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A Four-Decade View on tiie Pipes-Pagano-Problem: Free-Edge Effects in Composite Laminates 1 C. Miltelstedl - .

Free Edge Laminate Stresses and Delamination Using Finite Element Analysis—The Early Years 20 E. F. Rybicki

Free Edge Effects in Laminated Composites: 1976-2006 22 C. T. Herakovich

F I B E R - M E T A L L A M I N A T E S

Notch Strength of Hybrid Boron/Glass/Aluminum Fiber Metal Laminates 38 P.-C. Yeh. P.-Y. Chang. J.-M. Yang

Damage Characterization of T i / G F R P Laminates Subjected to Low-Velocity Impact 58 H. Nakalani. T. Kosaka, K. Osaka, Y. Sawada

N A T U R A L F I B E R C O M P O S I T E S

Thermal and Mechanical Studies of Wood Flour Reinforced Polyurethane Composites 72 G. Slrawder. M. Hosur, S. Jeelani

Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Modified Jute/Biopol Nanophased Green Composite 79 M K. Hossain. M W. Dewan. M Hosur. S. Jeelani

Evaluation of Mechanical Properties in Silk Fiber Reinforced Biodegradable Plastic Composites 97 T. Izaki. D. Y. Song, T.-H. Nam. S. Ogihara

Braid-Trusion of Jute/Polylactic Acid Composites 106 L. L. Lebel, H. Daisuke. T. Yoshitaka, A. Nakai

In Situ Hybridization of Thermoplastic Composites by Micro-Braiding Technique 119 P. Wongsriraksa, A. Itou. S. Nagai, Y. W. Leong. A. Nakai

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Flexural Properties of Functionally Gradient Syntactic Foam Sandwich Structures 124 L. M. GuUapalli, E. Woldesenhet

High Strain Rate Behavior and Failure Analysis of Nanoclay Reinforced Vinyl Ester Based Syntactic Foams Subjected to Hygrothermal Conditioning 143

B. Demissie. M. John, E. Woldesenhet

Visualization of Fracture Behavior of Syntactic Foams Under High Strain Rate Loading 159 V. C. Shunmugasamy, N. Gupta, N. Q. Nguyen, P. G. Coelho

Strength Prediction of Foam-Core Sandwich Structures with Butt Joints 172 V. K. Goyal, J. I. Rome, P. M. Schubel. J. Tuck-Lee, G. Steckel, D. Palel

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Investigation of Temperature Dependency of Electrical Resistance Changes for Structural Management of Graphite/Polymer Composite 185

K. Takahashi, H. T. Hahn , ,

Health Monitoring of Composite Pi-Joints Using Fiber Optic Sensors 198 M. Haq, L. Drzal, E. Patterson

Self-Sensing Composite Materials: Delamination Detection 210 J. L. Abot. Y. Song.m. J. Schuh. M. S. Vatsavaya, S. Medikonda, Z. Kier, C. Jayasinghe, V. N. Shanov, N. Rooy

Real-Time Impact Force Identification of C F R P Structures Using Experimental Transfer Matrices 225 5. Atobe, N. Hu, H. Fukunaga

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Unsupervised Damage Detection in C F R P Structures Using Statistical Analysis of Temperature Characteristic of Resistance 240

Y. Suzuki, A. Todoroki, Y.mizutani, R. Matsuzaki

Delamination Detection in C F R P Laminates Using a Built-in Broadband Lamb Wave Propagation System 250

I y. Okahe, K. Fujibayashi, M. Shimazaki, H. Soejima

! Modeling of Fiber Composites During the Cure Process for Piezoelectric Actuation 265

j D. V. Murray. O. J. Myers \h Monitoring Using Carbon Nanotubes in Adhesively-Bonded Composite-to-Metal Joints 281 i A. S. Lim. Z. R. Melrose, E. T. Thostenson, T.-W. Chou

': Effect of Indentation on Electrical Resistance Change of C F R P 288 : A. Todoroki. Y. Samejima, R. Matsuzaki. Y. Mizutani

'. Internal Strain Monitoring of a C F R P Laminate During Low Velocity Impact Test Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors 297

T. Inada, A. Kobiki, T. Nakajima ^

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Birefringence Effect of Embedded FBGs Due to Peel Stress at the Overlap End of Single-Lap Joint 309 H. Murayama, K. Kageyama, K. Uzawa, K. Ohara, I. Ohsawa, M. Kanai, H. Jgawa i . . . . .'

