Background

The objectives of the International Conference on the Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (ICM) are to foster research on the mechanical behaviour of materials, to promote related international cooperation among scientists and engineers and to provide means for the public dissemination of the results from these efforts.

The ICM holds international conferences every four years. These conferences are intended to cover progress on all aspects of the mechanical behaviour of materials from both the macroscopic and microscopic viewpoints. The scope of materials of interest include both industrial materials, e.g., metals, alloys, polymers, ceramics, composites, and advanced materials under development.

These conferences bring together users, producers and researchers, both engineers and scientists who have a common interest in various aspects of materials behaviour. The objective is to facilitate and encourage the exchange of knowledge and experience among different communities involved in using, improving, developing and assessing materials and conducting basic research. The conferences aim to explore the scale integration (micro, meso and macroscopic) behaviour as well as an integrated approach to aspects of design, manufacturing and mechanical reliability.

Previous Conferences were:

  • ICM1- 1971 Kyoto, Japan

  • ICM-2 1975 Boston, USA

  • ICM-3 1979 Cambridge, UK

  • ICM-4 1983 Stockholm, Sweden

  • ICM-5 1987 Beijing, China

  • ICM-6 1991 Kyoto, Japan

  • ICM-7 1995 The Hague, The Netherlands

  • ICM-8 1999 Victoria, Canada