3 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Effects of Thermal Modification on the Flexure Properties, Fracture Energy, and Hardness of Western Hemlock
Troy Nakagawa, Erik Poulin, Talbot Rueppel +9
This study investigates the effect of thermal modification on the flexural properties, transverse fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock, a material which is finding incr…
cond-mat.soft2023
Effects of Average Number of Platelets Through the Thickness and Platelet Width on the Mechanical Properties of Discontinuous Fiber Composites
Seunghyun Ko, Troy Nakagawa, Zhisong Chen +7
In this study, we experimentally and numerically investigate the evolution of the tensile material properties of Discontinuous Fiber Composites (DFCs) with an increasing average nu…
physics.app-ph2020
Ply-drop design of non-conventional composites using Bayesian optimization
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Sean E. Phenisee, Zhisong Chen +2
Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology provides a great ability to efficiently produce large carbon fiber reinforced composite structures with complex surfaces. AFP has a wide…