Welcome to ICILLS 2011!
The team Crash, Comfort and Safety - Laboratory of Industrial and Human Automation control, Mechanical engineering and Computer science (LAMIH CNRS) at the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC) - will host the 3rd International Conference on Impact Loading of Lightweight Structures. The conference is a continuation of the conferences held in Florianapolis in Brazil in 2005 and in Trondheim in Norway in 2008.
Objectives are to deal with aluminium, magnesium, high strength steels, polymers, foams and composites and their use as a structural material in impact loaded structures for safety and sustainable development aspects. For safety aspects the objectives of the conference will be extended to biological materials for virtual human modelling as a robust injury risks’ predictive tool.
The conference is planned to be a forum for scientists and engineers to exchange ideas and experience on the behaviour, modelling, safety and design of light-weight structures with respect to impact. One major objective is to strengthen the link between the research and development which is carried out at universities and research organisations, and the needs of the industry. Thus scientists from academia and industry are encouraged to contribute at the conference.