The 3rd European Conference on Materials and Structures in Aerospace – EUCOMAS will take place on June 7th and 8th 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Organiser of the English-speaking conference is the VDI Wissensforum. In 2010 EUCOMAS will continue its success story in Berlin in the framework of the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA. Beside the technical presentations, important topics like the use of fibre reinforced plastics in aero engines, engineering with fibre reinforced ceramics and MRO for composite structures will be addressed.

There will be intensive discussion of new prospects and possible innovative solutions including some of the following subject highlights:
 
Energy

• Multifunctional fuel cell systems for aircraft applications
• Solar power generations for space applications

Bonding

• Rivetless aircraft assembly - a dream or a feasible concept?
• Techniques for joining composite stringers to shell: maturity of adhesive bonding

Space propulsion

• PTAH-SOCAR fuel-cooled ceramic composite material structure
• CMC design approach for cryogenic injector heads of rocket thrust chambers

Lightweight alloys

• New rivet type of sleeve-pin construction
• Development of friction-stir welded rib for joining wing to fuselage.

The concept of presenting the recent progress in technology, handling technical challenges in dedicated workshops and building networks has been greatly accepted. As a result of the workshops two new expert groups on “Computational Materials Engineering” and “Structural Bonding for Aerospace” have been founded in the framework of the German Association of Engineers VDI. These powerful industry-oriented groups, cooperating with important aerospace associations like the BDLI and DGLR, ensure the consequent development of the specific technologies addressed. And in addition, materials specialists of the new EU-countries are promoted to find their marketplace on the EUCOMAS platform.

Registration and program at www.eucomas.eu or via VDI Wissensforum Kundenzentrum, Postfach 10 11 39, 40002 Duesseldorf/Germany, email: wissensforum(at)vdi.de, tel: +49 (0) 211 62 14-2 01, fax: -1 54.

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