Advanced Composites for Aerospace, Marine, and Land Applications II

Tomoko Sano, U.S. Army Research Laboratory. T.S. Srivatsan, The University of Akron.

Preface ix

Symposium Organizers xi

Session Chairs xiii

Advanced Processing Techniques

Effect of Processing Parameters on the Microstructure of Mechanically Alloyed Nanostructured Al-Mn Alloys 3
K. Darling, A. Roberts, J. Catalane, M. Tschopp, and L. Kecskes

Al-NiTi Metal Matrix Composites for Zero CTE Materials: Fabrication, Design, and Modeling 13
A. Hehr, X Chen, J. Pritchard, M. Dapino, and P. Anderson

Characterization of the Interface of Co-Extruded Asymmetric Aluminum-Titanium Composite Profiles 29
N. Grittner, M. Engelhardt, Β. Striewe, Α. Hehl, C. Klose, and F. Nürnberger

Fabrication and Characterization of Niobium-Aluminum Composites: Effect of Sintering Temperature 39
L. Vazquez, J. Miranda, E. Garfias, and D. Dyolotzin

Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) / Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP)-Nickel Nanocomposites: Structure Property Analysis 53
T. Borkar, H. Mohseni, J. Hwang, T. Scharf, J. Tiley, S. Hong, and R. Banerjee

Effect of In-Situ Titanium Boride Particle Addition and Friction Stir Processing on Wear Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 2219 81
V. Sampath and N. Rajasekaran

Challenges in Fabrication of Surface Composites by Friction Stir Processing Route 93
V. Sharma, U. Prakash, and B. Kumar

Metal Matrix Composites

Influence of Reinforcement Content on Tensile Response and Fracture Behavior of an Aluminum Alloy Metal Matrix Composite 103
K. Manigandan, T. Srivatsan, Z. Ren, and J. Zhao

Mechanical Properties of Steel Encapsulated Metal Matrix Composites 121
S. Fudger, E. Klier, P. Karandikar, B. McWilliams, and C. Ni

The Evolution of Solid Powders in Liquid Aluminum at Low Temperature and the Effects of Ultrasound on Ti 137
Z. Liu and Q. Han

Metal Matrix Composites Directionally Solidified 149
A. Ares and C. Schvezov

Nanoparticulate Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Composites Produced by Powder Metallurgy Route 165
K. Kallip, L. Kollo, M. Leparoux, and C. Bradbury

Growth Kinetics of Magnesio-Aluminate Spinel in Al/Mg Lamellar Composite Interface 175
Y. Fouad and B. Rabeeh

Composite Microstructure and Mechanical Property Characterization

Prediction of Crack Initiation Site in Fastener Hole of Composite Laminate... 187
H. Sallam and A. Abd-Elhady

Finite Element Analysis of Quantitative Percussion Diagnostics for Evaluating the Strength of Bonds Between Composite Laminates 199
S. Poveromo, D. Malcolm, and J. Earthman

Oxidation Behavior Characterization of Zirconium Diboride Composites at Above 2000°C 213
Z. Zhou, X Peng, and Z. Wei

Advanced Composites and Syntactic Foams

Development of Lightweight Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Syntactic Foam Composites 223
S. Zeltmann, R. Poveda, and N. Gupta

Evaluation of Syntactic Foam for Energy Absorption at Low to Moderate Loading Rates 233
T. Walter, J. Sietins, and P. Moy

Study of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Particulate Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composite Foam 245
S. Kumar and O. Pandey

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Nylon 6,6 for Improved Interfacial Adhesion in Thermoplastic Composites 259
A. Bujanda, C. Wu, J. Demaree, E. Robinette, A. Weerasooriya, and D. Flanagan

Next Generation Car - Example of Function Integration at the Light Urban Vehicle (LUV) Vehicle Concept 273
G. Kopp, S. Brückmann, M. Kriescher, and H. Friedrich

The Synthesis and Processing of Self-Healing Materials: A Lamellar Shape Memory Alloy in Composite Structure 285
B. Rabeeh and Y. Fouad

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites and Modeling & Simulations

Surface Modification of Carbon Fiber Polymer Composites after Laser Structuring 297
A. Sabau, J. Chen, J. Jones, A. Hackett, G. Jellison, C. Daniel, D. Warren, and J. Rehkopf

Comparing Strengthening Mechanisms of Vapor Grown Carbon Fiber vs. Titanium Carbide Reinforced Powder Metallurgy Titanium Metal Matrix Composites 311
S. Franco, K. Kondoh, J. Umeda, and H. Imai

Microstructural Characterization of Fatigue Damage of CFRP in the Veiy High Cycle Fatigue Regime 325
D. Backe, F. Balle, and D. Eifler

Effective Creep Response and Uniaxial Tension Behavior of Linear Visco-Elastic Polymer Composites 335
T. Tang and S. Felicelli

Molecular Dynamics Assessment of Small Molecule Diffusion in Medical Plastics 347
D. Saylor, S. Jawahery, and C. Forrey

Poster Session

Effect of T6 Treatment on the Hardness of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced AA6061 Aluminium Alloy Matrix Composites 357
D. Travessa, M. Pianassola, M. Carneiro, and M. Lieblich

Author Index 367

Subject Index 371