IC CE/4FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

COMPOSITES ENGINEERING

Edited by

David Hui

July 6-12,1997Big Island of Hawaii

Sponsored and Organized by

International Community for Composites Engineering andCollege of Engineering, University of New Orleans

ICCE/4 KEYNOTE LECTURERS

"Advances in Ultrasonics Nondestructive Evaluation of Composites"Robert E. GREEN (Johns Hopkins U., MD) 15

"Composite Materials for the Transportation Industry-Prospects and Limitations"Peter J. WINKLER (Daimler-Benz, Germany) 59

"Polymeric Gels for Biomedical Applications-Temperature Responsive Biomaterials"Teruo OKANO (Tokyo Women's Medical Coll.,Japan) 45

"Interlaminar Fracture Toughness: The Long and Winding Road to Standardization"Kevin O'BRIEN (US Army Res. Lab., VA) 39

"Mechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue in Intermetallic-Matrix Composites"Robert O. RITCHIE (UC Berkeley, CA) 55

"An Assessment of Stitched versus Interlock Fiber Architectures"Keith T. KEDWARD (UC Santa Barbara, CA) 19

"Damage Tolerance of Composites"Ravi B. DEO (Northrup-Grumman, CA) 11

"Should Composite Micro-Mechanics be used in Design?"Neil McCARTNEY (Nat.Physical Lab, UK) 29

"Versatile Structural Monitoring with Fiber Optic Sensors"Ray MEASURES (U.Toronto, Canada) 33

"Deformation and Fracture of Sheet Metal Laminates in Plastic Forming"Fusahito YOSHIDA (Hiroshima U., Japan) 61

"Advanced Composite Piping Systems in Offshore Oil and Gas Industry"Su-Seng PANG (Louisiana St.U.), R.H. Lea, Chihdar Yang, M.A. Stubblefield 51

ICCE/4 DISTINGUISHED LECTURES"Characterization of Cracking within Thermal Spray Deposits by an Acoustic Emission

Method" Christopher BERNDT (SUNY-Stony Brook,NY),C.K. Lin, S.H. Leigh 1"Impact Force Based Parametric Damage Model for CAI Strength Prediction"

Victor CHEN (McDonnell Douglas, CA) 3"Recent Developments in Composite Transducers and Actuators"

Eric CROSS (Pennsylvania St.U.) 7"Transient Response of a Composite Plate with Delamination"

Subhendu DATTA (U.Colorado), J. Zhu, A.H. Shah 9"Interaction of Plane Longitudinal Waves with Layers of Spherical Particles"

Vikram K. KINRA, K. Maslov, B.K. Henderson (Texas A&M U.) 23"Engineering of Superabrasive Composite Coatings" Leo W.M. LAU, Z. Zbrzezny,

Z.Z. Song, Z.Chen, B.W. Sun (U.Western Ontario, Canada) 25"Computational Mechanics by Multiple Scale Reproducing Kernel Particle

Methods" Wing-Kam LIU (Northwestern U.,IL), Arif Masud 27"Moisture/Thermal Induced Stress in Packaged ICs- by Acoustic Imaging"

Thomas MOORE (Texas Instrument,TX), Eva Drescher-Krasicka 35"Cumulative Damage and Subcritical Crack Growth in Particulate Composites"

Jimmy C.T. LIU (Phillips Lab,CA) 42"Residual Stress Measurement by Cathodoluminescence"

Claudia OSTERTAG (UC Berkeley), Lawrence H. Robins, Lawrence P. Cook 47"Intelligent Optimal Properties of Composites"

Joseph ZARKA (Polytechnique.France) 65"Effects of Processing on Matrix Microstructure and Deformation in SiC Fiber-Reinforced

Ti Alloy Composites"S. KRISHNAMURTHY (UES, OH),P.R. Smith, D.B. Miracle, A. Rosenbereer 69

ICCE/4 ACCEPTED PAPER TITLES FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

AGING, DURABILITY AND FLAMMABILITYchair: Michael SEPE (Dickten & Msch, WI)

"Microstructural Deformation Mechanisms in Ni-Based Superalloys Turbine Blades: Creepand Fatigue" Brigitte DECAMPS (Meudon,France),V. Brien (Imperial College.UK).... 275

"The Interlaminar Fracture Response of Toughened Composites under Mode II andMixed Mode (I/H) and the Influence of Testing Rate and Temperature"Matt BLYTON (U.Liverpool, UK) 159

"A Statistical Model of Creep-Rupture in Unnotched and Notched Fiber/Polymer MatrixComposites" Irene BEYERLEIN, Leigh Phoenix (Cornell U.,NY) 149

"The Use of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis in the Characterization of Composite Materials"Michael SEPE (Dickten & Masch, WI) 871

"Principle of Fatigue Limit Additivity in Composites Aged under Atmospheric Conditions"Woldzimierz DUDZINSKI, M. Nowak (TU Wroclaw, Poland) 295

"MDA/CSULB Cooperative Programs on HSCT Polymer Composites Long-TermDurability" Cory ARENDT, Mike Brunner (McDonnell Douglas.CA) 109

"Influence of Microstructural Variables of Austenitic Stainless Steel on the Properties of IonNitriding" Estela SCHIAPPARELLI, Nestor Fuentes, Fabian Alvarez (CN EnergiaAtomica,Argentina) , A. Cabo (IONAR, Argentina) 859

"Laboratory-Scale Jet Fire Procedures to Evaluate High-Temperature ProtectiveMaterials for Offshore Installations" Alex WENZEL (Southwest R.I.,TX) 1047

"Some Fundamental Aspects of the Combustion of Solids"Pierre JOULAIN (U.Poitiers, France) 501

"Heat Resistant Composites with Metal- and Intermetallic Matrices"Sergei MILEIKO (Moscow, Russia) 659

"Fabrication and Microstructure of a New Type of Oxide Based Fibers"V.I. Glushko, L.s. Kozhevnikov, Sergei Mileiko, N.s. Sarkissyan, M.Yu STAROSTIN(Moscow, Russia) 361

BIO-MEDICAL DENTAL MATERIALSchair: Kunio WAKASA (U.Hiroshima, Japan)

"Fatigue Studies on Dental Composites and Glass Ionomer Cements"Marc BRAEM, S. Gladys, P. Lambrechts, G. Vanherle (U.Antwerpen,Belgium) 173

"Microscopic Fracture Mechanism of Dental Resin Composite"Kyo-Han KIM (Kyugpook Nat. U., Korea) 535

"Age-Hardening and Phase Transformation in Dental Low-Carat Gold Alloys"Hyung-Il KIM, M.I. Jang, Y.K. Kim, Y.S. Lee (Pusan U., Korea) 533

"Graded Porosity Ceramics Made of Hydroxyapatite-beta-tricalciumphosphateComposite to Substitute Cortical-Spongy Bone"A. Tampieri, Giancarlo CELOTTI, S. Sprio (Faenzajtaly) 207

"Presureless Sintered, Zirconia Toughened Composite Bioceramics"Margarita DIMITROVA-LUKACS (Aluterv Ltd.,Hungary), Peter Lukacs (Hungary) ....283

"Surface Treatment by Corona Discharge and Interfacial Shear Strength ofPolyethylene Fiber" Hiroaki MUKAI, Toshio Ogawa, Satoshi Osawa,Hideki Taniguchi (Kanazawa I.T.,Japan) 697

"Theoretical and Numerical Analysis of the Fracture of Cracked Macadamia Nutshells"Rong LIU (Deakin U., Australia), C.H.Wang (DSTO,Australia), R.G. Bathgate(DeakinU.) 6 U

"Engineering Design of Biomimetic Composites"Hideho OKAMOTO (Sumitomo Chem. Japan) 753

"Finite Element Representation of the Vascular Structure in the Brain Matter"Theodore TORIDIS (George Wash U.,DC), Faris Bandak (Dept.Transportation,DC),Ashraf Sherif (George Wash U.,DC) 995

"Local Stress State at Bone with Osteosynthetic Clamp"Jitka JIROVA, Josef Jira, Michal Micka (Ins.Th.App.Mech.,Czech Rep.) 491

"The Effect of Flexural Loading on the Microleakage of Cervical Resin CompositeRestorations" Shisei KUBO, Yukiko Konishi, Hiroaki Yokota,Yoshihiko Hayashi(Nagasaki U.Japan) 567

"CaO-P2O5 Glass Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites: Mechanical Assessment"Maria LOPES, F.J. Monteiro, J.C. Knowles, Jose D. Santos (U.Porto.Portugal) 613

"Experimental Stress Analysis of HIP-Joint Endoprosthesis made of Carbon Composite"Josef JIRA, Jitka Jirova, Michal Micka (Ins.Th.App.Mech,Czech) 493

"Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Coconut Husk Fibre ReinforcedComposite Materials" Xing-Juan XIAN, F.G. Shin, May W. Yipp(Hong Kong Poly U.) 1069

"Regional Measurement of Resin-Dentin Bonding as an Array"Yasuo SHONO, T. Ogawa, K. Bori, M. Terashita (Kyushu Dental Colljapan), P. Brewer(Eisenhower Medical Cen.,GA),R.M. Carvalho (U.Sao Paulo, Brazil).D.H. Pashley(MCG Agusta, GA) 893

