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Author:: Yoo, Min-Ji
Title:: Comparison of interlaminar fracture toughness of filament wound glass/epoxy composites by using MWCNTs or flexible resin
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Interlaminar fracture toughness
CNT
Mode I
II and mixed mode
File:: Download Minji_Master_Thesis_0803_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas
Title:: Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength
File:: Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Henry, Todd Carl
Title:: Static and Dynamic Characterization of Composite Materials for Future Driveshaft Systems
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Flexible Matrix Composite
FMC
Driveshaft
Filament Winding
Helicopter
File:: Download 1-Henry_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tiwari, Chandrashekhar
Title:: Innovative Energy Absorbing Devices Based on Composite Tubes
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Energy Absorbing
Extension Twist Coupling
Crush Tubes
Sandwich Core Device
Non-linear Model
Rate Effects
Foam Model
File:: Download Chandrashekhar_Tiwari_PhD_Thesis_AUG_2012_revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Special Member

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Author:: Wimmer, Benjamin Michael
Title:: Experimental Evaluation of Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Actuators
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: FMC
Flexible Matrix Composites
Actuators
Composites
Active Structures
File:: Download Ben_wimmer_thesis_final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Henry, Todd Carl
Title:: Optimized Design and Structural Mechanics of a Single-piece Composite Helicopter Driveshaft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Flexible Matrix Composites
Optimization
Helicopter Driveshaft
Filament Winding
File:: Download 20140716_Henry_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

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Author:: Prakash, Keerti
Title:: MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Prakash, Keerti
Title:: Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping
File:: Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Braga Nogueira Branco, Ricardo
Title:: Scalable fabrication and characterization of magnetically aligned and diazotized CNT-epoxy composites for interlaminar reinforcement of aerospace composites
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: aerospace
materials
composites
carbon nanotubes
polymer nanocomposites
nanocomposites
nanotubes
functionalized
covalent functionalization
diazotization
three-point bending
fracture toughness
magnetic assembly
File:: Download RicardoBranco_MSThesis_SU21.pdf
Committee Members:: Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

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