Composite Materials & Structures

Our book has been published.  Read more about it here:

PRESENTS THE LATEST STRATEGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR LARGE STRUCTURES AND THE EFFECTS OF DEFECTS

Composite Structures: Effects of Defects  offers an important guide to the use of fiber-reinforced composites and how defects can affect the durability and safety of engineering structures such as aircraft, bridges, wind turbines and sporting equipment. The text draws on the authors’ experience in industry and academia to cover the most recent strategies in the development of composite structures and uniquely integrates the assessment of the effects of defects introduced during production and service.

This comprehensive resource begins with an essential introduction to the characteristics of composites leading to an in-depth discussion of defects encountered in production. The authors review current manufacturing methods and inspection techniques used for composite structures and methods to test and analyze their strength and behavior in the presence of manufacturing flaws and service impacts. The text also contains information on the latest regulatory requirements and design standards associated with the testing and validation of a robust design. This important resource:

• Presents basic information on composite structural design and failure theories
• Reviews the most current manufacturing methods and inspection technologies
• Includes testing strategies for determining the effects of production defects and service damage
• Contains methods for statistical analysis and processing of experimental effects of defects test data
• Offers a comprehensive review of the most current regulatory developments in the use of composites for the construction of aircraft composite structures

Written for professional engineers in mechanical, automotive, aerospace, civil, and energy engineering, Composite Structures: Effects of Defects is the hands-on text that covers the essential information needed to understand the use of composites and how manufacturing flaws and service damage impact structural behavior.

EMCR Lab alumnus, Peng Yang has completed his MS degree at UW-Milwaukee.  Peng has worked in the lab as both an undergraduate and graduate researcher.  His MS thesis was titled, “Phase Sensitive Thermography of Magnetostrictive Materials Under Periodic Excitations.” His thesis was co-advised by Dr. Rani Elhajjar and Dr. Chiu Tau Law.  For more information about Peng Yang’s activities and to contact him directly, he can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/peng-yang-1b89ba42

Sadegh Shams, researcher at the EMCRL has successfully defended his PhD thesis at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  The title of his thesis is, “Experimental, analytical and numerical characterization of effects of fiber waviness defects in laminated composites “

Peng Yang’s poster at @UWM on Phase sensitive thermography for detection of magnetostrictive strains

Aleksey Yermakov’s work on magnetostrictive composite sensors with 3D printing at 2016 #UWM poster competition.

Class photo with my students from the Advanced Topics in Experimental Stress Analysis course at the University of Trento in Italy as part of @FulbrightPrgrm