A Novel Approach to Generation of Adhesive Bonds with Controlled Bond Strength 321 J. Barroela-Robles, R. Cole. J. M. Sands, T. Parker

Investigation on the Joining of CFRP- to -CFRP and CFRP-to-AIuminium for a Small Aircraft Structural Application 333

Giannis, K. Hansen

A Damage Model for the Simulation of Bearing Failure in Bolted Joints of Interlaminar Toughened C F R P Laminates 347

T. Nadabe, M. Nishikawa, J. Siivola, N. Takeda

Probabilistic Strength Analysis of Pin Joints in C F R P Laminates 357 M. Geji, N. Uda. K. Ono

On the Effect of Mechanical Properties of Fasteners on Torsional Stiffness of Space Extendible Mast 370 K. Yoshida. T Aoki, A. Watanabe

Damage Modeling of Bearing Failure in C F R P Bolted Joints Based on Fiber Compressive Failure Criterion Under Multiaxial Stress States 382

M. Nishikawa, T. Nadabe. N. Takeda

The Effect of Joint Configuration on Joint Strength 397 ' y H. S. Roh. C. T. Sun

Fracture Toughness of the C F R P Adhesive Bonded Joint Under Cryogenic Temperature 407 • A. Yoshimura. T. Takaki, Y. Noji, T. Yokozeki, T. Ogasawara, S. Ogihara

Pull-Out Behavior of Adhesively Bonded Composite Pi-Joints: Damage Modeling & Comparison with Experiments 420

M. Haq, E. Patterson. L. Drzal

Resin to Fiber Ratio—Maximizing Tensile Properties in a Water-Activated, Polyurethane/Carbon Fiber Composite Repair System 430

M. A. Green, M. U. Farooq. C. Lazzara

L O W V E L O C I T Y I M P A C T

Composite Tiling for Impact Damage Tolerance 441 ; J. N. Baucom, W. R. Pogue III. G. T. Pham. J. P. Thomas

Quasi-Static Investigation of Impactor Bluntness Effects on Curved Stiffened Carbon Epoxy Panels 451 i G. K. Defrancisci, Z. M. Chen, H. Kim

An Experimental Study of the Effect of Stitching on Low-Velocity-Impact (LVI) Damage and Compresion-After-Impact (CAI) Strength 471

P. Meyer, A.M. Waas. F. Kruse. T. Gries

Impact-Induced Delamination Suppression in Laminated Composites Using Through-Thickness Stitching 486

K. T Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi, Y. Iwahori

Numerical Modeling of Impact-Induced Damage in Composite Laminates Under Soft-Body Impact with Interlaminar Damage Zone Using Homogenization Method 498

S. C. Park, M. Nishikawa, A. Yoshimura. N. Takeda

Formation and Relaxation of Facesheet Dent on Indented Foam Core Sandwich Beams 509 5. Minakuchi, T. Uezono, N. Takeda

Effects of Subzero Temperatures, Seawater Immersion and Low Velocity Impact on Flexural Strength, Stiffness and Life of Sandwich Composites 518

B. D. Davidson, A. K. Singh

Influence of Impact Damage on Carbon-Epoxy Stiffener Crippling 533 D. Jegley

Modification of a Macromechanical Finite-Element Based Model for Impact Analysis of Triaxially Braided Composites 551

R.K.Goldberg ^

N A N O - C O M P O S I T E S

Phonon Transmission in Carbon Nanotube Structure: Wave Packet Study 571 J. Lee. V. Varshney. A. K. Roy, B. L. Farmer

Thermal Conductivity of aMonolayer of Exfoliated Graphite Nanoplatelets Prepared by Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Self-Assembly 576

J. Xiang, L. Drzal

Investigation into Electromagnetic Interference of a Nanocomposite Under Monotonic Tension and Fatigue 587

S. Mall, M. D. Alexander, J. Rodriguez, B. T. Harder

Effect of Compression on Electrical Conductivity of C N T - P M M A Composites 596 M. Mohiuddin. S. V. Hoa

Combined Microfluidization and Ultrasonication Process for High Throughput and Large-Scale Production of S W C N T Dispersions 609

S. Luo, B. Wang, T. Liu

Micromechanical Modeling of Nanoreinforced Composites with Carbon Nanoflbers and Interphase 622 J. Yu, T. E. Lacy Jr.. H. Toghiani. C. U. Pitlman Jr.

