Materials, Semi-Finished Products and Composite Structures

• In-line processes for preforms and prepregs
• Hybrid materials based on textiles, plastics, metals and fibre-reinforced plastics
• Interface design and engineering

Processing, Systems and Applications for Large-Scale Production

• Technology fusion and hybridisation
• Manufacturing of hybrid structures with textile, plastic and metal-based technologies
• Manufacturing equipment, automation

Modelling and Simulation of Hybrid Structures and their Production Processes

• Advanced constitutive laws and experimental characterisations
• Integrative simulation and optimisation
• High-Precision FEM

Smart Systems Integration

• Smart, functional and adaptive structures
• Design, technologies and application of integrated smart systems
• Reliability and robustness of integrated systems

SPECIAL SESSION at IMTC 2021
Circular Economy and the Carbon Footprint

• Recycling of fibre-reinforced plastics and hybrid components
• Re-manufacturing and upcycling technologies
• Strategies for climate-neutral materials