"Calculation Model of Elastic Properties at the Resin Composite/Dentine Interface"Kunio WAKASA, Y. Yoshida, A. Ikeda, M. Yamaki (U.Hiroshima, Japan) 1027

"Surface Spectroscopic Characterization of Conditioners for Dentinal Adhesion toDecalcified Dentine" Youichi NAKAYAMA (Toray Res Cen,Japan),Kunio Wakasa, Y. Yoshida(U.Hiroshima,Japan) 711

"Resin Adhesion to Cervical Sclerotic Root Dentin of Human Teeth"Masahiro YOSHIYAMA, Takashi Matsuo (Tokushima U.Japan), D.H. Pashley(MCG, Agusta,GA) 1095

"Antagonistic Enamel Wear of Dental Composites and Porcelains"Shiro SUZUKI (U.Alabama-Birmingham) 957

"Effect of Eluates from Resin Composites on Plaque Formation"KeijiKAWAI (Osaka U.Japan) 513

"Effect of Oxide Powders on Mechanical Properties of Acrylic Resins for DentalApplications" Masashi MIYAZAKI (Nihon U.Japan), Y. Oshida, A.Z. Zuccari(Indiana U.), K. Fukuishi, H. Onose (Nihon U.Japan) 673

"Effect of Immersion in Water and Thermal Cycling on the Mechanical Properties ofLight-Cured Composites"Tae-Sung BAE, Charn-Woon Park (Chonbuk U.,Korea) 123

"Adhesion of Restorative Resin to Tooth: Effect of Functional Group of Dentin Primerto Collagen" Kazuomi SUZUKI, Y. torii (U.OkayamaJapan),N. Nishiyama,K. Nemoto (Nihon U.Japan) 955

"Thickness of the Hybrid Layer in Resin-Dentin Bonding-Morphological and PractionalConsiderations"Shigeru UNO (Hokkaido U.Japan), Werner J. Finger (RWTH Aachen,Germany) 1003

"Mechanical Properties of Starch-Filled Composites"J.L. WILLETT (USDA,Peoria, IL) 1 O 5 3

CERAMICS COMPOSITESchairs: Philippe COLOMBAN (ONERA,France), Chun-Hway HSUEH (Oak Ridge N.L.,TN)

"Analyses of Matrix Cracking Stresses in Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composites"Chun-Hway HSUEH (Oak Ridge N.L..TN) 449

"A Model for the Stress-Rupture of Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composites atIntermediate Temperatures" Edgar LARA-CURZIO (Oak Ridge N.L..TN) 581

"Lifetime and Reliability of Nicalon Fiber-SiC Matrix Composites at ElevatedTemperatures in Air" Hua-Tay LIN, Paul Becher (Oak Ridge N.L.,TN) 601

"The Stability of BN Interfacial Coatings in SiC/SiC Composites Exposed to Oxygen andWater Vapor in the Temperature Range 425-950 deg C"Karren MORE (Oak Ridge, TN), K.S. Ailey (N.Carolina St.U.), Richard Lowden (OakRidge,TN) 687

"Investigation of Failure Mechanisms in Unidirectional Carbon/Carbon"Derk EKENHORST, Bernd Mueller, Axel Lange, Manfred Hentschel(BAM Berlin,Germany) 307

"Cumulative Damage in Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composites"Michael JENKINS (U.Washington, WA) 479

"Crystallization Behavior of Polymer Derived Si-C-N-Ceramics for High TemperatureComposites" Gunter ZIEGLER, Daniel Suttor, Hans J. Kleebe(U. Bayreuth,Germany) 1115

"The Effect of Precusors on the Mechanical Properties of SiC/C Composites"Jin-Goo Kim, Myung-Cheon LEE (Dongguk U.,Korea) 587

"Injection Molding of TiN/ZrO2 Ceramics with a Polyacetal Based Binder System"Werner HESSE (BASF Ludwigshafen, Germany) 429

"Processing and Properties of Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composites Reinforced with BNCoated Nicalon Fibers"John BRENNAN (United Technologies,CT) 181

"Processing and Creep Behavior of Si-SiC Composites Fabricated by Melt InfiltrationTechnique" Raj N. SINGH, H. Zhou (U.Cincinnati, OH) 915

"Viscous Processing of Sol Gel Alumina Coated Silicon Carbide for Alumina-SiliconCarbide Nanocomposites" U.S. Hareesh, A.D. Damodaran, K.G.K. WARRIER(Trivandrum,India), Rolf Janssen (Hamburg,Germany) 1041

"Some General Considerations about a "Ideal" Ceramic Reinforcement for StructuralDiscontinuously Reinforced AIMC Composites Prepared by Liquid Metal Routes"Varuzan M. KEVORKIJIAN (Lackova, Slovenia) 525

"New Metallopolycarbosilane Precursors for Oxygenless Ceramic with Metallic NanoParticles" Nina A. POPOVA, A.M. Tsirlin, V.G. Gerlivanov,L.L. Borisenko(Inst Chem and Tech.,Russia) 799

"In situ Raman Microscopy Study of Ceramic Fibres in Ceramic Matrix Composites"S. Karlin, G. Gouadec, J. Wu, G. Sagon, Philippe COLOMBAN (ONERA,France) 253

"Raman Spectrum of Modified PAN-Based Carbon Fibers during Graphitization"Tse-Hao KO (Feng Chia U.,Taiwan) 541

"Characterization and Sintering of Reactive Milled Powders for Ceramic MatrixComposites" Roberto TOMASI, E.M.J.A.Pallone; F.Ferraco,W.J.Botta (U.SaoCarlos,Brazil) 987

"Constrained Shear-Induced Damage in Chemical Vapor Infiltrated SiC-SiC Composites"Linda BRAUN (NIST,MD) 179

"Toughness Behavior of a B2 Ni-Al-Fe Intermetallic Alloy and Zirconia CeramicComposite"Shyh-Yuh LIN, Hsien-Lung Tsai (N.Taiwan I.T.) 605

"Interface Debonding and Orientation Effect of Discontinuous Elongated-Reinforcementin Ceramic Matrix Composites" Hong-Xiang ZHAI,Yong Huang, Changan Wang(Beijing, China), Xin Wu (U.Michigan) i m

"Directional Solidified YAG/A12O3 Eutectic Fibers for High Temperature Applications"Jenn-Ming YANG, J.M Collins (UCLA, CA) 1 0 8 3

"The Effects of Continuous Sintering Parameters on the Properties of Sintered, Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride"Dale WITTMER, Steven Etherton (Southern Illinois U.), James Edler (Eaton Corp.) 1055

"Rapid Densification of Refractory Fiber-Matrix Composites from the Vapor Phase"Ilan GOLECKI (Allied Signal, NJ) 365

"Synthesis of Inorganic/Organic Composite using Sol-Gel Method"Goo-Dae Kim, Dong A. LEE (Korea Inst Sci Tech) 531

CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALSchairs: Eva DRESCHER-KRASICKA (NIST,MD), Tinh Nguyen (NIST,MD)

"Residual Stress Measurement by Cathodoluminescence"Claudia OSTERTAG (UC Berkeley), Lawrence H. Robins, Lawrence P. Cook(NIST,MD) 47

"Residual Stress Characterization in Ceramic/Metal Composites by NeutronDiffraction and Small-Angle Scattering"Andrew ALLEN (NIST, MD) 87

"Stresses in Composites-an Ultrasonic Mapping"Eva DRESCHER-KRASICKA (NIST, MD), John R. Willis (Cambridge U.,UK) 287

"Electrically Based Microstructural Characterization of Composites"Rosario GERHARDT (Georgia Tech.) 357

"Synchrotron Radiation Digital Microradiography of Strained High TemperatureSuperconductor Composite Tape"Richard SPAL, C.K. Chiang (NIST,MD), Gilbert Riley, Craig Christopherson (Am.Superconducting Corp.,MA) 935

"Moisture/Thermal Induced Stress in Packaged ICs- by Acoustic Imaging"Thomas MOORE (Texas Instrument,TX), Eva Drescher-Krasicka (NIST,MD) 35

"Predicting Properties of Materials and Composites: Nanotubes"Marvin COHEN, Steven G. Louie (Lawrence Berkeley N.L..CA) 251

"Layer Stability and Interfacial Free Energies from the Creep of Multilayers"Daniel JOSELL (NIST,MD) 499

"Ultrasonic Testing Improved using Signal Analysis"Joel SIGMUND, Michael Kearney (Sonix Inc.,VA) 907

"The Determination of Residual Stresses in Composites by Means of Neutron Diffraction"Henry PRASK, P.C. Brand (NIST,MD) 807

"Internal Stresses Effects on Leaky Waves at Composite Interfaces"John SIMMONS, Eva Drescher-Krasicka (NIST,MD) 911

"Crack Growth Resistance Curves for Equal and Unequal Single Lap Shear Joints:Comparison Between Rigid and Flexible Adhesives"Pearl Lee-SULLIVAN, James F. Owens (U.New Brunswick, Canada) 591

"Effect of Shear Deformation in Fabricating Metal Matrix Composite by Powder Route"Eiji MAEDA, Naoyuki Kanetake, Choh Takao (Nagao U.Japan) 625

"Internal Strains in Composites Measured in-situ using Pulsed Neutron Diffraction"

Mark DAYMOND, M.A.M. Bourke (Los Alamos, NM), C. Lund, R. Vaidyanathan(MIT,MA), D.C. Dunand (Northwestern U.,IL), H. Choo(Illinois IT.) 271

