The main aim of the European Conference on Multifunctional Structures is to share among the scientific and the industrial community the recent advances made on mechanical structures with multiple functions, including their manufacturing. Recent advances in material technology have improved the additional capacities of such structures in various ways such as a way that now, their added functionalities can be as important as their mechanical performance and a way that the production rate of large light-weight integrated structures is increased through earlier integration with systems and other elements.

Multifunctional Structures conference will look into a wide range of large, light-weight integrated structures and structural systems, serving different purposes and with different manufacturing strategies: structures with embedded sensors that give them the capacity to react to an external stimulus, structures with embedded antennas, self-healing and self-monitoring structures, structures with improved fire performance, acoustic performance, or electromagnetical performance, and with different automated manufacturing and joining technologies and so on. The large amount of possibilities offered by multifunctional structures make them very valuable in all engineering fields, being of special relevance to the transport sector, in all its forms: automobiles, ships and yachts, aero-structures, etc.

The conference on Multifunctional Structures will take place online on November 17th and 18th, 2020.

Participants on EMuS will have the opportunity to participate in ACASIAS Industrial Forum. The aim of the Forum is to present innovative multifunctional structures developed in the framework of ACASIAS research project, such as structures with integrated antennas and ASAC system.

This conference is as part of the EU H2020 ACASIAS project. EMuS 2020 is also supported by experts from the STUNNING team in the next generation Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator in Clean Sky 2.

• Early bird rates applicable if paid until October 25th, 2020. Registration fees are expressed in Euro.


• ACASIAS-MFFD: members will have a reduced fee. To apply, please submit to the conference secretariat the registration form (downloadable form).


• Final acceptance is contingent upon payment of the registration fee by the presenting author on October 25th, 2020 at the latest.


• Student registration: Student rate attendees must send by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat, a letter from their Department Head/Chair that states that the attendee is a full time student.


• Refund Policy: Deadline for cancellation requests is October 25th, 2020 - Cancellation requests must be sent by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat in order to proceed with the refunding. - The percentage amount to be refunded will be of 50% by October 25th, 2020. - No refunds will be applied after the 25th of October 2020.

Authors have to comply with the instructions for authors when preparing their:

• Abstracts: One page describing the main features of the work should be submitted by September 20st, 2020.


• Full Papers: Minimum 4 pages and maximum 6 pages.

Note: Submitted full papers will be published in the proceedings and their presentation planned in the final program only upon payment of the registration fees by the early or late registrations deadlines. The e-Book of conference proceedings will be submitted for being indexed to SCOPUS database.

About Abstract and Full Paper Submissions

• One page Abstract describing the main features of the work should be submitted before September 20st, 2020.


• The full paper (mandatory) will be required by October 25th, 2020.

To make any change in the contribution submitted you have to login as the registered participant, update the paper information and submit the new file.

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To avoid a double registration, please do not create a new record.

Please note that:

• The corresponding author should be the lecturer.


• Final acceptance is contingent upon payment of the registration fee by the presenting author during the advance period (before October 25th, 2020).
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• Only online payments will be accepted.


• Only one presentation per registration is allowed.

You can contact the Conference Secretariat for any question.

IMPORTANT NOTE

All submitted papers will be peer reviewed by at least two independent reviewers of the Scientific Committee. The reviewers will give constructive comments and suggestions to the authors. The authors will receive the review comments and recommendations by email from the Scientific Committee. The authors of accepted papers will have a possibility to make updates of their papers based on the review comments and suggestions.