Technical Papers

Optical Effects during In-Situ Fabrication of Thermoplastic Sandwich Structures Using Laser-Based Thermoplastic Automated Fiber Placement

Berend Denkena, Carsten Schmidt, Christopher Schmitt, Maximilian Kaczemirzk

Failure Analysis of Fire-Retardant Fiber Composites at Elevated Temperatures

"Abdulhammed K. Hamzat, Md Shafinur Murad, Eylem Asmatulu, Ersin Bahceci, Mete Bakir, Ramazan Asmatulu "

Joining, Disassembly, and Reconfiguration of Thermoplastic Composites for Space Applications

Joseph J. Pinakidis, Sandi G. Miller

Digitalization Challenges in Composites

Asjad Shafi, Ike Latham, James Barron

Trends of Interfacial Properties of Composites after Diverse Types of Aging by Various Micromechanical Evaluating Methods

Liqing Wei, Ruomiao Wang, Hongyu Chen

A Multi-Scale Framework to Determine Effects of Moisture and Temperature on Composite Parts using Molecular Dynamics and Finite-Element Methods

"David A. Nicholson, Linqi Zhuang, Manav Bhati, Jimmy He, Andrea R. Browning, Adarsh K. Chaurasia"

Optimizing an Aerospace Composite Cure Cycle with Streamlined Kinetics Modeling and Simulation

Alec Redmann, Keegan Karl, River Karl, Ryley Karl, Natalie Rudolph

Mechanical and Barrier Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Vinyl-Ester Composites

Yasaman Alaei, Mathieu Robert, Patrice Cousin, Brahim Benmokrane

Lightweight Radiolucent Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Orthopedic Surgical and Medical Treatments

Joo H. Han, Travis Mease, Tony Young, Jennifer Cross, Pierre-Yves Lavertu, Nathan Han

Revolutionizing Molding Accuracy for Aviation and Urban Air Mobility: The Power of Low Thermal Expansion Tooling in CFRTP Compression Molding

Hiromichi T. Fujii, Haruyasu Ohno, Naoki Sakaguchi, Shingo Matsumura, Kotaro Ona, Junichi Go, Umito Yoshioka

Optimized Prepreg Layup Techniques and Tooling for Building Light Composite Aircraft Fuselage Substructure

Stephen J. Pety, Paul B. Abitz

Optimized Drive Shafts in Sandwich Design Offer High Weight Savings

Patrick Pasberg, Thomas Gries

Development and Fabrication of Heatshields for NASA Planetary Exploration

Dr. Steven M. Violette and Patrick Sullivan

Predicting Mechanical Properties of High-Temperature Fiber-Reinforced Composites Using Machine Learning Approaches

Md Shafinur Murad, Abdulhammed K. Hamzat,Eylem Asmatulu, Ersin Bahçeci, Mete Bakir, Ramazan Asmatulu

Manufacturing of Transparent Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Light Resin Transfer Molding Techniques with a Flexible Polycarbonate Tooling Concept

"Johannes Bauer, Klaus Heudorfer, Yavuz Caydamli, Michael R. Buchmeiser, Peter Middendorf"

Replacing Water Break Testing for Objective and Quantitative Control of Coating and Bonding Processes

Joann Hilman, Rose Roberts, Rose Dean, Giles Dillingham

Effects of Voids on Swelling in Glass Fiber Composites

Olivia G. Blank, David A. Miller

New Developments on Reduced Styrene and Styrene-Free Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Ester Formulations

Edgardo M. Hernández, Christopher J. Nash, Zachary S. Dowd, Stephen Harmon, Todd D. Maybon, Luciana F. Kinnin, Graham Guthrie, David M. McCarthy, Allison L. Swilley

Artificial Intelligence Model for Fire Resistance of FRP-Strengthened Beams

Nima Khodadadi, M.Z Naser, Francisco De Caso, Antonio Nanni

Enhanced Mechanical and Failure Characteristic of Woven Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Laminates Using Core-Shell Particles

Anurag Sharma, Sunil C. Joshi

Promising Flame, Heat Resistant Composite Sandwich Candidate

Nicholas S. Bradshaw, Alexander B. Morgan, Donald A. Klosterman, Elias A. Toubia,

