Technical Program

Technical Themes and the Technical Program Schedule

Composite Conference 2012 is focused on composite pressurized structures and vessels, and brings together the international composite community to discuss significant advances in the composite performance, durability, and safety.

Composite Conference 2012 includes 6 specific topics, that will be split into 16 working sessions over three days and will be used for organizing the poster sessions. Please indicate the Session of choice when you submit your abstract!

  • Session 1: Standards, Codes and Regulations (Common Protocols)
  • Session 2: Non-Destructive Evaluation (Health Monitoring)
  • Session 3: Statistical Modeling (Stress Rupture, Reliability and Variability)
  • Session 4: Materials and Processes (Materials, Durability, Manufacturing, Weight, and Part Cost)
  • Session 5: Statistical Modeling (Stress Rupture, Safe Life, and Fracture Control)
  • Session 6: Structures (Progressive Failure and Structural Modeling)
  • Session 7: Non-Destructive Evaluation (Manufacturing Verification and Damage Detection)
  • Session 8: Statistical Modeling (Stress Rupture, Confidence Intervals, and Scaling)
  • Session 9: Structures (Impact Damage and Testing)
  • Session 10: Failure (Blast Data, Blast Modeling, Safety Clears)
  • Session 11: Materials and Processes (Materials, Durability, Manufacturing, Weight, and Part Cost)
  • Session 12: Design of Experiments (Test Requirements and Data Usage)
  • Session 13: Structures (Structural Modeling and Test)
  • Session 14: Non-Destructive Evaluation (Accept/Reject Criteria)
  • Session 15: Failure (Analysis and Fractography)
  • Session 16: Standards, Codes, and Regulations (AIAA/ASME/ASTM/NIST Working Group Session)

    Composite Conference 2012 Preliminary Agenda

    Composite Conference 2012 Agenda

    Monday, August 13, 2012
    10 a.m. to 2 p.m Registration at the DACC
    Tours- Spaceport (Cancelled due to time constraints)

