Tuesday May 20

08.00 Registration 

At the venue.

08.30 Opening

Welcome and information regarding best presentation prize.

8.45 Keynote

Thad Maloney, Aalto University, Fine-scale fiber fibrillation.

9.20 Session 1: LC Refining

• Mattias Aigner, University of Victoria: A novel method to estimate refiner power and intensity of impacts in LC refining.
• Kaarlo Niskanen, Mid Sweden University: Homogeneity of fibrillation in LC-refining.

10.10 Coffee break

Time for networking.

10.40 Session 2: Delamination, converting and embossing

• Mohammad Ebrahimijamal, Karlstad University: Delamination behavior of paperboard under normal and shear loading: experimental and cohesive zone modeling.
• Ulrike Käppeler, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences: Surface Material Stretching within the Embossing Process of Paperboard.
• Anders Biel, Karlstad University: Experimental studies of delamination of paperboard.
• Per Engstrand, Mid Sweden University: How to achieve a certain combination of physical properties of a middle layer pulp for paperboard starting from a mix of hardwood and softwood.

12.20 Lunch

At the venue.

13.30 Session 3: Mechanical models of paper

• Lars Berglund, KTH Royal Inst of Techn, Dept of Fiber and Polym: High-performance pulp fiber networks – effects from relative density and interfiber adhesion.
• Eric Borgqvist, Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions: Constrained Three Point Bending experiments and simulations of multi-ply paperboard.
• Pedro Miguel Godinho, Independent researcher: In-plane elasticity of anisotropic paper sheets captured by in-plane spatial orientation of constituting fibers: A continuum micromechanics approach.
• Nadir Kopic-Osmanovic, CAM, University of Wuppertal: A Robust Elasto-Plastic Framework for Paper-Based Materials: Integrating In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Behavior.

15.10 Coffee Break

Time for networking.

15.40 Session 4: Multi-phase flow and swelling I

• Carlos A. Rojas Vega, Eindhoven University of Technology, A computational multi-phase flow model for predicting moisture transport and swelling in paper-based materials.
• Patrick Wegele, KTH Royal Institue of Technology: Increasing the dewatering of water-saturated fibre networks in dynamic load cases by generating macro-scale stress variations.

16.30 Poster presentations

• Nima Fallahjoybari, Mid Sweden University: Understanding Fibre Refining Through CFD-DEM Simulations.
• Karuna Nambi Gowri, North Carolina State University: Evaluation of Inter-Fiber Frictional Forces for Cellulosic Fibers in Wet-Laid System.
• Stefan Lindström, Mid Sweden University: Pulp quality assessment using dominant modes of fiber distribution fluctuations in high-consistency refining.
• Jukka Ketoja, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd: Layered Miura-ori origami structures for stiff-flexible mechanics.
• Alexander Wagner, Graz University of Technology: Open-Loop Recycling of Post-Consumer Textiles into Packaging Paper.
• Amanda Mattsson, Mid Sweden University: Characterization of Hot-Pressed Fibre Joints Using X-ray Nano Tomography.
• Vaibhav Modi, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd: From Microfibrils to Mesopores: Insights into Moisture and Thermal Treatment Using All-Atom and Coarse-Grained Simulations.
• Toma Schneider, PTS - Institut für Fasern & Papier gGmbH, Determination of plastic compressive stiffness behaviour in plane on the basis of bending stress, using CRT.
• Wen Hao Shen, South China University of Technology: Impact Evaluation of Recycled Fiber Characteristics on Paper Mechanical Properties through Grey Relational Analysis.
• Nils Sauer, TU Darmstadt: Linking thermally responsive polymers to cellulose for more efficient dewatering and drying of paper.
• Nele Link, TU Darmstadt: Utilisation of chaotropic agents as additives for an energy efficient paper production.
• Jonas Engqvist, Solid mechanics, Lund University: An experimental protocol for cyclic folding of paperboard.
• Patrick Galenschowski, TU Darmstadt: Investigation of Capillary Rise Height in Paper Sheets Under Rotational Hypergravity Conditions.

17.20 Welcome reception and poster exhibition

At the venue.