Schöntal Symposium on Dislocation-based Plasticity

We are pleased to announce the next Schöntal Symposium held at the monastery Bad Schöntal in Germany from 14 - 19 April 2024. The focus of the symposium is on Dislocation-based Plasticity and related topics. The symposium will feature thematic lectures but will mainly be a forum for intense discussions, knowledge exchange and networking within the research community concerned with dislocations, their modeling, experimental observations, and theoretical assessment.

The symposium has its origins in the research group FOR1650 funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Due to its unique nature and format which facilitates and invigorates extensive discussions, the symposium has been regarded very highly by scientists in the community. After three successful events organized under the aegis of the research group FOR1650, the Symposium will be carried forward as an independent conference.

Registration is now closed. If you have issues with your invoice or payment, please contact office.ias-9@fz-juelich.de

Programm

Every day of the symposium will focus on one topic related to dislocation-based plasticity. The programm is currently being put together and will be posted in due time.
Possible topics are:

• Current state and challenges in developing a physical based continuum theory of dislocations
• Discrete-continuum transitioning of dislocation behavior
• Synergies between experiments and simulations
• Atomistic and mesoscale modeling
• Analysis and visualization of dislocations
• Dislocations and interfaces

Conference venue

The Symposium will take place at “Kloster Schöntal“, an ancient monastery in the southern part of Germany (www.kloster-schoental.de). Open Street Map

Bildungshaus Kloster Schöntal
Klosterhof 6
74214 Schöntal, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7943 894 0
E-mail: bildungshaus∂kloster-schoental de

Near airports

Frankfurt airport (175km), Nuremberg airport (190km), Stuttgart airport (95 km)

Car

The Monastery has parking space for visitors, so arrival by car is another comfortable option:

• Highway accesses North-South: A81 Stuttgart-Würzburg (exit Möckmühl), A81 Würzburg-Stuttgart (exit Osterburken)
• Highway accesses East-West: A6 Nuremberg-Mannheim (exit Neuenstein), A6 Mannheim-Nuremberg – Weinsberg intersection to A81 (exit Möckmühl)

Arrival and Check-In

The standart arrival time is on Sunday, 14 April 2024 before 18:00. The check-in desk in the monastery is open on Sunday from 14:00 till 20:00. For arrival outside this time frame you must contact the hotel in advance and make arrangements!

We will start the symposium with a dinner on Sunday at 18:00.

Journey from Frankfurt airport by train

The closest railway station to the venue is called “Möckmühl” (approx. 18 km). Please check the website www.bahn.de for finding your train connection from the airport to “Möckmühl”. You can book your ticket online from that site or use ticket machines directly at the train station.

Journey from train station "Mockmühl"

Please consider that there is only a limited number of connections to reach Schöntal from the station “Möckmühl” by public transport on Sundays. To reach the venue by bus you have to take bus number 11 (direction written on the bus can be "Westernhausen", "Schöntal", "Bieringen", "Krautheim", or"Jagsthausen"). If you cannot catch the bus, we recommend taking a taxi (approx. 40 € one way). There should be taxis waiting in front of the station. If not, you can call a taxi company:

• Taxi Sascha Müllner - Phone: 0049 06298 927558
• Taxi Strässer - Phone: 0049 06298 92230

Checkout

The checkout is on Friday, 18 April 2024, until 09:00. You can have breakfast before checkout.