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Welcome to the Committee on Joint Mechanics Webpage

On this page, you can find

1. Current and past benchmark structures studied by the community
2. Calendar of events (Conferences, Due Dates, Seminars)
3. Seminar Presentations and associated papers
4. Research Camps/ Institutes hosted by the community
5. Job Postings
6. Recent Graduates in the community

Summer Research Camp Recruiting

Both summer research camps for our community are recruiting for this summer

1. Tribomechadynamics Research Camp 2024 due March 15, 2024 More Information Here
2. NOMAD 2024 due in Early March 2024 More Information Here

Next Seminar Series

Our Seminar Series will be TBD

The Schedule of talks can also be seen on the calendar for the local time zone.

For more information on our Seminar Series and a List at: List of all Hosted Seminars

Previous Introductory Seminars include:

1. Understanding Jointed Interfaces Through Tribomechadynamics
2. Introduction to Structural Dynamics
3. Introduction to Nonlinear Normal Modes
4. Introduction to Harmonic Balance and Continuation Methods
5. Non-Contact Diagnostics in Structural Dynamics
6. Nonlinear Modes of Jointed Structures
7. An Abaqus Matlab Tutorial for Jointed Systems
8. Understanding Jointed Interfaces Through Tribomechadynamics
9. Tutorial: Wavelet Analysis and Signal Decomposition for Nonlinear Signals

Previous Conferences:

1. Tribomechadynamics Conference 2021
2. Tribomechadynamics Conference 2023

Previous Research Camp Presentations

1. Tribomechadynamics Research Camp 2022 Final Presentations

Committee Minutes

1. IMAC 2022 Minutes

Upcoming Events

See the calendar for all upcoming events and dates.

Tribomechadynamics 2025

I'm pleased to announce that Tribomechadynamics 2025 will be hosted at the University of Stuttgart from August 25-27. This conference is held every other year in conjunction with our Tribomechadynamics Research Camp. As usual, there will be four tracks: nonlinear/structural dynamics, contact mechanics, tribology, and the integration of these three topics into Tribomechadynamics.

I'm also pleased to announce our three keynote speakers:

Alice Cicirello, University of Cambridge

David Nowell, Imperial College London

Pascal Reuß, Mercedes-Benz AG

We will be posting more information soon, but please feel free to visit our website in the meantime:

http://tmd.rice.edu/tribomechadynamics-2025/

Key dates for the conference are:

1. Abstracts due May 1st, 2025
2. Acceptance notification by May 15th, 2025
3. Full Papers due August 1st, 2025 (student paper competition submissions)
4. Extended Abstracts due August 15th, 2025 (non-student paper competition submissions)
5. Registration deadline (for the advanced registration rate) is August 18th, 2025
6. Conference dates are August 25th through 27th, 2025.

Lastly, for those of you traveling from overseas, the conference has been timed such that you can also attend the International Conference on Experimental Continuation in Nonlinear Dynamics (XCON), hosted by Ghislain Raze and Gaetan Kerschen in Liege, Belgium from August 28-29. Their website is http://www.s3l.be/en/xcon.

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions,

Matthew Brake, Christoph Schwingshackl, and Malte Krack

Calendar

To add an event to the calendar please email us at: Joints Committee Gmail