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General Information
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is pleased to host a Canadian Workshop on Composite Structures and Materials for Space Applications.
The technology of composite structures and materials has dramatically evolved, advanced, matured over past decades to have applications ranging from laptop computers, sports equipment, automobiles, aircraft, to spacecraft and space vehicles. The key driving force for use of composites in structures is that they offer up to order-of-magnitude improvements in specific stiffness (stiffness-to-density) and specific strength (strength-to-density) ratios, combined with outstanding resistance to fatigue and creep. The near-zero thermal distortion achievable with composites has led to their widespread application in antennas, optical benches, instruments and other components requiring dimensional stability. Canada has a long history to utilize composites to develop space structures, and has developed strong capabilities in design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of composite structures, and niche Canadian space products. The technology of composite structures and materials is foreseen to be crucial for future Canadian missions and commercial space products. This workshop provides an opportunity for representatives from government, industry, and academia to identify future needs of Canadian space missions and Canadian space industries for this technology and discuss the Canadian technology roadmap.
The aims of the workshop include:
To present the state-of-the-art of the technology of composite structures and materials in aeronautics and astronautics;
To discuss the needs of Canadian space missions and Canadian space industries for composite structures and materials;
To present existing Canadian technologies and capacity, and technologies under development;
To initiate a discussion amongst the Canadian space community stakeholders on the development of technology roadmap of space composite structures and materials and its implementation.
Time and Location
This workshop on Composite Structures and Materials for Space Applications will be held November 14-15, 2011 at the Canadian Space Agency's John H. Chapman Space Centre.
If you would like to be included in the workshop mailing list, please send an email to the following address: Composites2011@asc-csa.gc.ca
Steering Committee
Wanping Zheng, Marie-Josée Potvin, Xin Xiang Jiang, Johanne Heald, Mireille Bedirian (Canadian Space Agency)
Andrew Johnston (National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research)
Sylvain Riendeau (MDA Corporation)
Workshop Schedule
Schedule (PDF document)
Contact Us
If you have any questions, you can write to us using the following email address: Composites2011@asc-csa.gc.ca
The Composites Workshop Committee
