market 17 research & development Carbon 64 Modelling Multiscale thermomechanical modelling of closed-cell materials Many growth drivers for carbon fibre 20 17 U.S. Overview of the US composites 66 Simulation Correction of manufacturing industry: The new JEC study induced distortions of automotive composite parts with simulation technology & innovations 73 Oil & gas Under pressure: testing energy plastics for oil & gas applications 76 Dielectric analysis Resin cure monitoring by means of dielectric analysis (DEA) 80 70 Simulation Composite layup simulation is now a reality 75 Advertisers 3A Composites 42 Properties 55 Using trace to scale the properties of composite materials 46 Optimization Optimization of composite beams using the Profile Rank method 49 OHT tests Reducing the number of OHT tests: observations on strain to failure of composite laminates 52 Effects of water absorption on time-temperature dependent strength of unidirectional CFRP Design LamRank, a laminate design tool 57 BVID Designing for damage tolerance 62 Application p.41 Big Head ATM p.22 Ashland p.79 CnC technics p.81 diAB Inner back cover evonik p.61 French oil p.51 glotech p.11 jeC group p.11, 21, 45 p.71 m torres p.72 mcClean Anderson VX Aerospace's VX-1 KittyHawk™ Karl mayer p.79 netzsch p.38 plataine Back cover procotex p.75 Saertex p.30 Selcom Inside front cover, p.23 No88 April 2014 / jec composites magazine 7