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Author:

Miller, Simon W

Title:

Experimental Characterization of Textile Energy Absorbers Exposed to Environmental Conditionings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

textile
energy absorber
load limiter
tear webbing
stitch ripping device
environmental conditioning
quasi static
high rate
crashworthy
restraint

File:

Download Simon_W_Miller_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mangiagli, Patrick Michael

Title:

Development of Laminated Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polyurethane Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

aligned carbon nanofiber
CNF
nanocomposite
Halpin-Tsai
flexible laminates
bio-inspired
silane coupling agents

File:

Download Mangiagli_THESIS_Document_15_July_2013_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vashisth, Aniruddh

Title:

Manufacturing and characterization of adaptive structures with fluidic flexible matrix composite tubes

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

FMC
F2MC
adaptive
structure
tubes
morphing
steerable stiffness
polyurethane
bilayer
multilayer

File:

Download MS_thesis__Aniruddh_Vashisth_Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor