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

乔治河欧文百年纪念会议将于3月18日，19日，20日在马里兰州大学举行。 会议的目的是承认乔治欧文通过引入和发展线弹性断裂力学对工程界所做的贡献。 由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，也恰好是断裂力学作为一种手段，以确保安全性能的结构，这是已知的包含缺陷的50周年。会议将有大约25名发言人谁是众所周知的线弹性断裂力学的知识。 所有这些演讲者都是多年来线弹性断裂力学细节发展的重要组成部分。 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递给在该领域工作的新一代个人。 出于这个原因，那些刚刚开始在工业界和学术界的职业生涯将被邀请参加会议，努力将这些知识沿着到该地区的下一组领导人。 将邀请学术生涯沿着的研究生和年轻的助理和副教授以及政府和工业界的年轻科学家和工程师参加。 会议也将被拍摄，实际的演示文稿将提供给其他人无法参加DVD的。

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.