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IASS - IACM 2005 is the 5th conference of a series of meetings initiated by Working Group No 13 of Numerical Methods for Shell and Spatial Structures of IASS.
It follows the very successful 4th colloquium, held in June 4-7, 2000 in Chania-Crete, Greece, organised and chaired by Professor Manolis Papadrakakis/ Athens, Greece. The conference will be organised under the auspices of the
- International & German Associations for Computational Mechanics (IACM/GACM)
- International Association for Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS)

IFAI Expo 2005 will do more to advance your business in three days than multiple trade shows, expositions and conferences can do throughout the year. IFAI Expo is the only event you need to attend in 2005 to meet your business, education and networking needs.

The prospects of developing new materials that can function with greatly enhanced performance in applications ranging from aerospace engineering to bioengineering are motivating the search for novel experimental, theoretical, and computational methods. Special attention is being directed to biomimetics and materials that incorporate filaments and fiber networks.

This SES symposium intends to provide researchers from various backgrounds opportunities for exchanging and discussing state-of-art techniques for experimental testing, modeling, and design of fibrous materials, fiber networks and their applications.

15:00 – 17:00 PARTNER MEETING

EXTRA VISIT    1 During the TensiNet Meeting day you are kindly invited to visit Labor Blum.

2 Guided visit to New Architecture in Stuttgart Sunday the 9^th November 2008 or subsequently to the meetings like e.g. the new Mercedes-Museum, the new modern arts gallery and the new exposition halls.

Interested? Send a mail before the 27^th October to heidrun.boegner@gmx.de.

Extra information will be sent.

 

 

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation of attendance for presentation, annual general meeting & partner meeting is obligatory. Send a mail before the 27^th October to heidrun.boegner@gmx.de and a CC to ecorne@irexchange.vub.ac.be.

On the occasion of Frei Otto's 80th birthday the Architekturmuseum of the TU München at the Pinakothek der Moderne is preparing an extensive retrospective on the lifework of this great architect, designer, scientist and visionary. Frei Otto's systematic research of a lightweight and adaptable construction, his early dedication to environment and ecology as well as his impressive personality turned him into an outstanding architect in the second half of the 20th century. His works offer an inexhaustible source of inspiration and reflexion.

'Frei Otto – Lightweight Construction, Natural Design' is the first major survey on this universal architect. Scientifically compiled at the Technische Universität München it shows the span of his 50 years of work by means of drawings, sketches, models and historic documents. Frei Otto will provide the complete original material for this exhibition, thus making it possible to experience the astonishing variety of his works for the first time. Along with the exhibition a film on Frei Otto will be shown, initiated and supported by the Architekturmuseum and produced by Louis Saul in a coproduction of Südwestfunk and arte.

With approx 50 000 visitors every month the Pinakothek der Moderne is the most frequently visited German museum. The presentation reflects Frei Otto's essential concern: naturalness and lightness and culminates in Frei Otto's vision: 'How do we have to live on in the future? – We must think more, research, develop, invent and dare more to allow all human beings a peaceful life in a nature protected by themselves.'
For the first time an extensive publication (German and English version) by Birkhäuser Verlag will show the complete works of Frei Otto.

Techtextil Frankfurt is the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens. The Buildtech Symposium is organised during this event.

Next TensiNet meeting in Krefeld on Tuesday 20th April.

Program
10:30 - 11:00 Welcome
11:00 - 12:30 Partner meeting
12:30 - 13:30 Light lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Working Group Meeting "Analysis & Materials" (Peter Gosling)

13:30 - 15:30 Working Group Meeting "ETFE" (Rogier Houtman)
15:30 - 17:00 Visit Verseidag's factory

During the Annual General Meeting the state of the art of the Working Groups will be presented and interesting recent projects completed by TensiNet members will be reviewed.

Please confirm your presence to Evi Corne (evi.corne@vub.ac.be).

Partner Meeting 2

Please confirm your presence to Evi Corne (evi.corne@vub.ac.be).

The TensiNet Partners Meeting will take place at Monday evening, 16th of April.
The room will be announced during the first day of the symposium.