Fracture Mechanics at Fifty - George R. Irwin Centennial Conference, held at the University of Maryland-College Park, March 18, 19, 20, 2007

乔治·R·欧文百年纪念大会将于3月18日、19日和20日在马里兰大学举行。会议的目的是表彰乔治·欧文通过线弹性断裂力学的引入和发展为工程界做出的贡献。欧文博士发展的线弹性断裂力学允许对含有缺陷的结构进行安全设计和分析。今年(2007年)将是欧文博士的100岁生日，也恰好是断裂力学被引入50周年，断裂力学是确保已知包含缺陷的结构的安全性能的一种手段。会议将有大约25名以线弹性断裂力学知识而闻名的演讲者参加。所有这些演讲者在多年来一直是线弹性断裂力学细节发展的一大部分。会议的目的是将这些工程师和科学家的知识和经验基础传授给在该地区工作的新一代个人。出于这个原因，那些刚刚开始他们在工业和学术界的职业生涯的人将被邀请参加这次会议，努力将这些知识传递给该领域的下一批领导人。将邀请学术生涯进展顺利的研究生和年轻的助理教授和副教授，以及政府和工业界的年轻科学家和工程师参加。会议还将被拍摄下来，其他无法参加的人将可以通过DVD观看实际的演示文稿。

George R. Irwin Centennial Conference will be held at the University of Maryland on March 18th, 19th, & 20th. The purpose of the conference is to recognize the contributions that George Irwin made to the engineering community through the introduction and development of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Linear elastic fracture mechanics as developed by Dr. Irwin permits the safe design and analysis of structures which contain flaws. This year (2007) would have been Dr. Irwin's 100th birthday and also happens to be the 50th anniversary of the introduction of fracture mechanics as a means of ensuring safe performance of structures which are know to contain imperfections.The conference will feature approximately 25 speakers who are well known for their knowledge of linear elastic fracture mechanics. All of these speakers have been a large part over the years of the development of the details of linear elastic fracture mechanics. It is the intention of the conference to pass on the knowledge and experience base of these engineers and scientists to the new generations of individuals working in the area. For that reason those just beginning their careers in both industry and academia will be invited to attend the conference in an effort to pass this knowledge along to the next group of leaders in the area. Both graduate students who are well along in their academic careers and young assistant and associate professors, as well as young scientists and engineers in government and industry will be invited to attend. The conference will also be filmed and the actual presentations will be made available to others not able to attend on DVD's.