"Electrochemical Sensors for Evaluating Corrosion and Adhesion on Polymer/MetalStructures"Guy D. DAVIS, CM. Dacres, M. Shook, B.S. Wenner(Dacco Sci Inc., MD) 267

"In-Situ Study of the Degradation of Polymer-Substrate Interphases by Using EvanescentWaves FT-m Spectroscopy" Francois GAILLARD (U.Lyon 1,France), I. Linossie,Maurice Romand (U. Claude Bernard-Lyon I, France) 345

"Effects of Civil Engineering Environments on Interfacial Properties of Polymer/GlassComposites"Tinh NGUYEN, Khaled Aouadi, David Alsheh, Joannie Chin (NIST, MD) 725

"Molecular Level Nondestructive Analysis of Polymeric Interfaces using Step-ScanPhotoacoustic Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy"Marek W. URBAN (N.Dakota St.U.) 1005

"Characterization of Automotive System Clearcoat/Basecoat Interface/Interphase Regions"arlis ADAMSONS, Basil Gregorovich, Li Lin(Dupont Automotive,PA),Gregory Blackman, Kathryn Lloyd, J. Meth, K. Stika, D.Swartzfager,D. Walls,Dupont, DE) 75

"Surface and Interface Characterization of Metal-Polymer Systems Obtained byElectroless Metallization" Maurice ROMAND, M. Charbonnier, J. Baborowski,E. Feillex (U.Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France) 827

"Characterization of Interphase Structure using Neutron Reflection"Michael S. KENT, W.F. McNamara, L. Domeier (Sandia Nat Lab, NM), Apollo Wong(Argonne N.L.JL), W.L. Wu (NIST,MD), G.S. Smith, J. Majewski(Los Alamos N.L..NM) 521

"Mechanical Properties of Painted TPO Plastics Resulting from Morphological InterphaseVariations" Rose RYNTZ (Ford Motor Co.,MI) 843

CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR, INTERPHASE AND COATINGSChair: Leo LAU (U.Western Ontario,Canada)

"Study of Wettability and Chemical Interaction Between Liquid Aluminum andPrecipitator Fly Ash"Natalia SOBCZAK, Jerzy Sobczak, M. Ksiazek, W. Radziwill, P.K. Rohatgi, A.Morgiel, J. Stobierski (Krwkow, Poland) 931

"The Agglomeration Phenomena in Particle-Reinforced Cast Composites"Jerzy SOBCZAK, N. Sobczak (Poland) 929

"Mechanical Properties of Metal- and Ceramic- Polymer Composites formed via ThermalSpray Consolidation" Christopher Berndt, Jeffrey A. BROGAN (SUNY-Stony Br.,NY),Ghislain Montavon, Alexander Claudon, Christian Coddet (Inst. Polytech. Sevenans,France) 185

"Degradation of an Epoxy-Glass-Fibre Laminate under Photo-Oxydation/LixiviationComplementary Constraints" Claude DUBOIS, L. Monney, N. Bonnet,A. Chambaudet (U.Franche-Comte,France) 293

"Fabrication and Phase Transformation of Gd4A1209/MgO Composites"Mashiko SHIMADA, Makoto Nomura, Hisanori Yamane (Tohoku U. Japan)....887

"BN-Tin Composites: Chemical Equilibria, Microstructure and Hardness"Ewa BENKO (Cracow, Poland), Tery L. Barr (U.Wisconsin-Mil.) 145

"Characterization of Cracking within Thermal Spray Deposits by an AcousticEmission Method" Christopher BERNDT (SUNY-Stony Brook,NY),Chung-Kwei LIN (Nat. Taiwan Ocean U.), S.H. Leigh (Korea) 1

"Thermally Sprayed Composite Coatings"Bernhard Wielage, Katja FLEISCHER, Matthias Zschunke (TU Chemnitz,Germany) 325

"Two Failure Modes for Plasma Sprayed Coatings under Severe Wear Conditions"Don McMURCHIE (Oregon Inst Tech.) 651

"Inorganic Triboluminscent Films"Chao-Nan XU, T. Watanabe, M. Akiyama (Kyushu Nat.Ind.Res.Inst., Japan),X.G. Zheng (Saga U.Japan) 1075

"Engineering of Superabrasive Composite Coatings"Leo W.M. LAU, Z. Zbrzezny, Z.Z. Song, Z.Chen, B.W. Sun(U.Western Ontario, Canada) 25

"The Effect of a Diffusion Barrier SiC Coating on the Tensile Properties of Carbon Fibres"H.E. NASSINI, Hector Zolotucho, Gonzlez Oliver (Argentina) 713

"Carbon Coated Alumina Fibre/Glass Matrix-Composites"D. HULSENBERG, Th. Leutbecher (TU Ilmenau,Germany) 457

"The Effect of Graphite Without and With Cu-Coating on Consolidation Behaviourand Sintering of Cu-Graphite Composite" Sayed MOUSTAFA(Cairo, Egypt),S.A. El-Badry, A.M. Sanad (Al-Azhar U.,Egypt) 695

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICSchair: Fouad AHMAD (U.Illinois-Urb)

"Mixed Finite Element Applied in Composite Material Plates"Eduardo SAMPAIO, Leonardo Ajdelsztajn, E.M. Astrodeza, F.L. Bastian(F.U. Rio Janeiro,Brazil) 849

"A Splitting Approach to the 3-Dimensional Flow Simulation in the Injection Moldingof Semi-Crystalline Polymers and Polymer Composites"Qin Sheng, Chang-Meng HSIUNG (U.Southwestern Louisiana) 445

"Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Curing Process in Thermoset Composites"Cristina BELDICA, M. Fouad Ahmad (U.Illinois-Urb.) 141

"Nonlinear Viscoelastic Analysis of Stress Singularities Near Free Edges ofUnsymmetricaliy Laminated Composites under Uniaxial Extension, Bending andTwisting"Sung Yi (Nanyang TU, Singapore), M.Fouad AHMAD (U.Illinois-Urb.) 81

"Numerical Simulation of Fracture Process for Composite Laminations" Dazhi JIANG(Hunan, China), Wei Shen (Wuhan,China), Xingye Wang,Yuying Huang 485

"Finite-Element Displacement Data Versus Holographic Data: A Test used in MaterialsProperties Identification" Dan Borza, Lassaad KETATA (INSA Rouen, France) 523

"Full-Field Holographic Data for use in Finite Element Identification MacroscopicBehaviour of Materials" Dan BORZA (INSA Rouen,France) 171

"Free Vibrations and Buckling of Laminated Plates using Finite Element Technique"Djordje VUKSANOVIC, Z. Perisic (U.Belgrade, Yugoslavia) 1023

"Computational Mechanics by Multiple Scale Reproducing Kernel Particle Methods"Wing-Kam LIU (Northwestern U.,IL), Arif Masud (U.Illinois-Chicago) 27

"Representative Volume Element Size in Elastic Composites: a Numerical Study"Andrei GUSEV (ETH Zentrum,Switzerland) 389

"Computation of Stress Development during Thermoset Cure-Applications"Steven BURCHETT, Doug Adolf, Robert Chambers, Tommy Guess (Sandia N.L.,NM)...193

"Modelling and Computation of Composites with the Space-Varying Microstructure"Sylwester KONIECZNY (TU Lodz, Poland) 543

"Stresses and Strains of Bending Three Layers Composite Beams"Jonas BAREISIS, Danas Garuckas (Kaunas UT, Lithuania) 131

"Finite Strip Large Deformation Analysis of Laminates"George AKHRAS(Royal Mil Col,Canada), M.S.Cheung, Wenchang Li(Carleton U.,Canada) 83

"Rotordynamic Studies of Pultruded Composites by the Finite Element Method"Meganathan Mohanraj, Raghu ECHEMPATI (U.Mississippi) 303

"Mechanical and Numerical Simulation of Displacement Based Model Tested AxiallyCompressed Circular Cylindrical Composites Shells"Heinrich ROTHERT, M. Srubar, J.L. Urrutia-Galicia (U.Hannover, Germany) 833

"Global/Local Annalysis of Composite Plates with Cracks"Satish Haryadi, Rakesh Kapania (Virginia Tech.),R.T. Haftka (U.Florida),Daniel HAMMERAND (presenter) 413

"Numerical Computation of Thermoelastic Properties of Unidirectional FiberComposites with Anisotropic Constituents"Lai-Tak CHEN, F.G. Shin, Y.W. Wong (Hong Kong Poly U.) 219

DAMAGE, DELAMINATION AND FATIGUEco-chairs: Jimmy C.T. LIU (Phillips Lab, CA), Kevin O'BRIEN (US Army Res. Lab, VA)

"Cumulative Damage and Subcritical Crack Growth in Particulate Composites"Jimmy C.T. LIU (Phillips Lab,CA) 42

"Delamination from Ply Cracks in CFRP"Alan DESPORT (U. Strathclyde, UK) 281

"Compression Effects on the Crack Propagation Process in Viscoelastic ParticulateComposites" Javier GONZALEZ (Cal Tech.), C.Liu (Phillips Lab,CA) 367

"Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Crack Growth in PolymericParticulate Composites"G. RAVICHANDRAN (Cal Tech.),C.T. Liu (Phillips Lab, CA) 815

