Pre-Conference Short Course - April 9, 2018

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR AEROSPACE STRUCTURES

Technical Contacts: Alaina Roberts (alaina.d.roberts@gmail.com) and Robert Goldberg (robert.goldberg@nasa.gov)

This 8-hour short course is designed for both engineers experienced with composite materials as well as those with minimal composites knowledge who are interested in learning more.  The course will begin with an overview of the evolution of composites and then focus on a number of fascinating case studies outlining specific and practical aerospace related civil engineering applications for composites used across industry, government, and academia. 

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Time Tentative Schedule Instructor
9:00-
9:05 a.m.		 Welcome & Course Introduction A. Roberts (Boeing)
9:05-
9:45 a.m.		 Composite Materials: Introduction Dr. Steven Arnold
(NASA Glenn Research Center)
9:45-
10:15 a.m.		 Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach Dr. Steven Arnold
(NASA Glenn Research Center)
10:15-
10:45 a.m.		 Challenges in Structural Integrity of Composite Materials Dr. Ramesh Talreja
(Texas A&M University)
10:45-
11:45 a.m.		 Testing and analysis of the high strain rate and impact response of advanced composite materials Dr. Wieslaw Binienda
(University of Akron) &
Dr. Rob Goldberg
(NASA Glenn Research Center)
11:45a.m.-  12:30p.m. LUNCH (provided)  
12:30-
1:00 p.m.		 Gap between Code Requirements and Current State of Research on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer for Building Component Dr. An Chen
(Iowa State University)
1:00-
1:30 p.m.		 Basics on multiscale modeling and simulations methods, and show how we have used these methods for various polymer nanocomposite Dr. Greg Odegard
(Michigan Tech University)
1:30-
2:00 p.m.		 3D Printed Whisker Reinforced Composites Dr. Charles Bakis
(Pennsylvania State University)
2:00-
2:30 p.m.		 787 Advanced Composites - Co-cured Boxes & Barrels Steve Murphy
(Boeing)
2:30-
3:00 p.m.		 Case Study: Using commercial grade composites for aircraft tooling structures Jill Cyra
(Boeing)
3:00-
3:15 p.m.		 BREAK  
3:15-
3:45 p.m.		 Composite sandwich panels as bridge decks Dr. Mijia Yang
(North Dakota State University)
3:45-
4:15 p.m.		 Structural Design of Polymer Composite Materials for New Construction and for Rehabilitation of Structures Dr. Abdul-Hamid Zureick
(Georgia Tech)
4:15-
4:45 p.m.		 Toughened composites for lightweight space mining equipment Rob Mueller
(NASA, Kennedy Space Center) & Greg Kress (Abaris Training)
4:45-
5:00 p.m.		 Course Closure A. Roberts (Boeing)

 

 

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