Mechanics Of Composite Materials By Robert M. Jones
Joslyn Moreci
This book balances introduction to the basic concepts of the mechanical behavior of composite materials and laminated composite structures. It covers topics from micromechanics and macromechanics to lamination theory and plate bending, buckling, and vibration, clarifying the physical significance of composite materials. In addition to the materials covered in the first edition, this book includes more theory-experiment comparisons and updated information on the design of composite materials.
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The Engineering Mechanics graduate program has well-equipped research and teaching facilities on the Blacksburg campus for each of the supported research areas. Approximately 40,000 square feet of space supports program activities in Norris Hall, Kelly Hall, and several of the surrounding buildings.
The Adhesion Mechanics Laboratory focuses on the mechanical behavior of polymeric materials and components, with a special emphasis on the fracture behavior and durability of adhesive bonds. Using fracture mechanics, viscoelasticity, and stress analysis tools, the group has been involved in a variety of federally and industrially-funded research programs to characterize behavior, develop constitutive relationships, and predict damage and durability response. Of recent interest has been adhesive bond fracture studies for automotive applications, fuel cell durability test methods and assessments, and characterization of adhesives, sealants, hydrogels, and membranes for a range of applications. (right click for Dr. Dillard's faculty page)
In the AIRFlowS Lab we study a wide range of environmental, geophysical, and biological flow systems that are diverse in nature, scale, and physics. With a synergistic blend of numerical simulations, theory, experiments, and observations we characterize the transport of momentum, energy, and pollutants (chemicals, pathogens, allergens, and toxins) in these systems. Our research is highly interdisciplinary and integrates the knowledge of fluid dynamics, computational mechanics, atmospheric and environmental sciences, and aerosol sciences. (right click for website)
Dr. Mueller's research group seeks to develop solutions for sensing in complex natural environments, e.g., to enable drones that are capable of autonomous navigation in complex natural environments. To achieve this, the flight and biosonar behavior of bats is studied in Borneo with high-speed camera and ultrasonic microphone arrays. The insights from the work are then used in the design of biomimetic soft-robots and matching deep learning paradigms to replicate the bats' abilities. (right click for website)
The Collins lab integrates non-invasive imaging methods with experimental mechanics and computational modeling in order to develop clinically applicable tools to monitor bone integrity, fracture risk, and fracture healing in patients. Through this, the lab aims to better understand and model how the mechanobiological pathways in bone modulate its structure and physiology from cell to organ scale, and how diseases and treatments perturb this system. (right click for website)
The CAMPhyRE Group focuses on better understanding the physics of turbulent multiphase fluid flows as well as the education of students in such flows. The group develops high-fidelity numerical methods to study turbulent multiphase flows with special emphasis on flows in aviation gas turbine engines. We study topics including fuel spray combustion and foreign object damage (particle motion and impact) in engines. We also study how to introduce these concepts into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. As such, our work lies at the nexus of engineering, mathematics, education, and computer science. (right click for website)
The focus of the Complex Systems Laboratory is in the area of dynamical systems and control. Current research is largely focused on collective behavior in multi-agent systems and spans agent-based modeling, studies of synchronization and consensus, field studies with wild animals, and bio-inspired robotic systems. Other research projects include studying the feasibility of auditory stimulation for closed-loop control of neural oscillations. (right click for Dr. Abaid's faculty page)
In order to achieve and sustain the safety and reliability of critical assets, it is essential to understand the science of how systems degrade and how this damage affects performance. The Damage Science and Mechanics Laboratory works within the multiple disciplines needed to achieve this goal. Sustainable system planning and design, life-extension, system prognostics, and system and structural health monitoring are areas where this work finds applications. Particular emphases are micromechanical characterization of damage mode formation and propagation, identification of in-service damage mode precursors, characterization of linear and nonlinear mechanical properties for additive manufactured parts. (right click for website)
Dr. Perez is interested in a variety of efforts that help to improve the safety and convenience of our transportation systems. He currently leads a number of efforts related to mitigation of temporary and permanent disability effects on driving, naturalistic driving study design and analysis, and data standardization, preparation, and mining. In addition, Dr. Perez is involved in efforts to improve the response of emergency vehicles to motor vehicle crashes. (right click for website)
The Dynamic Active Materials Laboratory investigates the coupling of solid mechanics and electrodynamics in active material systems, including piezoelectric, magnetoelastic, and composite multiferroic structures. This work covers everything from creating analytical and numerical models to measuring fundamental material properties and developing devices that exploit the coupled behavior of these systems. (right click for website)
Our lab's long-term research vision is to create new structures and material systems with programmable properties and physical intelligence, termed "dynamic matter." We are currently focusing on two research themes: (1) Materials that can morph, adapt, and compute: we create multi-functional materials that morph their external shapes according to ambient environmental conditions, actively adapt their mechanical properties on demand, or perform computation in the mechanical domain without involving computers; (2) Soft robots that can grow, perceive information, and control themselves without controllers: we construct robots that mimic trees' growth and energy harvesting behaviors, generate locomotion gaits without any electronic controllers, or exploit the physical interactions with their surrounding objects to understand their environment. We believe this dynamic matter concept can cross-pollinate with many disciplines - within and outside mechanical engineering - and advance aerospace, bio-medicine, and manufacturing industries. (right click for website)
Our lab develops new reduced-order modeling strategies and nonlinear feedback control algorithms for the purpose of stabilizing otherwise unstable fluid systems. These systems include flow past bluff bodies or instabilities that arise when fluids are heated. A component of the research incorporates the estimation of fluid flows from sparse measurements. (right click for website)
The Hydroelasticity Laboratory is an experimental group that studies fluid-structure interactions near a free surface (the interface between air and water). The work of this group consists of projects related to slamming of small surface boats into waves, seaplane landing and take-off, fluid-structure ice interactions pertaining to ship operations in arctic regions, bio-inspired flow around highly flexible surfaces (fish- or ray-like structures), and morphing structures near a free surface (to include effects like muscle actuation of a fish or ray). (right click for website)
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