"Fatigue Behavior of Quadaxial E-GIass/EPON 862"Ajit D. Kelkar, Christopher GRACE, Pramod Chaphalkar, J. Sankar (N.Carolina A&T),ShankarMall(AFIT,OH) 517

"Continuous and Aligned Cementite Reinforced Composite in Perlitic Steel"Wlodzmierz BOCHNIAK, Andrzej Korbel (TU Krakow,Poland) 163

"Fatigue Behavior of a SiC Particle Reinforced Aluminum Alloy"Otmar VOHRINGER, G. Braun, E. Macherauch (U.Karlsruhe, Germany) 1017

"Experimental Investigation of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Polycarbonate usedfor Aircraft Canopies"Yulian KIN, Harvey Abramowitz, Toma Hentea (Purdue U.-Calumet, IN) 537

"Dynamic Mechanical Properties of a Spherical Inclusion-Polymer Composite:

A Self-Consistent Approache based on the Morphology"Mohsen SHATERZADEH, J.F. Gerard, C. Mai, J. Perez (INSA Lyon, France) 881

"A Unified Fatigue Criterion and Life Prediction for Fibre Reinforced Compositesbased on the Critical Plane Concept"Alan PLUMTREE, G. Cheng (U.Waterloo.Canada) 789

"Fatigue and Impact Properties of Cold Extruded MMCs of Aluminium Alloy Matrix"Hans W. WAGENER (U. Kassel,Germany) 1025

"Fracture Analysis in Composite Dissimilar Materials using a New Approach"Refat A.I. EL-SHEIKHY (Giza,Egypt) 313

"Dynamic Response of Delaminated Composite Beam with Contact Analysis"Meng-KaoYEH, Wen-Pin Weng (N.Tsing Hua U.,Taiwan) 1087

"Fracture of Ductile Phase Toughened Layered Composites"Amit GHOSH, W. Provancher, H. Zhang (U.Michigan) 483

"Correlation of the Crack Initiation Stress with Epoxy Network Topology"Douglas ADOLF (Sandia Nat.Lab.NM), Timothy Weeks, John McCoy(Nex Mexico Tech.) 79

"Failure Mechanisms in Natural Composites"Stuart MASKILL, Paul Mummery (U.Leeds, UK) 641

"Analysis of a Composite Panel with Transverse Matrix Cracks under Bendingand Twisting Moments" Jungsun PARK, Jong-Koo Kang, Eui-Seung Chung,Soo-Yong Lee (Hankuk Aviation U., Korea) 771

"A Basic Study on Deceleration and Arrest Effects in Crack Propagation due to theCrack Passing Through the Embedded Carbon-Fiber Bundles"Akio TAKIMOTO (Yamaguchi U., Japan) 969

"Mode I and Mode II Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Interply Hybrid CompositeMaterials" Shun-Fa HWANG, Bon-Cherng Shen, Chih-Ching Huang(Nat. Yulin I.T.,Taiwan) 463

"Finite Element Approximation of Mode II and HI off-Axis Delamination Growth inComposites"Philip MCLAUGHLIN, S. Santhanam, S.P. Kannampully (Villanova U.,PA) 649

"Characterization of R-Curve in Graphite/Epoxy Laminated Composites"Kyong Y. RHEE (Won-Kwang U., Korea) 821

"Delamination Growth in Laminated Plates"R. Girard, Florence ROUDOLFF (ONERA,France) 835

ELECTRONIC, MAGNETIC OR NANO-COMPOSITESco-chairs: Jiang-Di FAN , J.T. WANG (Southern U A&M Coll,LA)

"Spin Valve: Exploration of Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Multilayers Leads to aBetter Recording Head" Bruce A. GURNEY, V.S. Speriosu, D.R. Wilhoit,L.Bynum, MJ.Carey, R.E. Fontana, D.E. Heim, Ching Tsang (IBM-Almaden,CA) 387

"The Origin of the Giant Magnetic Resistance"Jiang-Di FAN, Y.M. Malozovsky (Southern U.and A&M, LA) 317

"Magnetic and Magnetotransport Properties of Granular Multilayer Composites"Jeff CHILDRESS, A. Cabbibo, W. Geerts (U. Florida) 231

"Vector Spin Reversal Processes in Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Elements"

J.A.C.Tony BLAND (U.Cambridge, UK) 157"Control of Metal Nanoparticle Size Distribution in Metal-Polymer Composites"

T. Cao, K. Huynh, Rina TANNENBAUM (U.Minnesota) 977"Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced by Organoceramics"

Pierre-Francois KOEVER, J. Mayer, H. Zerlik, K.L. Eckert, E. Wintermantel(ETHZ, Switzerland) 551

"Metallic and Ceramic Microcomposites with Ionic Self-Assembled NanoparticleCoatings" Richard CLAUS, Yanjing Liu, Kent Murphy (Virginia Tech.) 249

"Novel Synthesis Methods for Nanocomposite Zr02-A1203"Bridget SMYSER, Richard Sisson (Worcester Poly Inst,MA) 925

"Magnetic Properties of Nanocomposites"Robert SHULL (NIST, MD) 897

"Microstructured and Nanostructured Composites for Chemical Processing"Gopal KRISHNAGOPALAN, B.J. Tatarchuk (Auburn U.,AL) 559

"Magnetic Metal-Insulator Nanocomposites and Applications"Xiao YAN (Hong Kong U.Sci.Tech.) 1081

"Angle-Dependent Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Gd (0001) High ResolutionCore-Level Photoemission" Jonder MORAIS, Reinhard Denecke, R.X. Ynzunza,J.G. Menchero(Law.BerkeleyNat.Lab,CA) 685

"Characterization of Hexagonal GaN (0001) Thin Films by X-Ray PhotoelectronDiffraction Measurements" Reinhard DENECKE, J. Morais, C. Wetzel,J. Liesegang, E.E. Haller, C.S. Fadley (Law.Berkeley Nat Lab,CA) 277

"Ultrathin Films for Nanostructured Composite Permanent Magnets"David KEAVNEY (U.Arizona), Eric Fullerton, C.H. Sowers, S.D. Bader(Argonne N.L..IL) 515

"Formation of a Periodic Microstructure on a Superconductor Crystal Surface"Xu-Guang ZHENG, Masanori Taira, Morio Suzuki (Saga U.Japan), Chao-Nan Xu(Kyushu,Japan) 1109

"The Effects of Dopants on Gas Sensitivity of alpha-Fe2O3 Thin Films"Sung-Min CHOI, Young-Hoon Yun, Sung-Churl Choi (Hanyang U.,Korea) 237

"Factors Which Enhance Conductive Anodic Filament Formation"W. Jud Ready, Laura TURBINI (Georgia Tech.) 1001

"Electron Beam Curing Technology for Composites"John SHAFFER, John Cook (Oak Ridge N.L.,TN) 875

"Water-Based Epoxy/Glass Composites for Electronic Applications"Jeffrey HEDRICK, Alfred Viehbeck (IBM Corp.,NY) 419

"Using the Ferroelectric Copolymer P (VDF-TrFE) with Polymer Lightguides"Hilmar FRANKE, M. Osterfeld, M. Biebricher, T. Hitz, C.P. Hendricks, A. Andraou(U. Duisburg, Germany) 329

"Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Made of Resin with the Electro-Rheological Effect"Rongjia TAO (Southern Illinois U., IL) 979

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES

co-chairs: Kam-Tim CHAU (Hong Kong Poly), Mike Hung (City U. Hong Kong)

"The Optical Method of Caustics Applied to Composites"

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Damir SEMENSKI (U. Zagreb, Croatia) 869"An Optical Study of the Mechanical Behaviour of the Micro-Beam of an Accelerometer"

L.Y. Zhang, S. Qin, Huai-Min SHANG (N.U.Singapore) 877"Determination of In-Plane Surface Displacement of Metals by using Speckle

Correlation and Image Processing Techniques"Baki KOYUNCU, M. Ashraf, G. Alat (Kuwait U.) 555

Spatiotemporal Principal Stress Mapping by Optical Heterodyne Polarimetry"Kazuhiko OKA, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka (Hokkaido U.,Japan) 751

Surface Detection and 3D Profilometry of Microstructure using Optical Metrology"Nai-Keng BAO, Po-Sheun Chung (City U.Hong Kong), Guan-Chang Jin(Tsinghua U.,China) 127

Measurement of Residual Stresses in Ti-6-4/SiC (SM 1140 plus and SCS-6)Continuously Reinforced Composites by Matrix Etching"Qi Fang, P.S. SIDKY (Imperial ColLUK) 905

Measurement of Encapsulated Cure Strains and Adhesion to Mold Surfaces"Tommy GUESS, Steve Burchett, Doug Adolf (Sandia N.L.,NM) 383

"Expermental and Numerical Characterization of Strain Distributions in CompactTension Specimens for Stress-Corrosion Cracking Studies in Beryllium"Michael GARCIA, Mark A.M. Bourke, R.E.L. Green, F.M. Guerra, R. Varma(Los Alamos N.L..NM) 351

"Experimental/Numerical Analysis of the Stress State in Structural Cross-Sections ofComposite Material" Karl-Hans LAERMANN (Bergische U.,Germany) 575

"Measurement of the Elastic Constants of Pultruded Composites"Ram PRABHAKARAN, M. Saha (Old Dominion U.,VA) 803

"Re-Examination of the Point Load Strength Test for Brittle Materials: Theory andExperiment" Kam-Tim CHAU, Robina H.C. Wong (Hong Kong Poly U.) 213

"Study on Technique Development of the Solidification of the Rock Waste andEvaluation of Fracture Toughness for the Fiber Reinforced Composites"Eui-Gyun NA, Seung-Ki Koh (Kunsan Nat U.,Korea), Jong-Gi Lee(Chonbuk San-Up U.,Korea), Hashida Toshiyuki (Dohoku U.,Japan) 703

"Damping and Stiffness Properties of Electro-Rheological Fluids"Marc THOMAS, Jacques Masounave, Laurent Jacotot (Ecole Tech.Superieure,Canada)....983

"Measurement of Composite Cure and Health"Dryver Huston, Noel PELCZARSKI(U.Vermont), Tomothy Neary (IBM,VT),William Spillman (U.Vermont) 461

"Internal Structure of AI-A1203 Powder Composite Studied with Internal FrictionTechnique" Franklin F.M. LEE (Kaohsiung Poly InstTaiwan) 583

FIBERS/FILM PROPERTIES AND MATRIXchair: Satish KUMAR (Georgia Tech.)

