ESCMEUROPEAN S0CIE1Y

FOR CQMPOSfTEMATERIALS

1 lth European Conferenceon Composite Materials

From nanoscale interactionsto engineering structures

BOOKOF ABSTRACTS

Vol. I I/I I

CHAIRMAN

COSTAS GALIOTIS

May 31 -June 3, 2004Rhodes, Greece

TABLE OF CONTENTS

W E D N E S D A Y (continued from Vol. I)

NANOCOMPOSITESPage

[C215] Novel Advanced Continuous Nanofibers as Next Generation Rein-forcement for Composites 26Y.A. Dzenis and R.C. McBroom

[B039] Study of Nano-plastics containing Fillers of various types 27M. Ioelovich and O. Figovsky

[C075] Optimisation of the Low-Shear Compounding of Carbon Nanofi-bre / Polymer Composites 28F.W.J. van Hattum, A. Gaspar-Cunha, M.L. Lake and C.A. Bernardo

[B094] Morphology of PA6-nanocomposite fibres by means of ESEM studyof fracture surfaces 30C. Ibanes, K. Masenelli-Varlot, A. Malchere, R. Seguela, L. Davidand G. Robert

[C168] Nano-composites via solid-state modification for toughening semi-crystalline polymers 32S. Jain, H. Goossens, F. Picchioni, M.van Duin and P.J. Lemstra

[C210] New method to determine the influence of mico/nano-particles onsurface & functional properties 34W.P. Weinhold and Prof. R. Stengler

MODELLING

[B097] A two-dimensional approach to compute shear stresses in bondedcomposite patches 36J.-D. Mathias, X. Balaundraud and M. Grediac

[A067] Estimation of a mechanical characterization for woven fabric com-posites by FEM based on damage mechanics 38T. Kurashiki, M. Zako, S. Hirosawa, S. Lomov and I. Verpoest

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[C053] Failure analysis of filament wound composite to metal jointsusing Puck's failure criterionA. Fjeldly, T.-0. Carlsen, T. Olsen and R. Lauritzen

[B065] Sensitivity analysis for effective properties of periodic fiber-rein-forced compositesM. Kaminski

[C041] Thermo-Mechanically Interacting Composite Pipes Optimisedby Genetic AlgorithmsT. Daxner, M. Luxner and F. G. Rammerstorfer

[C095] The numerical and mathematical modelling of elastic plastic trans-versely isotropic materials.A. Khaldjigitov, U. Adambaev, R. Khudazarov

[B121] Finite Element Analysis of bonded and co-cured joints in compos-ite materialsM. Quaresimin and M. Ricotta

[A041] Predictive modelling of processing and performance properties fortextile composite unit cells: current status and perspectivesF. Robitaille, A.C. Long, M. Sherburn and CD. Rudd

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF COMPOSITES

[C027] Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using a Novel FibreOptic Acoustic Emission SensorsT. Butler, S. Krishnamurthy, R. Chen, R. Badcock and G.F. Fernando

[C197] Impact damage detection of CFRP using an FBG ultrasonic sensingsystemH. Tsuda

[C137] Instrumented Technological Specimen (ITS): curing processand mechanical characterisation using embedded fiber Bragg gratingsM. Mulle, F. Collombet, J.N. Perie and Y.-H. Grunevald

[C188] Quantitative Measurement of Delamination Growthin Composite Laminates with Small-Diameter Fiber Bragg Grating SensorsN. Takeda, Y. Okabe and S.-I. Takeda

Page[B171] Internal structure damage evolution in composite using synchro-tron radiation 59X. Hu and X. Wu

[B059] Photoelastic measurement of Matrix Stress Field and interfacialshear stress in single fiber model composites 61F.M. Zhao, S.A. Hayes, E.A. Patterson, R.J. Young and F.R. Jones

[C007] Automatisation of dynamic Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferom-etry measurements in application to defect detection 53A. Aliverdiev, E. Bacchi, M. Caponero, R. Conza and C. Moriconi

