Organising committee

Co-Chairmen
Stephen W. Tsai and George S. Springer, USA

This is the Proceedings for the Eighth International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM/8) held in Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, July 15-19, 1991. This 4-volume set contains nearly 400 articles, which are scheduled for presentation at the conference. The papers are divided into 39 sections. Each paper is numbered by the section number, which is followed by a letter designation arranged alphabetically and page numbers within each paper. The authors' index in the back of the fourth volume gives the paper number: e.g., 25 - B.

Not included in the Proceedings are the Scala Lecture by Jerome R. Jaeb, the Boeing Company, "Boeing Composite Materials Products and Standardizations of Composite Materials," and a keynote lecture by Sokichi Umekawa, the Science University of Tokyo, entitled "Composites in Japan." Another 100 presentations, not included in the Proceedings, will also be scheduled at the conference.

We are grateful for the support received from our primary sponsor:
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering,
and five co-sponsors:
American Society of Composites,
American Institute of Metallurgical Engineering,
British Composite Society,
European Association of Composite Materials, and
Japan Society for Composite Materials.

Special thanks are also extended to:
Ram Bhagat, for soliciting contributions in Metal Matrix Composites,
Ken Reifsnider, for soliciting contributions in Design,
Leif Carlsson, for soliciting contributions in Delamination,
Akira Kobayashi, for soliciting contributions from Japan,
Yapa Rajapakse, for soliciting contributions in Thick Laminates,
Les Cohen, for inviting session chairpersons, and soliciting donations,
Dominique Doumeingts, for arranging a European travel group.
Penny Clark, for setting up the database for the conference,
Beth Kreitzer, for her adminstrative and secretarial help,
Sung-Kyu Ha, for assistance in the preparation of the Proceedings,
Jocelyn M. Patterson, also for assistance in the preparation of the Proceedings,
Doris Weaver, also for assistance in the preparation of the Proceedings,
Daun White, for managing the Exhibits, and
Tonen Energy International Corporation, and Amoco Performance Products, for their financial support of ICCM/8.

Stephen W. Tsai and George S. Springer
Co-Chairmen, ICCM/8

VOLUME 1	SESSIONS
	1 - Design Methods
	2 - Unique Applications
	3 - Sandwich Construction
	4 - Buckling
	5 - Hybrids
	6 - Fabric
	7 - Bio Medical
	8 - Repair
	9 - Bonded and Bolted Joints
	10 - General Processing
	11 - Interface with Organic Matrix
VOLUME 2	SESSIONS
	12 - Matrix Materials
	13 - Pultrusion
	14 - Filament Winding
	15 - Transfer Molding
	16 - Environment
	17 - Metal Matrix Composites Processing
	18 - Metal Matrix Composites Modeling
	19 - Metal Matrix Composites Interface
	20 - Metal Matrix Composites Strength
	21 - Metal Matrix Composites Fracture
VOLUME 3	SESSIONS
	22 - Carbon-Carbon Composites
	23 - Ceramic Matrix Composites Processing
	24 - Ceramic Matrix Composites Analysis
	25 - Intermetallic Matrix Composites
	26 - Modeling
	27 - Fracture
	28 - Delamination
	29 - Micromechanics
VOLUME 4	SESSIONS
	30 - Thick Laminates
	31 - Strength
	32 - Dynamic and Impact
	33 - Viscoelasticity and Cr
	34 - Vibration and Damping
	35 - Compression
	36 - Test Methods
	37 - Biaxial Testing
	38 - Fatigue
	39 - Non-Destructive Testing