IMPLAST 2010
SEM 2010 Fall Conference

October 12-14, 2010
Renaissance Providence Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island USA

Plenary Speakers
The following individuals will give plenary presentations:
	Dr. Gerald Nurick, University of Capetown, South Africa
	Dr.Stanley C. Woodson, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA
	Dr. Ravinder Chona, Air Force Research Laboratories, USA
	Dr. William G. Proud, Cavendish Laboratories, Cambridge, UK
	Dr. Yapa D.S. Rajapakse, Office of Naval Research, USA

Workshop on Blast Mitigation

Future Directions in Blast Mitigation Research

October 14, 2010 1:30PM -5PM

An explosion is invariably accompanied by an overpressure that rises steeply to highly elevated levels with respect to the immediate surroundings. The resulting shock travels supersonically, entrapping air, particles, and other debris, thereby increasing its potential destructiveness. In this workshop, an in depth discussion will be held to explore future research directions that will provide means of 1) dampening the potency of this overpressure, either at its very source or during its journey to its potential targets 2) equipping the target with physical properties that make it resilient to the blast, or designing protective barriers adjacent to the target, or 3) studying post blast behavior like structural collapse, self healing etc..

Schedule of Events

Conference Information
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	Author Agreement Form
	Biographical Form

Conference Co-Sponsors

DHS - URI Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response

Corporate Supporters

IMPLAST 2010 is the tenth Symposium in a series of meetings on large deformations. The aim is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and designers in the universities, scientific laboratories and industry to share their research findings in fundamental and applied aspects of the mechanics of large deformations of metallic, composite and cellular materials and structures at low, medium and high deformation rates.

*Focus Areas for IMPLAST 2010*
	Blast Loading of Structures
	Penetration and Perforation
	Theories of Plasticity
	Earthquake Loading
	Stress Waves and Stress Mitigation in Solids
	Constitutive Relations
	Applications of the Theory to Structural Problems
	Structural Crashworthiness and Failure

Organizing Committee
	Prof. Arun Shukla, University of Rhode Island, USA
	Prof. Narinder Kumar Gupta, IIT Delhi, INDIA
	Dr. Albert Meyers, Ruhr-University Bochum, GERMANY
	Prof. Carl-Ernst Rousseau, University of Rhode Island, USA

Scientific Committee
Prof. Y L Bai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA	Dr. Bruce LaMattina, Army Research Office, USA
Dr. Ahmed Benallal, CNRS, FRANCE	Prof. Magnus Langseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NORWAY
Prof. Balakrishna Bhat, DMRL, INDIA	Prof. Puneet Mahajan, IIT Delhi, INDIA
Dr. Ravi Chona, Air Force Research Laboratories, USA	Prof. Gerald Nurick, University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Dr. Bhagavatula Dattaguru, Indian Institute of Science, INDIA	Prof. Vikas Prakash, Case Western University, USA
Prof. Otto Bruhns, Ruhr-University Bochum, GERMANY	Dr. Yapa D. S. Rajapakse, Office of Naval Research, USA
Prof. Anindya Deb, Indian Institute of Science, INDIA	Prof. K. S. Rao, IIT Delhi, INDIA
Prof. Raphael Grzebieta, University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA	Prof. Hans Reimerdes, Lehrstuhl und Institut f. Leichtbau, GERMANY
Dr. Mary Ellen Hynes, Department of Homeland Security, USA	Prof. Victor Shim, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Prof. Kozo Ikegami, Tokyo Denki University, JAPAN	Dr. Manjit Singh, Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory, INDIA
Prof. Norman Jones, University of Liverpool, UK	Prof. R Velmurugan, IIT Madras, INDIA
Prof. Kenji Kaneko, Tokyo Science University, JAPAN	Prof. Tomasz Wierbicki, MIT, USA
Prof. V. N. Kukudzhanov, Institute for Mechanics, RUSSIA	Prof. Tongxi Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HONG KONG

IMPLAST 2010 SEM 2010 Fall Conference

October 12-14, 2010 Renaissance Providence Hotel Providence, Rhode Island USA

Workshop on Blast Mitigation

Focus Areas for IMPLAST 2010

Organizing Committee

Scientific Committee

IMPLAST 2010
SEM 2010 Fall Conference

October 12-14, 2010
Renaissance Providence Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island USA