Invitation / Call for Papers

 Agenda and NAFEMS NORDIC Regional Summit 2008 (Updatet: 17-11-2008)

Basic Training Course Invitation

 

Invitation / Call for Papers

The NAFEMS Nordic Regional Summit 2008 will be held at the Hotel 11 in Gothenburg on 17^th & 18^th November 2008. Entitled Best Practises and Trends in Engineering Simulation and Analysis, the Conference will give delegates an unrivalled independent insight into the current best practices and state-of-the-art in FEA, CFD, MBS and associated technologies, providing the most comprehensive overview and trends of the technology available. The two-day conference aims to increase awareness and provide a discussion forum for topics that are important and relevant to engineering industrialists and academics. With this in mind, an outstanding agenda shall be announced which will enable all who attend to gain an invaluable insight into the best practices and trends in the simulation world.

If you are an analyst, engineer, team leader or manager that has a responsibility for ensuring that a fit-for-purpose engineering solution is obtained from the use of modern simulation software, then you should attend. The event is open to both members and non-members of NAFEMS, with members able to attend the event for free, as part of their membership benefits package.

Presentations already submitted:
Keynote presentations will be given by Saab Automobile/ GM and TetraPak. In addition we already received several very interesting papers from e.g. Volvo Car Group, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), MSC.Software, ITW Sweden, SimEvolution, TechnoStar Europe, ÅF System, University of Strathclyde, University of Stuttgart, Medeso, Semcon Caran, Maxiom, LMS International, and Intes. Furthermore a presentation and discussion about the recently founded NAFEMS Skills Management Initiative is planned. In the accompanying software and hardware exhibition you get comprehensive information about latest developments and solutions. The NAFEMS Council plans to have the NAFEMS Annual General Meeting at this summit. So tjust ake the chance to present your work to a wider audience – we have extended the deadline to October 6 (same date as deadline for papers for the NAFEMS World Congress 2009).

Extended deadline for submitting abstracts: 6^th October, 2008!

Accompanying FEA Basic Training Course: From Conventional Stress Calculations to Finite Element Analysis
A three day introductory or refresher course – 17th – 19th November 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden, Register now!

More information at www.nafems.org -> events

 

DOWNLOAD ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

 

The Analysis Advantage:
Perspectives on Engineering Simulation for Today and Beyond

Case Studies | Best Practices | Breakthrough Technologies | Future Advances

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract Submission Deadline - October 6th 2008

 

For more information see the homepage:

 

                                                                   http://www.nafems.org/congress/

 

And the flyer bellow:

 

Analysis and Simulation of Composite Structures Including Damage and Failure Prediction

 

 

 

Announcement and Invitation to submit Contributions for the Symposium on "SANDWICH STRUCTURES"

included in the

17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS (ICCM-17) 
27-31 July 2009

Edinburgh, UK

 

The call for papers is open with an October 31, 2008 deadline for submission of abstracts. 

 

Flyers:

ICCM17 call for papers

ICCM-17 - Symposium on Sandwich Structures

 

Internationally renowned composites scientists, engineers and designers continue to attend the ICCM series to present their frontier research findings and to keep up to date with latest achievements and developments in this very fast moving and high technology based field.

 

More than 600 delegates from around the world are expected to attend.

 

Sessions will be led by leading experts with topics in the following main areas:

 

Industry focused

Applications

Manufacturing

Materials

Nanocomposites

Behaviour

 

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts now (deadline: 31 October 2008)

 

For full details please click here for the Conference Website

 

The objective of the ICCM-17 Symposium on “Sandwich Structures" is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest research and technology related to the modelling and experimental characterisation of sandwich structures.

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts on the following non-exclusive list of symposium topics:

-          Analysis, characterisation and design of sandwich structures and materials

-          Assessment and evaluation of failure and fracture in sandwich structures

-          The development of new core materials and the characterisation of these

-          Homogenisation of core properties and calibration and validation of material models

-          Energy absorption and crushing of sandwich core materials

-          Impact behaviour of sandwich structures

-          Multi-functional sandwich structures

-          Dynamics, vibration and acoustics of sandwich structures and materials

-          Manufacturing of sandwich structures

 

The web site of the ICCM-17 (www.iccm17.org) provides all information currently available and will be periodically updated.

For additional information or questions, please send an email to the organisers of the symposium:

 

Dr. Paul Cunningham

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University

Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK

Telephone +44 (0)1509 227 280, Fax +44 (0)1509 227 27

e-mail: P.Cunningham@lboro.ac.uk

 

Prof. Ole Thybo Thomsen

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University

Pontoppidanstræde 101, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark

Telephone: +45 9940 9319, Mobile phone: +45 28959151, Fax: +45 9815 1675

e-mail: ott@ime.aau.dk

 

 

Deadline for submission of Abstracts: October 31, 2008.

Please follow the instructions specified on the conference website (www.iccm17.org) regarding the submission of abstracts carefully.

Prospective authors will be notified by 27 February 2009 with a deadline of 30 April 2009 for submission of full papers.

 

  New software program for Composite Fibre Placement and Composite Simulation.

 Follow link for more infomation

 

http://www.cgtech.com/usa/afp-programming-simulation/

 

News from the BSSM


1. Fatigue and wear – real life solutions please see pdf attached. S1315prog

2. Composites2009

Composites2009

2nd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the

Mechanical Response of Composites

1-3 April 2009

Imperial College London, UK

Composites2009-Flyer

Keynote speakers

Prof. Zdeněk P Bažant	Northwestern University, USA
Dr C G Dávila	NASA Langley Research Centre, USA

 

Call for papers

Papers are invited which address topics within the key subject areas of Composites2009. Prospective authors are asked to submit 2-page abstracts for consideration in the programme by 15 October 2008 to the conference secretariat via the online system:

www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronautics/composites2009

Decisions of the Organising Committee will be sent to all authors by end of November 2008.

