The symposium intends to  have extensive  discussions not only on the fundamental aspects of gradient or non-local plasticity (e.g., physical background for introducing gradient terms or non-locality,  the origin of intrinsic material length scale, interpretation of experimentally observed scale effects, etc.) but also on  its engineering applications  including numerical calculations. The symposium will also cover related fields concerning discrete approach for dislocation processes based on  molecular dynamics or discrete dislocation dynamics,  constitutive modeling in crystal plasticity and experimental evaluation of scale effects.  The organizers hope to bring together researchers  having different view points and provide a forum to exchange their latest achievements, interpretations and ideas.

Papers presented at the Symposium will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Plasticity after the usual review process.  Papers should be prepared according to the format of the journal.  Deadline for submission of Full Length papers is May 30, 1999 (absolute deadline!).

Authors are requested to submit a one-page abstract with 300-500 words by e-mail to one of the organizers by January 15, 1999.  The text of the abstract should follow title of the paper, authors' names, affiliations, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and a single space.  If submitting by Fax of mail, type on 21.5x28 cm(8.5x11 inch) white sheet with 2.5cm(1 inch) margin on all sides (use Times font or the equivalent,  16 points bold for title and 12 points for others).
 
 
 

Professor Tadashi  Hasebe Dept. Mechanical &Systems Engng., Fac. Engng. Doshisha University Kyotanabe, Kyoto  610-0321,  Japan Tel/Fax:  +81-774-65-6465  e-mail: thasebe@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Professor  Hussein M. Zbib School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2920, USA Tel: +1-509-335-7832 Fax: +1-509-335-4662 e-mail: zbib@mme.wsu.edu

Professor  Huajian Gao Faculty of Mechanics and Computation Department of Mechanical Engineering Stanford, CA 94305 USA Tel: +1-650-725-2860 Fax: +1-650-723-1778 e-mail: gao@am-sun2.stanford.edu