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITES

[B084] Experimental study of Resin Infusion under Flexible Tool (RIFT) 65M.J. Langham and C. Lekakou

[C083] Planning and manufacturing a mould for Resin Transfer Moulding 67L. Iuliano, M.G. Violante, E. Bassoli and A. Gatto

[C118] Design of a Carbon Fiber Bicycle Stem Using an Internal Bladderand Resin Transfer Molding 59M. Thouin and L. Lessard

[C192] Structure-Performance Relationships of Injection Moulded Ther-moplastic Composites at High Fibre Contents 7 ̂J. L. Thomason

[B091] Effect of fibre sizing on sheet moulding compounds rheology 73D. Merhi, E. Comte, V. Michaud and J.A.-E. Manson

[C040] Precise Positioning of unit cells and embedded instrumentation fordabrication and pressure tesing of filament wound tubes 7 -H.H. Moreno, B. Douchin, F. Collombet and P. Davies

[C099] Correlation between production's process parameters of glass-fiberbased composite materials with its mechanical propertiesA. Kocov, D. Spaseska and J. Lazarev

METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES Page

[C130] Effect of bending deformation on critical current in Bi2223/Ag/Ag- 79alloy composite superconducting tapesM. Hojo, M. Nakamura, M. Tanaka and S. Ochiai

[C049] Thermomechanical properties of interpenetrating graphite/alumin-ium composites produced by indirect squeeze casting process 81T. Etter, J. Kuebler, T. Frey, P. Schulz and PJ. Uggowitzer

[C088] Gamma Titanium Aluminide Matrix Composites:A Parametric Study of Optimum Constituents 83J.S. Craft and W. S. Johnson

[C001] The Effect of Thermal Cycling on the Stiffness and Density of theShort Fiber A12O3/WE54 Mg Alloy Composite 84I. Hadi, K. Poorazarang and P. Abachi

[C217] Study of Debonding Development in Fibrous Metal Matrix Com-posites 86G. Papakaliatakis and D. Karalekas

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

[C216] Thermomechanical properties of CVI-processed Si-B-C based car-bides as derived from the behavior of carbon fiber-reinforced microcom-posites 89Michaux, C. Sauder, G. Camus and R. Pailler

[C074] Strength Improvement and Notch Insensitivity of Carbon/CarbonComposites using ESPI-NDE 91M.S. Aly-Hassan, H. Hatta, O. Keisuke and H. Suemasu

[B064] Failure Criteria for Non-Metallic Materials - Part II:Ceramic Matrix Compsites 92C. Kaiser, H. Wittke, H. Weihs; A. Obst

COMPOSITES IN TRANSPORTATION Page

[C061] Composite Rib Development 95A.K. Green

[C120] Optimal Design of The Swept-Forward Wing in Composite Materi-als 97Y.-C. Liang and Y.P. Sun

[C096] Proof of Concept for New Composite Structures of Aircraft 99H. Kikukawa

THURSDAY

PLENARY LECTURE by:Prof. D. Bader, "Functionality of Biological Composites.

The Importance of Interactions at different Hierarchical Levels'

NATURAL COMPOSITES - BIOMATERIALS

INVITED SPEAKER: Prof. R. Wool,Bio-Based Composites

Page[B135] Thermoset Bonded Natural Fibre Prepregs - A new approach foran eco-composite 102R. Schledjewski, L. Medina, M. Lahm and H. Jungmann

[B029] Solution impregnation of natural fibres/ABS matrix composites 104M. Durante, C. Leone, M. Ussorio and I.C. Visconti

[A062] A continuous process for UD flax fibre reinforced composites 106I. Van de Weyenberg, B. Berghmans, B. Vangrimde and I. Verpoest

[B040] Stiffness contribution of wood fibres to composite materials 108R.C. Neagu, E.K. Gamstedt and M. Lindstrom

[B159] Mechanical Characterisation of Sisal Fibres for Reinforcing of Com-posite Materials with several different surface treatments 110C. Romao, P. Vieira and J.L. Esteves

[C032] Sisal Fibres Composites for Timber elements reinforcement 111R.F. Carvalho and C. Calil Jr.

[B178] The Interface in Flax/Polypropylene Composite Materials 112N.E. Zafeiropoulos

[B052] Natural fibers reinforced composites from date Palm Fibers 114K. Kaabi, A. Al-Khanbashi and A. Hammami

[B055] Fatigue Behaviour of Natural Fibber Core Sandwich LaminatesSubjected to Bending Loading 116P.N.B. Reis, J.A.M. Ferreira, F.V. Antunes and J.D.M. Costa

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[C186] Characterization of high-strength cross-ply "green" composites 118H. Takagi and S. Ochi

[C112] Influence of natural fibre reinforcement on microstructural and me-chanical properties of polypropylene 120T.Q. Lam, F. Lagattu, J. Brillaud and J. Barbier

[B001] Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Novel Silk/Poly(butylenesuccinate) Biocomposites 123D. Cho, S. Muk Lee, W.H. Park, S.G. Lee, S.O. Han and L.T. Drzal

[B158] Mechanical Characterisation of Wool Fibres for Reinforcing of Com-posite Materials ^25C. Romao, P. Vieira and J.L. Esteves

MODELLING

INVITED SPEAKER: Prof. John NairnIf One Must Do Shear-Lag Analysis of Composites,How Should it be Done and What can it Do"

[A012] FE Modelling of wear mechanisms of CF/PEEK composites 127K. Varadi, T. Goda, Z. Neder and K. Friedrich

[A025] Anisotropic Damage modelling of composite materials using ultra-sonic stiffness matrix measurements 128A. Paipetis, Y. Z. Pappas, D.E. Vlachos and V. Kostopoulos

[C048] Elasto-plastic analysis of delamination phenomena in laminatedcomposites under thermal loads 130A. Abedian and H. Farahpour

[C016] Finite element modelling and dynamic analysis of laser-weldedsandwich panels 132E. Barkanov, E. Skukis and H. Kolsters

[C002] Development of a new finite element for composite delaminationanalysis 134E. Abdulah, J.-F. Ferrero, J.-B. Mouillet and J.-J. Barrau

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[C004] Development of a Finite Element Analysis software for composite Pagematerials structures based on a new exponential model in order to incorpo-rate the effect of transverse shear stresses 136K. Afaq, S. Mistou and M. Karama

COMPOSITES, ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

[B032] Modeling of Long-Term Degradation of E-glass Reinforced Com-posites in Organic Environments 139Ma D. Salvador, V. Amigo, O. Sahuquillo, C. Ma Antolinos, F. Segovia,A. Vicente and C. Sanz

[B164] Calculation of water diffusion coefficient and dynamics in site ofadhesive/c-c composites joints 141C. Wang, Y. D. Huang and LiLi

[C132] Life predictions of long fiber composites in extreme environmentalconditions using damage evolution approach 143M. Megnis and P. Brondsted

[C084] A self-consistent approach for transient hygroscopic stresses andmoisture expansion coefficients of fiber-reinforced composites 145F. Jacquemin, S. Freour and R. Guillen

[B033] Corrosion behaviour in NaCl solutions of AMCs: material and testparameters influence. 147N. Martinez, M.D. Salvador, D. Busquets and V. Amigo

[A045] Dependence of Permeability Variations on the Textile Structure 149A. Endruweit, A.C. Long, F. Robitaille and CD. Rudd

[C172] Influence of Acid Rain on the Tracking Phenomena in SiliconeRubber Insulation - Diagnosis through Physico-Chemical Analysis 151R. Sarathi, S. Chandrasekar, C. Venkataseshaiah and R. Velmurugan

[B150] Features of Thermophysical properties of modified epoxy compos-ites at low Temperatures 152L.E. Evseeva and S.A. Tanaeva

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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES Page

[A008] Friction of Polymer Composites in Liquid Hydrogen Media 155Z. Zhang, P. Klein, K. Friedrichl, G. Theiler and W. Hubner

[C073] Structure and Properties of Long Glass Fibre Reinforced Polya-mide-66 Modified with Thermoset Resin 157J. Hartikainen, T. Harmia and M. Lindner

[A009] Sliding Wear of Polyamide 6,6 Nanocomposites 159L. Chang, Z. Zhang, H. Zhang and K. Friedrich

[B017] Experimental and numerical determination of the mechanical prop-erties of multi-axial multi-ply composites 161V. Carvelli, T. Truong Chi, M. S. Larosa, S. V. Lomov, C. Poggi,D. Ranz Angulo and I. Verpoest

[B019] Effect of Viscosity on mechanical behaviour of short-fibre glassreinforced PA 6.6 Parts 163J.A. Casado, I. Carrascal, J.A. Polanco and F. Gutierrez-Solana

[C102] Viscoplastic Response of Unidirectional Fiber Polymer Composites 164E. Kontou and A. Kallimanis

[AOOl] Optimisation of a Cruciform test specimen for Biaxial loading offiber reinforced material systems 166A. Smits, D. Van Hemelrijck, T. Philippidis, A.M. van Wingerdeand A. Cardon

[C178] Edge effect on carbon/epoxy strength and delamination of carbon/epoxy laminate with different stacking sequence 168M. Setvanovia?, D. Markoviae, M. Gordiae and I. Djordjeviae

[B072] Damping properties of carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy compositeswith viscoelastic interleaf film 170H. Kishi, M. Kuwata, S. Matsuda, T. Asami and A. Murakami

[B143] Energy absorption capability of low-cost composite materials 172Sjogren, A. Nylinder and A. Holmkvist

[C108] On an estimation of the damping properties of woven fabric com-posites 174M. Zako, T. Kurashiki, Y. Nakanishi and K. Matsumoto

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DAMAGE OF COMPOSITES Page

[B148] Modelling of Low Velocity Impact Damage in Laminated Composites 176J-H. Lee and C. Soutis

[C201] Inelastic behavior of viscoelastic SMC composites with micro damage 178J. Vama and M. Oldenbo

[A018] Effects of stitching parameters on the energy absorption of flat com-posite plates 180S. Cauchi-Savona and P. Hogg

[B088] Computational modelling of deformation and damage in Particle-Reinforced composites 182J. Segurado and J. LLorca

[C133] Identification of elastic stiffness and damage model for anisotropiccomposite materials by the virtual fields method 184H. Chalal, F. Meraghin, F. Pierron and M. Grediac

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF COMPOSITES

[B125] Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites for use as Remote Strain-Sensor Coatings 187J. L. Stanford, J. Halary, P. Cookson, P.A. Lovell and R.J. Young

[C090] IR nonlinear photothermal imaging in Carbon/Epoxy compositematerials: Experimental survey 188G. Kalogiannakis, C. Glorieux, E.H. Bentefour, J. Raviand D. van Hemelrijck

[B157] Determination of the strain-optical parameters for a polarimetri-coptical sensor embedded in a composite 190H. Wang, S.L. Ogin, A.M. Thome and G.T. Reed

[C036] X-Ray Computed Tomography characterising Carbon Fibre Rein-forced Composites 192E. Cornelis, A. Kottar and H.P. Degischer

[B128] Electrical Resistance Methodology for Damage Monitoring in Com-posite Materials: Applications and Results 194E. Riva, M.Vettori and G. Nicoletto

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Page[B075] Design of dielectric sensing and measurement system for themonitoring of the cure process in composite materials 196N Niakas and G Maistros

[C220] Hopping Conductivity in - Polymer Matrix - Granular Metal Com-posites 197G. C. Psarras

NANOCOMPOSITES

[B115] Broadband dielectric spectroscopy for studying morphology andinterfacial effects in polymer nanocomposites 200P. Pissis and D. Fragiadakis

[B003] Effect of Processing on the Thermo-Mechanical and Electrical Prop-erties of Exfoliated Nano-Graphite Reinforced Polypropylene 202K. Kalaitzidou, H. Fukushima and L.T. Drzal

[C072] Stress Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Compos-ites: An Experimental, Finite Element and Analytical Study 204A. Haque and A. Ramasetty

[B114] Dielectric spectroscopy and thermally stimulated depolarizationcurrents on carbon nanotube - polycarbonate composites 206I. Alig, S. M. Dudkin, P. Potschke, P. Pissis and D. Fragiadakis

[B177] Processing and characterisation of Polyhedral oligomericsilsesquioxanes (POSS®) nanocomposites 207M. Amici, N.E. Zafeiropoulos, K. Schneider, M. Stamm, J.-F. Gerardand J. Galy

[C166] Composites of SWNT or carbon black and melamine-formaldehydewith cellulose 209L. Licea-Jimenez, B. Voigt, A. Gromov, D. Rouxel, A. Pic,D.H. McQueen, E.E.B. Campbell and R.W. Rychwalski

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

[A027] A Probabilistic-Statistical approach to the ultimate failure of textileceramic matrix composites 212J. Lamon and V. Calard

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Page[B172] Damage Characterisation of Thermally-Shocked Woven-Fibre-Re-inforced Ceramic Matrix Composites 213C. Kastritseas, P.A. Smith and J.A. Yeomans

[C030] Silicon Nitride/Niobium Carbide Particulate Composites 215A.C.S. Coutinho, J.C. Bressiani and A.H.A. Bressiani

[C185] Fracture toughness determination of composites based on aluminafrom indentation-induced Vickers cracks 217M. Szutkowska

[BOH] Glass matrix composite foams containing metallic fibres producedby microwave heating 219A. R. Boccaccini, E. J. Minay, P. Veronesi, V. Cannillo and C. Leonelli

[C129] Friction stir welding of an AA7005/A12O3/10% reinforced alloy 220L.M. Marzoli, A.v. Strombeck, J.F. dos Santos, C. Gambaro and L.M.Volpone

[C198] Local deformation processes and damage evolution in MMCs 222K. Unterweger and O. Kolednik

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITES

[B141] Electroless deposition of metal thin film onto polycristalline alumi-na substrate 225E. Natividad, J.M. Heintz and J.-F. Silvain

[B085] Optical fibre sensor for monitoring flow and resin curing in com-posites manufacturing 227C. Lekakou, S. Cook, Y. Deng, T.W. Ang and G.T. Reed

[C147] The Development of the Resin Infusion between Double FlexibleTooling Process: Implementation of UV Curing 229A. Nwabuzor, O.I. Okoli and H-P Wang

[C052] Particle distribution mechanisms in infusion molded composites 230S.P. Fernberg and E.J. Sandlund

[B076] Monitoring cure in glass fibre/vinyl ester pultrusions 232Z.I. Samaras, M.C. Kazilas, A.A. Skordos, I.K. Partridge and J.R. Hartley

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Page[C051] New Approach in Process Monitoring of Vacuum Assisted ResinInfusion Process (VARI) 234M. Feiler, L. Chatzigeorgiou, R. Aoki, W. Dudenhausen and K. Drechsler

[B030] New resin Film infusion process for manufacture of large compos-ite structures 235C. Leone, M. Durante and I. Crivelli Visconti I. De Iorio

[C175] Influence of winding speed on winding tension in robotized fila-ment winding of complex-shape parts 237L. Carrino, W. Polini and L. Sorrentino

[C176] Machining of carbon/phenolic ablative composite using PCBN tools 239P. S. Sreejith

[C200] Automatic generation of rib mould for rubber forming of thermo-plastic composites, using knowledge based engineering 241I. Ton van der Laan and I.B. Weteringe

GENERAL APPLICATIONS OF COMPOSITES

[C056] A lightweight 3-Dsupport structure for precise tracking system 244A. van den Brink, G. Feofilov, G. Giraudo and S. Igolkine

