ICCM2017, July 25-29th, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Plenary Lecture

by Chairman's invitation only

Directors

• Nguyen-Xuan Hung, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH)

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MS-000 General Papers

If you do not have a prefered MS or could not find a proper one at this moment, you may simply submit your abastract/paper here. The conference Chairmen will assign your submission to a MS or a Session for presentation later.

Directors

• GR Liu, ICCM Conference Chairman

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MS-001 Theory and Formulation for Novel Computational Methods

Directors

• GR Liu, ICCM Conference Chairman

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MS-002 Particle Based Methods

Directors

• Zhen Chen, University of Missouri
• Yan Liu, Tsinghua University
• Xiong Zhang, Tsinghua University

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MS-003 Mechanics of surface/interface and bionics

Directors

• Shaohua Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology

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MS-004 Boundary Element Methods and Mesh Reduction Methods

• Boundary Element Method
• Fundamental Solution and Trefftz Method
• Engineering Application of Boundary Element Method
• Coupling of Boundary Element Method with Other Methods
• Meshless and Particle Methods
• Material Point Method
• Coupling of Meshless and Particle Method with Other Methods

Directors

• Xiao-Wei Gao, Dalian University of Technology

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MS-005 Reduced order models for structures and fluids

Directors

• Ke Liang, Northwestern Polytechnical University
• Jianyao Yao, Chongqing University

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MS-006 Energy Absorption and crashworthiness of Structures and Materials

This MS is interested in all of the researches including energy absorption under static or dynamic loadings, crashworthiness, optimization and modelling. It also includes macro and micro scopes of structures and materials when talking about energy absorption and crashworthiness.

Directors

• Qinghua Qin, Xi'an Jiaotong University
• Xiong Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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MS-007 Fire Simulation

Directors

• Zhao Tian, University of Adelaide

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MS-008 Modeling and Simulation of Complex Flow and Transport Phenomena

Directors

• Jingfa Li, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
• Shuyu Sun, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Bo Yu, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology

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MS-009 Computational Methods in Fluid Engineering

Directors

• Songying Chen, Shandong University
• Deyu Luan, Qingdao University of Science and Technology

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MS-010 Data-driven Surrogate Modeling Techniques for Inverse and Other Related Problems

The surrogate modeling technique is an important tool for inverse problems. However, with the ever-increasing complexity of inverse problems, the surrogate modeling technique is difficult to handle some critical issues, such as curse of dimensionality, uncertainties, massive sampling data, etc. Therefore, in this minisymposium, some recently proposed novel strategies might be employed for inverse and other related problems. The themes involve but not limited to:

• Surrogate modeling theory and methodology;
• Surrogate-based optimization;
• Surrogate-assisted evolutionary optimization;
• Machine learning methods in surrogate modeling;
• Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Surrogate modeling;
• Data-driven (Numerical simulation-based) design and optimization ;
• Design of Experiments for surrogate modeling;
• Surrogate model assessment;
• Surrogate modeling for large data set and high dimensional problems;
• Surrogate modeling and surrogate-based optimization in practical engineering applications.

Directors

• Guangyao Li, Shenzhen Automotive Research Institute of Beijing Institute of Technology
• Teng Long, Beijing Institute of Technology
• Xueguan Song, Dalian University of Technology
• Hu Wang, Hunan University
• Jian Zhang, Jiangsu University

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MS-011 Damage and Failure Modelling in Composite Materials

Directors

• Raj Das, RMIT University

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MS-012 Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture of Advanced Materials

Directors

• Rong Jiang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Liguo Zhao, Loughborough University

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MS-013 Large Scale Coupled Problems and Related Topics

Directors

• Hiroshi Kanayama, Japan Women's University
• Lijun Liu, Osaka University
• Masao Ogino, Daido University
• Ryuji Shioya, Toyo University

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MS-014 Progresses of Computational Marine Hydrodynamics

Directors

• Decheng Wan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Aman Zhang, Harbin Engineering University
• Guiyong Zhang, Dalian University of Technology

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MS-015 Smoothed Finite Element Methods and Related Techniques

Directors

• Yuki Onishi, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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MS-016 Computational Mechanics for Composite Plates and Shells

Directors

• Tarun Kant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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MS-017 Computational methods in Hydraulic engineering

Directors

• Nguyen The Hung, The University of Danang

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MS-018 Data, Uncertainty, Machine Learning and Digital Twin

• Data mining in engineering
• Statistical methods
• AI and machine learning methods for engineering computations
• Real time computing
• Digital twin
• Collocation methods
• Uncertainty quantification
• Mode order reduction
• Heterogeneous material modelling
• Structural reliability and risk assessment
• Other related subjects

