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Major Conferences, Journals, and Magazines on Composite Materials

Schedule of conferences, deadlines for abstract submission

 

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Composite Materials Magazines and Course Notes

Department of Defense Handbook: MIL-17 Composite Handbooks (5 volumes)

www.scudc.scu.edu/spec/mcad/analysis

1.      Guidelines for Characterization of Structural Materials MIL-HDBK-17-1E.pdf 

2.      Polymer Matrix Composites Materials Properties MIL-HDBK-17-2E.pdf 

Polymer Matrix Composites Materials Properties Annex

3.      Materials Usage Design and Analysis MIL-HDBK-17-3E.pdf 

4.      Metal Matrix Composite Materials

5.      Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials

Ray Publishing www.compositesworld.com

Magazines (Free)   1. High-Performance Composites www.compositesworld.com/hp

                                    2. Composites Technology www.compositesworld.com/ct

                        3. Sourcebook 2005 www.compositesworld.com/sb

American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) www.acmanet.org

Magazines (Free)   1. Composites Manufacturing www.cmmagazine.org

                        2. Composites Fabrication www.cfmagazine.org

Trade Show            Composites 2005, Columbus, OH www.acmashow.org

Journals and Exhibitions on Composites (JEC)- Europe www.jeccomposites.com

      Trade Show           JEC Composites Show 2005, Paris www.jecshow.com

Reinforced Plastics Magazine (Elsevier) www.reinforcedplastics.com

*The Penn State, Engineering Composite Materials Course Notes, Prof. M.F. Amateau http://www4.esm.psu.edu/academics/courses/emch471/Course%20Materials.htm

Composite Materials Research

National Composite Center www.compositecenter.org

Centre of Lightweight Structures TUD-TNO, Netherlands www.clc.tno.nl

Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware www.ccm.udel.edu

*NASA developed code for 2D/3D laminated/stitched/woven/braided composites called GENOA marketed by Aplhastar Corporation

http://www.wstf.nasa.gov/Enable/Composites/Structural.htm

http://www.alphastarcorp.com/products.htm  

NASA National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM)[Mississippi State, Uni. of New Orleans, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Tennessee Technological Univ.] http://ncam.msfc.nasa.gov/index.html

FAA Centers of Excellence, CGAR, AACE, NEXTOR and other

http://www.coe.faa.gov/established_centers.html

 

Composite Materials Companies

TPI Composites Inc. (owns patented SCRIMP technology) www.tpicomposites.com

RTM-Worx FEM/CV Flow Simulation Software, Netherlands www.polyworx.nl

V-System Composites HyperVARTM, PrecisionRTM http://www.vsystemcomposites.com/

The Madison Group: Engineering and Failure Analysis of Thermoplastics and Thermoset Composites, Cadpress Software http://www.madisongroup.com/

ANSYS (**Must Visit)

ANSYS General

**Peter Budgell: Finite Element Analysis with ANSYS- Information and Tips. This website gives lots of useful links for FEA and ANSYS www3.sympatico.ca/peter_budgell/home.html

*Belcan Engineering Group, Inc. ANSYS Technical Library.

Web links, tutorials, macros, tips, right choice of element, and FAQ’s

http://ansys.belcan.com/support/links/

http://ansys.belcan.com/support/libdocs/

Sheldon’s Project: ANSYS micros, tips, and tricks www.ansys.net

Chalice Engineering Simulation Ltd. Analysis Technical Information

http://www.chalice-engineering.com/basics.html

What All Engineers Need to Know Before Using Finite Element Analysis, ALGOR

http://www.algor.com/news_pub/tech_reports/2000/need2know/Need2Know.asp

XANSYS Yahoo Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xansys/

 

ANSYS Tutorials

**University of Alberta 

http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/

**Swiss Batch Tutorials

http://dmtwww.epfl.ch/ims/micsys/ANSYS/tp/index.html

**Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/24-ansys/

*University of Minnesota, Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment

http://www.me.umn.edu/education/courses/me5348/

University of South Alabama: Fracture Mechanics 2 tutorials explained

http://www.southalabama.edu/engineering/mechanical/faculty/phan/ANSYS.html

University of Kentucky: Statics, Fluid Mechanics, Vibration, and Heat Transfer

http://www.engr.uky.edu/%7Ejrbake01/ansystutor.html

The University of Utah

http://www.mech.utah.edu/~lasapona/ME5510_ME6510.html

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Prof. A. R. Miller

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~es421/homepage.htm

Kansas State University, Machine Design, Dr. X. J. Xin,

http://ww2.mne.ksu.edu/~xin/me533/hw.html#handouts

Cornell University

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ansys/

University of Washington, Prof. Grandy Lemoine

http://www.aa.washington.edu/courses/aa430/gradystutorials/toc.html

 

ANSYS Books

1. Finite Element Analysis: theory and applications with ANSYS

Saeed Moaveni

ISBN: 0131112023 (January 2003, 2nd Ed., 840pp, $120), Prentice Hall

2. ANSYS Tutorial Release 8

Kent Lawrence

ISBN: 1585031712 (April 2004, 1st Ed., 184pp, $60), Schroff Development Corporation

3. Fatigue Life Prediction of Solder Joints in Electronic Packages with ANSYS

Erdogan Madenci, Ibrahim Guven, Bahattin Kilic

ISBN: 1402073305 (November 2002, 1st Ed., 185pp, $160), Kluwer Academic Publishers

4. Vibration Simulation Using MATLAB and ANSYS

Michael R. Hatch

ISBN: 1584882050 (October 2000, 1st Ed., 680pp, $95), CRC Press

OTHER

**Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

*Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org

Physics and Astronomy Online www.physlink.com

Engineering Fundamentals (Monthly Subscription) www.efunda.com

Auto, Electronics, Computer, Science, Health, Money Stuff www.howstuffworks.com 

*Beam Slope and Deflection Prof. Joel Moore, California State University at Sacramento

http://www.mech.utah.edu/~lasapona/slope-deflection.pdf

MatWeb: Data sheets for metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites www.matweb.com

Data Mart: MSC Material Databases (subscription)

http://www.engineering-e.com/datamart/index.cfm

Ossur: Manufacturer of prosthetic and orthotic devices www.ossur.com

Sandia National Laboratory: MEMS

http://www.mdl.sandia.gov/

Unit Conversion

http://www.processassociates.com/process/convert/cf_all.htm

Dictionary of Units

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

Engineering Applets: Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics

http://www.engapplets.vt.edu/