The IT NAS of Belarus became a founder of an international association with the participation of physicists from Russia and China

June 14, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA/. Scientists from the Institute of Technical Acoustics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus have become co-founders of the International Association for the Processing of Materials by External Fields, which is being established with the participation of leading physicists from Russia and China. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the director of the Vitebsk institute, Vasily Rubanik, who has been elected vice-president of the association. Among the founders of the international association are representatives of more than 10 higher education institutions and research centers from three countries. The main goal of the international association is to consolidate the activities and creative potential of scientists to solve pressing problems in the field of studying the external energy impact on metals, alloys, and other materials. The first constituent assembly of the association took place within the framework of the III International Conference "Fundamental and Applied Aspects of the Influence of External Fields on Materials," which was held at the end of May in Shenzhen, China. Professor G. Tang from the Institute for Advanced Materials of Tsinghua University (Shenzhen) was elected president of the association. Today, the issue of improving the structure of materials and their functional properties has become particularly relevant due to increasing demands on them, which in turn is caused by increased loads, for example, on metals used in aircraft manufacturing. Modern material processing technologies using external energy impact allow solving these problems, explained Vasily Rubanik. For instance, scientists at the ITA specialize in studying the effect of ultrasonic vibrations on metals, which not only improves their properties but also leads to the development of new materials. Energy methods also include the impact of electric current, magnetic fields, electron-beam material processing, severe plastic deformation, and a number of others. Scientists and researchers who have become members of the association have not only extensive experience and traditions in developing this research area but also scientific discoveries recognized and adopted by specialists worldwide, noted Vasily Rubanik. Cooperation between researchers from the three countries within the framework of the international association will allow for the implementation of joint projects and the coordination of research directions on pressing issues of external energy impact on materials. In addition, association members intend to exchange achievements and promote the implementation of modern material processing technologies. The association plans to organize academic exchanges of specialists and young scientists. The association's headquarters will be located in Vitebsk at the Institute of Technical Acoustics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The members of the association made this decision considering the merits of the Belarusian scientific school, noted Vasily Rubanik. The Institute of Technical Acoustics was founded in Vitebsk in 1975. Today, the institute is a leading scientific organization in Belarus in the field of plasticity and metal processing under the influence of powerful ultrasonic vibrations. The main direction of the institute's scientific activity is the study of the physics of the impact of concentrated energy flows (ultrasound, laser, ion-plasma radiation) on condensed media. Institute scientists develop methods and high-energy technologies for producing functional and special-purpose materials.-0-