Directors

• Chenfeng Li, Swansea University

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MS-019 Methods for Multi-Phase Flows

Directors

• Dia Zeidan, German Jordanian University
• Lucy Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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MS-020 Particle-based methods and applications to geomechanics

Directors

• Ha BUI, Monash University
• Giang Nguyen, University of Adelaide

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MS-021 Concurrent multiscale modeling from electrons to finite elements

The state-of-art super computers can explicitly deal with atoms in order of billions, which are about the atoms within one micron cube. It is unlikely in near future that the brutal force atomistic modeling can solve engineering material systems that involve physical phenomena across 10 orders of magnitude in length scale, such as fracture. Finite element modeling cannot reach the accuracy, but the atomistic modeling cannot fit the size requirements. Multiple length scale modeling is required to perform atomics (as well as quantum) simulations over macro scales. It requires the coupling between finite elements to the atoms and electrons side-by-side (hands-shaking). Such concurrent multi-length scalemodeling is very challenging. Talks are solicited for both the development of algorithms and applications of concurrent multi-length scale modeling in computational mechanics, such as Quasi-Continuum method, coupled atomistic and discrete dislocation method, concurrent atomistic-continuum method, multiscale coarse-graining method, super-atom method, dissipative particle dynamics, coarse-grained molecular dynamics, micromorphic theory, and atomistic field theory. This minisymposium is dedicated to concurrent multi-length scale modeling. Some of the topics of interest are:

• Multiscale modeling from Finite elements (All FEMs, including XFEM and meshfree) to atomistic;
• Quantum mechanics – molecular mechanics couplings;
• Full spectrum multiscale couplings (FEM/MM/QM and more);
• All the methodologies and applications are welcome.

Contributions that integrate experimental and computational approaches in mechanics and materials are particularly encouraged.

Directors

• Qiang Cao, Wuhan University
• Qing Peng, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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MS-022 Multiscale modelling of engineering materials

Directors

• Sarah Zhang, Western Sydney University

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MS-023 Advances in computational methods for large deformation problems in geo-mechanic

Directors

• Domenico Lombardi, The University of Manchester
• Wei Wu, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

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MS-024 Recent Advances In Meshfree and Particle Methods

Directors

• Bin Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong University

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MS-025 Meshfree and Other Advanced Numerical Methods for Engineering and Applied Mathematical Problems

The development of powerful meshfree and other advanced numerical methods for both routine and sophisticated engineering problems with complex solutions has been recognized by many researchers to benefit the industry as a whole, while creating new avenues for further research and spearheading of pioneering efforts within the field of computational and industrial applications. The objective of this minisymposium is to present the sate-of-the-art and prospective directions of those advanced numerical methods from the research areas to computation and application fields for engineering and applied mathematical problems.

Contributions are solicited in all subjects related to meshfree and other advanced numerical methods and their numerical applications, which include but are not limited to the following topics:

• Recent advances in meshfree methods, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, peridynamics, material point methods and other advanced numerical methods.
• Strong-form collocation meshfree methods and generalized finite difference methods.
• Applications of meshfree methods and other numerical methods for the numerical simulation of advanced materials and structures, soft materials, inverse problems, fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction, geomechanics, large deformation and non-linear problems, multi-phase interactions, contact and impact, static and dynamic structural responses, manufacturing processes, nano mechanics, etc.

Directors

• Lihua Wang, Tongji University
• Chuanzeng Zhang, Universitat Siegen
• Zheng Zhong, Harbin Institute of Technology

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MS-026 Limit state analysis of structures and materials

Directors

• Canh Le, International University - VNU

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MS-027 Modeling and Simulation for Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM), known as 3D printing, has attracted increasing interest from the community of researchers in the past decades, owing to the advances in printing materials and high-precision of printing technology that allow to fabricate organic and complex structures, which are challenging for traditional manufacturing methods. The difficulties surrounding the structural design for AM are hot topics, including residual stresses, undesirable microstructures, length scale control, as well as the challenge of computational costs for large scale structures. Modeling and simulation are a significant tool inherent in material and structure design for AM. The main objective of this mini-symposium is to provide a forum to discuss ongoing modeling and simulation techniques applied to AM. The presentations include (but not limit to):

• Simulation process to predict residual stresses/deformations and surface topology.
• Modelling of materials considering effects of printing direction related to microstructural anisotropy.
• Modeling and simulation of functionally graded materials, tissue engineering scaffolds, bioinspired composites, etc.
• Modeling of novel material systems.
• Multiscale topology optimization of lightweight materials for AM.
• Computational methods for material and structure design for AM.
• Topology optimization with structural feature control (length scale, multiple length scale, porosity,...) for AM