Novel Field-Manufacturing Methods for Long-Fiber Thermoplastic Composites

James C. Haller, Jr., Jacob C. Clark, James T. Gayton, Michael S. Hunter, Andrew P. Schanck, Cody A. Sheltra, William G. Davids, Roberto A. Lopez-Anido, and Justin L. Lapp

Development of A 250°F Cure Film Adhesive for Bonding of Metal and Composite Structures

Natalia Rivera-Gonzalez

Real-Time Processing Monitoring of Resin Transfer Molding for Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics Using Electrical Resistance

Dahun Lee, In Yong Lee, Young-Bin Park

Validation of CFRP Surface Preparation using Water Contact Angle

Matthew Nichols, Rose Roberts, Giles Dillingham, Sam Newton, Monika Rakoczy

Blue Ocean Strategy: Its Advantages, Disadvantages, and How to Create Imitation Barriers

Moutushi Dey, Ph.D.

Coatings for 3D Printed Molds and Fixtures

Mark Adam, Rick Spears, John Miller, Richard Pauer, Ashley Duncan, Michael A. Mathews, Hunter Watts

The Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystal Treatment on the Properties of Spruce Wood

Callisto A. Beuthe, Fatemeh Abedi, M.Reza Foruzanmehr

Evaluation of Integration Strategies and Thermal Degradation Prevention Effectivness of Composite Thermal Barrier Systems

Marcos Pantoja, Alan Rhodes, Evan Lloyd, Jeremy O’Hara

The Effect of a Dip/Spin-Coating Method on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of TiO2-Grafted Flax-Reinforced Poly (Lactic Acid) Composites

Fatemeh Rahimi, M. Reza Foruzanmehr, Mathieu Robert

Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation of Heat Transfer Coefficients in Thermal Management for Composites Manufacturing using Bayesian Inference

Arghyanil Bhattacharjee, Kamyar Gordnian, Anmol Bhatia, Gavin Tao, Reza Vaziri, Trevor Campbell, Anoush Poursartip

Reconstruction of Internal Morphology in Molded Platelet Composite Using Residual Stresses and Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Mohammad N. Saquib, Richard Larson, Jiang Li, Sergii G. Kravchenko, Oleksandr G. Kravchenko

Natural Fibre Composites with Enhanced Damage Resistance Via Multi-Scale Microstructural Design

Lorenzo Mencattelli, Dana Lowell

Characterization of the 3D-Printed Carbon Nanotube/Polyurethane Composite with Structural Health Monitoring Capabilities

Hye-Kyoung Jeon, Yu-Jin Jung, Ga-Hyeon Eom, Sung-Hwan Jang, Surojit Sen  

Aldehyde Groups Terminated Bis-Benzoxazine Resins with High Char Yield for Carbon-Carbon Composite Applications

Hideki Yamamoto, Mari Yoshitake, Atsushi Kumasaki, Ayumi Takaoka

A Novel Fixture Development to Characterize Impact Damage of Unidirectional Thermoplastic Composite Laminates

Matthew Ficker, Noah Misukanis, Dominic Perez, Hendrik Welti, Luke Poglayen, Jacob Kosmoski, Eric Kerr-Anderson

Material Performance of Newly Developed Toray Cetex® Polyamide+TM TC915 for use in Composite Structures

Pedram Parandoush, Daniel Barajas Jr., Douglas Wylie

Long Term Autoclave Testing of a Recycled Additively Manufactured Tool

Zachary I. Skelton, Tomas Hadrava, Phillip A. Lunn, Aubrey G. Jackson

A Systems Solution to Quality Escapes in Composites Manufacturing

Scott Blake

Exploiting Data Science for Atmospheric Plasma Enhanced Paint Adhesion on Carbon Fiber Composites

Ankush Nandi, Ryan Robinson, Somesh Pratap Singh, Sarah Montrowl, Daphne Pappas, Aniruddh Vashith

Predicting Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed PLA Carbon Fiber Beyond Printing Parameter Dependencies

Mostafa Elnaggar, Madhura Athale , Taejoon Park , Koorosh Delavari, Reza Rezaei, Farhang Pourboghrat

