| About this Symposium |
| Meeting |
2010 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Thermo-Mechanical Response of Molecular Solids: Multi-Resolution Theory, Simulations, and Experiments
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| Sponsorship |
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
TMS Electronic, Magnetic, and Photonic Materials Division
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| Organizer(s) |
Alejandro Strachan, Purdue University
Thomas D. Sewell, University of Missouri-Columbia
Rodolfo Pinal, Purdue University
Chunyu Li, Purdue University |
| Scope |
Molecular solids, including molecular crystals, polymers and polymer composites, are playing increasingly important roles in a wide variety of applications ranging from aerospace and automotive to pharmacy and high energy density materials. A predictive and quantitative understanding of the ultimate thermo-mechanical response (e.g. yield, flow, fatigue or fracture) of these materials is still lacking; yet would enable the design of new materials with tailored properties, optimized at the molecular and/or microstructural levels. Such a significant and longstanding challenge is likely to require a synergistic combination of multi-resolution experiments, theory, simulation, and modeling. This symposium will bring together expert theoreticians, simulators, and experimentalists in these areas to address the current state of the art and future possibilities.
Topics of interest include:
Molecular dynamics and coarse grain modeling of ultimate mechanical properties of molecular solids;
Physics-based mesoscale and continuum models of molecular materials;
Methods for sequential and concurrent scale bridging;
Nano-mechanical characterization of molecular solids (e.g. AFM, nanoindentation);
Experimental characterization of the macroscopic response of molecular materials;
Verification, validation, and uncertainty/marginal reliability estimation techniques. |
| Abstracts Due |
11/15/2009 |
| Proceedings Plan |
Definite: A CD-only volume |