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Tony Russell

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27th International Symposium on Ballistics

4/22/2013 - 4/26/2013

Ms. Brigitta Soergel

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27th International Symposium on Ballistics

FREIBURG Germany : APRIL 22-26, 2013

The next symposium will be held in FREIBURG Germany and is hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics,Ernst Mach Institute.

27th ISB KEY DATES

February 1^st, 2012 - Call for papers Released

July 1^st, 2012 - Abstracts Due and JAM papers submission

July - October - Authors notified

October 8^th, 2012 - Author Notification ends

November 1^st, 2012 - Program Released

November 18^th , 2012 - Formal Papers Due

April 1^st, 2013 - PowerPoints Due

April 22-26, 2013 - Symposium

More info: http://www.ballisticsymposium2013.org

27th ISB JOURNAL PAPERS

Authors for the 27th ISB wishing to have their papers peer reviewed

and published in a scientific journal MUST submit their full manuscript

by 1 July 2012 to the JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS (JAM)

Paper length is a maximum of 9000 words plus figures.

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