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Research and Education in Composite Materials and Structures at Virginia Tech

 

Fracture-Based Analysis of Bond Durability of GFRP Bars in Concrete Beams, by Charles E. Bakis, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Mechanics Related Challenges in Electronic Packaging, by Gaurang Choksi, Intel Corporation Intel Corporation

 

Compensation of thermal deformation in composite plates using piezoelectric actuators, by Marie-Laure Dano, Philippe Binette, Benjamin Jullière, Guy Gendron Mechanical Engineering Department Université Laval, Québec

 

Challenges in Composite Aircraft Structure Certification, by Steve Engelstad, Lockeed Martin

 

The NASA – Virginia Tech Composites Program Overview of the History and State-of-the-Art of Large Composite Structures in Aerospace Vehicles, Presented by Dr. Charles E. Harris with Dr. David E. Bowles and Dr. Mark J. Shuart

 

Unexplained Early Failure of Boron-Epoxy/Aluminum Hybrid Composites, by Carl T. Herakovich, University of Virginia

 

Use of Circumferentially-Varying Fiber Orientation to Improve Axial Load Capacity of Noncircular Cylinders, presented by M.W. Hyer, Miao Sun AREVA NP Inc,. M.W. Hyer, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Virginia Tech

 

The Mechanics of Micro Air Vehicle Flexible Wings, by T Peter Ifju, Bret Stanford and Kyu Ho Lee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

 

Deformation Characteristics of Disk-Style Micro-Machined Flextensional Devices, by Adel Jilani, Imaging and Printing Group, Hewlett-Packard Company

 

Evaluation of crack growth characteristics in hybrid titanium composite laminates via in-situ radiography, by Prof. Steve Johnson, Georgia W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech

 

Predicting Fit-Up Stresses Due to Flange Waviness in Bolted, Segmented Cylindrical Shells, by Norm Knight, General Dynamics – Advanced Information Systems, Dawn Phillips Lockheed Martin Mission Services, Ivatury Raju NASA Engineering and Safety Center

 

Behavior of Quasi-three-dimensional (Q3D) Woven Composites, by Dahsin Liu, Kirit Rosario, George Coppens, Shawn Klann and Jeff Fuller, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering , Michigan State University

 

Resin Infusion of Large Composite Structures - Modeling and Manufacturing Process, by Alfred C. Loos, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

 

Stresses and Failure Modes in Filler Material of Complex Composite Joints, by Carol Meyers, Material Sciences Corporation

 

Fatigue Life Prediction Methodology for Composite Delamination using Fracture Mechanics, by T. Kevin O’Brien, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Vehicle Technology Directorate

 

Design and Testing of a Large Composite Asymmetric Payload Fairing, by Tomoya Ochinero , Ph.D., ATA Engineering, Thomas Deiters, P. E., ATA Engineering, John Higgins, Ph.D., Air Force Research Laboratories, Eric Blades, Ph.D., Mississippi State University,

 

Multiscale Analysis of Delamination of Carbon Nanotube-Modified Laminated Carbon-Expoxy Composites, by Jaret C Riddick U. S. Army Research Lab, NASA-Langley Research Center