Directors

• Van-Nam Hoang, Vietnam Maritime University
• Nguyen-Xuan Hung, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH)
• Jonathan Tran, RMIT University

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MS-028 Computational Acoustics and Elastodynamics in Materials and Structures

The Mini-Symposium "Computational Acoustics and Elastodynamics in Materials and Structures" is aimed at gathering together the experienced researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students with backgrounds of different scientific disciplines to discuss and share the latest findings and development in computational methods and applications in the area of acoustics and elastodynamics in materials and structures. It will provide a superior platform for discussion and exploration of the possibilities enabled by various computational techniques for different research areas, including nondestructive testing, acoustics and underwater acoustics, material and mechanical engineering, aerospace, civil, medical ultrasound elastography, and many others. Contributions related to this subject area are warmly welcome.

Directors

• Weiqiu Chen, Zhejiang University
• Yue-Sheng Wang, Tianjin University/ Beijing Jiaotong University
• Bin Wu, Politecnico di Torino
• Chuanzeng Zhang, Universitat Siegen

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MS-029 Kernel and machine learning based solutions of PDEs

Directors

• Elena Atroshchenko, The University of New South Wales
• Zhuojia Fu, Hohai university
• Timon Rabczuk, Bauhaus Universität Weimar Germany

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MS-030 New methods of approximate static calculations

The bearing systems of e.g. buildings due to application of appropriate complex methods of structural analyses are safe and constructed in an economic way. Comprehensive structural analyses are not necessary in each stage of the engineering design. In some cases application of methods of approximate static calculations are advised or required in order to get a reliable base for the preliminary considerations of numerous variants of possible technical solutions. Conclusions following from such considerations will indicate the most efficient way to obtain the bearing system having the assumed features. The Mini-Symposium is intended as a platform for presentation of such new methods of the approximate analyses.

Directors

• Janusz Rębielak, Cracow University of Technology

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MS-031 Stochastic BEM in Fracture Mechanics

Various deterministic methods for analysis of engineering fracture problems have been well developed in the framework of the traditional theory of fracture mechanics. However, due to the inherent uncertainties in crack geometry, material properties and external loadings, deterministic analysis cannot provide a complete picture of reality for structures with cracks. Probabilistic fracture mechanics, which combines the classical theory of fracture mechanics with the probability theory, provides statistical characteristics of cracked structures with uncertain parameters. Owing to the unique advantage of BEM in the analysis of cracked structures, stochastic BEM has proved to be an effective approach to the probabilistic problems of fracture mechanics.

The goal of this mini-symposium is to bring together researchers working on BEM in probabilistic fracture mechanics. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Recent advances in probabilistic fracture mechanics
• Stochastic boundary element method
• Fracture reliability analysis of cracked structures with uncertainties
• Fatigue life prediction of cracked structures with uncertainties
• Random vibration analysis of cracked structures under stochastic loadings
• Engineering applications of probabilistic fracture mechanics

Directors

• Su Cheng, South China University of Technology
• Zhongwei Guan, University of Liverpool

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MS-032 Acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals: from fundamental theory to potential applications

Directors

• Feng Jin, Xi'an Jiaotong University

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MS-033 Design optimization of structures and metamaterials

Directors

• Zhan Kang, Dalian University of Technology

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MS-034 Local and nonlocal modeling approaches in dynamics

Directors

• Ugo Galvanetto, University of Padua Italy
• Pawel Packo, AGH - University of Science and Technology
• Micro Zaccariotto, University of Padova

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MS-035 Computational Biomechanics

Directors

• Ken-ichi Tsubota, Chiba University
• Gong Xiaobo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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MS-036 Recent Advances and Developments for Damage and Failure of Engineering Materials and Structures

This mini-symposium aims at bringing together scientists and researchers working on the developments of formulation and/or numerical methods in computational fracture mechanics, including but not limited to the following research subjects:

• Phase Field Model and Variational Approaches to Fracture
• Local and Nonlocal Smeared Continuum Damage Models
• Extended and Generalized Finite Element Methods
• Peridynamics
• Strong Discontinuity Methods & Discontinuous Galerkin Methods
• Adaptive methods
• Meshfree methods: Material Point Methods, Reproducing Kernel Particle Methods, etc.
• Cohesive Fracture Models, Cohesive elements
• Impact Analysis
• Models for crack nucleation and evolution in materials with electric, magnetic, and chemical fields
• Transition from Damage to Fracture
• Quasi-brittle and ductile failure modeling
• Failure of composites and structures

Directors

• Tinh Quoc Bui, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Shunhua Chen, Sun Yat-sen University

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MS-037 Modelling Heterogeneous Media: Fracture, Localisation and Multiphase Flow

