Our conferences series started in Liverpool In 1983, followed by Boston at MIT (USA, 1993), and again in Liverpool (1998). Afterwards, a series of four ICILLS has been organized in Florianopolis (Brazil, 2005), Trondheim (Norway, 2008), Valenciennes (France, 2011), and Cape Town (South Africa, 2014). The conference becomes ICILSM in 2016 at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. The coming event (ICILSM 2018) in Xi’an will serve as a forum to exchange and disseminate the ideas and strengthen the link between us. Colleagues from both academia and industry are expected to contribute to the success of our conference.

The list of topics includes but is not limited to:

• Material behavior at high strain rates (lightweight alloys, composites, polymers, metals, foams, ceramics, biological materials)

• Structural failure under impact, energy absorbing systems and crashworthiness

• New dynamic experimental techniques

• Modeling and numerical analysis under impact loading

• Vehicle safety (automotive, railways, aerospace, motorcycles and bicycles, naval)

• Impact biomechanics

There is no limitation for the studied structures/materials, provided that the high strain rate effect is involved. The conference welcome also original investigations related to road vehicles, aircraft, trains, spacecraft, ships, offshore structures, strategic buildings and infrastructure under impact loading.

• Call for paper is announced here.

• Registration is open, access to it here.

• Abstract template can be downloaded here.

• Paper template can be downloaded here.

• Paper submission system is open, access to it here.