Dislocations 2000: Description

June 19-22, 2000
NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Interest in the fundamentals of plastic deformation has been increasing dramatically over the past several years, in pure metals and alloys as well as in non-metallic systems.  Much of the recent work involves exciting new approaches to this old problem including large-scale 3D atomistic and mesoscopic computer simulations, a variety of new experimental techniques, and the application of several modern statistical physics approaches.  This work is occurring in many countries, but full international communication has been lacking. A focussed international conference will bring these diverse communities together.

SCOPE:

Driven by the development of new theoretical, computational, and experimental techniques, the fundamental science of plastic deformation is undergoing a renaissance, just in time for the next century. Whereas the 20th century witnessed the development of dislocation theory, the 21st century should see the bridging of length and time scales from the atomic structure of dislocations to continuum plasticity.  The Dislocations 2000 Conference is therefore occurring at a pivotal moment, and it will serve as a launching point for the next century of research in this field.  The SCOPE of this conference is simply stated: fundamental research on dislocations in all types of materials and their role in plasticity.

TOPICS:

This topic list is just one possible categorization of current fundamental research on dislocations and plasticity.  A final list of topics for the conference will be decided upon after the abstracts have been received.
1. Experimental Techniques and Observations
2. Atomic Scale
   (Core Structure, Dynamics, Interactions, Experiments...)
3. Mesoscopic and Multiscale
   (Dislocation Dynamics, Modeling, Theory, Experiments...)
4. Nonlinear and Statistical Approaches
   (Patterning, Transport, Deterministic & Stochastic Models...)
5. Size Effects and Strain Gradients
6. Dislocation-Interface Interactions
7. Non-crystalline "Dislocations"
   (Amorphous Materials, Quasicrystals, ...)

FORMAT:

4 days
No parallel sessions
Plenary Speakers chosen by D2000 Executive Committee
Invited Speakers selected from the submitted abstracts
Poster Sessions
Organized Discussion Periods

LANGUAGE:

All talks, abstracts, and proceedings papers must be in English.