Conference programme

Day 1 - Thursday 10 July 2008

08.30	Registration desk opens
09.20	Welcome and opening remarks Professor Geoff Gibson (Conference Chairman)

Session 1 (Chair: Professor Geoff Gibson)

09.30	Understanding Fire Retardancy Mechanisms in Composites: A Key for Future Development Bernhard Schartel - BAM Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research, Germany
10.00	Fire Retardation of Polymeric Composites by Physical/Chemical Modification of the Resin Matrix Baljinder Kandola - The University of Bolton, UK
10.30	Refreshments

Session 2 (Chair: Dr Stefanie Feih)

11.00	The Flame Retardancy Action of Anionic and Cationic Nanoclays: A Comparison Study Celeste Pereira - INEGI, University of Porto, Portugal
11.30	An Absolute Fire Resistant Matrix for Composites: Vubonite Jan Wastiels - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
12.00	A Kinetic Model for Predicting Stiffness and Strength of FRP Composites in Fire Yu Bai - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
12.45	Lunch

Session 3 (Chair: Professor Adrian Mouritz)

14.00	Finite Element Implementation of Models for Composites Exposed to Fire Scott Case - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
14.30	A Coupled CFD and Damage Progression Toolkit for Composite Structures Subjected to Fire Jim Lua - Global Engineering and Materials Inc., USA
15.00	Thermo-Mechanical Damage Modeling of Woven Composite Laminates from Fire Environments Paul DesJardin, University at Buffalo, USA
15.30	Refreshments
16.00	Predicting Cone Calorimeter Data using Heat and Mass Transfer Decomposition Models Brian Lattimer - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
16.30	Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Investigation of Polymer Based Composite Beams Carsten Ludwig - University of Stuttgart, Germany

End of Day 1

17.15 - 19.15

Drinks Reception
The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University

Day 2 - Friday 11 July 2008

Session 4 (Chair: Professor Paul DesJardin)

09.00	Performance Issues Related to Aerospace Composites Post-Fire and Post-Crash Fire Behaviour Geoff Gibson - University of Newcastle, UK
09.30	Post-Crash Fire Resistance of Next Generation Fuselage Structures Gaetano La Delfa - University of Newcastle, UK
10.00	A Multi-Disciplinary Aero-Thermal-Progressive Failure Assessment of the STS-107 Shuttle Columbia Reentry with Wing Leading Edge Damage Frank Abdi - Alpha Star Corporation, USA
10.30	Refreshments

Session 5 (Chair: Dr Brian Lattimer)

11.00	Developments in the Fire Testing and Certification of Composites used in Railway and Marine Applications Peter Briggs - Bodycote Warringtonfire, UK
11.30	Use of Fire Safety Engineering for the Design of Marine Composite Structures Joëlle Gutierrez - DCNS, France
12.00	Review of Smoke Toxicity of Aerospace Composites Adrian Mouritz - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and CRC-ACS, Australia
12.45	Lunch

Session 6 (Chair: Professor Scott Case)

14.00	Compressive Strength of Polymer Composites with Thermal Barriers in Fire Stefanie Feih - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and CRC-ACS, Australia
14.30	Fire Protection Systems for Floors of Buildings Made of GFRP Pultruded Profiles João Correia - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
15.00	Development of a Fire Retardant Composite Solution Thomas Royle - Gurit Ltd, UK
15.30	Glass Fibre Based Non-Wovens: How to Reach A2, s1, d0 Classification for High Pressure Laminates Daphne Haubrich - OCV Nonwoven Technologies, The Netherlands
15.45	Closing Remarks - End of Conference

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