Simultaneous Raman Scattering and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy for Quantifying the Chemically Induced Defects of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 637

Z Xiao. B. Wang. T Liu

Damage Sensing of a Highly Conductive Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Under Cyclic and Impact Loading 648

L. Gao. T.-W. Chou. E. T. Thostenson

Thermo-Oxidative Degradation in High Temperature Polymer Composites for Advanced Aircraft 657 S. Roy. S. Singh

Effects of C N F on Compression and Thermal Responses of E-Glass/Polyester Nanocomposite 678 M. K. Hossain. M. E. Hossain. M. Hosur, S. Jeelani

Improved Carbon Fiber Composite Compression Strength and Shear Stiffness Through Matrix " . ? Modification with Nanosilica 694

S. C Hackett. J.m. Nelson. A. M. Hine, P. Sedgwick. R. H. Lowe. D. P. Goetz, W. J. Schultz

Synthesization of C N T on Surface of C / C Composites by Alcohol C V D Method and Its Effect on Coefficient of Friction Between Them 711

K. Obunai, K. Okubo. T. Fujii Cure Monitoring of Nano-Carbon Dispersed Polymers by Fiber Optic Sensors 721

T. Kosaka, K. Osaka, Y. Sawada ^ •

Feather Weight Composites: Development of Controlled Free Volume in C N T Reinforced Polymeric Matrix Systems 731

V. M. Drakonakis. A. Sfakianakis. C. C. Doumanidis. C. N. Velisaris. J. C. Seferis

Processing Optimization and Characterization of M W C N T Infused Epoxy Nanocomposites Using • ' -Three Different Techniques 745

M. Hosur. R. Barua, S. Zainuddin, S. Jeelani. A. Kumar, J. Trovillion

Fracture of Layer-By-Layer Nanocomposites 756 E. Kheng. H. R. Iyer. P. Podsiadlo. A. K. Kaushik, N. A. Kotov. E.m. Arruda, A. M. Waas

Effects of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes on Mode I and Ode 11 Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of a Hybrid Glass Fiber/MWCNT/Epoxy Composite 776

Y. Zhu. C. E. Bakis

Mechanical Properties Characterization of Neat and Carbon Nanotubes Mixed Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites 795

M U. Farooq, C. Lazzara

Mechanical Response and Finite Element Simulations of Vinyl Ester Nanocomposite Panels Under J -Shock and Quasi-Static Flexural Loading 799

A. Almagahleh, S. Gupta, P. R. Mantena, T. Tadepalli

Vibration of Fiber Reinforced Anisotropic Composite Plates with Nanofiber Reinforced Matrices 818 C. C Chamis, P. Murthy

Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of Graphene Based Hybrid Nanocomposites 836 A. F. Avila, M. Carvalho, A. S. Neto, J. DeAvilaJr., L. Peixoto. L, Finotli. P. Rocha

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Progressive Damage Modeling of Full-Scale Sandwich Composite Aircraft Fuselage Panels 846 F. A. Leone Jr., J. Awerbuch, T.-M. Tan, J. G. Bakuckas Jr.. C. Davies

Bifurcation Behavior of Delamination Cracks in Composite Laminates Under General Shear Mode Crack Propagation Condition 865

A. Kondo, Y. Sato, H. Suemasu, Y. Aoki

Multi-Objective Optimization Design for Composite Stiffened Panel Considering Damage Tolerance 876 y. Hirano, Y. Iwahori

Effects of Ply Thickness on the Residual Burst Strength of Hoop-Wrapped C F R P Composite Vessels After Out-of-Plane Loading 886

S. Kobayashi, M. Kawahara

The Effect of Through-Thickness Compression on the Tensile Strength of Carbon-Fibre Composites 896 M R. Wisnom. S. John, K. W. Gan, S. R. Hallett

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An Improved Strain-Energy Based Failure Theory for Composite Laminates 907 B. Zand, B. M. Doudican. T. S. Butalia, W. E. Wolfe

Failure Behavior of High Strength C F R P Bolted Joints with Cone Washer 924 T. Katsumate. Y. Mizutani, A. Todoroki. R. Matsuzaki

Strength Evaluation of C/C-Composite Screw Joint Structures 940 M. Koyama, D. Suzuki, Y. Kogo. H. Fukuda, H. Hatta

Development of a Benchmark Example for Delamination Fatigue Growth Prediction 948 R. Krueger

A n Analytical Non-Dimensional Model forMode I Delamination of Z-Plnned Composites 968 M. C. Song, B. V. Sankar. G. Subhash, C. F. Yen

Accounting for the R-Curve Effects on the Mode I Fatigue Delamination Growth Characterisation of Unidirectional Composites 983

