Structural Dynamics & Mat. 2009

50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference The 50th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference is sponsored by AIAA, ASME, ASCE, AHS, and ASC. This established conference is a widely anticipated annual event that provides a unique forum dedicated to the latest development in the collective disciplines of structures, structural dynamics, materials, design engineering, and survivability. The 50th Conference will also host the 17th Adaptive Structures Conference, the 11th Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, the 10th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, and the 5th Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference. Plenary presentations, given by recognized, forward-thinking invited speakers will be a special feature of the conference. This is the 50th anniversary of this conference, and presentations will look into the past to characterize where structures and materials developments are today. Based on the current state of the art, presentations will look forward for the next 50 years of structures, structural dynamics and materials, and their potential applications in future generations of air and space vehicles.

17th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference The Adaptive Structures Conference, sponsored by AIAA, ASME, and AHS, will be held in conjunction with the 50th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. The Adaptive Structures Conference is the chief conference focused on the advancement of adaptive structures technology and its application to aerospace systems. This conference brings together basic and applied researchers from diverse disciplines.

11th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference The need for Non-Deterministic Approaches (NDAs) to manage uncertainty is becoming increasingly recognized within the aerospace industry. These approaches, which include both probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods, provide treatment of high consequence of failure events associated with the development and operation of aerospace systems. The NDA Conference is dedicated to the development of non-deterministic perspectives, methods, and applications.

10th AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum An emerging class of large-scale, lightweight structures is enabling a paradigm shift in design, launch, and operation of spaceflight systems. Spacecraft with structural characteristics optimized for operation in space and for the ability to collapse into small packages for launch yield order-of-magnitude reductions in mass, launch volume, and life-cycle cost of large spaceflight systems. The objective of the Gossamer Spacecraft Forum is to provide an opportunity to discuss recent research findings and newly proposed concepts emerging from this technology.

5th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) focuses on optimizing the performance and reducing the costs of complex systems that involve multiple interacting disciplines, such as those found in aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, industrial manufacturing equipment, and various consumer products, as well as on the development of related methodologies. MDO is a broad area that encompasses design synthesis, sensitivity analysis, approximation concepts, optimization methods and strategies, artificial intelligence, and rule-based design - all in the context of integrated design dealing with multiple disciplines, and interacting subsystems or systems of systems. This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP