Composites Innovation

Composites Innovation 2010 - Advances in Materials, Design and Manufacture of Large Composite Structures

9 - 10 November 2010

Woodside Conference Centre, Warwickshire, UK

Conference Objectives

Over recent years there has been a trend towards large lightweight structures in many industries including wind, aerospace, construction and mass transit. These structures however, pose considerable challenges to the designer. Material and manufacturing developments mean that fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites offer a solution to many of these challenges, exploiting in particular their high strength-to weight ratio and excellent durability properties. This conference will provide a forum for the exchange of information on this recent trend to large structures and the need for materials, design and manufacturing technologies to meet that demand.

Composites Innovation 2010 builds on the success of the previous conference in this series held in Barcelona, Spain in 2007.  The conference series breaks new ground by presenting the best quality research and technical innovations alongside detailed case studies demonstrating how to effectively transfer these new technologies into commercial applications.

The conference is aimed at composite users, material suppliers, manufacturers, environmentalists, designers, engineers, researchers and technicians from industry and universities. Alongside the presentations will be a poster session and exhibition in order to show as much as possible the current state of development and the challenges for the future.

Conference Topics

Conference topics – to include (but not limited to)

Advances in Materials

- High performance composites
- Material systems for fast manufacture

Manufacturing developments

- Sustainable Manufacturing Systems
- Robotics and Automation
- Rapid Prototyping, Tooling and Manufacture
- Supply chain management

Advances in design

- Modeling and prediction of performance in service
- Improved property analysis

Opportunities
- Large blades for renewable energy supply
- Aircraft wing structures
- Foot and road bridges
- High performance boats

Call for papers

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of about 500 words (plus a maximum of two diagrams) and send it to the organiser via e-mail in pdf format before 31 May 2010.

Notification of acceptance will be given by 30 June 2010.
Completed papers will be required by 30 September 2010.

Please send all abstracts to Claire Whysall at the details below.

Proceedings

Oral papers presented at the conference will be published in electronic form and will be available on CD at the conference. Poster papers will be included in the proceedings as extended abstracts.

Presentation

Each speaker will be allowed 30 minutes for oral presentation.  The official language of the conference is English.

Further Information

For more information please contact Claire Whysall at the details below or visit www.compositesinnovation.com. 

Contact

Claire Whysall, Event and Network Coordinator, 4A Broom Business Park, Bridge Way, Chesterfield, S41 9QG, UK
Tel: +44(0)1246 266244
Fax: +44(0)1246 266249
Email: claire.whysall@netcomposites.com