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Monday, Oct 20, 2008

Session 1: Testing 1
Accelerated Composite Moisture Infusion Test and Characterization: Siva P Pilli, Kevin L Simmons, James D Holbery, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA / Boeing Company, USA) pdf file

An Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the V-notched Rail Shear Test to Measure the Shear Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers: Essam Totry, Sergio Sádaba, Carlos González, Javier Llorca (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain / Instituto Madrileno de Estudios Avanzados en Materiales, Spain) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file video5 file

Clamping Issues in Iosipescu Shear Testing of Composite Laminates: Jonas M. Neumeister, L. Niklas Melin (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) pdf file

Composite Materials Specimen Design for Validation of an Energy-Based Multi-Axial Characterization Methodology: Adrian C. Orifici, John G. Michopoulos, Paul A. Lagacé, Israel Herszberg (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd, Australia, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) pdf file


Poster Break 1
Identification of the Through-Thickness Shear Modulus of Composites from Full-Field Surface Deformation Measurements: F. Pierron, R. Rotinat (ParisTech Arts et Métiers, France) pdf file

Characterization of Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Embedded FBG Sensors: J. Frieden, J. Cugnoni, J. Botsis, Th. Gmür, D. Coric (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Switzerland) pdf file

Hertzian Fracture, Kinetic Friction and the Mechanical Impact LOX Compatibility: Roger Gerzeski (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)

Optimising Materials and Production Modeling for Composite Boat Hull Structures: A.J. Sobey, J.I.R. Blake, R.A. Shenoi (University of Southampton, UK) pdf file

Effects of Injection Molding Parameters on the Weldline Strength of Thin-Wall Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplasti Cheng-Hsien Wu, Ming-Yu Lin (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan / Da-Yeh University, Taiwan)


Session 2: Testing 2
Composite Joints and Structures: Alastair Johnson, Garth Pearce (German Aerospace Center, Germany / University of New South Wales, Australia) pdf file
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High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of Notched Composites: Yi Chen, Stephen R. Hallett (University of Bristol, UK) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file video5 file

Mechanical Tests for FoldCore Base Material Properties: S. Fischer, K. Drechsler, S. Kilchert, A.F. Johnson (University of Stuttgart, Germany / German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany) pdf file

Sensing strain gradients with embedded Bragg gratings across the width of a composite laminate: P. Casari, P. A. Morvan, X. Chapeleau, N. Daher, C. Lupi, D. Leduc. (University of Nantes, France) pdf file


Session 3: Fracture
Fracture Analysis for Bondlines and Interfaces of Composite Structures: Gerald Mabson (The Boeing Company, USA) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file video5 file

Modeling R-Curve Toughening Mechanisms with Complex Softening Laws: Carlos G. Dávila, Cheryl Rose, Pedro P. Camanho (NASA Langley Research Center, USA / Universidade do Porto, Portugal) pdf file

Measurement of Cohesive Laws for Delamination of Composites: Ulf Stigh, Anders Biel, K. Svante Alfredsson pdf file (University of Skövde, Sweden)

Length of the Cohesive Zone in Delaminated Composite Materials: Albert Turon, Pedro P. Camanho, Josep Costa, Pere Maimí (University de Girona, Spain / Universidade do Porto, Portugal) pdf file


Poster Break 2
Identifying Damage in Thin-Wall Anisotropic Composite Structures by Lamb Wave Reflection: A. S. Liberson, T. S. Meyer, M. J. Roemer, G. P. Tandon (Impact Technologies LLC, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, USA) pdf file

Investigation of the Effect of Specimen Width on Open Hole Tensile Strength: Marco Cheung, Stephen Hallett (University of Bristol, UK) pdf file

Test development for adhesively bonded assemblies: Casari P, Jacquemin F, Bourmaud A, Davies P, Choqueuse D (University of Nantes, France)

Influence of Underwater Preconditioning of GRP Pipes in Ring Load Creep Tests Results: Hugo Faria, Rui M. Guedes, António T. Marques (Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial, Portugal / Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal) pdf file


Session 4: Scaling Effects and Joints
Crack Growth in Adhesive Joints in Polymer Matrix Composites: Numerical Modelling and Experiments: Bent F. Sørensen, Stergios Goutianos, Torben K. Jacobsen (The Technical University of Denmark, Denmark / LM Glasfiber A/S, Denmark) pdf file

Optimal Design of a Composite Scarf Repair Patch under Uniaxial Tension Load: Tim Breitzman, Greg Schoeppner, Ben Cook, Endel Iarve (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, USA) pdf file

Hybrid Titanium-CFRP Laminates For High-Performance Bolted Joints: Pedro P. Camanho, Axel Fink, Cristóvão Cardoso, Andreas Obst (Universidade do Porto, Portugal / DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany / INEGI – Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial, Portugal / European Space Agency, The Netherlands) pdf file video1 file video2 file

Progressive Failure Modelling of Composite Laminates Containing Tapered Holes: Andrew J. Gunnion, Adrian C. Orifici, Chun H. Wang (Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd, Australia / Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia / Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia) pdf file



Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008

Session 5: Textile Composites I
Experimental methodology and FEA for damage studies in textile composites: Stepan V. Lomov, Dmitry S. Ivanov, Ignaas Verpoest (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) pdf file

Testing and Modeling of Yarn Pullout in Plain Woven Kevlar Fabrics: Zhaoxu Dong, C.T. Sun (Purdue University, USA) pdf file video1 file

Enhancement of Tow Visualisation in Carbon Composites: Luke P. Djukic, Israel Herszberg, Greg A. Schoeppner (The University of New South Wales, Australia / Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures, Australia / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA) pdf file video1 file video2 file

Experimental Analysis and Modeling of Z-Pinned Joints Under Pull-Out, Shear and Flexural Loading: Xavier Toral Vazques, Bruno Castanie, Jean-Jacques Barrau, Sébastien Didierjean (Université de Toulouse, France / EADS IW, France) pdf file


Poster Break 3
The Development of a Dispersion-Strengthened Tin Composite Using Silica Nanopowders: J.S. Jatau, E.I. Mbaya, Y.A. Barau (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria) pdf file

New Method to Real Time Monitoring of Specimens Compliance in Mode II Delamination Tests: J. Vicens, J. Costa, J. Renart (Universitat de Girona, Spain) pdf file

A Comparison of Moiré Interferometry and Digital Image Correlation: Ryan Davidson, David Mollenhauer, Anthony Palazotto (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)

A Whole-field Measurement Based Identification Procedure for Polymer Composites: F. Grytten, R.H. Gaarder, E. Andreassen, E.L. Hinrichsen (SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway) pdf file

The Modified Iosipescu Shear Test for Composites – Accuracy and Robustness: L. Niklas Melin, Jonas M. Neumeister (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Thermo-oxidative Behavior of Laminated Composites: G.P. Tandon, W.R. Ragland, G.A. Schoeppner (University of Dayton Research Institute, USA / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)

Structural-Electric Characterization of a Load Bearing Antenna RF Laminate: Brian Smyers, William Baron, Joseph Marshall (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA / Boeing Phantom Works, USA) pdf file


Session 6: Textile Composites II
Three-dimensional Stress Analysis in Complex Fiber Architecture Composites by Using Independent Mesh Method: E.V. Iarve, E. Zhou, T.J. Whitney, D. Mollenhauer (University of Dayton Research Institute, USA / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA) pdf file

Characterization of the Microstructure and Deformation of Woven Composites: Robert J. Young, Stephen J Eichhorn, James A Bennett, Prasad Potluri, Richard J Davies (University of Manchester, UK / European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France) pdf file video1 file

Identification of Meso Scale Damage Parameters of Carbon-Epoxy Composite: Dmitry Ivanov, Stepan Lomov, Ignaas Verpoest (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) pdf file

Effect of microscopic damage events on static and ballistic impact strength of triaxial braid composites: Justin D. Littell, Wieslaw K. Binienda, William A. Arnold, Gary D. Roberts, Robert K. Goldberg (The University of Akron, USA / NASA Glenn Research Center, USA) pdf file


Session 7: Structures
Buckling Strength of Thick Composite Panels in Wind Turbine Blades – Part I: Effect of Geometrical Imperfections: Christian Berggreen, Nicholas Tsouvalis, Brian Hayman, Kim Branner (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark / National Technical University of Athens, Greece / Det Norske Veritas AS and University of Oslo, Norway) pdf file video1 file

Buckling Strength of Thick Composite Panels in Wind Turbine Blades – Part II: Effect of Delaminations: Kim Branner, Peter Berring, Christian Berggreen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) pdf file video1 file video2 file

Integrating Materials Modeling Aspects into the Industrial Analysis of Composite Structures: Stephane Mahdi (Airbus, France) pdf file

Composite Torsion Catapult Research: A Fun Use for Modern Engineering: David Mollenhauer, Chase Nessler, Bryan Langley, John Camping (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA / YUSA Corporation, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, USA) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file video5 file video6 file video7 file video8 file video9 file video10 file


Session 8: Full Field Techniques
Detecting and Monitoring the Development of Surface Cracks Using the Grid Method: S. Fhaikhao, M.R. Wisnom, F. Pierron (University of Bristol, UK / ParisTech Arts et Métiers, France) pdf file

Experimental Aspects of Virtual Tests: Brian Cox (Teledyne Scientific, USA) pdf file

Influence of Microstructure Heterogeneities on Free Edge Stress Fields of a Laminate Using Digital Image Correlation Technique: P. Grosbras, B. Paluch, M. Brieu, L. Sabatier (ONERA, France / Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille, France) pdf file

Meso-Scale Strain Mapping and Strength Predictions in UD Woven Composites: P. Potluri, A. Manan, J. Stein, R.J. Young, Y.T. Shyng (University of Manchester, UK) pdf file



Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008

Session 9: Fatigue and Durability
New Fire Models & Test Methods for Polymer Matrix Composites: A.P. Mouritz, S. Feih, Z. Mathys, A.G. Gibson, S.W. Case, B.Y. Lattimer (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia / Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia / Newcastle Univeristy, UK / Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA) pdf file video1 file video2 file

Effects of moisture on ageing and debonding in a single fiber composite using a long FBG sensor and numerical modeling: J. Botsis, M. Lai, J. Cugnoni, D. Coric (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland) pdf file

Damage Tolerance of Composite Laminate subjected to Edge Impact: A. Malhotra, F.J. Guild (University of London, UK / University of Bristol, UK) pdf file

Coupled Evolution of Damage and Oxidation in High Temperature Polymeric Matrix Composites: Kishore Pochiraju, Gyaneswar P. Tandon, Gregory Schoeppner (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, University of Dayton Research Institute, USA / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA) pdf file


Poster Break 4
Mechanical Characterization of Thick 3D Woven E-glass Composite Laminate: Seung Min Lee, Ozden O. Ochoa, Alexander Bogdanovich, Dmitri Mungalov (Texas A&M University, Texas, USA / 3TEX Inc., USA)

Environmental Testing on Composites Overwrap Repairs: Effect of Curing on Durability: S.H.M. Ramli, K.H.Leong, F. Ahmad, Z. Man (PETRONAS Research, Malaysia / Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia) pdf file

Thermal Aging and Fatigue Effect on Resistance to Transverse Cracking: Janis Varna, Roberts Joffe (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden)

Design, Testing, and Simulation of Morphing Composites: Kristen Cable, Jason Hermiller, H. Jerry Qi (Cornerstone Research Group Inc, USA /University of Colorado, USA) pdf file


Session 10: Damage Models
Critical Energy Densities of Resin Systems: The Key to Matrix Dominated Composites Failure: Leif E. Asp, Janis Varna, Ramesh Talreja (Swerea SICOMP, Sweden / Luleå University of Technology Sweden / Texas A&M University, USA) pdf file

Failure Criterion Development for Composite Materials loaded Transverse to Fiber Direction: Dean Foster, G.P. Tandon (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, USA) pdf file video1 file

Experimental and Numerical Analyses on the Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Composite Laminates: C. Lopes, P.P Camanho, Z. Gürdal, P. Maimí (Universidade do Porto, Portugal / Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands / Universitat de Girona, Spain) pdf file video1 file video2 file video2 file video2 file

Micro-mechanics of Kink-band Formation: S.T. Pinho, S. Pimenta, P. Robinson (Imperial College, UK) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file


Session 11: Virtual Field/Inverse Methods
Identification of the Local Stiffness Reduction of a Damaged Composite Plate Using the Virtual Fields Method: Jin-Hwan Kim, Fabrice Pierron, Michael R. Wisnom (ENSAM, France / University of Bristol, UK) pdf file

Identification of Anisotropic Properties from Erroneous Full-field Measurements: Tomonari Furukawa, Jan Wei Pan (University of New South Wales, Australia / Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA) pdf file video1 file video2 file video3 file video4 file video5 file video6 file video7 file video8 file video9 file video10 file video11 file video12 file video13 file video14 file video15 file

An Inverse Method for Determining the Stiffness of Impact damage in Laminate composites: Pavel Sztefek, Robin Olsson (Imperial College London, UK) pdf file

Parameter Identification by the Virtual Fields Method: Application to the Stiffness Radial Variability of P. Pinaster within the Stem: J. Xavier, S. Avril, F. Pierron, J. Morais (Arts et Metiers ParisTech, France / ENSM, France / CITAB-UTAD, Portugal) pdf file


Session 12: Novel Methods
Multiscale Modeling for Characterization of Damage Resilient Nanocomposites: Akhilesh Jha, Terrisa Duenas, Shaoping Xiao, Ajit Mal, Fred Wudl, James R. Alexander, Aaron Corder, Teng K. Ooi (NextGen Aeronautics, USA / University of Iowa, USA / University of California Los Angeles & Santa Barbara, USA / U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, USA / Missile Defense Agency, USA / Office of Naval Research, USA) pdf file

OffAxis Notch Sensitivity Modeling of Fiber Metal Laminates: M. Kawai, Y. Arai (University of Tsukuba, Japan) pdf file

Experimental and Numerical Study of Damage Propagation in Overheight Compact Tension Tests: Xiangqian Li, Stephen R. Hallett, Michael R. Wisnom, Reza Vaziri, Anoush Poursartip (University of Bristol, UK / University of British Columbia, Canada) pdf file video1 file video2 file

Measurements OF Elastic and Visoelastic Properties of Polymer Matrix Composites through High Temperature Nanoindentation: Y.C. Lu, G. A. Schoeppner, D.C. Jones, G. P. Tandon, S. Putthanarat (University of Kentucky, USA / Air Force Research Laboratory, USA / University of Dayton Research Institute, USA) pdf file




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