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Welcome to the British Composites Society

As one of the technical divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining the BCS aims to provide a single authoritative voice for individuals who are practising science and engineering within the composites field. Our objectives include organising technical meetings and encouraging publications, promoting education and training and fostering the interests of early career members. Perhaps most importantly the society will strive to create a community of professionals who have a mutual interest in composite materials and who can work together and in doing so create a better world for all of us. Read our mission statement

News

The engineer is human - lessons from Columbia

space shuttle
Civil engineer Matt Melis of the Glenn Research Center talks in-depth about the findings of NASA’s post-Columbia Accident Investigation and the resulting lessons for industry.
Materials World Magazine, 06 Feb 2012

Be behind the headlines!

Scientists and engineers can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship.
IOM3, 08 Feb 2012

Infrared alerts for composite materials

A novel infrared imaging method could improve understanding of the thermal properties and fire resistance of composite materials.
Materials World Magazine, 05 Feb 2012
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Features

Forming flexible foam

squeegee mop head
The introduction of nanoclay to polyurethane improves properties such as strength and stability in the resulting foam. Sara Tabandeh from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, outlines studies into the synthesis process.
Materials World Magazine, 05 Feb 2012

Column of strength - predicting failure behaviour

Azrul Mutalib and Hong Hao from The University of Western Australia show how pressure-impulse diagrams for fibrereinforced polymer-strengthened concrete columns can be used to predict failure behaviour.
Materials World Magazine, 05 Nov 2011

Alloy composite casting

Research into stir casting of a metal composite has shown increased resistance to dry sliding wear. Materials scientists Zohair Sarajan, Mehrdad Soltani and SeidAbbas Hoseininejad from Iran outline the process employed.
Materials World Magazine, 02 Oct 2011
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Events

New Developments in NDT for FRP Composite Materials

21 Feb 2012, Chesterfield, UK

35th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society

26 Feb 2012 - 29 Feb 2012, New Orleans, USA
Annual Meeting and Conference of the Adhesion Society Inc. to be held in New Orleans

Thermo Fisher Scientific UK Workshops: Graphene and Carbon Materials Characterization Made Simple!

06 Mar 2012, Manchester, UK
Join the materials revolution! Attend one of our FREE hands-on workshops: 6 March - Manchester or 7 March - Coventry
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ECCM-15

15th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS

24-28 June 2012

Venice, Italy

Publications

Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering

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About this journal

Materials World

The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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