"Weak Link Scaling Analysis of High Strength Carbon Fibre"Kim PICKERING, T.L. Murray (U.Waikato, New Zealand) 785

"Processability of PE/PP Blends Rich in PP"Anthony C.Y.WONG (U. Hong Kong) IO59

"Solution Spun Electrically Conductive Polymers for Composite Applications:Processing and Characterization"

A.P. Chacko, S.S. Hardaker, Richard GREGORY (Clemson U.,SC) 377"Synthesis and Characterization of PBZT Polymers with a Substituted Biphenyl

Moiety in the Main Chain"X. Hu, S. Kumar, Malcolm POLK (Georgia Tech.) 793

"The Effect of Structure on the Deformation and Failure of Anisotropic PMDA-ODAPolyimide Films" Cheol Cha, Robert SAMUELS (Georgia Tech.) 851

"Evaluation by Torque-Rheometer of Suspensions of Natural Fibers in a PVC Matrix"Martha AYORA, Rolando Rios, Jafet Quijano, Alfredo Marquez(Yucatan,Mexico) 119

"A Study of the Effects of Low Temperature Plasma on the Surface Morphology ofPolyester Filaments"K.W. Yeung, Kwong CHAN,Y.M. Tsang (Hong Kong Poly U.) 238

"Star-Like PoIy(Benzazoles) Based on Three-Dimensional Central Unit"Issifu HARRUNA, Melody Bray, Kofi Bota (Clark Atlanta U., GA),Malcolm Polk (Georgia Tech.) 409

"Effect of Crosslinking on Compression Behavior of Rigid Rod Polymeric Fibers"Xiaodong Hu, Malcolm B. Polk, Satish KUMAR (Georgia Tech.) 569

"Development and Characterisation of Interface-Modified Kevlar Fibre/Epoxy MatrixComposites"Krishnan PADMANABHAN, Yue-Chee Yue (Nanyang TU, Singapore) 763

"Effect of Cold Drawing on Micro-fiber Development in a PET/PP Composite"X.D. Lin, Wai-Lam CHEUNG (U.Hong Kong) 227

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALSco-chairs: Andreas GLAESER (UC Berkeley), Patrick NICHOLSON (McMaster U.,Canada)

"Crack Propagation in a Functionally Graded Plate under Thermal Shock"Naotake NODA (Shizuoka U., Japan) 731

"A High-Resolution GMC Formulation for the Analysis of Composites with FunctionallyGraded Microstructures"Carlos OROZCO, Marek Pindera(U. Virginia) 757

"A Unified Design Procedure for Ceramic/Metal Functionally Graded Materials"Deok-Kee CHOI, Chang-Soo Kim (Dankook U.,Korea) 235

"Design of Thermoset Resins with Optimal Graded Structures"Stephen CARR, Raquel D'Oyen, Gregory Olson (Northwestern U., IL) 205

"Thermal Shock Damage Behavior of ZrO2/Ni FGMs under Burner Heating TestPart I: Effect of Pre-Vertical Cracks on Thermal Shock Cracking Behavior"Shin-ichi MORIYA, Qing-Jie Zhang, Yukio Kuroda, Makoto Tadano,Masayuki Niino (Nat. Aerospace Lab,Japan) 691

"Thermal Shock Damage Behavior of Zr02/Ni FGMs under Burner Heating TestPart II: Interaction Between Vertical Cracks and Interfacial Delamination"Shin-ichi Moriya, Qing-Jie ZHANG, Yukio Kuroda, Masahiro Sato, Akio Moro(Nat Aerospace Lab, Japan) 1105

"Non-destructive Investigation and Calculation of Residual Stresses in W-CuGradients by Powder Processing" Marion JOENSSON, U. Birth(TU Dresden,Germany), J. Schreiber (Fraunhofer Inst.), S.Fischer (UECD,Dresden),B. Kieback (TU Dresden) 495

"Characteristics of Rolling-Deformation in Metal-Intermetallic Functionally

Graded Material" Noboru YAMANAKA (Miyakonojo Nat Coll, Japan),Yoshimi Watanabe (Shinshu U.Japan), Y. Fukui (Kagoshima U.,Japan) 1077

"Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) of Functionally Graded Materials andEvaluation of their Thermal-Shock Performance Characteristics"Patrick NICHOLSON, Debnath De, Partho Sarkar (McMaster U.,Canada) 729

"Functionally Graded Titanium Aluminides Produced by Powder Metallurgy"Eliana FU, R.D. Rawlings, H.B. McShane (Imperial Coll.,UK) 333

"Fundamental Investigation on the Preparation of Gradient Structures bySedimentation of Different Powder Fractions under Gravity"Ricardo BERNHARDT, F.Meyer-Olbersleben (Fraunhofer Inst.,Germany),B. Kieback (T.U.Dresden,Germany) 147

"Microstructurally Graded Materials via Dopant Valence Gradients: Ti-DopedAlumina" J.D. Powers, Andreas GLAESER (UC Berkeley) 359

"Functionally Graded Intermetallic-Ceramic Materials Prepared by Wet-Molding"Kenji Arata, Masaru Yoshinaka, Ken HIROTA, Osamu Yamaguchi(Doshisha U.Japan) 431

GENERAL APPLICATIONS (NON-CIVIL ENGINEERING)co-chairs: Gary C. KRUMWEIDE (Composites Optics, CA),

Suraj RAWAL (Lockheed Martin Astronautics, CO), Edward SILVERMAN (TRW.CA)

"Integrated Design for Manufacturing of Composite Automotive Components"Wei SUN, A.C.W. Lau, Frank Ko (Drexel U.,PA) 953

"The Design and Development of Automotive Body from Natural Fiber ReinforcedComposites" Hazim Al-QURESHI (IT Aeronautica, Brazil) 95

"Trend of Materials of Lightweight Carbody for High-Speed Trains"Kikuo TAKAO (Railway Tech Res.Inst, Japan) 967

"Low Cost, Short Turnaround Composite Reflector Tooling for Space-BasedTelecommunications Antenna"John MARKS, Jeff Dion, Daron Giles(Composites Optics Inc., CA) 635

"Progress in the Development of SNAPSAT(tm) Structures Technology"Gary KRUMWEIDE (Composites Optics Inc.,CA) 563

"Composite Isogrid Structures for Spacecraft Applications-Thermal and StructuralAnalysis" Edward SILVERMAN (TRW,CA), Marvin Rhodes(NASA Langley, VA), Jack Dyer (Composites Optics, CA) 909

"Fabrication of Low Cost Composite Isogrid Structures for Spacecraft Applications"Jack DYER (Composites Optics, CA), Marvin Rhodes (NASA Langley, VA),Edward Silverman (TRW, CA) 301

"Braided Reinforcements Reduce Material Costs and Molding Cycle TimeMaking Composites Products More Affordable"JeffMARTIN(A&PTech.,OH) 639

"The Importance of Interfacial Adhesion in Spacecraft Composite Structures"Richard BRAND (App.Aero.Structures,CA), M. Fisk (Lockheed Martin,CA),P. Hart (App. Aero. Structure, CA) 175

"Depainting Aircraft Composite Materials Utilizing Flashjet(tm) Technology"Gary NEUMEISTER (Naval Air Warfare Cen,MD), Darrell McKinley(Naval Aviation Depot, FL) 719

"Integration Technology Development for High Temperature Polymers in Aeroengines"Paul GREAVES (Rolls-Royce Materials, UK) 375

"Structuring a Development Center for Success in Composites"Lee McKAGUE (Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft, TX) 1119

"The Acoustic Fatigue of Composite Structures in Severe AircraftEnvironments" Robert WHITE, B. Benchekchou (U.Southampton, UK) 1049

"SiC/SiC 3-D Fabric Composite for Space Plain Engines"Takeshi ISHIHARA (Dai-Ichi U.Japan) 465

"Honeycomb as an Energy Absorber"Tom BITZER (Hexcel, CA) 155

"Fatigue Life Prediction of Composite Laminates"Takeshi Ishihara (Dai-Ichi U.Japan), Nobuo OHTANI (Maebashi I.T.Japan) 749

