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
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Subject: Micromechanics of Composites / Analysis of Orthotropic Ply and Analysis of Laminated Composites
Instructor: Dr. P. K. Gotsis
9:10 – 10:30 Introduction / Micromechanics of Composites
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Analysis of Orthotropic Ply or Lamina
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
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Subject: Damage and Failure of Composite Materials
Instructor: Dr. R. Talreja
9:10 – 10:30 Introduction – Definitions / Experimental Data
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Analysis of Damage – Shear Lag Theories
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Micro – Damage Mechanics
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30 Macro – Damage Mechanics (Continuum Damage Mechanincs)
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Subject: Fatigue Testing and Experimental Data
Instructors: Dr. R. Talreja and Dr. C. David
9:10 – 10:30 Fatigue / Fatigue of Unidirectional Composites
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 Fatigue of Laminates
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Subject: Testing Techniques for Composites.
Instructor: Dr. A. Paipetis
14:00 – 15:30 Testing and Characterization Methonds
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30 Structural Health Monitoring Using Acoustic Methods
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Subject: Damage Progression on Fiber Composites: A Computational Simulation Using GENOA Software
Instructor: Dr. Frank Abdi
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
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Subject: Computational Simulation Using GENOA, Probabilistic Methods.
Instructor: Dr. F. Abdi.
9:10 – 10:30 GENOA Probabilistic on Composites
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30 GENOA Probabilistic on Composites
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Subject: Multifunctional Composite Materials
Instructor: Dr. T. Baxevanis
14:00 – 15:30 Multifunctional Composite Materials
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