The Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences is the organizer of a series of International Symposia 'Brittle Matrix Composites'.
The subjects of the Symposia are on composite materials with matrices behaving as brittle in normal or special conditions. Brittle matrix composites are applied in various domains (civil engineering, mechanical equipment and machinery, vehicles, etc.) and in the last decades their importance is increasing together with their variety. Examples of the materials which are covered in the accepted papers include:
- Cement based materials
- Ceramic based materials
- High strength composites
In principle, the general problems of structures made of composite materials are not included in the papers. Various approaches to the material engineering problems are presented in the papers. Among others:
- Material design and optimization of the structure of materials
- Durability and sustainability
- Theoretical considerations and computational methods
- Models of materials and prediction of their properties
- Tests methods
- Manufacturing processes
- Nano and micro characterization
The series of highly successful meetings originated as EUROMECH 204 Colloquium on Brittle Matrix Composites held in Jablonna, Poland, in November 1985. This meeting was later renamed BMC 1. The Second Symposium (BMC 2) was held in Cedzyna, Poland, in September 1988. Starting with the 1991 meeting (BMC 3) all subsequent BMC Symposia were held every three years in Warsaw, Poland.
The proceedings of each conference were published by major publishers Elsevier, Woodhead Publishing and IPPT PAN. Since 2012 the published papers are indexed in major bibliographic databases like Web of Sciences.
More information on: http://www.ippt.pan.pl/en/home/72-aktualnosci/ippt-info/1436-brittle-matrix-composites-bmc-12-at-ippt-pan.html