[A004] Dimensional stability of multilayer printed circuit boards:influence of the reinforcement 246J.-C. Minni, A. Vautrin and P. Henrat

[C085] Assessment of Waste Landfill Application Properties of PVA Geo-textile/HDPE Geomembrane Composites 248H.-Y. Jeon, S.-J. Hong and W.-S. Lyoo

[C179] Dynamic Indentation of Lightweight Sandwich Panels 250D. Zhou and W.J. Stronge

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POSTER SESSION

TUESDAY AFTERNOON P a g e

[A014] Compression After Impact strength of GFRP Composites after long-term immersion in hot deionized water 253K. Berketis and P.J. Hogg

[A023] Identification of interfacial properties in the case of Ceramic Ma-trix Composites based on mini-composite tensile testing 255T.H. Loutas, G. Sotiriades, I. Fotiou and V. Kostopoulos

[A024] Fracture Behavior and Damage Characterizationof SiC/Glass ceramic composites 257V. Kostopoulos, T. Loutas and C. Dassios

[A030] A BEM analysis of the Single Fiber Fragmentation test. The influ-ence of curing temperature in crack propagation 259E. Graciani, V. Mantie, F. Pan's and J. Varna

[A034] Use of local heating for manufacturing of all-polypropylene poly-mer composites via microwave radiation 261C. T. Reynolds, J. P. Teunissen, B. Alcock, N.-O. Cabrera,N.-M. Barkoula and T. Peijs

[A038] Development of High-Performance Textile Reinforcements basedon Flax Fibres 263S. Gea, S. Goutianos, T. Eng, M. Skrifvars and T. Peijs

[A040] Investigation of a novel vacuum bag design for the vacuum infu-sion process 265A. Ragondet, N.C. Correia, F. Robitaille, A.C. Long and CD. Rudd

[A044] Compaction properties of glass fibre reifotcements: A new empiri-cal modellinh approach 267N.C. Correia, F. Robittilee, A.C. Long, CD. Rudd

[A047] On the damage evolution and the mechanical degradation of glass-fibre non-crimped fabric reinforced epoxy (GF-NCF-EP) under tensile load-ing. Experimental and finite element modelling 269A. Gagel, C. Miiller and K. Schulte

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[A050] Proton-Conducting Nanocomposites: Distribution of the Heteropol- Pageyacids in Sulfonated Poly (ether ether ketone) Membranes Revealed byAnomalous Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering 271L.A.S. de A. Prado, V.M. Garamus, M.L. Ponce, S. Vetter, G. Goerigk,H. Wittich, K. Schulte, S.P. Nunes and R. Willumeit

[A056] Fracture toughness characterization of filament wound pipes madewith thermos Eting and thermoplastic matrices 273J.F. Silva, A.B. de Morais, P. Vieira, A.T. Marques and P.T. de Castro

[A057] Impact damage assessment and mechanical characterization of CF/EPOXY composite laminates modified with rubber and cork powders 275J.H. Landolt, P.H. Magalhaes, PR. Novoa, J. Viana, A.T. Marques

[A059] Tailoring Fibre-Matrix Adhesion of Low-Cost Continuous FibreThermoplastic Composites 277F.W.J. van Hattum, J.F. Silva, J.P. Nunes, C.A. Bernardo,P. Vieira and A.T. Marques

[A060] New results on mechanical properties and initial damage ofmulti-axial multi-ply carbon fabrics reinforced epoxy 278T.T. Chi, M. Vettori, D. Ranz, S.V.Lomov and I.Verpoest

[A063] Using the cylindrical sheet compression test to evaluate thermoplastichoneycomb core's compression properties 280X. Fan, J. Pflug, B. Vangrimde, I. Verpoest and D. Vandepitte

[A064] About the production of novel continuous thermoplastic honeycombs 282P. Bratfisch, D. Vandepitte, J. Pflug and I. Verpoest

