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FPCM8 DAY 2 - Wednesday July 12, 2006
8:00 - 8:45
Keynote Address : Multi-Scale Modeling in Liquid Composite Molding
Suresh G. Advani, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA
Chair : C. Rudd
  Session 5 : Materials characterisation - I
Co-Chairs : S. Bickerton and A. Saouab
8:45 - 9:10
FPCM8#30
Statistical Correlations in the Permeability Tensor
Laura M. McGrath, Qiang Liu and Richard S. Parnas (University of Connecticut, USA)
9:10 - 9:35
FPCM8#14
Measurement of Permeability of Continuous Filament Mat Glass-Fibre Reinforcements by Saturated Radial Airflow
R. Pomeroy, S. Grove, J. Summerscales, Y. Wang, A. Harper (University of Plymouth, UK)
9:35-10:00
FPCM8#25
Mechanical Properties and Permeability Measurements of Fibre Reinforcements: A Continuous Method
S. Comas-Cardona, C. Binetruy and P. Krawczak (Ecole des Mines de Douai, France)
  Session 6 : Simulation - I
Co-Chairs : P. Kelly and K. Pillai
10h30 - 10:55
FPCM8#38
A Fast Numerical Approach to Reduce Void Formation in Liquid Composite Molding
E. Ruiz, V. Achim , F. Trochu (École Polytechnique Montréal, Canada), J. Bréard (Université du Havre, France) S. Chatel (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, Corporate Research Centre, France)
10:55 - 11:20

FPCM8#51
Simulation of Process Induced Defects in Resin Transfer Moulded Woven Carbon Fibre Laminates and their effect on Mechanical Behaviour
Bijoysri Khan, Kevin D Potter, and Michael R. Wisnom ( University of Bristol, UK
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11:20 - 11:45

FPCM8#44
Simulation of Entrapments in LCM Processes
R. Arbter, P. Ermanni (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland)

11:45 - 12:10

FPCM8#54
Isothermal Flow Analysis in Liquid Composite Molding Processes
M. Hattabi & J. Echaabi (Université Hassan II Aïn Chok, Maroc), A. Saouab (Université du Havre,France)

12:10 - 12:35
FPCM8#16
Simple Models for Mold Filling Stage in Liquid Composite Molding and Their Applications to Structure-Process Coupled Optimization
Chung Hae Park, Abdelghani Saouab, Joel Bréard, (Université du Havre, France) Rodolphe Le Riche (Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France)
  Session 7 : Applications
Co-Chairs : S. Advani and P. Krawczak
1:55 - 2:20
FPCM8#35
Composites in High-End Industrial Applications
Maarten Labordus, Willem Souren (Lightweight Structures BV, The Netherlands)
2:20 - 2:45
FPCM8#8
Novel Fabrication Methods for (Low Temperature) Thermoformable Composites Intended for Medical Applications
R.R. Habeb, R.A. Khan, S. Cozien-Cazuc, Y. Jing, A.J. Parsons, G.S. Walker, I.A. Jones, C.A. Scotchford, C.D. Rudd (University of Nottingham, UK)
2:45 - 3:10
FPCM8#32
Low Pressure Processing of High Fiber Content Composites
V. Michaud, S. Sequeira Tavares, A. Sigg, S.Lavanchy and J.-A.E. Månson ( Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
3:10 - 3:35
FPCM8#33
Processing-Dependent Microstructure of Long Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyamide 6-6 Injection Mouldings and Related Mechanical Properties
Eric Lafranche, Arnaud Coulon, Patricia Krawczak (Ecole des Mines de Douai, France), Jean-Pierre CIOLCZYK, Jérôme MAUGEY (Hutchinson SA, France)
3:35 - 4:00
FPCM8#34
Effect of Packing Pressure and Mold Temperature on Fiber Orientation in Injection Molding of Reinforced Plastics
Parvin Shokri, Naresh Bhatnagar (Indian Institute of Technology, India )
  Session 8 : Monitoring & Control
Co-Chairs : P. Ermanni and D. Heider
4:30 - 4:55
FPCM8#27
Investigation of Capillary Flow Across a Bank of Aligned Fibers
Valentin Neacsu, Suresh G. Advani (University of Delaware, USA), Johannes Leisen (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
4:55 - 5:20
FPCM8#21
Active Control of the Vacuum Infusion Process
D.K. Modi, M.S. Johnson, A.C. Long , C.D. Rudd (University of Nottingham, UK)
5:20 - 5:45
FPCM8#37
Variations in the Unsaturated Flow with Flow Direction in Liquid Composite Molding
Tonmoy Roy, Krishna M. Pillai (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (USA)
5:45 - 6:10
FPCM8#23
Monitoring and Control of Liquid Composite Moulding
Nikos Pantelelis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) and George Maistros (Inasco Hellas, Greece)
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