The Impact of Path Optimization on Print Time in Additive Manufacturing

Alex C. Roschli, Liam N. White, Halil L. Tekinalp, Cameron V. Adkins, Ashley R. Gannon, Michael C. Borish, Thomas A. Feldhuasen, Brian K. Post, Eric W. MacDonald1

Influence of the Degree of Crystallinity on Moisture Uptake and Mechanical Properties of AS4/PEKK

Sandi Miller, Paula Heimann, Meelad Ranaiefar, Daniel Gorican, Javier Buenrostro, Daniel Scheiman, Joseph Pinakidis, Michael Pereira

Chemically Treated Helical Carbon Nanotubes Reinforcement for Polymeric Nanocomposites: Influence of Sonication Time and Treatment Sequence with a Mixture of Nitric-Sulfuric-Hydrochloric Acids at High Molarities

Ramanan Sritharan, Sean Reza Taklimi, Ali Ghazinezami, Davood Askari

Comparison and Selection of 3D-Camera System for Creation of Geometric Figures by Means of 3D-Point Clouds

Demas Schmorell, Dominik Görick, Alfons Schuster, Monika Mayer, Andreas Buchheim

Sheet Molding Compounds (SMC) of Glass Fiber and Textile Grade Carbon Fiber

Georges Chahine, Romeo Fono -Tamo, Yalcin Meraki, Gerald Egelan, Chase Mccullar, Abdallah Barakat, Pritesh Yeole, Hicham Ghossein, Merlin Theodore and Uday Vaidya

Development of A Multirobot Multitask Scenario for Automated Quality Assured Patch Preforming

Christoph Frommel, Alfons Schuster, Andreas Buchheim, Clemens Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Mona Eckardt, Dorothea Nieberl, Monika Mayer, Patrick Kaufmann, Michael Kupke

The Effect of External Mold Release on Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) Tensile Strength

Thomas E. Yarrington

Rapid Curing Isothermal Resins for Aerospace Applications

John M. Gardnera, Joseph G. Smith, Jr.a, Elizabeth H. Mooreb, Godfrey Sautia, Scott R. Zavadaa, Keith L. Gordona, Benjamin D. Jensena, Emilie J. Siochia

Comparative Study of Mechanical Performance of Microwave-Cured and Autoclave-Cured Carbon/Epoxy Composites

N. Pundhir, M. Heskin, W. Luo, K. Chandrashekhara, L. Wilcox, and K. Donnell

Study of Flexural Performance in Epoxy/Fiber Glass Composites by the Inclusion of Graphene-Related Additives

Pralhad Lamichhane, Lynsey Baxter, Ashley Hart, Kevin Keith, Mahdi Ghazizadeh

Fracture Analysis and Structural Enhancement of Dental Resin Composites through Additive Manufacturing with Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Tripp T. Lappalainen, Mitesh Patadia, Riley Smith, Rebekah Sweat

A Non-Saturation Approach for Obtaining the Fiber-Matrix (F-M) Interfacial Shear Strength in Glass Fiber Composites

Gale A. Holmes and Louise A. Powell

Evaluation of Impact Resistance of Composites Utilizing Bio-Based Curing Agent for Aerospace Applications

Nachiket S. Makh, Joshua Tucker, Ajit D. Kelkar

Fused-Granular-Fabrication using Sustainable Carbon Fibre/PEKK-PEEK Pellets: Process Parameter Identification

Ruan-Isabelle Richard Soucy, Adam W. Smith, Kevin Dupuis, Ilyass Tabiai, Martine Dubé

Compression of Offset Curved Laminates

Max R Kauphusman, Grace A. Eischens, Parker N. Dallek, Eric O. Kerr-Anderson

Fatigue and Fatigue Damage Mechanisms of High-Temperature Thermoplastics Composites: A Review

Rahul Sheley, Jitendra Tate, and Mehran Tehrani

Experimentally Measured Tensile Performance of Pultruded FRP at Elevated Temperatures

Capra K. Williams and Kevin Q. Walsh

Electroplating Additively Manufactured Honeycomb Structures to Increase Energy Absorption Under Crush and Impact

Colleen Murray, Sean Wise and Norman M. Wereley

Manufacturing of Carbon/Phenolic Composites Using High-Pressure Injection Process