[A065] Steel cables reinforced thermoplastic composites: Interfacial prop-erties by pullout tests 284F. Delanoy, E.J. Jules, B. Vangrimde and I. Verpoest

[A066] Effect of fibres length and fibres orientation on the predicted elasticproperties of long fibre composites 286E.J. Jules, S. Lomov and I. Verpoest

[A070] Carbon Composites based on Multiaxial Multiply Stitched Preforms:Finite Element Modelling of Elastic Behaviour 288D. Ranz, S. Lomov, T.T. Chi and I. Verpoest

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Page[BOOS] Mechanical properties determination of a composite thick inter-phase using full field measurements and the virtual fields method. 290K. Triconnet, K. Derrien, D. Baptiste and F. Meraghni

[B009] Optimum design of a multiperforated composite structure 292A. Alzina, M. Grediac, A. Beakou and D. Marquis

[B010] Numerical study of the crimping process of composite insulators 294D. Duriatti, A. Beakou and R. Levillain

[B021] Application of Time-frequency Analysis on Obtained Signals fromLow Energy Impacts in Composite Plates with Fibre Optic Sensors 296L. Dokos and A. Chambers

[B022] The characterisation of voids and their effect on the flexural fatigueperformance of unidirectional carbon fire composites 298CA. Kemp, J.S. Earl, A.R. Chambers and D.T. Jones

[B025] Evaluating the X-ray microtomography technique for in-situ GlassFibre Characterisations 300A.K. Schwarz and A.R. Clarke

[B044] Modified method for kinetic analysis of Nonisothermal meltingand crystallization of Polypropylene in model carbon fiber composites 302A. Grozdanov, A. Buzarovska-Popova, G. Bogoeva-Gaceva and E. Nedkov

[B061] On the possibility of reduced variable predictions for the 303thermoelastic properties of short fibre composites.P.J. Hine, H.R. Lusti and A.A. Gusev

[B066] On sensitivity analysis in fracture and fatigue problem of the peri-odic fibre reinforced composite materials 305L. Figiel and M. Kaminski

[B068] How weel can we predict failure in composites; The world-widefailure exercise 307A.S. Kaddour, M.S. Hinton, P.D. Soden

[B070] Numerical simulation of bond behaviour between polymer com-posite rods and concrete; Comparison of experimental and theoretical re-sults 309H.R. Irannejad and A.R. Khoei

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Page[B073] Epoxy-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites as Matrix in Glass FiberReinforced Composites 311X. Kornmann, M. Rees, A. Necola and M. Barbezat

[B081] Failure and damage behaviour of biaxial reinforced weft knittedcomposites 312W. Hufenbach, A. Langkamp, R. Bohm and M. Gude

[B086] Shear deformation of non-crimp stitch bonded fabrics 314M. Yusof and C. Lekakou

[B092] Phase Transitions, Morphology and Mechanical Properties in UH-MWPE Fiber Compacts 316S. Ratner, A. Weinberg and G. Marom

[B106] Tg-less epoxy resin cured with ionomer 318H. Nishida, H. Ueda, S. Matsuda, H. Kishi and A. Murakami

[B107] Influence of process-induced stresses on mode I delaminationbehaviour of carbon/epoxy laminates: study of 070° and ±45° interfaces 320PA. Olivier and K.-E. Tarsha-Kurdi

[B122] Effect of Deformation upon the Raman Radial Breathing Modes ofSingle-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Composites ' 323M. Lucas and R.J. Young

[B123] Investigation of the Interfacial Micromechanics of a Single FibreMicrodroplet Composite using Synchrotron Radiation 325Y. T. Shyng, S.J. Eichhorn, R. J. Young and R. J. Davis

[B128a] Electrical Resistance Methodology for Damage Monitoring inComposite Materials: Experimental Set-Up 327M. Vettori, E. Riva, G. Nicoletto

[B138] Optimal Stacking Sequence of Free Vibrations of Composite Cy-lindrical Shells 329M.Shakeri and M.H.Yas

