Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Talreja, Ramesh"
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Oh, Bong T. (2010-01-16)The Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) system is needed to reduce the developing time and production cost in most industries. The MDO is the new technology for optimization design, and considers solid mechanics, ...
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Petit De Servins D'Hericour, Tristan Christo (2017-12-12)Corrosion control of buried assets usually involves a redundant shield: a coating system as a physical barrier, and a cathodic protection system as an ad hoc defense. Characterization and localization of defects in the ...
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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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Sigamani, Nirmal (2010-07-14)Thin polyurethane films have been widely used as erosion-resistant coatings on helicopter rotor blades. Published research has mainly focused on empirical studies that relate the mechanical properties such as rebound ...
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Unnikrishnan, Ginu U. (2009-05-15)Biological materials are complex hierarchical systems subjected to external stimuli like mechanical forces, chemical potentials and electrical signals. A deeper understanding of the behavior of these materials is required ...
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De Castro, Anthony (2011-02-22)Glassy polymers are extensively used to make all kinds of structural components. Polymers, such as epoxies, are often chosen as matrices in polymer matrix composites (PMC). Ever since the 1960s, these types of composites ...
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Hong, Seokjin (2015-12-09)Interfacial properties in carbon fiber composites is one of the key parameters controlling their structural functionality. Here, we introduce a novel method to engineering carbon fiber-epoxy interfaces, via inclusion of ...
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Damage Initiation in Unidirectional Polymeric Composites with Manufacturing Induced Irregularities Elnekhaily, Sarah Ahmed Eassa (2018-05-03)In this work, the initiation of the first failure event in unidirectional polymer composites subjected to different loading conditions is studied. Two energy based point failure criteria – critical dilatational and critical ...
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Chowdhury, Khairul Alam (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)In polymer matrix composites (PMCs) manufacturing processes can induce de- fects, e.g., voids, fiber misalignment, irregular fiber distribution in the cross-section and broken fibers. The effects of such defects can be ...
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Yang, Cheng-Kang (2016-12-02)Sandwich panel has been widely applied to enhance the stiffness to weight performance of components in many industries. The manufacturing procedure of curved metal sandwich panels typically consists of forming the sheet ...
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Al-Masri, Hussein Mohammad Khalaf (2016-11-01)There are plenty of fossil fuels for hundreds of years. The importance of moving toward sustainable energy stems from global climate change and the need to provide access to affordable energy to all of humanity. The way ...
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Whalen, Casey Allen (2012-02-14)Nickel Nanostrands (NiNS) are nano-particles that are highly branched and have a high aspect ratio. These particles show promise as excellent additives to composites when electrical conductivity is desired. Unfortunately, ...
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Sengab, Ahmed M (2015-05-12)Polymer matrix composites are used extensively for their exceptional mechanical properties. The effect of voids on the energy release rate of interface crack has been studied before; however none of the studies investigated ...
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Sarikaya, Sevketcan (2019-06-11)This work investigates the improvements in damping performance of polymer nanocomposites with graphene inclusions by employing interfacial slippage mechanisms between filler and matrix. The damping improvement to the ...
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Effects of Manufacturing Induced Defects on Mixed-Mode Delamination Kinking in Composite Laminates Ai, Yin (2015-08-10)With the superior mechanical performance, such as high strength and stiffness, fiber-reinforced polymer composites are widely used on main structures, like airfoil for aircraft or wind turbine. Manufacturing induced defects ...
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Zhuang, Linqi (2012-11-16)Polymer matrix composites are widely used as structural components in the aerospace industry and wind turbine industry etc. to take advantage of their unique mechanical properties and weight saving ability. Although there ...
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Kalidindi, Sanjay Varma (2012-07-16)Cellulose whiskers (CWs) obtained from naturally occuring cellulose are nano-inclusions which show a lot of promise as mechanical reinforcements in polymers. Typically, a relatively high content is added to realize improvement ...
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Narayanan, Divya (2009-05-15)Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) is an integrated systems approach, which aims at developing a balance between the requirements of the current stakeholders without compromising the ability of the future ...
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Iyer Ganapathi, Jayadurga (2012-02-14)Dynamic responses of the MR Elastomers and MR gel have been studied care- fully by various research groups. However, to understand completely the dynamic response of the material, it is important to have a clear understanding ...