International Institute for Multifunctional Materials for Energy Conversion (IIMEC)
2012 SUMMER SCHOOL
IN ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Technological Education Institute of Serres, Greece
July 2 – 6, 2012
Sunday, July 1st, 2012: Arrival – Registration
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Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Subject: Mechanics of Composite Materials
Instructor: Dr. R. Talreja
9:10 – 10:30 Introduction
Micromechanics of Composites
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Lamina Elasticity
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Laminate Theory
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30 Examples – Homework
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Subject: Damage Failure
Instructors: Dr. C. C. Chamis and Dr. R. Talreja
9:10 – 10:30 Introduction
Experimental Data
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Definition of Failure / Strength Damage
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Damage Mechanics
Shear-lag Theory
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30 Micro-damage Mechanics
Macro-damages (CDM)
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Subject: Fatigue Theory / Experiments
Instructors: Dr. R. Talreja and Dr. C. David
9:10 – 10:30 Fatigue
Fatigue of Laminates
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Fatigue of Unidirectional Composites
Fatigue of Laminates
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Testing
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30 Failure Inspection
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
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Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Subject: Damage Progression on Fiber Composites: A Computational
Simulation Using GENOA Software
Instructors: Dr. R. Talreja, Dr. Frank Abdi and Dr. P. Gotsis
9:10 – 10:30 Introduction to GENOA: Basic Principles and Architecture of the
Software
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Simulation of the Damage Failures on Composite Structures
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Computational Simulation, Part I
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Computational Simulation, Part II
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
Subject: Multifunctional Materials
Instructors: Dr. T. Baxevanis and Dr. G. Chatzigeorgiou.
9:10 – 10:30 Materials I
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Materials II
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Exams
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Exams
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
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Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Excursion to Alistrati’s Cave – Goodbye Dinner