[B142] Solder paste with adaptive mechanical properties 331J.-F. Silvain

[B144] Void formation in sheet moulding compounds 333A. Sjbgren

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Page[B161] Two-dimensional strain mapping in model fiber-polymer compos-ites using nanotube raman sensing 335Q. Zhao, E. Wiesel and H.D. Wagner

[B163] Study on heat-resistant aging property of adhesive/carbon-carboncomposites joints 337C. Wang and YD. Hunag

[B169] Preliminary Evaluation of a Designed Fibre Shape In Polymer Com-posites 339J. Harris, I. Bond, P. Weaver, M. Wisnom

[B170] Stress-strain-critical current and core damage evolution for Bi-2223composite tapes 341X. Hu, J. Yang, X. Wu, Y. Tian

[B182] Polymeric Blends Exhibiting Nanophase Separation and Their Usein Optoelectronic applications Polymer Photovoltaic Cells 343V.G. Gregoriou, J.K. Kallitsis, P. Yiannoulis, S.P. Economopoulos,G.K. Govaris, CL. Chochos, A.K. Andreopoulou, N. Tzanetosand V. Deimede

[C005] Synthesis and characterisation of ceramic membrane 345N. Agoudjil, N. Benmouhoub and A. Larbot

[C045] Characterization of PVC foams under static and dynamic loading 346M.-K. Farooq, A. El Mahi ,M. Assarar, J.-M. Berthelot and I. Gimenez

[C068] Development of die-cast magnesium matrix reinforced by SiC par-ticles 347Z. Koren, H. Rosenson and E.M. Gutman

[C097] Universal mechanisms of plasticity and fracture in crystals andorganic polymers under conventional and shock-wave stresses 349V.P. Kisel

[C103] The Investigation of the Detonation Nanodiamond Structure byOptical Methods 351E. Mironov, E. Petrov and A. Koretz

[C114] Determination of adhesion strength of a particle embedded in aplastically deforming matrix 353B. Lauke and T. Schuller

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Page[C123] Critical stereosequences for in-situ fiber formation of low molecu-lar weight poly(vinyl alcohol) 355W.S. Lyoo, J.S. Lee, J.H. Yeum, J.W. Kwak, H.D. Ghim, B.C. Ji, H.Y. Jeon

[C182] Failure investigation of carbon nanotube/3Y-TZP nanocomposites 357J. Sun, M. Iwasa, T. Nakayama, K. Niihara, L. Gao, Q. Zhang

[C187] Three-Dimensional Stress Field in Circular Rotating Annular Disks 359M. Tahani, A. Nosier and S.M. Zebarjad

[C199] Electrical properties of composite polyimide films with C60-fullerene contents 361A.J. Subocz, A. Valozhyn

[C204] Modelling of thermal behavio of main spindle box made of poly-mer concrete 353G. Vrtavoski, V. Dukovski

[C206] Design Of Joints Of Sandwich Panels With Brittle Matrix Compos-ite Faces 365K. Watzeels, E. De Bolster, H. Cuypers and J. Wastiels

[C213] Modelling of the conditions representative of the long fiber com-posite drilling phase: orthogonal cutting 367R..Zitoune, F. Collombet, R. Piquet, F. Lachaud

[C214] Pressure effects on electrical conductivity of metal powders 369H. Zois, Y.P. Mamunya, L. Apekisa and E.V. Lebedev

[C222] Simulation of delamination in a double cantilever beam using inter-face elements 371M. Meo and R. Vignjevic

[C223] Design with materials containing natural fibers 372K.G. Kaveline, P.V. Kandachar and J.L. Spoormaker

[C224] Accelerated Environmental Ageing Of Glass Fiber Reinforced Poly-ester Composites (GFRPC) 373H. Zoga, D.E. Mouzakis and C. Galiotis

[C225] A Novel Technique For The Determination Of Interface IntegrityIn High Volume Fraction Polymer Composites 375G. Anagnostopoulos, J. Parthenios, C. Galiotis and A.G. Andreopoulos

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