International Conference MSMF-5

Fifth International Conference on

MATERIALS STRUCTURE & MICROMECHANICS OF FRACTURE

MSMF-5
in Brno, Czech Republic
June 27 - 29, 2007

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

LANGUAGE

English must be used for papers, posters and presentations at the Conference.

FORM OF PRESENTATION

Papers can be presented in either oral or poster form according to decision of IAB.

The plenary invited lectures are planed for 45 min including discussion.
The opening invited lectures in sections are planed for 30 min including discussion.
The other lecturers have 15 min at their disposal including discussion. Current audio-visual aids will be available, inclusive dataprojector (connected computer is equiped by the MS Powerpoint 2003 and the Adobe Reader). Private laptop computer can be connected as well.
Panels for poster presentation, 135x95 cm (height x width), will be available after the opening of the Conference. A separate block has been reserved in the programme for the discussion of the poster content (the authors are asked to be present at their posters). The whole duration of the Conference should be used to this purpose too.

ABSTRACT BOOKLET

Abstract Booklet containing camera-ready extended abstracts of all accepted contributions will be available at the beginning of the conference.

PROCEEDINGS

A special issue of the scientific journal "Materials Science Forum" devoted to the MSMF-5 will appear in the begining of the year 2008. Moreover, a production of a special issue of the journal "Strength of Materials" published by Springer is under negotiations. Papers for both these issues will undergo a peer-review procedure. The reviewers will recommend the categorization of papers to the respective special issue. A final decision about the structure of both special issues will be met by an agreement between designated guest editors P. Šandera (MSF) and J. Pokluda (SoM).

SHORT ABSTRACTS

A short abstract containing max 200 words (plain text) is a part of the pre-registration form. It should serve for the decision of an acceptance of the contribution. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts and presentations in January 2007.

Deadline: November 15, 2006

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Following items are mandatory for each accepted contribution:

Extended abstract, size 1 page, prepared in electronic MS Word format, according to enclosed instructions (for the abstract booklet). Use file MSMFabs.dot as template or read the same information in the file MSMFabs.pdf.
Manuscript for the special issue of the MSF journal according to enclosed instructions. Extend: 8 pages for plenary key-notes, 6 pages for section key-notes, 4 pages for standard contributions. Authors should also keep DOC versions of their manuscripts (for eventual corrections suggested by a reviewer). Use file MSMFpap.dot as template or read the same information in the file MSMFpap.pdf.
During the conference time, all authors will be announced about the final decision of their manuscripts (including further instructions).

The contribution should be prepared in the electronic form as a standard document format DOC, and a suitable text editor (as MS Word97-2003) should be used. The manuscript is to be submitted by using the MSMF registration form. We strongly recommend to convert the electronic version into the PDF format and to send both DOC and PDF versions to the Organizing Committee. If you cannot prepare the PDF version, a print-out of the valid electronic version should be made and sent to the Organizing Committee by surface mail.

Deadline: April 30, 2007

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Last modification: July 10, 2007.