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    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2015-01)
      I grew up in SAMPE during the '90s when the glamour of the past was a constant reminder of what had been and in the 00s when the very essence of SAMPE was in peril. Individuals took action and saved our society. In the ...

    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2015-03)
      If it has not been apparent through this column, SAMPE has been a significant part of my professional career. Consequently, it has also been a significant part of my life. SAMPE helped me to establish my academic credentials ...

    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2015-05)
      One key thing I learned in SAMPE is to always recognize that another colleague has something to contribute. Ours is an experience-heavy profession. We cannot experience the entirety of our world. Thus, others are always ...

    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2014-09)
      SAMPE was born among nine individuals working in the aerospace industry in Southern California, a likely place in 1944 for rising concerns on the lack of focus on materials and processing within their industry. It was ...

    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2014-07)
      A message from SAMPE'S global president: The last time I wrote this note, I was ending my tenure as the International President of SAMPE. I am now writing as the Global President of SAMPE. So much has occurred in the world ...

    • Editorial: Message from SAMPE's global president 

      Vizzini, Anthony (SAMPE Publishers, 2014-11)
      I have been a member of SAMPE for 27 years. During that time, my professional network and my participation in the society has grown. I began by going to local chapter meetings, then I went to conferences in the United ...

    • Effect of data filtering on flight loads spectra 

      Rokhsaz, Kamran; Kliment, Linda K. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019-06-14)
      Operational data from 27.4 hours of aerial firefighting and ferry missions are used to examine the effect of various filters at removing the structural modes from the data and the corresponding effect on flight loads ...

    • Effect of dents on crack growth in aluminum alloy under constant-amplitude loading 

      Smith, Bert L.; Shivalli, Praveen; Kumar, Brijesh (AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT, 2012-03)
      The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dents on the stable crack growth in 0.04-in.-thick 2024-T3 bare aluminum sheet. The test specimens were either pristine, dented, or reworked. The edge-cracked ...

    • The effect of node bond adhesive fillet on uniaxial in-plane responses of hexagonal honeycomb core 

      Keshavanarayana, Suresh R.; Shahverdi Moghaddam, Hooman; Kothare, Aakash; Yang, Chihdar Charles; Bingenheimer, J. (Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., 2017-09-01)
      In the present work, experimental and numerical studies were conducted on the in-plane uniaxial behavior of a fiberglass/phenolic honeycomb core to investigate the effects of the node bond adhesive fillet. A non-linear ...

    • Effect of particle size on sound absorption behavior of granular aerogel agglomerates 

      Dasyam, Amrutha; Xue, Yutong; Bolton, J. Stuart; Sharma, Bhisham N. (Elsevier, 2022-12-15)
      We investigate the sound absorption characteristics of granular aerogel agglomerates of various particle sizes. The normal incidence sound absorption coefficients of six commercially available silica aerogels with different ...

    • Effects of planar and nonplanar curved flow paths on the hemodynamics of helical conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: A numerical study 

      Kok, Foo; Myose, Roy Y.; Hoffmann, Klaus A. (Elsevier B.V., 2020-12)
      Helical geometries to induce swirling and spiral flow in prosthetic grafts have been hypothesized as a possible way to improve the clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. In this paper, ...

    • An efficient algorithm for the longitude-targeted ascent of all-electric satellites 

      Chadalavada, Pardhasai; Dutta, Atri; Ghosh, Pradipto (AIAA SCITECH, 2021-12-29)
      This paper considers the ascent-to-slot problem of an electrically propelled geostationary satellite. In contrast to the widely-studied electric orbit transfer problem, the present work is concerned about the rendezvous ...

    • Elastic-plastic model of adhesive-bonded single-lap composite joints 

      Yang, Chihdar Charles; Huang, Hai; Tomblin, John S.; Sun, Wenjun (SAGE Publications, 2004-02)
      An analytical model for determining adhesive stress distributions within the adhesive-bonded single-lap composite joints was developed. ASTM D3165 Strength Properties of Adhesives in Shear by Tension Loading of SingleLap-Joint ...

    • Errors and uncertainties in derived gust velocities extracted from flight data 

      Rokhsaz, Kamran; Kliment, Linda K. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 2017-03)
      Atmospheric turbulence has always posed a challenge to the designers and flyers of aircraft. Wilson [1] suggested the presence of six components in atmospheric turbulence. This was a pioneering effort at addressing the ...

    • Evaluation and adjustments for ASTM D 5656 standard test method for thick-adherend metal lap-shear joints for determination of the stress-strain behavior of adhesives in shear by tension loading 

      Yang, Chihdar Charles; Huang, Hai; Tomblin, John S.; Oplinger, D.W (American Society for Testing and Materials, 2001-01)
      Adhesive-bonded joints have been used widely for composite materials as a necessary alternative to conventional mechanical joint designs. In a bonded joint, the load is transferred from one substrate to the other mainly ...

    • Examination of Derived Gust Velocities from a Fleet of Aerial Supervision Module/Lead Aircraft 

      Rokhsaz, Kamran; Kliment, Linda K.; Menon, Alok N. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. Read More: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.C033991, 2017-09)
      Flight data collected from a fleet of Beechcraft King Air airframes have been analyzed. The data consisted of information from 3094 flights in various missions flown for the U.S. Forest Service. The missions consisted of ...

    • Examination of derived gust velocities from C-130 in forest service operation 

      Kliment, Linda K.; Rokhsaz, Kamran; Ali, Syed Junaid; Nelson, John A. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 2022-06-20)
      Flight data from two EC-130Q and two L-382G airframes being flown as airtankers in USFS operations were analyzed. Firefighting flights were separated into five phases: cruise 1, entry, drop, exit, and cruise 2. The recorded ...

    • Experimental and numerical failure analyses of composite cruciform under biaxial static and cyclic loading 

      Pham, Dinh Chi; Xiao, Jian; Lua, Jim Y.; Perera, Shenal; Saathoff, Caleb (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA, 2021-01)
      The characterization and prediction of multiaxial fatigue of composite structures have become a very important topic since aircraft composite structures and their repaired bonded structures are unavoidably subjected to ...

    • Exploratory investigation of next-generation airtankers 

      Kliment, Linda K.; Rokhsaz, Kamran; Nelson, John; Terning, Brett (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2018-01-08)
      Results are presented for fourteen airframes being flown in firefighting operations by USFS. In total, data from 2,856 flight files is presented for four BAe-146s, three RJ-85s, two MD-87s, three DC-10s, one CL-415, and ...

    • Exploratory study of C-130 flight loads in forest service operation 

      Kliment, Linda K.; Rokhsaz, Kamran; Ali, Syed Junaid; Nelson, John A. (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA, 2021-01)
      Operational load factors for C-130 airtankers flown in support of the United States Forest Service firefighting efforts are presented. In total, the results are based on 1,454 flights, with 792 hours of flight time. The ...