Papers are solicited in the following and related areas: 

- vibration analysis;
- analytical and computational structural acoustics and vibration;
- material systems and technologies for noise and vibration control;
- passive/semi-active/active control techniques;
- piezoelectric and viscoelastic damping technologies;
- shape/position and fluid flow control;
- nonlinear dynamics and vibrations;
- vibration-based structural health monitoring/evaluation and damage prognosis;
- machinery noise/vibration and diagnostics;
- reciprocating machinery and rotor dynamics;
- experimental testing in vibration and structural acoustics;
- experimental modal analysis;
- modeling of the dynamics and damping of complex systems;
- noise and vibration on high-speed trains and railways;
- structural and musical vibro‑acoustics;
- applications and case studies in structural acoustics and vibration.

Extended Abstracts are due by 28 February 2009 (please see address below), and those accepted will appear in a book which will be made available to delegates of IRF'2009 during the event. Full papers will also be compiled in a CD-ROM and selected papers will be considered for publication in a number of scientific journals of international reputation.

The Extended Abstracts must not exceed two pages and should be written in the same format as the full papers for the CD-ROM (no limitation in length for these). A sample abstract is available for download (sample abstract) and further instructions on formatting are available at the conference website and in the IRF'2009 Call for Papers file attached.

Please refer to the conference website (IRF'2009) for further information on the registration, program, symposia, hotels and social program.

For abstract submission and additional information, please contact either the symposium promoters,

or the conference co-chair,