PROPOSAL
on hosting
the19th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
ON FRACTURE
Fracture Mechanics against
Catastrophic Failures
Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
August 20-24, 2012
Moscow-Kazan, Russia, 2008
CONTENTS
LETTERS OF INTEREST
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VENUE
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KAZAN SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
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KAZAN WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS
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RUSSIAN GROUP OF FRACTURE
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SPONSORS
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TYPE OF PROGRAM
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TIMETABLE
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ACCOMPANYING PERSONS' PROGRAMME
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TENTATIVE BUDGET
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SUGGESTED REGISTRATION FEES
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ABOUT KAZAN
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LOCAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
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The Kazan Kremlin
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The Petropavlovsky Cathedral
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The Blagoveshensky Cathedral
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The Krestovozdvishensky Monastery
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The Azimov Mosque
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The Margani Mosque
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The Qol-Sharif Mosque
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The Raifa Virgin Monastery
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The Swiyazsk Island
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VENUE
The proposed venue of the 19th European Conference on Fracture is the Kazan Scientific
Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences located in Kazan the capital of the Republic of
Tatarstan. Alongside with the facilities of the Kazan Scientific Centre, the lecture rooms and
conference-halls of the Kazan State University and Kazan State Technical University will be
available for the events and sessions of the ECF19 Programme.
KAZAN WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS
Nikolay Lobachevsky
is
famous
Russian
geometr,
professor
of
mathematics and rector of Kazan
University, founder of non-Euclidean
geometry.
Academicians Alexandr Butlerov and
Nikolay Zinin are founders of the
organic
compounds
theory
in
chemistry.
Academician Evgeny Zavoisky
is
founder of
scientific
school
of
magnetic
radiospectroscopy
in
physics, author of the discovery of the
electron paramagnetic resonance.
Professor Hamid Mushtary is founder
of the non-linear theory of shells and
plates in mechanics.
KAZAN SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
The Kazan Scientific Centre of
the