Influence of specimen pre-shear and wrinkling on the accuracy of uniaxial bias extension test results (Keynote Lecture)
Jafar Alsayednoor, Frances Lennard, W.R. Yu and PHilip Harrison

Modelling and simulating the forming of flat stacks of unidirectional dry reinforcement
Laure Bouquerel, Nicolas Moulin, Sylvain Drapier, Philippe Boisse and Jean-Marc Beraud

A sensitivity analysis of a discrete approach to model the thermoplastic composite material at forming temperature
Philippe Bussetta and Nuno Correia

Simultaneous density and anisotropy optimization of 3D structures made of transversely isotropic materials
Narindra Ranaivomiarana, François-Xavier Irisarri, Dimitri Bettebghor and Boris Desmorat

Quasi-trivial solutions for uncoupled, homogeneous and quasi-homogeneous laminates with high number of plies
Torquato Garulli, Anita Catapano, Marco Montemurro, Julien Jumel and Daniele Fanteria

Eigenvalue buckling analysis in Topology Optimization via a NURBS-framed algorithm
Giulio Costa, Marco Montemurro and Jérôme Pailhès

A novel design and optimisation tool for the composite quilted stratum process (QSP)
Terence Macquart, Francois-Xavier Irisarri, Denis Espinassou and Cedric Julien

Least-weight design of composite structures: an unconventional and general approach
Marco Montemurro, Michele I. Izzi, Jalal El-Yagoubi and Daniele Fanteria

Nonlinear global/local analysis of composite structures
Erasmo Carrera, Giacinto A. Fiordilino, Manish Nagaraj, Alfonso Pagani and Marco Petrolo

A discontinuous Galerkin formulation for variable angle tow composite plates higher-order theories
Vincenzo Gulizzi, Ivano Benedetti and Alberto Milazzo

Multi-scale hybrid strategy for material properties characterisation of composite structures with non-destructive tests
Lorenzo Cappelli, Marco Montemurro, Frédéric Dau and Laurent Guillaumat

A constitutive model for fiber reinforced polymer plies - coupling of plastic and elasto-damage mechanisms
Jan H. Kaul and Heinz E. Pettermann

Analysis of laminate boxes made of vat composites by higher-order CUF models
Andrea Viglietti, Erasmo Carrera and Enrico Zappino

Fibre path optimization of composite structures manufactured via Tailored Fibre Placement
Lars Bittrich, José Humberto Almeida Jr. and Axel Spickenheuer

Viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for unidirectional fibre reinforced polymers
Paul-William Gerbaud, Fermin Otero, Philippe Bussetta and Pedro Camanho

Finite element implementation of a strain rate sensitive model for impact simulation
Paulo Flores, Rajaneesh Anantharaju, Michael Bruyneel and Jean-Philippe Ponthot