"Laboratory Testing Full-Scale Composite Wind Turbine Blades for InternationalCertification" Walt MUSIAL, Scott D. Hughes (Nat Ren Energy Lab, CO) 701

"Development of an Intelligent Artificial Leg Frame Made of CFRP"Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Makoto Saito, Shoaki Ide, Takahiro Kobayashi(Kobe Steel Japan) 705

"Studies on the Mechanical Properties of Short Leather Composites"J. Cauich, J. Gorocica, T. Madera, P. Herrera, F. VAZQUEZ (Yucatan,Mexico) 1015

"Optimum Design of a Composite Bicycle Wheel"David JONSON (Technikon Natal, S. Africa) 497

"Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates with a Cutout or Crack"Harn C. CHEN (Aerospace Corp.,CA) 217

"A Strategy for the Buckling Analysis of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels"Weichuan LIN (Northrop Grumman, CA) 607

"Design and Fabrication of a Composite Subframe"G.F. SMITH (U.Warwick,UK) 923

"Raising the Game Through Modelling"Clive GRANT (U.Newcastle upon Tyne,UK) 373

"Design of Optimal Graphpite Epoxy Bowsprit for Racing Sailboat"Leonard BROWNLOW, Peter B.S. Lissaman (U.Southern California) 189

"Design Development of a Low Cost, High Strength, Light Weight, CompositeWaterskiingDisk" Alfred A. GATES (Central Connecticut St.U.) 355

"Properties of High Performance TMC Composites"Richard C. LEWIS (Textron Systems Corp.,MA) 593

"Rice Husk Ash and Oil Palm Wood Flour as Fillers in Polypropylene Composites:Materials Characterization and Mechanical Properties Evaluation"M.Y. Ahmad FUAD, M.J. Zaini, J. Mustafah, Z. Ismail (Plastics Tech Cen,Malaysia),Z.A. Mohd Ishak, A.K. Mohd Omar (U.Sains, Malaysia) 337

"Production and Properties of Ultra-Lightweight Aluminum Foams for IndustrialApplications" Karl STEINER (Fraunhofer USA, Delaware), John Banhart,Joachim Baumister, Markus Weber (Fraunhofer IFAM,Bremen,Germany) 943

"Study of the Mechanical Properties of PVC-Henequen Cellulose-Grafted FiberComposites" G. Canche-Escamilla, J. Cauich-Cupul, J. Puig-Arevalo,Pedro HERRERA-FRANCO (Yucatan,Mexico) 423

"Study and Observations of Cracks on Seeded Gel Grinding Wheels"Abdenour ALLICHE (Ecole Centrale Paris,France) 89

"Application of Composite Materials on the Cassini Spacecraft"Kendra L. SHORT, Wesley P. Schmitigal, Brett A. Lindenfeld (JPL,CA) 895

"Affordable Lightweight Composite Electronic Packaging for Thermal Management"Gary TREMBLAY, John Paretti, William Converse (Composites Optics,CA) 997

"The Use of K1100/CE to Satisfy the Multiple Requirements of a Spacecraft Structure"Charles Hoffman, John VALDEZ, Bruce Snyder(Ball Aerospace & Tech,CO) 433

"Mars Global Surveyor Composite Structures Development"Alfred HERZL (Lockheed Martin, CO) 427

"High Conductivity Composites for Spacecraft Radiators"Suraj P. RAWAL (Lockheed Martin, CO) 817

"Composite Structures in the Hubble Space Telescope"Michael KRIM (Hughes Danbury Optical Sys.) 557

"Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composite Mirrors for Space Solar Concentrators"Ted STERN (Composites Optics, CA) 945

"Design and Performance of the STRV-2 Lasercom Transceiver"John Schuster, Toan PHAM, Eric Korevaar (Astro Terra Corp,CA) 783

"Composite Mirrors for Space Telescopes and Sensors" Eldon P. KASL, Ted Stern(Composites Optics, CA), Eri J. Cohen, Paul B. Willis (JPL, CA) 511

"Design, Fabrication and Testing of Composite Optical Bench Structures forthe MODIS Instrument" James BELL (Hughes Aircraft, CA) 143

"Fabrication and RTM Process Simulation of a Near-Net Shape BN-Nextel 312(tm)/Blackglas (tm) Turbine Interstage Seal Component for the Low-Cost CeramicComposite (LC3) Program"John MADSEN, Rich Leek,Gil Carpenter, Thomas Donnellan, Phil Adler(Northrop Grumman,NY) 623

"TPSX: Thermal Protection Systems Expert and Material Property Database"Thomas SQUIRE, Frank Milos, G.C. Hartlieb, D.J. Rasky (NASA Ames, CA) 937

"Fully Implicit Ablation and Thermal Analysis Program (FIAT)"Y.K. Chen, Frank MILOS (NASA Ames, CA) 661

"Composite Materials of Recycled Leather Fibers and Thermoplastics"T.J. Madera-Santana, F. Vazquez, A. MARQUEZ (Yucatan, Mexico) 637

"ODC and Hazardous Material Minimization by Defense Contractors: a Case Study"John TOPALIAN, Gary Robertson (Gencorp Aerojet, CA) 993

IMPACT DYNAMICSco-chairs: Arnold MAYER (Wright Lab, OH), Carlos NAVARRO (Madrid,Spain)

"A Particle Method for Hypervelocity Impact Simulation in Composite Materials"Eric FAHRENTHOLD (U.Texas) 315

"Dynamic Crack Propagation by High Speed Imaging"Sylvanus NWOSU (Dillard U., LA) 741

"Lagrangian Dynamics Treatment of Penetration of Thin Laminated Composite Plateswith Pseudopotential of Damage" Arnold MAYER (Wright Lab, OH),R.P. Kulkarni, David Hui (U.New Orleans) 643

"The Bullet-Proof Property of Composite for Army Helmet"Guotai ZHOU(Beijing, China), Bohong Gu, Kengming Wu, Shanyuan Wang(China Textile U.) 1111

"Impact Force Based Parametric Damage Model for CAI Strength Prediction"Victor CHEN (McDonnell Douglas, CA) 3

"Effect of Strain Rate on Damage Evolution in Particulate Composites"Y.W. KWON (Naval Postgrad.,CA), C.T. Liu (Phillips Lab.CA) 573

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"Characterization of Impact Response in Composite Plates"Andreas CHRISTOFOROU, Ahmet Yigit (Kuwait U.) 243

"Three-Dimensional Thermal Stresses in Multi-Layered Electronic PackagingStructures" C.C. CHAO, C.F. Huang, K.H. Lai (N.Tsing Hua U.,Taiwan) 211

"Finite Element Modeling Agricultural Commodities Impact"Jiajun YAN, Gary M. Hyde (Washington St.U.) 1079

"Impact Testing and Damage Growth Evaluation in Composite Plates with Holes"Rob K. LUO, E.R. Green, Colin MORRISON (U.Leicester, UK) 693

"Modeling and Simulation of Energetic Particulate Composite Materials"Keith HABERMAN, Joel Bennett (Los Alamos N.L., NM) 397

"Impact Dynamics of Cellular Composite Materials: Corrugated Fiberboard andBubble Wrap" Michael SEK, David Ip, Jimin He (Victoria U.,Australia),J. Kirkpatrick (AMCOR, Australia) 867

"Correlation of Impact Damages in Composite Materials using a Rapid MoireInterferometric Technique for Aerospace Applications"Eddie W. O'BRIEN (British Aero. Airbus, UK) 743

"Viscoelastic Strain Wave Propagation in Caliber 50 Taylor Anvil Tests"Eric N. HARSTAD (Los Alamos N.L., NM), J.C. Foster Jr., L.L. WilsonWright Lab,FL), J. Maudlin (Los Alamos), H.L. Schreyer (U.New Mexico) 411

"Flexural Properties of Natural Composite Materials under Dynamic andhermal Conditions"Ben TOBIAS, Yudah Soetopo (Victoria U.T.,Australia) 985

"Impact Response of Metals and Hybrid Composites to Low/Medium Velocity Projectiles"Ayo ABATAN, Hurang Hu (Clark Atlanta U.,GA) 647

"Nondestructive Characterization and Low Velocity Impact Damage Evaluation ofComposite Integral Armor" Uday Vaidya, Jaya KRISHNAGOPALANA. Haque, H. Mahfuz, S. Jeelani (Tuskegee U., AL), C.R.L.Murthy (India) 1009

INFRASTRUCTURE COMPOSITESco-chairs: Yi-Lung MO (Nat. Cheng Kung U.,Taiwan) , Julio DAVALOS (W.Virginia U.)

