Browsing AE Research Publications by Issue Date
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Kinematics analysis of the chipping process using the circular diamond saw blade
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1999-05)One of the primary goals in the design of a diamond blade cutting system is to reduce the cutting force. By understanding the fundamentals of the kinematics of the sawing operation, these forces can be lowered and even ... -
Stress-strain analysis of a taper-taper adhesive-bonded joint under cylindrical bending
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1999-07)A model of a taper-taper adhesive-bonded joint under cylindrical bending has been derived using first-order laminated plate theory. Shear correction factors were used to account for transverse shear deformation. A FORTRAN ... -
Design and analysis of composite pipe joints under tensile loading
(Sage, 2000)Composite pipe has been used in transporting corrosive fluid in many chemical processes in the petrochemical and pulp and paper industries. More recently, composite pipe has further gained its importance in the offshore ... -
Reinforcement and backpropagation training for an optical neural network using self-lensing effects
(IEEE, 2000-11)The optical bench training of an optical feedforward neural network, developed by the authors, is presented. The network uses an optical nonlinear material for neuron processing and a trainable applied optical pattern as ... -
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
(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 ... -
Low-velocity impact and damage process of composite laminates
(SAGE Publications, 2002-04)Several important issues regarding damage simulation of composite laminates due to low velocity impact were investigated including contact law, damage initiation and the corresponding change of stiffness, and damping. ... -
Stress and failure analyses of adhesive-bonded composite joints using ASTM D3165 specimens
(American Society for Testing and Materials, 2002-04)An analytical model was developed to determine the stress and strain distributions of single-lap adhesive-bonded composite joints under tension. Both the adherend and the adhesive were assumed linear elastic in the ... -
Characterization of bondline thickness effects in adhesive joints
(American Society for Testing and Materials, 2002-04)Growing application of composite materials in air-frame structures tends to make significant use of bonded constructions. Despite the large work that has been done on adhesive characterization over previous years, various ... -
Stress model of composite pipe joints under bending
(SAGE Publications, 2002-06)Recently, composite pipe is becoming popular in the offshore oil and gas industry due to the new floating designs of various platforms which have made deepwater oil and gas exploration and production more economical and ... -
Elastic-plastic model of adhesive-bonded single-lap composite joints
(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 ... -
Numerical simulations of pulsatile flow in an end-to-side anastomosis model
(Tech Science Press, 2007-03)A potential interaction between the local hemodynamics and the artery wall response has been suggested for vascular graft failure by intimal hyperplasia (IH). Among the various hemodynamic factors, wall shear stress has ... -
A semi-analytical method for determining the strain energy release rate of cracks in adhesively-bonded single-lap composite joints
(SAGE Publications, 2007-07)A semi-analytical method for determining the strain energy release rates due to a prescribed crack in an adhesively-bonded, single-lap composite joint subjected to axial tension is presented. The field equations in terms ... -
Thermally induced loads of fastened hybrid composite/aluminum structures
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008-03)Large composite structures have been increasingly used in the aviation industry. New applications of composite materials include primary structures such as aircraft fuselages. These large composite parts are sometimes ... -
Local bending containment in sandwich panels with sub-surface core damage
(Sage, 2008-05-02)A simple repair technique to contain the local facesheet bending in sandwich panels with sub-surface core damage has been explored using experiments. The strategic filling of honeycomb cells in the damage region using ... -
Strain energy release rate determination of prescribed cracks in adhesively-bonded single-lap composite joints with thick bondlines
(Elsevier, 2008-07)An analytical model for determining the strain energy release rate due to a prescribed crack in an adhesively-bonded, single-lap composite joint with thick bondlines and subjected to axial tension is presented. An existing ... -
Strain energy release rate analysis of adhesive-bonded composite joints with a prescribed interlaminar crack
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009-01)Delamination is among the critical failure modes in fiber-reinforced laminated composite structures. This paper presents an analytical approach by taking into account the first-ply failure in adhesive-bonded composite ... -
Stress analysis of composite pipe joints under combined torsional and tensile loading
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009-09)An analytical model was developed using the first-order laminated shell theory to determine stress and strain distributions within a composite pipe joint under combined torsional and tensile loading. Due to the axisymmetric ... -
A hybrid scheme for the numerical simulation of shock/discontinuity problems
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)To address accuracy issues for direct numerical simulation, a hybrid scheme based on the weighted compact scheme (WCS) and weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme is developed. The new hybrid method incorporates ... -
Target tracking strategies for a nonlinear, flexible aircraft-inspired model
(IEEE, 2011-06-29)Aeroelastic wing micro aerial vehicle (MAV) concepts are being explored for military and civilian applications. However, on the whole, the issues of control of MAVs are largely unexplored. The authors seek to employ ... -
Single Network Adaptive Critic aided nonlinear dynamic inversion for suboptimal command tracking
(IEEE, 2011-09-28)Using the Approximate Dynamic Programming (ADP) approach, nonlinear optimal control problems can be solved by using a dual neural network architecture called the Adaptive Critic (AC). A Single Network Adaptive Critic (SNAC) ...