28. Leobener Polymer Colloquium

Program

Thursday, 25 April and Friday, 26 April 2019

Chair: Erhard Skupa (University of Leoben)

10:00 a.m.

Opening
Clara Schuecker & Elisabeth Ladstätter 
Chair of Design in Polymer and Composites, University of Leoben | PCCL

 

 


Grußworte
Rektor Wilfried Eichlseder
University of Leoben

 


Greetings
Maximilian Jäger

Municipality of Leoben

Moderation: Peter Fuchs

 

10:20 a.m.

The Long Road to Virtual Testing of Composite Structures - Are we there yet?


Carlos Dávila
NASA Langley Research Center, USA
 

 


11:00 a.m.

To assess the reliability of composite components

Clara Schuecker

Designing in Polymer and Composites, University of Leoben, Austria

 


11:20 a.m.

Impact simulation of composite and d sandwich structures

Mathias Luxner 
Luxner Engineering ZT, Austria

 


11:40 a.m.

Safety assessment of traction battery cells under mechanical load

Bernhard Brunnsteiner
AVL List, Austria

 


12:00 p.m.

Lunch break

Sponsored by Isovolta

 

Chair: Martin Pletz

13:30

Time-dependent Responses of Stimuli Responsive Polymers

Anastasia Muliana
Texas A&M University, USA

14:00

Sequential approach to electro-thermo-mechanical simulation in microelectronics

Mario Gschwandl
Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

14:20

Calculation of load couplings in reinforced elastomers

Peter Fuchs
Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

14:40

Model Free Kinetics coupled with Finite Element Method for curing simulation of thermosetting epoxy resins

Qi Tao 
AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik, Austria

15:00 

POLYMER SCIENCE SCHOOL AWARD Ceremony


15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break
sponsored by VTS Kunststoffe

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Moderation: Gerald Berger-Weber

16:00 h

Zooming in on liquid interfaces: how simulations help us go deeper

Ali Gooneie
EMPA St. Gallen, Switzerland


4:30 pm

Viscoelastic characterisation, modelling and flow simulation of highly filled rubber compounds

Sebastian Stieger
Injection Moulding of Plastics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

  

16:50 h

Current developments in the simulation of the powder injection moulding process

Thomas Lucyshyn
Plastics Processing, University of Leoben, Austria

17:10 h

Consideration of software possibilities leads to better simulation results. Presentation by means of examples

Anton Sageder
Borealis, Austria

19:30

Gala dinner
Hotel Falkensteiner --> Directions

 

Moderation: Clara Schuecker

9:00 a.m.

Efficient multiscale methods for viscoelasticity and fatigue of short fibre reinforced polymers


Fabian Welschinger
Robert Bosch, Germany


09:30 h

Plasticity and damage under contact loading

Martin Pletz
Design in Plastics and Composites, University of Leoben, Austria

09:50 h

Simulation of roll-to-roll UV nanoimprint lithography

Johannes Götz
MATERIALS - Institute for Surface Technologies and Photonics
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Research Company Ltd.

10:10 a.m.

Increase of fracture toughness by multilayer structure

Florian Worker
Materials Science and Testing of Plastics, University of Leoben, Austria

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Lunch break
Sponsored by NETZSCH

 

Moderation: Ewald Fauster

11:00 a.m.

Study on incorrect predictions for simulations of the vacuum infusion process

Rohit Sebastian
CD Laboratory for High Efficiency Composite Processing, Austria

11:20 a.m.

Simulation instead of experiment? - Approaches to virtual permeability determination for technical textiles

David May
IVW Kaiserslautern, Germany

11:40 a.m.

Aspects of numerical simulation for hybrid metal-CFRP components

Sheikh Hoque
LKR Light Metal Competence Centre Ranshofen , Austria

12:00 h

Process simulation to support the production of composite structures by resin infusion using selected aerospace components - draping, infusion and deformation

Michael Scheerer
Aerospace & Advanced Composites, Austria

12:20 pm

Closing of the event

This year, for the first time, there will be the opportunity to take part in a LABTOUR through the PCCL and the Centre for Plastics Technology after the event. 

Meeting point: 12:45 at the conference office.

The labs of the PCCL as well as the pilot plants and labs of the Chairs of Chemistry of Plastics, Plastics Processing and Injection Moulding of Plastics and the Chairs of Processing of Composite Materials and Materials Science and Testing of Plastics will be visited. 

Limited number of participants, please register at office@pccl.at or directly at the conference office.