Symposium on "Mechanisms of Deformation and Failure in Rocksand Ceramics", to be held April 12-16, 1993, San Francisco, CA

该奖项支持一个关于陶瓷和地质系统流动和破裂的科学问题的研讨会。由于这些问题吸引了材料科学界以及实验和理论地球物理界的努力，本次研讨会将特别强调共同感兴趣和活跃的主题，主要寻求促进社区之间的沟通和持续互动。研讨会将讨论的议题很多，但包括(1)脆性断裂的性质，包括增韧和缓慢裂纹扩展的机制，(2)粒状(多孔和非多孔)集合体的机械性能，(3)多相流变学，包括影响工程多相结构(如纤维复合材料)的因素。两个社区的一群著名科学家将为研讨会做出贡献；此外，研讨会本身由一个代表两个社区之间的接口的小委员会组织。

This award supports a symposium on scientific issues in the flow and fracture of ceramic and geological systems. As the issues have attracted the efforts of both the materials science and experimental and theoretical geophysics communities, this symposium will specifically emphasize topics of mutual interest and activity, seeking primarily to foster communication and continued interaction amongst the communities. Topics to be addressed at the symposium are many, but include (1) the nature of brittle fracture, including mechanisms of toughening and of slow crack growth, (2) the mechanical properties of granular (porous and non-porous) aggregates, (3) polyphase rheology, including factors affecting engineered polyphase structures (e.g., fiber composites). A group of eminent scientists in both communities will contribute to the symposium; further, the symposium itself is being organized by a small committee that additionally represents the interface between the two communities.