Conference LIMAS 2019 (3rd International Conference on Light Weight Materials and Engineering Structures), October 20-22, 2019, London, UK (original) (raw)

LIMAS 2019 3rd International Conference on Light Weight Materials and Engineering Structures, https://www.asranet.co.uk/Conferences/LIMAS, October 20-22, 2019, London, UK LIMAS 2019 will be a 'boutique' conferences with some 50 papers and 100 participants, strongly centred on its focal themes. It will bring together a 50/50 mix of international academics and industry, facilitating close interactions between the two sectors. The list of confirmed keynote and invited speakers includes: - Dr Stephen Boyd, University of Southampton, UK - Dr Christian Berggreen, Danish Technical University - Dr S. Ji, Brunel University, UK - Dr Oleksandr Menshykov, University of Aberdeen, UK - Dr Dipa Roy, University of Edinburgh, UK - Dr Enrique Garcia, National Composites Centre, Bristol, UK - Dr James Underwood, BMTDSL, UK - Prof. Guo-xing Sun, University of Macau - Prof. Katerina Liapi, University of Patras, Greece The modern trend in selection of materials and structural forms for high strength-weight ratio is governed by the growing need for low-cost, high performance structures. The amount of material has a direct bearing on cost. Therefore, the first step towards the cheapest structure is to minimize the weight without disproportionately affecting the strength, stiffness or fabrication cost. Composite materials are a matrix of two or more materials that give then combined superior properties of each constituent materials while keeping the weight low. They saw extensive use in the aerospace and marine sectors along with aluminium. With increasing research efforts, more lightweight materials and structural forms are coming into the industrial arena. Carbon fibre in aircrafts and biomedicine, GFRP reinforced concrete for bridges, aluminium and GFRP in boat hulls and offshore structures. As light-weight applications entail the use of strong but low-density materials, aluminium alloys are generally used. Light-weight steel-aluminium alloys has its share in the automotive and civil industry However, new approaches in fabrication techniques are leading to the increased use of fibre reinforced plastics. The adoption of strong but light-weight members helps to achieve reduction in the overall stress levels together with handling, manipulation and pay-load costs. These factors are important in such applications as ships, high speed vessels and offshore structures. Friction stir welding is an innovative approach for fabrication in these cases. However, cost dominates the path forward as always. A careful balance of cost, performance and reliability determines the future of material or structural form and decides whether this would tip the scale against conservative structural option. This ever more pushes the need for academia to interact with the industry. LIMAS 2019 provides the perfect opportunity to that end, as it facilitates a platform for leading researchers, technology developers, industrial players and supply chain partners to converge. Bringing the expert and pioneers together the conference promotes the methodologies, exchange of ideas and the way forward to commercialisation. Conference Themes: • Structural design criteria • Safety and reliability • Structural analysis and optimization • Impact and dynamic structural analysis • Damage tolerance, fatigue, degradation • Processing and manufacturing • Manufacturing up-scaling and automation • Structural testing methods • Multifunctional composites • Adaptive response, control and reconfiguration, smart lightweight structures • Nanocomposites for lightweight structures • Multifunctional lightweight materials • Bioinspiration, biomimetics and self-healing • Friction stir welding in lightweight sandwich structures and other joining techniques • Nondestructive testing and health monitoring • Tensigrity structures • Applications: Industry case studies • Applications: Aerospace, marine, defence, offshore and civil We would like to invite and encourage you and your collaborators and students to submit abstracts (to limas@asranet.co.uk by 20th April 2019), and later papers, and attend the conference. Group discounts may be discussed for larger groups of attendees with shared affiliation. We look forward to welcoming you to London in October 2019. Kind regards, Organizers: Prof. Purnendu Das (ASRANET https://www.asranet.co.uk/) Dr Piotr Omenzetter (University of Aberdeen, UK, piotr.omenzetter@abdn.ac.uk, https://www.abdn.ac.uk/engineering/people/profiles/piotr.omenzetter)