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Late registration fees (50€) will apply from 12th of Septembre

Call for papers in Materials and Techniques (deadline Octobre, 12 2021) is open

The next symposium of the "Groupe Indentation Multi-Echelle (GIME)" will be held in Lorient (France) from October, 13th to 15th 2021.

This symposium gathers every two years academics and engineers involved in the field of mechanical characterisation of surfaces.

This year, the colloque will be organised by the Institute of Research Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL) at Lorient (Brittany).

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Themes

Eight themes have been selected for these three days:

Metallical materials and phenomenological approach
Thin films and coatings
Severe environments: temperature, humidity, dynamic loading...
Brittle materials and fracture
Metallic materials and cristalline approach
Soft materials
Coupling of experimental techniques
Bio-based and bio-materials

Training

A training session will be held on october 12th and 13th. In this session, 4 workshop will be proposed:

Fundamentals of indentation: from hardness measurement to instrumented indentation
Computational Hands-on n°1: homogeneous materials
Characterisation of fibers by the instrumented indentation: the cases of vegetal and synthetic fibers
Computational Hands-on n°2: thin films

Rates

Inscription colloque (incluant repas de gala) :
• SF2M members : 350 €
• Non SF2M members : 400 €
• Students : 250 €
• Students SF2M members : 200 €
• Industrials : 1000 €

Training :
• Students and academics : 100 €
• Industrials : 500 €
After 17th of July extra fees of 50€ will be applied

Place

The symposium will take place in a magical place: the "cité de la voile Eric Tabarly" (https://www.citevoile-tabarly.com/fr) in the heart of the ocean racing pole (https://www.lorientgrandlarge.org). Having a break with a nice view on the sea and Ultim Ocean Race Boats will be an unforgettable experience ! The gala dinner will take place in the museum of ocean racing.

Friday afternoon, a visit of ocean racing teams and boat construction facilities might be possible.

All contributionsand participants are welcome in this symposium.

Companies from the area (hardness, surface preparation, instrumented indentation, scratching, ...) are also welcomed and will be able to present their products and solutions either with a stand or an oral presentation.

It will be a great pleasure to welcome you in Lorient.

The organisation comitee: Cédric Bernard, Alain Bourmaud, Célia Caer, Vincent Keryvin, Vincent Le Saux, Cédric Pouvreau