    -NASA WSTF 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Exhibitor Set Up
    Evening Welcome Reception and Hors D’oeuvres
    Tuesday, August 14, 2012
    7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Exhibit Set Up
    8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
    8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Composite Conference 2012
    H. Beeson, PhD, NASA Chair
    J. Jackson, PhD, Industry Chair
    A. Ruiz, DOE Chair
    J. Fekete, PhD, NIST Chair
    9:00 a.m. Introduction of Speakers
    9:15 a.m. Keynote Speakers
    9: 15 – 9:30 a.m. Space Applications(Fuel Storage, Life Support, Structure, Propulsion)J. McManamen, NASA
    9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Vehicles(Cars, Trucks, Busses, Forklifts, Loaders, Railroad Fuel Systems and Structure)J. Keller, DOE
    9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Aircraft(Structure, Life Support, UAVs)TBA
    10:00 a.m. Break
    10:15 a.m. Keynote Speakers (continued)
    10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Marine(Ships and Barge Storage, Offshore Platform Storage)TBA
    10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Pipelines and Repairs B. Smith ORNL
    10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Open time
    11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Past, Present, and Future
    N. Greene, NASA/WSTF
    12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Speaker)
    1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Session 1: Standards, Codes and Regulations (Common Protocols)
    J. Koehr, ASME Chair
    M. Toughiry, DOT Chair
    1:00-1:20 p.m.             ASME Introduction to CPV standards activities
    G. Sheth, ASME
    1:20-1:40 p.m.             Overview of ASTM Standards Activities Related to COPVJ. Waller, NASA WSTF
    1:40-2:00 p.m.             Experience Developing ASME Section X Class III Pressure Vessels
    N. Newhouse, Lincoln Composites, Inc.
    2:00-2:20 p.m.             NIST Overview of codes and standards activities
    D. McColskey, NIST
    2:20-2:40 p.m.             Status of ESA Composite Pressure Vessel Codes and Standards
    G. Sinnema, ESA
    2:40-3:00 p.m.             Break
    3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Session 2: Structures (Progressive Failure and Structural Modeling)
    P. Aggarwal, NASA/MSFC Chair
    G. Sinnema, ESA Chair
    3:00-3:20 p.m. Space Environments and Thermal Vacuum Effects on COPVs N.  Greene, C.  Keddy, R.  Lucero, J.  Tamminga
    3:20-3:40 p.m. Explicit Connections Between Elastic And Conductive Properties: Theory And Experimental VerificationI. Sevostianov
    3:40-4:00 p.m. Elastic Plastic Fracture Analysis of an Aluminum COPV Liner S. Forth, B. Gregg, and N. Bailey
    4:00-4:20 Delamination Assessment Tool For Spacecraft Composite StructuresG. Sinnema, P. Portela, P.P. Camanho, A. Turon, and M. Mendes Leal
    4:40-5:00 Space Environments and Thermal Vacuum Effects on COPVs N. J. Greene, C. P. Keddy, R. E. Lucero, J. D. Tamminga,
    5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Social Hour – Drinks and Appetizers
    7:30 – 10:00 p.m. Dinner Meetings and Events
    Wednesday, August 15, 2012
    7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Exhibition
    8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Keynote Introductions – Kezirian Presentation on COPV Safety: Developing Flight Rationale for the Space Shuttle Program
    8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Session 3: Statistical Modeling (Stress Rupture, Reliability and Variability)
    M. Kezirian, Boeing Chair
    B. Webb, E&S Chair
    8:30 – 8:50 a.m. Optimized Software Approaches to Predict Rupture in Fracture-Critical Composites and Implications for Structural Health MonitoringC. Nichols, J. Waller, R. Saulsberry, K. Johnson, D. Weathers, and
    J. Tylka
    8:50 – 9:10 a.m. Determination of Composite Strength Allowables with Reduced Testing for Composite Overwrapped Pressure VesselsF. Abdi, G. Abumeri, and S. Keshavanarayana
    9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Providing Pressurized Gasses to the International Space Station (ISS): Developing a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) for the Safe Transport of Oxygen and Nitrogen M. Kezirian, and S. Phoenix
    10:00 – 12:00 (noon) Session 4: Materials and Processes(Materials, Durability, Manufacturing, Weight, and Part Cost)J. Waller, NASA/WSTF Chair
    S. Forth, NASA/JSC Chair
    10:00-10:20 a.m. Enhanced Mechanical Response of Hierarchical Mg Nano-Composite as a Function of TemperatureM. Habibi, Q. Min, A. Hamouda and M. Gupta
    10:20-10:40 a.m. Transforming Composite Pressurized Vessels (CPV) to Unibody Composite Pressurized Structures (UCPS) with expanded capabilities for SpacecraftM. Rufer, R. Conger
    10:40-11:00 a.m. Thermal and High Energy Particle Enclosure for Electronic Components in Spacecraft and Robotic PlatformsM. Nevarez, K. Anderson
    11:00-11:20 a.m. Developments in Composite Cylinders for Hydrogen StorageN. Newhouse, K. Simmons, J. Makinson
    11:20-11:40 a.m. Solar Energy Production from Space Using Novel Composite MaterialsW. Rehman
    11:40-12:00 a.m. A New Methodology for Damage Tolerant Composites Applied to COPVsG. Wood, P. Schneider, M. Braley M. Fancher, C. Philips, C. Snyder
    12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Poster Session and Lunch
     1:00-3:00 p.m. Session 5: Non-Destructive Evaluation (Health Monitoring)
    Regor Saulsberry, NASA/WSTF Chair
    L. Richards, NASA/LARC Chair
     1:00-1:30 p.m. Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels Used In Aerospace ApplicationsJ.  Waller, R. Saulsberry
     1:30-2:00 p.m. Development of Novel Acoustic Emission Procedures for Prediction of Rupture in
    Carbon-Epoxy Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels and Related Composite Materials    J. Waller, C. Nichols, R. Saulsberry, A. Abraham, E. Andrade, J. Tylka,
    D.  Wentzel, D.  Weathers, and K.  Johnson
     2:00-2:30 p.m. Smart Composite Overwrapped Pressure VesselsC. Banks, E. Madaras, C. Nichols, L. Richards, D.  Roth, R. Russell,
    R. Saulsberry, and J. Waller
     2:30-3:00 p.m. Residual Stress Analysis of Pressure Vessel IntegrityJ. Jackson
    3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Break
    3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Session 6: Non-Destructive Evaluation (Manufacturing Verification and Damage Detection)
    R. Saulsberry, NASA/WSTF Chair
    L. Richards, NASA/LARC Chair
    3:00-3:30 p.m. Part A. Application of Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) for Assessing Structural Damage in Composite Overwrapped Pressure VesselM. Toughiry
    3:30-4:00 p.m. Part B. Application of Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) for Assessing Structural Damage in Composite Overwrapped Pressure VesselM. Toughiry
    4:00-4:20 p.m. Elements of Composite Pressure Vessel Visual Inspection T. Yoder, N. Greene
    4:20-4:40 p.m. Quantitative Shearography Inspection of CPV and COPVJ. Newman, President LTI
    4:40-5:00 p.m. Continued Development of Meandering Winding Magnetometer (MWM®) Eddy Current Sensors for the Health Monitoring, Modeling and Damage Detection of Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) R. Russell, R. Wincheski, D. Jablonski, A. Washabaugh, Y.  Sheiretov, C. Martin and N. Goldfin
    5:00-5:20 p.m. NDE RoadmapIdentify NDE needs

    Develop research plan

    Construct roadmap
    5:15 – 7:00 p.m. Poster Session: Poster Area provided
    7:30 p.m. Evening Activities
    Thursday, August 16, 2012
    7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Exhibition
    8:00 – 10:00 a.m. 

