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Composite Technologies Research Group
Current news and new reports:
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2009 DRAFT SANDIA CONTRACTOR REPORT FOR REVIEW
Two movies which go with 2009 Draft report: Movie1 for Figure 28 Movie2 for Figure 84
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The current DOE/MSU Composite Material Fatigue Database can be downloaded from:
DoE/MSU March 2009 Composite Material Database, Version 18.1
RECENT AND DRAFT PUBLICATIONS (pdf formats)
1. 2009 AIAA SDM Wind Energy Special Session, "Fatigue Resistance of Fiberglass Laminates at Thick Material Transitions," Agastra, P., Samborsky, D.D., and Mandell, J.F., Palm Springs, May 2009, paper AIAA-2009-2411.
2. AIAA/ASME 2009 paper, "Static and Fatigue Testing of Thick Adhesive Joints for Wind Turbine Blades," Daniel D. Samborsky, Aaron T. Sears and John F. Mandell and Ole Kils, 2009 Wind Energy Symposium, Orlando, Florida January 5-8, 2009
3 SAMPE 2008 paper "Composite Materials Fatigue Issues in Wind Turbine Blade Construction,"John F. Mandell, Daniel D. Samborsky, and Pancasatya Agastra, SAMPE 2008, Long Beach, May 18-22, 2008.
4. AIAA/ASME 2008 paper "Effects of Glass Fabric and Laminate Construction on the Fatigue of Resin Infused Blade Materials," Daniel D. Samborsky, Pancasatya Agastra and John F. Mandell, 2008 Wind Energy Symposium, January 10, 2008, Reno, Nevada
5. AIAA/ASME 2007 paper "Comparison of Tensile Fatigue Resistance and Constant Life Diagrams for Several Potential Wind Turbine Blade Laminates," Daniel D. Samborsky, Timothy J. Wilson and John F. Mandell, 2007 Wind Energy Symposium, January 8-11, 2007,Reno, Nevada
6. JSEE 2008 paper - "Delamination at Thick Ply Drops in Carbon and Glass Fiber Laminates Under Fatigue Loading," Daniel D. Samborsky , Timothy J. Wilson, Pancasatya Agastra and John F, Mandell, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering , Vol.130, No.3, 2008
7. Tim Wilson's Masters Thesis - Wilson, Tim "Modeling of In-Plane and Interlaminar Fatigue Behavior of Glass and Carbon Fiber Composite Materials," M.S. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University, 2007.
Last Contractor Report:
"Fatigue of Composite Materials and Structures for Wind Turbine Blades"
other published papers and reports are listed under Publications
Composites Group Mailing Address
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
306 Cobleigh Hall
Bozeman, Montana 59717-3920
Composites Group main office number (406) 994-3597
Chemical and Biological Engineering office number (406) 994-2221
Map to MSU - Bozeman and the Composites Group
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Keywords: composites, mechanical fatigue, fiberglass, carbon fiber, hybrid composites, unidirectional composites, angle ply composite, mixed mode fracture, fracture toughness, tensile fatigue, compressive, reversed loading, static fatigue, sub-critical crack growth, composite structures, composite beams, wind turbine blades, giga-cycle fatigue, MSU Composite Group
