Sponsored Session

SPONSORED SESSION - - SIT Academic Summit Session

Organized by

Shonan Institute of Technology (SIT)

Six universities- Shonan Institute of Technology (Japan), IVW, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), MRL, Pennsylvania State University (USA), The University of Sydney(Australia), The Seoul National University (Korea) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) have the fortunate position to be linked by exchange agreements. These international agreements are already being put into practice through an exchange of individual faculty members and students. Beyond these several contacts, the six-university relationship also possesses a rare opportunity to explore further the implications of globalization of higher education and research. Dr. Eitaro Itoyama, Honorary Chancellor of Shonan Institute of Technology (SIT), proposed an idea to hold an annual meeting with the representatives of the partner universities for this purpose, and this is called the Academic Summit Meeting, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan. This is the Tenth Academic Summit Meeting to be held in the framework of JISSE-10.

This session is a technical workshop which was organized by Shonan Institute of technology in order to exchange information on the materials science related issues, and thus to explore the possibility of collaboration on the common research interests among the six partner universities.

(See the details in the program)

Strength and Life Prediction from Micromechanics

Supported by AFOSR and AOARD
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Organized by
Stanford University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Hanyang University

To disseminate a newly developed theory of failure that spans from the constituents to plies to laminates and to components of composite structures. A fully integrated methodology is the results of recent solutions of problems which have defied solutions for decades. First there is the micromechanics of strength (MMF) that links the constituents to unidirectional plies. This is guided by an elasticity solution. The progressive damage model using element failure method (EFM) has achieved far more rapid solution not possible until recently. Life prediction using accelerated testing methodology (ATM) has also been upgraded with a mapping method to predict master curves. The purpose of this proposed tutorial is to present a fully integrated methodology of MMF-ATM-EFM that is simple to explain, easy to use and can lead to rapid design of composite components and structures not possible in 2006. The goal is to transition this methodology to the composites community so more effective use of composites and higher confidence can be achieved.

The following five presentations will be held at the morning session of November 29, Thursday.

Composites Design Tutorial

– Stephen W. Tsai, Stanford University

Micromechanics of Failure (MMF) for Fiber Reinforced Composites

- Prof. Sung Kyu Ha, UniversityHanyang , Ansan

Progressive Failure of Laminates

– Prof. T. E. Tay, National University of Singapore

Master Curves Generation for Polymer Composites

– Prof. Masayuki Nakada, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

MAE: A Durability Prediction Tool for Composites

– Dr. Sangwook Sihn, University of Dayton Research Institute

The demonstration of a fully integrated methodology of MMF-ATM-EFM will be held at the afternoon session of November 29, Thursday.