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27 Jul 2009 / 31 Jul 2009  -  United Kingdom

ICCM - 17

Organised by IOM Communications Ltd on behalf of the British Composites Society of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and Co-sponsored by Institution of Mechanical Engineers Royal Aeronautical Society and The Royal Society of Chemistry, the 17th International Conference on Composite Materials will be held on 27-31 July 2009 Edinburgh, UK.

Sessions will be led by leading experts with topics including:

Industry focused
¤ Advanced Composite Materials in Construction
¤ Aerospace Applications
¤ Automotive Applications and Recycling
¤ Marine Composites
¤ Offshore Applications
¤ Wind Turbine Applications

Applications
¤ Biomedical Applications
¤ Composite Pressure Vessels
¤ Composites for Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy
¤ Electronic Composites
¤ Multifunctional Composites
¤ Sandwich Structures
¤ Structural Health Monitoring
¤ Thermal Composites

Manufacturing
¤ Composites Forming
¤ Flow Processes in Composite Materials
¤ Manufacturing Technologies
¤ Residual Stresses and Processing

Materials
¤ 3D Textiles and Composites
¤ Biomimetic Composites
¤ Carbon/Carbon Composites
¤ Ceramic Matrix Composites
¤ Fibre-metal Laminates and Hybrid

Composites
¤ High Performance Fibres
¤ Interphases and Interfaces
¤ Metal Matrix Composites
¤ Natural Fibre Composites
¤ New Resins and their Composites
¤ Textile Composites
¤ Thermoplastic Matrix Composites

Nanocomposites
¤ Carbon Nanotube Composites
¤ Modelling and Analysis of Nanocomposites
¤ Multifunctional Nanocomposites
¤ Nanoclay/Nanosilicate Composites
¤ Nano-structured Surfaces and Coatings
¤ Polymer Nanocomposites for Structural Applications
¤ Processing of Nanocomposites

Behaviour
¤ Aging, Moisture and Viscoelastic Properties
¤ Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Composite Laminated Shell Structures
¤ Composites in Fire
¤ Composites Testing and Model Identification
¤ Damage Mechanics and Multiscale Modelling
¤ Damage Tolerance and Impact
¤ Deformation and Fracture of Composites
¤ Delamination
¤ Dynamic Failure and Blast
¤ Environmental Impact and Life Cycle

Analysis
¤ Failure Criteria for Design
¤ Fatigue of Composites
¤ Full Field Measurement Methods
¤ Interlaminar Reinforcement
¤ Joining of Advanced Composites
¤ Mechanics of Short Fibre Composites
¤ Micromechanics / Nanomechanics
¤ NDE
¤ Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability
¤ Repair
¤ Structural Analysis and Optimisation
¤ Wear

Call for Papers
Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts, for consideration for inclusion in the programme to IOM Communications Ltd by 31 October 2008.

Successful authors will be notified by 27 February 2009. There is a limit of one oral paper per delegate registration.

The submission process requires a two-page extended abstract with one or two key figures
and a 50 word summary in .pdf format in English.

Important dates of ICCM-17 are:
Call for Papers issued July 2007
Deadline Abstracts 31 October 2008
Programme Finalised 31 January 2009
Authors Contacted 27 February 2009
Programme Published 27 February 2009
Deadline for Papers 30 April 2009
Deadline Early Registration Fee 30 April 2009

Executive Committee
Prof WM Banks University of Strathclyde, UK (Chairman)
Prof MR Wisnom University of Bristol, UK (Vice-Chairman)
Prof MJ Hinton QinetiQ, UK 
Prof PJ Hogg Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Prof IK Partridge Cranfield University, UK
Prof PA Smith University of Surrey, UK
Dr MJ Thornton Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK

Source : ICCM