"Flexural Toughness of High-Performance Steel Fiber Reinforced Concretes (SFRC):Influence of Pozzolans" Ashish DUBEY, N.Banthia(U.Br.Colum.,Canada) 291

"Interfacial Transition Zone and the Packing of Particles in Computer-Creteand Lab-Crete" Martijn Stroeven, Piet STROEVEN (Delft UT,Netherlands),Wei Sun, Dongtong Cheng (Nanjing,China) 947

"Economical Application of FRP in Reinforcing Concrete Structures"George ABDEL-SAYED (U.Windsor,Canada), Nabil Grace (Lawrence Tech U.,MI),AtefHanna (U.Windsor,Canada) 71

"Local Buckling of Tall and Thin-Walled High Strength Concrete Box Piers"Sankar DAS, San H. Aung (Tulane U.,LA) 261

"Pull-Out Depth of Composite Reinforcing Bars in Concrete" Ralph Bennett III,Harvey ABRAMOWITZ, Joel Wright, David Boynak (Purdue U. Calument,IN) 176

"Damage Modeling of Refractory Castable/Steel Composites under Thermal Shocks"C. Andrieux-Mamdy, Philippe BOISSE, Y. Dutheillet, V. Gabis, A. Gasser(U.Paris VLFrance) 165

"A Comparative Study of Penetration Resistance Apparatus on Concrete"

Sergio LOPES (U.Coimbra,Portugal), Miguel Nepomuceno (U.Beira Interior, Portugal) 615"Stiffened FRP Tubes for Hybrid Construction"

Mohsen Shahawy (Florida Dept.Transportation), Amir MIRMIRAN (U.Cen Florida) 667"Effect of Compression Reinforcement on Flexural Behavior of Beams Reinforced by FRP Bars"

Tarek H. ALMUSALLAM, Youself A. Al-Salloum, Mouhammed A. Amjad(Kind Saud U.,S.Arabia) 91

"A Model for Predicting Deflections in Concrete Beams Reinforced by FRP Bars"Yousef A. AL-SALLOUM, Saleh H. Alsayed (King Saud U.,S. Arabia) 93

"An Experimental Study on the Behavior of Girder Ledge of Precast Girder-BeamConnection" Sung-Moo PARK, Jun-Woo Bae, Kee-Beom Kim (YeungNam U.,Korea) 773

"Formation of Cracks in Composite Slab Structures"J.Y. Richard YEN (Nat. Chung-Hsing U.,Taiwan) 1091

"Detection of Concrete Cracking and Rebar Corrosion using Acoustic Emission Technique"Zongjin LI, Qingshi Yang (Hong King U.Sci.Tech.) 597

"Behavior of Epoxy-Repaired concrete in the Arabian Gulf Environment"Moetaz El-Hawary, Sami FEREIG, Husain Al-Khaiat (Kuwait U.) 323

"Infrared Thermography of Fatigue Damage in Concrete under Compression"Minh-Phong LUONG (Ecole Polytechnic, France) 619

"Re-examining the Biaxial Properties of Reinforced Concrete"Thomas HSU (U. Houston, TX) 447

"Spatially Averaged 3D Constitutive Law for Reinforced Concrete with Multi-directionalCracks" Naoyuki FUKUURA (Taisei Corpjapan), Koichi Maekawa (U.Tokyo, Japan) 341

"Three-Dimensional FEM Analysis of Beam-Column Joints with RC Columns andSteel Beams" Hiroshi NOGUCHI (Chiba U.Japan), Kwangyen Kim(Nishimatsu Constr.Co., Japan) 733

"Hysteretic Model of Prestressed Concrete Beam-Column Connections"Yi-Lung MO, S.P. Tsai (Nat Cheng Kung U., Taiwan) 677

"Finite Element Analysis of Short Pultruded GFRP Univeral Columns"Zouheir HASHEM (U. Nevada-Las Vegas), Robert L. Yuan (U.Texas-Arlington) 415

"Torsion of Thin-Walled FRP Composite Sections"Hani SALIM (U.Missouri-Columbia), Julio Davalos (W.Virginia U.) 847

"Shear Capacity of Beams Reinforced by FRP Bars"Saleh H. ALSAYED, Tarek Almusallam (King Saud U.,S. Arabia), Mohammed Amjad(Riyadh, S.Arabia) 97

"Lateral Buckling of FRP Composite Wide-Flange Beams"Pizhong QIAO, Julio F. Davalos (W.Virginia U.) 809

"Feasibility Study of Cellular FRP Highway Bridge Decks"Hani Salim (U.Missouri-Columbia), Julio F. Davalos, Pizhong Qiao, Brian BROWN(W.Virginia U.) 187

"Shear Design Models of CFRP Sheets in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Girders"Roger CHENG (U.Alberta,Canada) 223

"Simple Method of Vibration Analysis of Three Span Continuous Reinforced ConcreteBridge Panels with Elastic Intermediate Supports"Duk-Hyun KIM (Korea Composites, Seoul) 529

"Lignin and its Derivatives as Components of Composite Materials"Elena BOBU(Sonoco Products, SC), Valentin Popa, Mariana Popa (U.Iasi, Romania) 161

"On the Process of Random and Defined Structures in Wood Composites"Azzeddine OUDJEHANE, F. Lam, S. Avramidis (U.Br.Columbia,Canada) 761

"Performance Enhancement of Wood Railroad Crossties by Filament Winding"Julio DAVALOS, Pizhong Qiao (W.Virginia U.), Michael Zipfel (Lockheed Martin,CO)....265

INTERFACE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALSchairs: Theodore MATIKAS (WPAFB, OH)

"Effect of Interfacial and Morphological Properties on Electroconductivity from Blendsof Recycled PET, PMMA and Carbon Black" Javier Guillen-MALLETTE,R.R. Soberanis, A. Marquez Lucero (Merida,Mexico) 633

"Effect of Plastic Deformation on Interfacial Behavior of Particle Reinforced AluminumMatrix Composites" Naoyuki KANETAKE (Nagoya U.Japan) 507

"Monitoring Thermal Stresses in Metal-Matrix Interfaces"Abraham MITTELMAN, S. Kojaman, I. Roman (Hebrew U.,Israel) 669

"Micromechanics of Interfacial Crack Propagation"Jian-Sheng WANG (Harvard U., MA) 1035

"Derivation of Constitutive Models for Solid-Solid Interfaces: Application to InterfacialDebonding" Jean-Francois GANGHOFFER, J. Schultz (ICSI-CNRS, France) 349

JOINTS, ADHESIONS, REPAIRSchairs: Cheung POON (NRC,Canada), Tai-Yan KAM (N.Chiao Tung U.Jaiwan)

"A Fracture Toughness Approach to Delamination Injection Repair of CompositeStructures"Rich K. PEMBERTON (Northrop Grumman,CA), J.M. Yang (UCLA, CA) 779

"Vacuum Bagging Methods for Field-Level Repair of Composite Structures"Russell KELLER (Boeing, WA), Gregory Elam, Bryan Cramer (Wright Lab,OH) 519

"Development of Computer-Aided Tool for Bolted Patch Repair of Composite Structures"Cheung POON (Nat Res Council, Canada), T. Harrison (Carleton U.,Canada),S. Sparling (NRC), P. Straznicky (Carleton U.) 797

"Effects of Dipping Parameters on the Adhesive Strength of New Lead-Free CompositeSolders on Copper Substrate" Shan-Puu YOU (N.Cheng Kung U.Taiwan),Moo-Chin Wang (N.Kaohsiung I.T.,Taiwan) Min-Hsiung Hon (N.Cheng Kung U.) 1097

"The Status of Adhesive and Mechanically Fastened Joints in Composite Structures"Don OPLINGER (Fed Av.Adm, NJ) 755

"The Influence and Evaluation of the Interfacial Adhesion on Polypyrrole ModifiedUHMWPE Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites"Hsien-Tang Chiujyh-Horng WANG (N.Taiwan Inst Tech.) 233

"A Reusuable Specimen for Testing Adhesive Shear Strength with Variable Bondlineson any Material Combination"Wayne TUCKER (Naval Undersea War.Cen.,RI) 999

"Metal/Semiconductor Joints by Plasma Activated Sintering"Yan-Sheng KANG (Nat Aero Lab Japan), Yasutoshi Noda (Tohoku U.Japan),Akio Moro, Masayuki Niino (Nat Aero Labjapan) 509

"Improved Design of a Sandwich T-Joint by Reducing Stress Concentrations"Martin ROSANDER (Royal I.T., Sweden) 829

"Joining Thermoplastic to Thermoset Composites using the Impulse ResistanceWelding Technique" Marcos ARIAS (Swiss Fed Inst Tech) 113

"Prediction of the Strength of RTM Single-Lap Joints with Transverse Stitching"

Liyong TONG (U.Sydney, Australia) 991"Strength Analysis of Composite Bolted Joints under Multiaxial Loading"

Yury KROPP, Steven Hinrichs (McDonnell Douglas, CA) 561"Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Composite Bonded Joints"

Jean-Yves ELEGOET, F. Decobert (DGA,Min.Defense, France), J.M. Roelandt(U.T.Compiegne,France) 309

"A Finite Element Study of the Behavior of FRP Composite Beam/Column Connections"Wade Reimer, Sheryl SORBY (Michigan Tech.U.) 933

"Improving the Performance of FRP Composite Beam/Column Connections"Wade REIMER, Sheryl Sorby (Michigan Tech.U.) 819

"on a New Way of Joining and Producing Alloys with Metal Powder by ElectroMagnetic Energy" Kiyohiro MIYAGI, M. Goya, T. Sueyoshi, S. Itomura,Y. Yamashiro, H. Yara, T. Yahuso (U.Ryukyus, Japan), M. Ushio, K. Ikeuchi(Osaka U.Japan) 671

"Heat-Activated Joining Technology for Composite-to Metal Pipe Joint"Michael STUBBLEFIELD (Southern U., LA), Chihdah Yang, Su-Seng Pang(Louisiana St.U.), Richard Lea (Specialty Plastics, LA) 951

