S. Vishnu Sharma
National workshop on advanced composites held – Indian Institution of Technology Mandi (IIT-Mandi) remained on the forefront of activity yet again by organising national workshop on ‘Advanced composites for Aerospace: Design, Manufacturing and Condition Monitoring Perspective.’
Sources say, the workshop introduced the participants to the state-of-the-art concepts of design, manufacturing and conditioning monitoring pertaining to advanced composites of aerospace applications. The conference took place from 11 to 15 February.
The workshop hosted eminent scientists from Aeronautics Research and Development Board (ARandDB), the aerospace research wing of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), who provided the exposure to cutting edge research perspectives on composites in the aerospace industry.
National workshop on advanced composites held
The objective of the workshop was to familiar the concepts related to composite materials. Developing acquaintance with manufacturing techniques for polymer matrix composites, metal matrix composites and ceramic matrix composites.
Director of IIT Mandi Professor Timothy A. Gonsalves said Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking over the world. Almost everything is automated these days and we should know how to utilise this technology to remain valuable in the market. IIT Mandi became the first IIT to introduce a full-fledged B. Tech course in Data Science to address the need of the hour, he said.
Dr. Subhamoy Sen, Workshop Coordinator and Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, IIT Mandi said the civil, defense and commercial aerospace industries are also pushing their limits to compete with the world leaders in this domain. Over the last decades, composite material has found large scale applications in aerospace industries.
With the advent of cheap sensor technologies and powerful computational facilities, condition monitoring has come up as another avenue to ensure safety and serviceability of composite materials in use in the aircraft. This workshop is therefore in line with the nationwide initiative for ‘make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ by Government of India.
A few of subject matter experts who delivered lectures during the workshop were Dr. Shailendra N Jaiswal, Executive Director, Ministry of Railways, Dr. S.K. Pandey, ARandDB, DRDO, Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, IIT Mandi.
The workshop was jointly sponsored by Solize and Mathworks and was attended by more than 100 participants including students and faculty members from engineering institutes, colleges, polytechnics and practicing engineers and researchers from industries and R&D institutions.
The workshop provided a thorough idea of Micro-Macro mechanics-based analysis of composite using ANSYS and DIGIMAT software; hands-on experience of Condition Monitoring of composites and Manufacturing techniques for a wide range of composite materials.
National workshop on advanced composites held