S. Giannis, K. Hansen, R. H. Martin

A Shear-Torsion-Bending Test for Mixed-Mode I-II-III Delamination Toughness Determination 1001 B. D. Davidson. F. O. Sediles, K. D. Humphreys

Predicting Damage Growth in Z-Pinned Laminated Composite Structures 1021 V, Ranatunga, S. Clay . .. , .-•...swi - •

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Damage Development and Gas Leakage in C F R P Angle-Ply Laminates Under Biaxial Loadings 1035 H. Kumazawa, T. Takatoya

Modeling Geometry and Progressive Failure of Material Interfaces in Plain Weave Composites 1046 S.-Y.Hsu. R.-B. Cheng

Vibration and Dynamic Response of Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades 1065 N. Nanami. O. O. Ochoa > ,

Vibrations Studies of Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells of Arbitrary Boundaries 1080 E. Asadi, M. S. Qatu

Dynamics of Bistable Unsymmetric Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates 1099 G. A. Vogl.M. W.Hyer'

Accurate Modeling and Vibrations Studies of Laminated Composite Beams M. H. Maleki, M. S. Qatu

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Mechanical Properties of Microscale Graphitic Carbon Foam Ligaments and Nodes Introduction 1131 S. CanguH. A. K. Roy. R. Wheeler

Improvement of Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Resin for the Manufacturing of Thick Composites 1139 H. Sinaei. S. V. Hoa

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Bio-Inspired Research for Manufacturing Purposes 1149 r. Tuhhs. A. Palazotto. M. Willis

Manufacturing of Engineering Biologically Inspired Flapping Wings 1157 N. Deledn, R. O'hara. A. Palazotto

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Damage Sensing in Fiber Composites Using Uniformly and Non-Uniformly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes 1165

L. Gao. T.-W. Chou. E. T. Thostenson. Z. Zhang

Poisson's Ratio of Hollow Particle Filled Composites 1175 R. Poveda, N. Gupta. M. Porfiri

Effect of Particle Size on the Strength of Nanocomposites 1187 M F. Uddin. C. T. Sun

Damage Growth Determination via Evolving Stress Fields in Composite Materials 1206 M. L. Siiva. G. Ravichandran

Coupled Effect of Sea Water and Low Temperature on Polymeric Composites 1211 A. Siriruk, D. Penumadu

Sea Water and Temperature Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Single Carbon Fibers 1227 M. Kant. A. Siriruk, D. Penumadu

Effect of U V Radiation on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites 1239

A. Tcherbi-Narteh. M. Hosur. S. Jeelani

Low Velocity Impact Analysis of Naval Composites 1255 M Dale. B. A. Acha. L. A. Carlsson

Impact Testing of Composites with Enhanced Measurements 1267 B. Gulker. D. Liu

A T O M I S T I C / M O L E C U L A R M O D E L I N G

Molecular Modeling of Cross-Linked Epoxy Polymers 1275 A. Bandyopadhyay. P. K. Valavala. T. C. Clancy. K. E. Wise, G. M Odegard

Atom Scale Simulation of the Electrical Resistance of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube 1288 Y. Zhou, M. Hosur, S. Jeelani, Z.-Y. Cheng

Characterizing Interfacial Properties and Elastic Constants Using Molecular Dyamics Simulation of Cross-Linked Graphene-Epoxy Nanocomposites 1299

R. Rhatnan. A. Haque

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Field Induced Alignment of Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Improved Interlaminar Properties of Composite Laminates 13 f 8

J. N. Baucom. J. P. Thomas. S. B. Qadh

Fabrication of Sandwich Panels by the V A R T M Process 1327 R. Umer. A. C. Loos

Moisture and Pressure Effects on Void Formation in Prepreg Processed Composites 1346 L. Grunenfelder, S. Nutt

Process Monitoring for Large-Scale Composite Structures by Optical-Fiber-Based Distributed Sensing System 1360

Y. ho, K. Fujimoto, S. Minakuchi, T. Mizutani, N. Takeda, H. Koinuma, T. Shimizu

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High Velocity Ice Impact Damage Resistance Comparison of Unidirectional and Woven Carbon/Epoxy Composite Panels 1374

J. Rhymer, H. Kim

Effect of Impact Speed on High-Speed Impact Damage in C F R P Unidirectional and Cross-Ply Laminates 1388

K. Ogi, S. Yashiro. A. Yoshimura Ballistic Impact Tolerance of Filament-Wound Composite Tubes with Rigid and Flexible Matrix r -Materials 1401

