Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Ochoa, Ozden O."
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Goyal, Deepak (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Textile composites can be tailored to meet specific thermo-mechanical requirements for structural applications. The focus of this research is on 2x2 biaxial braided composites since they have good stiffness and strength ...
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Goyal, Deepak (2009-05-15)Textile composites have a wide variety of applications in the aerospace, sports, automobile, marine and medical industries. Due to the availability of a variety of textile architectures and numerous parameters associated ...
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Lee, Seung Min (2010-07-14)Carbon foams exhibit numerous unique properties which are attractive for light weight applications such as aircraft and spacecraft as a tailorable material. Carbon foams, when exposed to air, oxidize at temperatures as low ...
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Kulkarni, Mandar Chaitanya (2009-05-15)The research objectives are to develop experimental and computational techniques to characterize and to study the influence of polymer coating on the mechanical response of walnut shell particles to be used as proppants. ...
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Kim, Won Ki (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The performance of a deep water composite production riser from a system perspective is presented, and its advantages are articulated through comparisons with a typical steel riser under identical service conditions. The ...
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Rodriguez, Douglas E. (2010-01-14)While there is continuing interest in bioresorbable materials for orthopedic fixation devices, the major challenge in utilizing these materials in load-bearing applications is creating materials sufficiently stiff and ...
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Kulkarni, Mandar (2012-07-16)Proppants are a specific application of granular materials used in oil/gas well stimulation. Employment of hard and soft particle mixtures is one of the many approaches availed by the industry to improve fracture resistance ...
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Garcia Gonzalez, Hector Camerino (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This thesis describes the manufacturing, structural analysis and testing of a composite cylinder for space application. This work includes the design and fabrication of a reusable multicomponent mandrel made of aluminum ...
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Ganpatye, Atul Shridatta (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)In the design of cryogenic fuel tanks for the next generation Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs), the permeability of liquid hydrogen (LH2) across the thickness of the tank is a critical issue. The rate of permeation of LH2 ...
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Kostovich, Vincent (2010-07-14)Many people have disabilities and would like to have all of the amenities typical of daily life. Universal product design is important in designing for the disabled and creating user-friendly products for all people. The ...