Henry A. Haffner, Matik Heskin, and K. Chandrashekhara

Quasi-Static Crush of Additively Manufactured Honeycomb Structures with Buckling Initiators

Young T. Choi and Norman M. Wereley

High Strain Composites for Space Applications: Challenges of Fabricating Long Deployable-Stowable Booms

Craig S. Hazelton, Brian Sanders, Anan Takroori, Zach McConnel

Direct Extruded 100 % Recycled Pet Foam Core: The New Standard for Versatile and Sustainable Foam Core

Yoni Mercier

Finite Element Simulation and Mathematical Modeling of High-Elongation Rate Rib 1*1 Weft-Knitted Fabric

Koorosh Delavari, Taejoon Park, Mostafa Elnaggar, Madhura Athale, Farhang Pourboghrat

3D Printing a Tortuous Network for Use as a Heat Exchanger

John P. Chandler IV, Joseph J. Thalakkottor, N. Krishnan P. Veluswamy , Davin Kahler, Orian Welling , and David R. Salem

Effect of Matrix and Reinforcing Fiber on Impact Resistance of CFRTP Composites

Beckry M. Abdel-Magid, Kyungbin Min, Youyi Zhou, Delia Derner, Kristine Osorio

Mechanical and Physical Properties of Carbon-PEKK Composite 3D-Printed using an EOS P810

L. M. Brosh, A. S. Schalo, N. J. Bryant, C. A. Buck, T. J. Kacsandy, and J. L. Orr

Flexural Response and Failure Mechanisms of Digitally Manufactured Truss Core Sandwich Panels

Sumaiya S. Tanu, Clement Brousse, Donald W. Radford

Mesoscale Finite Element Modeling of AM Polymer Composites for Structure-Property Relationship Mapping

Madhura Athalea, Taejoon Parka, Mostafa Elnaggarb, Koorosh Delavaria, Srikanth Pillac, Gang Lid, Farhang Pourboghrata

Thin Film Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Nanostructured Materials: The Tailoring of Size, Porosity and Morphology of Zinc Stannate Perovskite Oxides (ABX3)

Christopher Munoz, Alyssah Fuentes, Tarik Dickens, Mohammed Jasim Uddin

Investigation of Hot Powder Bed Compaction for Enhanced Fusion Bonding in Additive Manufacturing of Composite Component

Jimesh D. Bhagatjia, Gonzalo Fernandeza, Theodore Osunigaa, Oleksandr G. Kravchenkoa

Self-Sensing of Damage Level and Progression in CFRPS Employing Electrical Resistance Measurement and Physics-Based Approaches

S.Y. Oh1, I.Y. Lee 2, Y.-B. Park1

3D Printing of Recycled Polymer Composites from Mixed Polyolefin Blends and Nanoadditives

Siddhesh Chaudhari, Prudhvi Raj Pola, Jack Seiler, Tyler Meadows, Shihab Shakur, Anuj Maheshwari, Frank Blum, Sri Ramesh and Ranji Vaidyanathan

Multiplexing Extrusion System Development for Increased throughput, Flow Accuracy and Improved Microstructure

Halil Tekinalp, Alex Roschli, Jesse Heineman, Vipin Kumar, Soydan Ozcan, Brian Post, Paritosh Mhatre, Umesh Marathe, Ercan Cakmak.

Recent Advances in the Production and Application of Stretch Broken Carbon Fiber Composites

Chris Ridgard, Dr. Doug Cairns

Next Generation Epoxy Syntactic Paste Adhesives to Enhance Aircraft Manufacturing Efficiency

JianCheng Liu, Brian Jacobo, Renhe Lin and Daniel Sydes

The Pitfalls of Post-Cures: Investigating the Overlap of Between Cure and Degradation in Polybenzoxazine Networks

Benjamin L.G. Morasch, Keith Dusenberry, Jeffrey S. Wiggins

More Sustainable Alternatives to 4,4’-DDS/DDM for Epoxy Systems for the Manufacturing of Composites

Michael DiGiacomo, Dr. Stefan Ellinger, Peter Frost, Dr. Gaetano La Delfa, Maria Luisa Longo