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Author:

Shoffner, Brent William

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL USED TO ANALYZE COUPLING REACTIONS BETWEEN A TRACTOR’S FIFTHWHEEL AND A SEMITRAILER’S KINGPIN

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

FEA
kingpin
Fifthwheel
Coupling

File:

Download Shoffner_Thesis_Master_File.pdf

Committee Members:

Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Slade, Jeffrey Lawrence

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OFF-ROAD RIGID RING MODEL FOR TRUCK TIRES USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rigid ring model off-road truck tire finite elemen

File:

Download Jeff_Slade_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lescoe, Ryan

Title:

Improvement of Soil Modeling in a Tire-Soil Interaction Using Finite Element Analysis and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

smoothed
smooth particle hydrodynamics
FEA
finite element analysis
tire-soil interaction
soil modeling
SPH
PAM-Crash
PAM-Shock
pneumatic tire
rigid tire

File:

Download Ryan-Lescoe_MS-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maruszewski, Rance Joel

Title:

COMPLEX COMPOSITE TURBO-MACHINERY COMPONENT FABRICATED BY RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

Cost Saving Manufacturing Technology
Metrology
Geometric Inspection
Geometry Correction by Finite Element Modeling FEM
Fiber Reinforced Polymer FRP
Resin Transfer Molding RTM
Composite Fabrication
Prototype
Production
Urethane Tooling
Aluminum Tooling
Woven Carbon Fabric
Vinyl Ester Resin

File:

Download RJM_MS_Final_Draft-04-04-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Reginald Hamilton / Dr Kevin Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Patten, Carl Henry

Title:

Processing Parameters for Out-of-autoclave Pre-impregnated Discontinuous Carbon Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

discontinuous carbon fiber
composite
discontinuous
five harness
diaphragm forming
processing parameters
discotex
pepin

File:

Download JPatten-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ripepi, Maximilian James

Title:

Transverse Mechanical Properties of Unidirectionally Reinforced Hybrid Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

Composites
Unidirectional
Transverse
Modulus
Strength
Hybrid
Commingled
Carbon Fiber
Glass Fiber
Epoxy

File:

Download Ripepi_MS_Thesis_0803_1213.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Glath, Michael Charles

Title:

Compression behavior of ultra-high modulus carbon/epoxy composites and fracture energy characterization of intermediate modulus carbon/epoxy composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

ASTM D6641
SACMA SRM 1R-94
ASTM D5528
end-notched flexure
ANOVA
finite element analysis
damage
fracture energy

File:

Download Glath_Michael_Thesis_ESM_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kupchella, Chester Alan

Title:

Quantifying the Uniaxial High Cycle Fatigue Life of Laminated Composites with a Resonant Beam Test

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

FRP
Fatigue
High Frequency
Composites
Temperature Controlled
Viscoelasticity
Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Fiberglass
Vibration

File:

Download ChesterKupchella-MSThesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member

Author:

Haluza, Rudy T

Title:

Mechanical Response of Out-Of-Autoclave Complex Fiber Architecture Composites for Marine Structures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

hydro
kinetic
turbine
hydrokinetic
composite
glass
fiber
epoxy
water
marine
fatigue
tension
ooa
out-of-autoclave
damage
fail
condtioning
elevated
temperature
seawater
absorption
model
quasi-laminar
quasi-static
0.1
tension-tension
sun-li
modulus
residual
strength
reduction
VARTM
woven
weave
stitch
stitch-bonded
textile
wet

File:

Download Haluza_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bowie, Christopher Michael

Title:

LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF) NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF INCIPIENT HEAT DAMAGE IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Laser-Induced Fluorescence
LIF
Non-Destructive Evaluation
incipient heat damage in Polymer Matrix Composite

File:

Download Christopher_Bowie_MS_Thesis_Updated_11_12_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Paola Arguelles, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member
Daniel Ward Merdes, Committee Member
Michael E Zugger, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair