Stanford University Composites Design Center Planning Meeting

复合材料的设计通常是基于“黑铝”的方法。在过去的十年里，一些设计收费已经被开发出来，以促进复合材料的设计。复合材料的制造工艺也一直以手工操作为主。今天使用的几乎所有制造方法都是批量生产，而不是连续生产。斯坦福大学的工业/大学复合材料合作研究中心可以提供更好的机制，在能源消耗、军民两用技术和环境友好性方面实现材料和工艺的效率和经济性。该中心将专注于集成材料和加工技术，如热塑性复合材料和低成本民用应用的连续制造工艺。一次规划会议将研究工业界是否会支持总部设在斯坦福大学的复合材料技术产业/大学合作研究中心。会议将评估业界的兴趣，并确定该中心是否有足够的支持和优点来满足产业/大学合作研究中心计划的标准。拟议的研究项目将涉及：1)基于计算机的复合材料设计数据库；2)连续或快速固结的工艺研究，如拉挤和热成形；3)复合材料测试、检验、维护和修复的方法学研究；4)组装和修复热塑性塑料的超声波焊接；5)结构复合材料用低成本玻璃热塑性胶带的设计；6)低成本复合材料加筋板的设计。首席调查员被公认为是一位杰出的研究员，并拥有这次规划会议的资源。项目主任建议斯坦福大学获得1万美元的奖励，为期三个月。

Designing with composites has often been based on a "black aluminum" approach. Some design tolls have been developed to advance the design of composites in the past decade. The manufacturing processes of composites have also been dominated by manual operations. Nearly all manufacturing methods used today are by batch rather than continuous process. An Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Composites at Stanford University could provide a better mechanism to achieve efficiency and economy in material and processes in terms of energy consumption, dual-use technologies, and friendliness to the environment. The Center will focus on the integrated material and processing technology such as thermoplastic composites and continuous manufacturing processes for low-cost civilian applications. A planning meeting will study if industry will support an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Composites Technology to be headquartered at Stanford University. The meeting will assess industry interest and determine if the Center has sufficient support and merit to meet the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program criteria. The proposed research projects will address: 1) computer-based data base for composite design; 2) process research on continuous or fast consolidation such as pultrusion and thermo-forming; 3) research in methodology of testing, inspection, maintenance, and repair of composite material; 4) ultrasonic welding of thermoplastics for assembly and repair; 5) design of low-cost glass-thermoplastics tapes for structural composite; 6) design of low-cost stiffened composite panel. The Principle Investigator is recognized as an eminent researcher and has the resource for this planning meeting. The Program Director recommends Stanford University be awarded $10,000 for three months.