International Centre of Vibro-Impact Systems (ICoVIS) is an international scientific organisation with membership open to academic, research and industrial organizations and their representatives . The main aims of ICoVIS are:
- To provide a forum for and build collaboration between academia and industry from different countries in the broad area of vibro-impact systems and processes
- To provide a source of expertise on vibro-impact systems and processes
- To develop world class technologies
- To promote collaborative research
- To educate young engineers and train researchers in the area of VIS
- To organise International Workshops and Conferences on the subject
The main areas of interest for ICoVIS are:
- excitation, synchronisation and stabilisation of vibro-impact processes
- dynamics of vibro-impact machines and technological processes
- vibration protection of operators and structures in harsh environment
- non-linear phenomena due to vibro-impact interaction of solids
- synergistic effects of repeated impacts on solids and granular media
- non-linear fluid-solid interaction
- analytical, experimental and numerical methods for the analysis of vibro- impact systems and processes
- synthesis and optimisation of vibro-impact systems
- measurements of vibro-impact processes
This list is by no means exhaustive. Activities within these areas are covered by Technical Committees of ICoVIS.