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SUMMARY:Designing and Building with Composites: Achievements and Challenge
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DTSTART:20130515T131500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Constantinos Soutis\nBio : Professor Constantinos Soutis
  is holding a Chair in Aerospace Engineering\, and he is the Director of t
 he Aerospace Research Institute and Research Director of the Northwest Com
 posites Centre at the University of Manchester\, UK.  Prior to this\, he 
 has held positions at the University of Sheffield\, Imperial College Londo
 n\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, University of Leicester 
 and University of Cambridge. He is a leading authority on mechanics and fa
 ilure of composites\, with significant contributions on modelling damage m
 echanisms in open hole compression\, impact and compression after impact\,
  environmental effects on fibre microbuckling and structural health monito
 ring using low frequency Lamb waves techniques. His industrial research an
 d engineering experience includes work with the Structural Materials Centr
 e of the British Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (visiting research f
 ellow\, 1995-2001)\, QinetiQ (Trusted Expert\, 2001-2003)\, Cambridge Cons
 ultants\, Dowty Propellers\, Cytec Materials Engineering and ABB Research 
 in Switzerland. Professor Soutis is the author or co-author of over 350 ar
 chived articles\, which include more than 170 ISI listed journal papers\; 
 some 20 PhD students have qualified under his supervision and guidance. Pr
 ofessor Soutis is an Associate Editor of the RAeS Aeronautical Journal and
  the International Journal of Structural Health Monitoring\nAbstract : Mod
 ern composites\, made up of carbon fibres and toughened epoxy resins\, are
  lighter/stiffer/stronger and increase fuel efficiency in aircraft\, compa
 red with the aluminium currently used. They have been used in the Airbus A
 380 super jumbo\, the first fully double-decked passenger jet (with more t
 han 550 seats\, but certified for 853 passengers) that took its first comm
 ercial flight in 2007\, the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft (with all
  its current ‘teething’ problems) and the A350 that is expected to com
 e to service in 2014 (?). The primary structure\, including the wing and f
 uselage\, of the B787 200-seater passenger jet is built mostly from compos
 ite materials and is advertised to be 20% more fuel efficient than current
  commercial planes with almost 60% more cargo space than the Airbus A300-2
 00. It is accepted that modern composite systems offer a variety of advant
 ages\, however\, affordability (reduced acquisition and direct operating c
 osts\, while maintaining or enhancing safety) is the key to survival in ae
 rospace manufacturing\, whether civil or military. Therefore current resea
 rch effort is devoted to analysis and computational simulation of the manu
 facturing and assembly process as well as the simulation of the performanc
 e of the structure\, since these are intimately connected.\nIn this talk\,
  applications of modern composite systems will be presented and achievemen
 ts\, but also challenges\, in the modelling and characterisation of such m
 aterials will be discussed with some thoughts on future needs\, developmen
 ts and prospects for novel materials (3D woven architectures) and processe
 s\, structural health monitoring (SHM)\, maintenance and repair.
LOCATION:ME B3 31 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=MEB331
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