Thanks to the support of the UK-French Groupe de Recherche (GDR) Ondes (waves) network, a workshop solely devoted to the analysis of waves in pre-stressed nonlinear media was held on 7th-8th January 2009, held at Losehill Hall in the beautiful Peak District national park about 20 miles away from Manchester. The venue is residential and allowed us all to be in one place for the 2 day workshop, including accommodation and meals. This atmosphere was conducive for good discussion!

I would like to thank all of the participants for their support of the workshop. In particular I would like to thank the speakers for their talks which were all of a very high standard.

PROGRAMME FROM THE EVENT

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT

The workshop focused on state-of-the-art theoretical research as well as application areas such as rubbery media and biological tissues. Travel Accommodation Talks Schedule Participants

TRAVEL

As advised above it would be preferable to travel in order to arrive on the evening of the 6th January.

To get to Losehill hall, it is advisable to get the train to "Hope station". Local services to Hope run from Sheffield (25 min journey) and Manchester Piccadilly (45 min journey) stations, with a slightly more regular service from Sheffield. For more details see the national rail service website.

If flying from abroad it is likely that you will land at Manchester airport. You can then take local train services to Hope station (Manchester airport to Manchester Piccadilly and then on to Hope). If travelling by Eurostar, you should be able to travel to Sheffield from London St Pancras directly and then catch a local train from Sheffield to Hope.

If you need any advice about the best travel options, just email me (william.parnell@manchester.ac.uk).

If you need any assistance at the time regarding transport we can arrange lifts, taxis, etc. if you give advance warning of this requirement. In particular we can arrange lifts from Hope station to the venue if you let us know what time you are going to arrive at Hope station.

Finally, detailed directions to Losehill hall are given on the website.

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS

Accommodation at Losehill Hall is booked for the evenings of the 6th and 7th January. If you require accommodation on the 8th January, please email me.

The evening meals will be served at 7pm. This is particularly important if you intend to arrive on the 6th and need food!

TALKS

Please email me if you would like to give a talk. Remember that its content should be in direct association with the theme of the workshop.

Currently, talks will be given by:

• Davide Bigoni, "Band gaps and related effects in pre-stressed solids"
• John Chapman, "Gamma-conversion for the analysis of elastic waves"
• Michel Destrade, "Waves and stability in deformed solids: Elastomer models vs soft tissue models"
• Nicolas Bideau, "Influence of a pre-stress on wave propagation in a nonlinear Timonshenko beam"
• Yibin Fu, "Solitary waves in fluid-filled elastic tubes: existence, persistence, and the role of axial displacement"
• Sasha Movchan, "Dynamic cracks in inhomogeneous lattice structures"
• Ray Ogden, "The effect of finite deformation on the propagation of magnetoacoustic waves"
• William Parnell, "Elastic wave scattering from a cylindrical void in a pre-stressed rubber"
• Aleksey Pichugin, "Edge waves in pre-stressed plates"
• Guiseppe Saccomandi, "Parametric resonance in some non-linear dynamical theories of solid mechanics"

SCHEDULE

TUESDAY 6th JANUARY 2009

Arrive at Losehill Hall late afternoon (4-7pm)

Evening meal at 7pm

Bed and Breakfast accommodation at Losehill Hall

WEDNESDAY 7th JANUARY 2009

Full day of talks and discussion (10am-6pm)

Evening meal at 7pm

Bed and Breakfast accommodation at Losehill Hall

THRSDAY 8th JANUARY 2009

Talks and discussion (9am-3pm)

Leave late afternoon

PARTICIPANTS

• Prof. David Abrahams (Manchester, UK)
• Dr. Cecile Baron (Jussieu, Paris, France)
• Nicolas Bideau (Rennes, France)
• Prof. Davide Bigoni (Trento, Italy)
• Prof. Philippe Boulanger (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
• Prof. John Chapman (Keele, UK)
• Dr. Michel Destrade (Jussieu, Paris, France)
• Rob Edmondson (Keele, UK)
• Prof. Yibin Fu (Keele, UK)
• Prof. Michael Hayes (Dublin, Ireland)
• Andrew Hazel (Manchester, UK)
• Hamad Hazim (Nice, France)
• Alain Leger (LMA, France)
• Dr. Loic Le Marrec (Rennes, France)
• Prof. Sasha Movchan (Liverpool, UK)
• Dr. Tony Mulholland (Strathclyde, UK)
• Prof. Ray Ogden (Glasgow, UK)
• Dr. Vincent Pagneux (CNRS, Le Mans, France)
• Dr. William Parnell (Manchester, UK)
• Simon Pearce (Keele, UK)
• Dr. Aleksey Pichugin (Brunel, UK)
• Elizabete Ferreira Rodrigues (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
• Sara Roccabianca (Trento, Italy)
• Prof. Graham Rogerson (Keele, UK)
• Prof. Federico Sabina (UNAM, Mexico)
• Prof. Giuseppe Saccomandi (Perugia, Italy)