Vol.2, No 8, 1998 pp. 807 - 808
GREEK-GERMAN-POLISH-YUGOSLAV SYMPOSIUM
RECENT ADVANCES IN MECHANICS
dedicated to Professor P. S. Theocaris
Xanthi, Greece, July 10-12, 1998, Democritus University of Thrace
This paper contains short presentation of the symposium on "Recent Advances
in Mechanics" dedicated to Professor P.S. Theocaris. The symposium was
held from July 10-12, 1998, at the School of Engineering of the Democritus
University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece. It was in joint organization of the
Hellenic Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the Laboratory
of Applied Mechanics of the Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi. The
symposium took place within the frame of the Greek-German-Polish-Yugoslav
cooperation in the area of theoretical and applied mechanics and is a follow-up
of three prevous meetings.
Chairmans of the Symposium were professor A. N. Kounadis (Athens) and
Professor E.E. Gdoutos (Xanthi).
Program of the Symposium contained the Opening Session, and the
following sectional sessions:
Stability Analysis, Chair: Nikola Hajdin, Cochair: D. E. Beskos;
Numerical Method, Chair: R. Bogacz, Cochair: J. T. Katsikadelis;
Plasticity, Chair: K. (Stevanović) Hedrih, Cochair: H. G. Georgiadis;
Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Chair: A. Neimitz, Cochair: A. Liolios;
Structural Analysis and Design Chair: X. Markenskoff, Cochair: G. D.
Manolis;
Dynamics, Vibrations and Earthquakes, Chair: D. D. Ružić, Cochair:
A. N. Kounadis;
Wave Propagation and Impact, Chair: L. Deitrich, Cochair: N. Andrianopoulos;
Elasticity and Contact problems, Chair: P. D. Panagiotopouulos;
Plates and Shells, Chair: M. Kojić, Cochair: D. Talaslidis;
Symposium was a real succes. Many distinguished scientists from Greece,
Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia and other parts of the world gave very interesting
lectures and presented their latest research scientific results. The total
number of invited paped submitted to Symposium are 91.
Organizers have published publication under the title:
RECENT ADVANCES IN MECHANICS, dedicated to Professor P. S. Theocaris,
Abstracts, Edited by A. N. Kounadis and E. E. Gdoutos, Xanthi, Greece,
July 10-12, 1998, Democritus University of Thrace, pp. 102.
Same choise of the lectures:
C. J. Cantes and A. N. Kounadis, Greece: Dynamic Buckling of Imperfect
Cantilever Models Under ImpacLoading.
J. T. Katsikadelis and M.S. Nerandzaki, Greece: The Boundary Element
Method for Nonlinear Problems.
V. A. Lubarda, U.S.A.: On the Partition of the Rate of Deformation
in Crystal Plasticity.
W. K. Nowatski, Poland: Localization of Thermoplastic Deformations
in the Case of Simple Shear.
S. C. Fan, S. Y. Yang and M. H. Yu, Singapure: Unified Strenght Theory
for Engineering Materials.
E. E. Gdoutos, Greece: Failure of CMCs Under Longitudinal Tensile Loading.
R. Bairrao, Portugal: LNEC Earthquake Simulators, recent Experiments.
R. Bogach, Poland: On High Frequency Dynamics of Wheelset/Track Interaction.
N. Hajdin, R. Mandić and Z. Mišković, Yugoslavia: A Model for
Railway Track-Bridge Interaction Due to Temparature Changes.
K. (Stevanović) Hedrih, Yugoslavia: Nonlinear Dynamics of Heavy Rotor
with Two Rotation Axes in the Turbulent Damping Field.
A. Liolis, A. Elenas, L. Vassilias and D. Papalexiou, Greece: A Numerical
Approach for the Seismic Interaction of Building Systems with Unilateral
Frictional Contact.
M. D. Kotsovos, Greece: Structural Concrete Design Concepts: Fiction
and Facts.
A. Baltov (Bulgaria) and M. Mićunović (Yugoslavia): Plastic Wave Propagation
in Hopkinson Bar-Tensor Representation and Numerical Analysis.
D. D. Ružić, Lj. S. Marković, Yugoslavia: A general Formula for Critical
External Radial Pressure Around a Circular Cylindrical Shell with Built
in Ends.
X. Markenscoff, U.S.A.: The Cossera Spectrum and Applications to the
Theories of Elasticity, Thermoelasticity, Viscoelasticity and Diffusion.
K. Frischmuth, Germany: On a Contact Model with Friction.
D. Šumarac and M. Sekulović, Yugoslavia: Fracture Mechanics Approach
to Reinforced Concrete Beam Collapse.
Participamts from Yugoslavia were:
Academician Nikola Hajdin, and professors: Dobroslav Ružić, Mechanical
Engineering Faculty-Beograd, Miloš Kojić, Milan Mićunović, MEF Kragujevac,
Jovo Jarić, Mathematical Faculty Beograd, Dragoslav Šumarac and R. Mandić,
Civil Engineering Faculty Beograd and Katica (Stevanović) Hedrih MEF Niš.
Academician SASA Đorđe Zloković sent an extended abstract of lecture:
"Analysis of Spherical Networks in G-Vector Spaces Based on Octahedral
and Icosahedral Symetry Grops", as well as a akademician ANS Veljko
Vujičić, lecture under the title: "The principle of Action - Generalization
of Integral Variation Principles".
Yugoslav participants gave the following publications to the Democcritus
University: Facta Universitatis, Series Mechanics Automatic Control, and
Robotics No. 7 1997 and 7/2 1997; Mathematical Institute, Topics from Mathematics
and Mechanics, 1998.and some numbers of the Publications de L'Institut
Mathematique.
All the Symposium organizers contributed to the general succes of the
Symposium, welcoming all invited participants really friendly and providing
them with pleasent stay at Democritus University of Trace in
Xanthi, during the meeting, as the partticipants themselves assured us.
It is nessesary point out the engagement of chairman of Symposium Professor
A. N. Kounadis and Professor E. E. Gdoutos, as well as a professor
M. Consta-Gdoutos in the organization of the success of the Symposium.
REFERENCES
1. Recent Advances in Mechanics, Abstracts, Dedicated to Professor
P. S. Theocaris, Xanthi, Grece, Editors: A. N. Kounadis and E. E. Gdoutos,
Democritus University of Trace, 1998,
pp. 102.
K. S. H.