Directors

• Daniel Dias da Costa, University of Sydney
• Yixiang Gan, University of Sydney
• Leong Hien Poh, National University of Singapore
• Luming Shen, The University of Sydney

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MS-038 Mechanics of soft materials

This symposium aims to expand international cooperation, and promote research efforts in all aspects of the topic of The Mechanics of Soft Materials. It will feature the frontiers of mathematical modeling, simulation measurement and applications of soft matter and machines, including hydrogels, ionic gels, polymers, dielectric elastomers, shape memory polymer and aerogels, and soft robots (soft machines), all of which fit very well in this symposium. Of special interest are the mechanisms governing the structural, mechanical, chemical, electrical, optical, thermal properties, or a combination of any of these, especially analytical and computational studies on their intrinsic properties and potential applications.

Directors

• Zishun Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University

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MS-039 Computational Biomechanics

Directors

• Xi-Qiao Feng, Tsinghua University

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MS-040 Computational methods for advanced soft matter and soft robotics

Directors

• Hua Li, Nanyang Technological University

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MS-041 Computational Particle Dynamics

The recent decades have witnessed rapid advances in particle methods such as smoothed particle hydrodynamics, dissipative particle dynamics and molecular dynamics. Particle methods have different numerical schemes from the grid-based numerical methods, and have attracted more and more researchers from all over the world for various applications. This min-symposium focuses particles methods for dynamic problems from continuum to discrete material, from macro scale to micro scale, from novel algorithms to constructive modifications, and from numerical methods to engineering applications.   In one word, the mini-symposium aims to provide an international forum for the presentation and showcase of recent advances on various aspects of particle methods and their applications in engineering and sciences. The particle methods include, but not limited to 1) the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), 2) the Discrete Element Method (DEM),3) Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method (MPS), 4) Material Point Method (MPM), 5) the Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD), 6) the Molecular Dynamics (MD).

Directors

• Dianlei Feng, Tongji University
• Moubin Liu, Peking University
• Christian Weißenfels, Technische Universität Braunschweig

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MS-042 Computational and Machine Learning Studies of Hierarchical Cellular Structures

Cellular lattice block structures are three dimensional periodic structures, known for their outstanding energy absorption characteristics. Several natural cellular structures such as: bamboo, honeycomb, cuttlebone in fish, nacre, to name a few, are sandwich composite structures with extraordinary mechanical and fracture properties. They are light in weight and exhibited a good mechanical strength/weight relation and relative density as compared to bulk materials. Therefore, design of efficient light weight bio-mimicked structures for energy absorption and crashworthiness is a recent topic of research. Such composite structures consisting of cellular structures in the core sandwiched between the metallic plates, are extensively preferred in the automobile and aerospace industry. Rapid developments in nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing have paved the way for hierarchical nano/microstructures with extraordinary properties for several new applications, such as: energyabsorption and energy storage. The challenge lies in the design and fabrication of such structures which can absorb maximum amount of energy, under several functional constraints, such as: weight, size and cost. Therefore, it is expected that some hierarchical materials and structures could enhance lightweight and crashworthiness to a new level. In this context, the focus of this symposium is on efficient hierarchical cellular structures for a variety of engineering applications. The topics are not limited, however, some are listed:

• bio-mimicked cellular structures
• strategies to optimize the arrangement of cells for maximum performance
• computational and experimental analysis of energy absorption and crashworthiness characteristics of cellular structures
• multiscale analysis of hierarchical structures

Directors

• Pattabhi Ramaiah Budarapu, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
• Sundararajan Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
• I.V. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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MS-043 Multiscale multiphysical damage and fracture simulation of cementitious composites

Directors

• Jianying Wu, South China University of Technology
• Zhenjun Yang, Wuhan University

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MS-044 Uncertainty quantification and analysis for structures

Directors

• Chao Jiang, Hunan University
• Bingyu Ni, Hunan University
• Zhe Zhang, Hunan University

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MS-045 Data-driven modeling and design approaches

Directors

• Wenjing Ye, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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MS-046 Micro-/Nano-mechanics for Novel Materials

Directors

• Yuantong Gu, Queensland University of Technology
• Haifei Zhan, Zhejiang University

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MS-047 Computational design, optimization and manufacturing advanced materials and structures

• Metamaterials design including acoustic, mechanical, photonic thermal and electromagnetic metamaterials and Metasurface
• Simulation of Additive Manufacturing
• Multi-scale and multi-physics methods
• Topology optimization and machine Learning in design of materials and structures
• Stress wave in metamaterials
• Materials behavior under extreme conditions

Directors

• Bing Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University
• Quan Bing Eric Li, Teesside University

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Publication at the conference Proceedings

Directors

• GR Liu, ICCM Conference Chairman

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