S. G, Sollenberger. J. L. Bail, L. Kohlman, C. R. Ruggeri, C. E. Bakis, G. D. Roberts, E. C. Smith

Penetration Study of Glass Fiber Reinforced Metal Composite Plates 1413 C. Swin, J. Awerbuch, T.-M. Tan, K. Bagot, J. G. Bakuckas Jr., J. C. Hode

Energy Loss Due to Transverse Plastic Deformation of Fibers in Textile Fabric Impact Processes 1433 Y. Miao. J. Yu, Y. Wang. C. F. Yen, D. Swenson. B. Cheeseman

Modeling the Effects of Structural Ribs in Kevlar Laminates for Personnel Protection 1452 D. Downes, M. N. Ensan, J. M. Sands, K. Williams, A. Bouamoul

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A Test Specimen for Composite Laminates with Grooves Subjected to Out-of-Plane Contact Loading 1465 y. Kobayashi, P. A. Lagace, H. K. Jeffrey

Hygrothermal Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Glass Fibre-Epoxy Composite Material 1485 M.M. Kumar, N. Jagannathan. M. J. Peter, S. R. Kumar

Multi-Theory F E M Architecture for the Generation of Advanced Mixed Shear Deformation Theories Based on the Generalized Unified Formulation for Composite Structures 1491

L. Demasi, K. Hasslinger, D. Samardzic

The Influence of Fiber Packaging on the Homogenized Response of Cured Fiber Composites 1512 C. Heinrich, M. Aldridge, A. S. Wineman, J. Kieffer, A. M. Waas

Evaluation of Fiber-Matrix Debond Induced Failure Initiation Under Transverse Loading in Multi-Fiber Composites 1531

D. C. Foster, G. P. Tandon, M. Zoghi Interfacial Failure Criterion of a Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composite 1551

A. Kashima, J. Koyanagi, S. Ogihara

A Unified Analysis of Stiffener Reinforced Composite Beams 1563 G. Rios. W. S. Chan

Fundamental Frequencies of Thin-Walled Elliptical Composite Cylinders 1573 H. -C. ho, M. W. Hyer

Comparison of Optimal Hygrothermally Stable Laminates with Extension-Twist Coupling Using Sequential Quadratic Programming and Ant Colony Optimization 1593

R. A. Haynes, A. P. Apte, B. Wang, E. A. Armanios . _

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Predicting Mechanical Properties of 2D Triaxially Braided Textile Composites Based on Microstructure Properties 1605

Z. Kier. A. Salvi, G. Theis, A. M. Waas. K. Shahwan

Meso-Scale Modeling of Uniaxial Tensile Tests for Single Layer Triaxially Braided Composites 1623 X. Li. W. K. Binienda, L. Kohlman, R. K. Goldberg. G. D. Roberts

Damage Progression in Stitched Composites Containing Circular Hole Under Fatigue Loads 1638 A. Yudhanto. N. Watanabe. Y. Iwahori. H. Hoshi

Modeling Meso Structure of Triaxial Braided Composite 1649 X. Xiao, A. Conway, X.-J. Gong

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Compressive Failure of Unidirectional C F R P Plate Under Progressive Crushing 1658 M. Veda, T. Nishimura

Compression Response of 3D Woven Composites Subjected to High Loading Rates 1669 M. Pankow, A. M. Waas, C. F. Yen, S. Ghiorse

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Mechanical Characterization of Bucky Gel Morphing Composite 1688 A. K. Ghamsari, T. Brown, E. Woldesenhet

Design and Analysis of Nano-Composite Thermites 1699 N. Q. Nguyen, M. Muriuki, K. Pochiraju

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Evaluation of Composite Sandwich Structures Containing Core Thickness Mismatches 1711 P.m. Schubel. J. Tuck-lee. V. K. Goyal, J. I. Rome. G. Steckel. D. Patel

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Elastic Interaction of Interfacial Spherical-Cap Cracks in Syntactic Foams 1725 G. Tagliavia, M. Porfiri. N. Gupta

Decoupled Subdomain Strategy for Prediction of Through-Thickness Oxidation of Woven Composites 1738 B. C. Owens, J. Whitcomb. J. Varghese

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Stiffness and Fatigue Behavior of Composite Elliptic Springs 1757 B Fell. P. K. Mallick

Implementing a Finite Element Module for Fatigue Damage Modeling in Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials 1773

A. Conway, X. Xiao A Numerical Fatigue Model for Application to Tidal Turbines 1784

S. R. Hallett. P. W. Harper

Author Index