A symposium on
Numerical Methods and Applications at Varied Length Scale 

Organised by
 Xiong Zhang¹,  Moubin Liu²,  Zhuojia Fu³,  Zhen Chen⁴,  Yanping Lian⁵,  Dinghe Li⁶

¹School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University
²College of Engineering, Peking University
³College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University
⁴College of Engineering, University of Missouri
⁵Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology
⁶College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China

Under the auspices of

7^th International Conference on
INTEGRITY - RELIABILITY - FAILURE
Funchal/Madeira, Portugal
14-18 June, 2020
(https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~irf/IRF2020/index.htm)

Abstracts are solicited from the community in the following and related areas:

• Meshfree/Particle Methods
• Peridynamics
• Isogeometric Analysis
• Boundary Element Method
• Discrete Element Method
• Lattice Boltzmann Method
• Dissipative Particle Dynamics
• Dislocation Dynamics
• Molecular Simulation and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics
• Combination and Coupling of Numerical Methods
• Numerical Methods for Multiscale and Multiphysics Analysis
• Numerical Methods for Extreme Deformation Events
• Material and Structure Design with Numerical Simulation
• Applications of Numerical Methods

Abstracts of two full pages should be written in the following format (the template is available in the web site specific section).

Paper Size:
A4, single column

Margins:
Top page 3,0 cm; Bottom 2,5 cm, Left & Right 2,5 cm

Font and line spacing:
Times New Roman; single space

First 3 lines:
Should be left blank, size 10, reserved for the editors

Title:
Begins at the 4th line, capital letters, size 14, bold, left alignment

Authors Names:
Size 10, left alignment, two lines interval from title above

Authors affiliation:
Size 10, left alignment, two lines interval from text below

Main Text:
Size 12, full justification, 6 pt space after paragraph, no indentation

Headings:
Capital letters, size 12, bold, one line interval from text above

Legends (Figs & Tables):
Size 10, one line interval from text above and below

References:
References to cited literature should be identified in the text with author(s)  name(s) and year of publication (ex: Mascarenhas, 1997). Full citations should be grouped at the end of the paper and in alphabetical order of first author’s name. Always give inclusive page numbers for references to journal articles and a page range for books. Each reference must be cited in the text. 

A sample abstract is available for download at:

https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~irf/IRF2020/irf2020abstract_sample.docx

which can also be used as template.

Deadline for Extended Abstracts: 15 December, 2019 

Accepted contributions will appear in a book and USB-card, which will be made available to the delegates at the event.

For additional information, please contact either of the following:

Professor Xiong Zhang
School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
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Professor Joaquim Silva Gomes
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Tel: +351 917 258 950
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