Technical Publications

Over the years, the scientists at Alpha STAR Corporation have authored numerous technical publications, write-ups, and presentations at various industry conferences across the United States.

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• Facesheet Delamination of Composite Sandwich Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures
• Risk Management of Composite Structure
• Collaborative Virtual Testing for manufacturing & Life Cycle Management
• Optimizing Composite Rocket Motor Development Using Advanced Evolutionary Algorithms
• Probabilistic Life Evaluation of Ceramic Matrix Composite Combustor Liner
• Probabilistic Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment Supporting Shuttle Return-To-Flight Procedures
• Fracture Mechanics of Ductile
• Durability and Damage Tolerance of Composites
• Progressive Fracture of Stitched Composite Shear in the Post Buckling Range
  
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• Development of MMPDS Handbook Aircraft Design Allowables. Prepared for the 7th Joint DOD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, September 8-11, 2003, New Orleans, LA.
• Material Qualification and Equivalency for Polymer Matrix Composite Material System: Updated Procedure. Office of Aviation Research, Washington, D.C. 20591, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, September, 2003.
• Obtaining A-Basis and B-Basis Allowable Values for Open-Hole Specimens Using Virtual Testing. AIAAC-2007-127, 4. Ankara International Aerospace Conference, 10-12 September, 2007 - METU, Ankara.
• Simplified Analytical Procedure for Prediction of Fracture Damage in Composite Structures. ASTM COMMITTEE-D30 Symposium on Joining and Repair of Composite Structure March 17-18, 2003 Kansas City, MO.
• Damage Tolerance of Laminated Tee Joints in FRP Structures. Composites Part A - Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 465, 1998.
• Progressive Failure Analysis of Shuttle Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Plate Specimens. AIAA-2006-1789, RI, May 1-5.
• Estimation of Fatigue and Fracture Allowables for Metallic Materials Under Cyclic Loading. AIAA-2007-2381.
• Probabilistic Fracture Toughness, Fatigue Crack Growth Estimation Resulting From Material Uncertainties. ASTM International Paper.
• Virtual Testing And Progressive Failure Analysis of Army Composite Bridges. SAMPE 2004, Long Beach, CA 2004.
• Composite army bridges under fatigue cyclic loading. Journal of Society of Infrastructure Engineering (SIE), Taylor and Francis Publications, Vol 2, No 1. March, 2006, 63-73.
• Prediction of Micro-crack Densities in Cryogenic IM7/977-2 Propellant Tanks. 45rd AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA-2006-1933.
• Prediction of Micro-crack Densities in IM7/977-2 Polymer Composite Laminates under Mechanical Loading at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures. 46rd AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA-2005-2226.
• Crack Growth Strategy in Composites under Static Loading. 47th AIAA-2006-1842, Newport, RI, May 1-5, 2006.
• Facesheet Delamination of Composite Sandwich Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures. Journal of Composite Science and Technology, 2006.

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