     

    		 Session 7: Failure (Blast Data, Blast Modeling, Safety Clears)
    Harold Beeson, NASA/WSTF Chair
    Steven Stover, NASA/KSC Chair
     8:30-9:00 a.m. Blast AnalysisC. P. Keddy
    9:00-9:30 a.m. COPV Ground Processing HazardsJ. Hamilton
    9:30-10:00 a.m. Blast, Fragmentation, Quantity and Distance PanelChris Keddy, NASA-WSTF

    Peter Taddie, NASA-KSC

    Bobby Webb, E&S Technologies

    Steven Woods, NASA-WSTF

    Moderator

    Harold Beeson, NASA-WSTF
    10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
    10:30-12:00 a.m. Session 8: Standards, Design of ExperimentsJoshua Jackson, MKF Chair
    10:30-10:50 a.m. Compressive Strength of Concrete Retrofitted with Kevlar/Carbon, Carbon/Basalt and T700 Unidirectional FabricsS. Bondi , Z. Razzaq
    10:50-11:10 a.m. Fiber-Optic-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Aerospace VehiclesW. Richards, A. Parker, A. Piazza, and P. Chan
    11:10-11:30 a.m. Analytical Hierachy Process Evaluation Of Composite Watercraft And Composite Shipping Containers For Humanitarian OperationsC. King and A. Borja, California Maritime Academy Graduate Program
    11:30-11:50 a.m. High Fidelity Durability And Damage Tolerance Of Composite Overwrapped Pressure  Vessels
    F. Abdi, M. Garg, G. Abumeri, AlphaSTAR Corporation, Long Beach, CA
    12:00 – 1:00p.m. Lunch (Lunch speaker)
    1:00-3:00 p.m.  Session 9: Standards, Codes, and Regulations (AIAA/ASME/ASTM/NIST Working Group Session)
    1:00-1:30 p.m. NASA Stakeholders meeting standards meeting summary
    N. Greene
    ISO Composite Pressure Vessel Codes and Standard N. Newhouse Lincoln Composites
    1:30-2:00 p.m. Status of AFSPCMAN 91-710 revision
    R. Geuther, U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing/SEAN
    2:00-2:30 p.m. Summary of AIAA S-081B
    L. Grimes-LedesmaAIAA S-080 Overview
    J. Chang
    2:30-3:15 p.m Automotive and DOE Panel: Assessing knowledge gaps for hydrogen vehicle and infrastructure codes and standardsC. Moen and D. McColskey
    3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break
    3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Working Group and Discussion
    4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Closing Speaker & Wrap Up
    5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Conference Reception and Banquet
    Friday, August 17, 2012
    8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. AIAA Composite Pressure Vessel Working Group Meeting – AIAA Coordinator Amy Barrett (AmyB@aiaa.org), U.S. Citizens Only

    Location: NASA White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces NM
      AIAA S-089 Composite Pressurized Structure (Draft) –Nathanael Greene, AIAA Chair
    8:30-10:00 Composite Pressurized Structures Qualification Testing Data Review and Status
    M. Rufer, N. Greene, R. Saulsberry
    10:00-10:30 Review draft AIAA S-089 draft
    N. Greene
    10:30-10:45 Break
    10:45-11:30 Continue review of draft AIAA S-089 draft
    N.  Greene
    11:30-12:30 (Working Lunch) Status of AIAA S-089 literature review
    B.  Webb
    12:30-12:45 Review draft ground safety section for CPS
    J. Hamilton
      AIAA S-081 Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels Lorie Grimes Ledesma, AIAA Chair
    1:00-2:00 Review of work in FY 10 and FY11 and discuss the proposed updates and future work plan
    L. Grimes-Ledesma
      AIAA S-080 Metallic Pressure Vessels James Chang, AIAA Chair
    2:15-2:45 Break
    2:15-3:30 Discuss comments for the next revision
    J. Chang, L. Grimes-Ledesma, or AIAA Representative
    3:30-3:45 Summary of draft ground and range safety requirements for Metallic pressure vessels
    J. Hamilton
    4:00-4:30 Wrap-up and action items
    A. Barrett
    8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tours and Meetings at NASA White Sands Test FacilitySpaceport America Tours

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