 

Publications

A book containing selected papers from the conference will be published by Springer, in the ECCOMAS thematic conference series.

 

Parallel Sessions

There will be no parallel sessions.

 

Further Information

Please visit the conference website at www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronautics/composites2009 for all submission, registration or conference queries. Alternatively, email the conference secretariat at composites2009@imperial.ac.uk

Ole Thybo Thomsen, Professor, Ph.D.
Head of Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University
Pontoppidanstræde 101, DK-9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
Phone: +45 9940 9319; Mobile phone: +45 2895 9151
Fax: +45 9815 1675
e-mail: ott@ime.aau.dk
www: http://www.me.aau.dk

 Deformation & Fracture of Composites, DFC10, Sheffield, UK, 15-17 April 2009

You are invited to submit an abstract to the DFC10 international conference that will take place in Sheffield on 15-17 April 2009, see DFC10-Call for abstracts for invitation. A special technical session is planned to celebrate the 65^th birthday of Prof Frank Jones and his contributions over the years to the composites field.

I look forward to seeing you in Sheffield.

Have a great summer.

Kind regards,

Costas

15th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/15),

University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 15-17 June 2009

 

As the name implies, this will be the 15th in a biennial series of

conferences which commenced in Scotland in September 1981, all organized

by Prof. Ian Marshall, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Composite

Structures. They continue to be the only international forum with a

focus on structural aspects of composite materials and are one of the

longest running “composites” conferences. This will be the first

occasion the conference will be held in Portugal. Prof. Ian Marshall was

very kind to invite me to continue this series of events.

 

As in previous editions, the conference proceedings will form a Special

Issue of the Journal of Composite Structures (ELSEVIER)

(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405928/description#description).

 

 

The (provisional) web page for this conference is

http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~ferreira

 

Please download the Abstract template in

http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~ferreira/welcomeICCS15.htm

 

Also download the registration form

(http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~ferreira/registration.htm) and send it to me

by email with the fee payment.

 

Best wishes

 

Antonio Ferreira, Conference Chairman

--

António Ferreira, PhD

Associate Professor

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial

Rua Dr Roberto Frias

4200-465 Porto

Portugal

email: ferreira@fe.up.pt

Phone +351 225081705

Invitation to submit contributions for the symposium on

Composites Testing and Model Identification 

at the 17^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS

(ICCM – 17)

27-31 July 2009

Edinburgh, UK

ICCM 17 - Symposium Compsites Testing Identification

Announcement and call for Papers

The main objective of the symposium is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of model parameter identification of composite materials and linking experiments to computations.

Particular attention will be given to :

• innovative identification procedures in static and dynamic conditions for linking theory to experiments
• identification via in-situ structural monitoring
• use of embedded sensors and/or actuators
• novel mixed theoretical/experimental identification procedures

All composite materials may be addressed (polymer, ceramic, metallic matrices, carbon, glass, boron, natural fibers, wood, etc.).

The deadline for submission of abstracts is on October 31, 2008

For full details please visit the  for the Conference Website

(www.iccm17.org)

For additional information please send an email to the organizer of the symposium :

John Botsis, Professor

School of Engineering

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bâtiment ME - C1 409, ST.  9

CH - 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

 

Voice :            + 41 21 693 2969 (Central European Time)

Secretary :     + 41 21 693 2937

e-mail :           john.botsis@epfl.ch
Web :              http://lmaf.epfl.ch/
                        http://people.epfl.ch/john.botsis

 

IRF'2009-Integrity, Reliability & Failure, 3rd International Conference

Please bring your attention to the First Announcement & Call for Abstracts  for the IRF'2009-Integrity, Reliability & Failure, 3rd International Conference, to be held in Porto, Portugal, July 20 - 24, 2009. The meeting, which is chaired by Professor Shaker Meguid from the University of Toronto and myself, covers all aspects relating to the use of advanced and traditional mechanics and materials to enhance engineering design.

The topics, abstract submission and all related matters can be viewed in the conference website at:

http://paginas.fe.up.pt/clme/IRF2009/index.htm

For further details, please do not hesitate in contacting either me at: : sg@fe.up.pt <mailto:sg@fe.up.pt>

or Professor Shaker Meguid at: meguid@mie.utoronto.ca

With my best personal regards, I look forward to receiving your contribution and to seeing you next July in Porto.

Sincerely,

Joaquim Silva Gomes

___________________________________________________________________

Professor Catedrático

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

Tel: +351 22 508 1771; Mobile: +351 91 725 89 50; Fax:+351 22 508 1584; E-mail: sg@fe.up.pt

http://www.fe.up.pt/si/FUNCIONARIOS_GERAL.formview?p_codigo=206329

http://paginas.fe.up.pt/clme/IRF2009/index.htm

 

COMATCOMP'09 Conference

 

 COMAT - V International Conference on Science and Technology of Composite Materials and MATCOMP - 8 Congreso Nacional de Materiales Compuestos Donostia - San Sebestian Spain, 7-9 October 2009

Go now on the website for more info: http://www.comatcomp.com

 Best wishes Inaki Mondragon, Confercence Chairman 'Materials + Technologies' Group. University of the Basque Country.

 

 

Ninth International Seminar

on Experimental Techniques and design in Composite Materials

VICENA-ITALY

30 September, 1-2 October, 2009

For more information see the flyer