
Distribution Across the Thickness of the Plate Producted by Electromagnetic
Field" by R Čukić, T. Maneski and V. Milošević.
"Coupled Problem of a Thermoelastic Plate
in Elliptical Shape" by D. Trajčevski and R. Čukić.
Rastko Čukić from Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering Belgrade was Co-Chair, with Chair Y. Obata, in the session
GE - Plates and Shells.
The international Symposium brought together
experts from across the world in area of thermal sciences. It advanced
the Theoretical underpinnings of this important technological area, improved
world collective ability to analyze thermal stress in engineered systems,
and advanced world capability to design systems, structures, and products.
Katica (Stevanović) Hedrih