"Joining of Si3N4 Ceramics with Y2O3-AL203-SiO2 Glass Solders"Rongjun Xie, Liping HUANG, Yuan Chen, Xiren Fu (Shanghai Ceramic Inst.,China) ....455

"Connection of Steel and Polymeric Reinforced Composites under Dynamic Loadings"Herbert HALLER, Kurt Moser (U.Innsbruck, Austria) 403

MATHEMATICAL MODELINGco-chairs: Lars-Erik PERSSON (Lulea U.Tech.,Sweden)

Cristovao MOTA SOARES (IDMEC,Portugal)

"Two-Scale Limits and Mean Fields for the Navier-Stokes Equation for OscillatoryFluids"Bjorn Birnir (UC Santa Barbara, CA),Nils SVANSTEDT (Chalmers U., Sweden) 959

"Homogenization of Elastoplastic Composites"Alberto TALIERCIO (Poli. Milano, Italy) 971

"Dynamics of a Nonlinear Bilayered Composite Material using AsymptoticTechniques"Alexander F. VAKAKIS(U.Illinois-Urbana), Melvin King (Boston U.,MA) 1013

"Homogenization of a Nonlinear Maxwell System"Niklas WELLANDER (UC S.Barbara,CA) 1043

"Vibrations of Coupled Systems in Boundary Homogenization"M. Lobo, Maria-Eugenia PEREZ (U.Cantabria, Spain) 781

"On Optimal Design of Two-Phase Core Materials by using Homogenization"Annette MEIDELL (Narvik Inst Tech,Norway), Lars-Erik Persson, Peter Wall(Lulea U.Tech,Sweden) 653

"Numerical and Mathematical Methods for Calculations of Effective Properties ofMultiphase Materials" Johan Helsing (Royal I.T.,Sweden),Lars-Erik Persson, Peter WALL (Lulea U.Tech,Sweden) 1031

"Estimation of Parameters of Constitutive Equations Based on the Size Effect"Jiri NOVAK (Nuclear Res.Ins.,Czech) 735

"Viscoelastic Behaviour of Polymer-Matrix Composites: Numerical Modeling and

Experimental Validation" Roberto FRASSINE, Alberto Taliercio (Poli. Milano,Italy)..331"Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Heat Conduction in Materials with

Temperature-Dependent Properties" Enayat MAHAJERTN(Saginaw Valley St.U.,MI),Gary Burgess (Michigan St.U.) 629

"Computing Effective Conductivities by Bounds and Numerical Methods"Dag Lukkassen (Narvik I.T.,Norway), Johan BYSTROM, Anneli Pavvall,Lars-Erik Persson (Lulea U.Tech.,Sweden) 199

"Intelligent Optimal Properties of Composites"Joseph ZARKA (PolytechniqueJFrance) 65

"Special Tools for Composite Structures Analysis and Optimization in the RD?AKPackage Methods, Algorithms, Software, Industrial Applications"Vyacheslav A. Zarubin (Samara St.Aero U.,Russia) 1101

"Postbuckling Response of Composite Plates with Topology Optimized for BucklingResistance" Sherrill BIGGERS, M.G. Joshi (Clemson, SC) 151

"Optimization of Composite Structures for Maximum Buckling Loads using SingleLayer Higher Order Discrete Models" Cristovao MOTA SOARES,CA. Mota Soares, V. Franco Correia (Lisboa, Portugal) 927

"Optimum Design of Laminated Composite Plates undergoing Large AmplitudeVibration using Genetic Algorithm" K. SIVAKUMAR, N.G.R. Iyengar,Kalyanmoy Deb (IIT Kanpur,India) 469

"Minimum Weight Design of Composite Hybrid Shells via Symbolic Computation"Mark WALKER, Bryan Bullock (Technikon Natal, South Africa) 1029

"A Statistical Approach to the Calculation of the Elastic Constants of a TwoDimensional Solid Cellular Material" Kamlesh PITHIA (South Bank U.,UK) 838

"Statistical Approach to Deterioration Behavior Modeling with Poorly Measured andTemporally Correlated Data" Feng-Yeu SHYR (Tamkang U.,Taiwan) 901

"Elastoplastic Modeling for Composite with Ellipsoidal Inhomogeneities"Michihiko NAKAGAKI, Yadong Wu (Kyushu I.T.Japan) 707

"Modeling of Elastic-Plastic Composite Materials by the Equivalent InclusionMethod"Shouichi EJIRI, Toshihiko Sasaki, Yukio Hirose (Kanazawa U.Japan) 305

"Elastic Stability and Theoretical Strength of Metals in the Embedded-Atom Method"Fred MILSTEIN, Somchart Chantasiriwan, Ryan Lotz(UC S.Barbara,CA) 663

"Analysis of Transverse Surface Cracks in a Thermally Loaded Lamiante"Wilfried BECKER (U.Siegen,Germany) 139

"Stress Concentration and Local Behaviour of Prestressed Composite Laminates/Sandwich Plates with Overhangs in Cylindrical Bending"G.Q. LI (Swiss Fed.Inst.Tech.) 595

"Thermal Elastic Analysis of Unsymmetric Composite Laminates by a Nonlinear ShearDeformation Theory" Gerald AVELLA (Northwest Airlines,GA), Hsin-Piao Chen(Calif StU.-Long Beach) 115

"A New Method of Estimating Shear Correction Factors for Anisotropic Laminates"Frank Pai, Mark Schulz, Ahmad NASER (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 767

"Linear Elastic Bending Theory of Composite Sandwich Beams and its Applicationsto RC Beam Strengthened by Steel Plates" Hsin-Tai SHIAU(China Junior Coll.Industry, Taiwan), Jia-Yih Yen (N.Chung-Hsing U.) 885

"About the Number of Boundary Conditions in the Tasks for Anisotropic Sandwich-Type Plates at the Coupling Effect of Stretching and Bending"Lajos POMAZI (TU Budapest,Hungary) 795

"Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Wrinkling and Post-Wrinkling of SandwichComposites" Franz RAMMERSTORFER, M.A. Stiftinger (TU Vienna, Austria) 813

"Knowledge Based Modelling for the Design of Screw Rotors"Lars HILDEBRAND, Madjid Fathi (U. Dortmund,Germany) 321

"Coupled Response of an Axially Loaded Strand"Ted CONWAY (U.Akron, OH) 255

"The Structure of Constitutive Equations for Saturated Porous Solids with Elasticand Plastic Properties" Reint deBOER (U. Essen,Germany) 273

"Semi-Analytical Higher Order Axisymmetric Cylindrical Discrete ModelsConsidering General Loading and Ply Lay ups"I.F. Pinto Correia, J. Infante BARBOSA (Oeiras, Portugal), CM. Mota Soares(Lisbon, Portugal) 129

"Molecular Dynamics of a Benzene-Argon Composite"Richard Hasty, Jason Ring, Elton Graugnard, Craig Martin, Juan RODRIGUEZCent.College of Louisiana) 825

"Shear Band Development in Particulate Media and its Computer Simulation"Masanobu ODA, K. Iwashita (Saitama U.Japan) 745

"Electrical Transport in High Contrast Composite Materials"Kenneth GOLDEN (U.Utah) 363

"Asymptotic Homogenization Method with Weighted Material Stiffness ofElastic Composite Laminates" Farzad Rostam-Abadi, Rhonda DUNFEE(US Army TARDEC,MI), Chien-Ming Chen, Noboru Kikuchi (U.Michigan) 297

METAL MATRIX COMPOSITESchairs: Ph. Colomban (ONERA, France), Arno Plankensteiner (Vienna U.T.,Austria)

"The Mechanical Properties of High Volume Fraction Metal Matrix Composites"J.Q. FONSECA, N.A. Burdekin, Paul M. Mummery (U.Leeds, UK), R.M.K. Young(AEA Tech., UK) 327

"The Effect of Spatial Distribution of Reinforcement on Mechanical Propertiesof Particulate-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites" N.A. BURDEKIN(U.Leeds, UK), I.C. Stone (U.Sheffield, UK), Paul Mummery(U.Leeds) 195

"Void Nucleation and Growth in Particulate-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites"Paul MUMMERY (U.Leeds, UK), P. Anderson, G.R. Davis (London HospitalMed Coll, UK), B. Derby (U.Oxford), J.C. Elliott (London,UK) 699

"Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Laws used in Mesophase Unit Cell Modelsfor Highly Heterogeneous MMCs" Arno PLANKENSTEINER, H.E. Pettermann,Franz Rammerstorfer (Vienna U.Tech., Austria) 787

"The Microstructure and Aging Characteristic of SiC particulate Reinforced AluminumAlloy" J.H. SHYONG, W.K. Liu, S.C. Chou (Chung-Cheng I.T.Taiwan) 899

"The Mechanical Properties of Particulate Reinforced Aluminum Alloy at ElevatedTemperature"Yih-Ming YEH, J.H. Shyong, C.H. Huang (Chung-Cheng I.T.,Taiwan) 1089

"Application of Particulate Reinforced MMCs in Industries"Simo-Pekka HANNULA (VTT Manufacturing,Finland) 405

"Mechanical Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Aluminium Alloy Tube"R.S. BUSHBY, A.S. Chen, Victor Scott (U.Bath, UK) 197

"Evaluation of Short Fibre-Reinforced Aluminium Alloy"

Victor SCOTT, J.M. O'Rourke, R.S. Bushby (U.Bath, UK) 863"Characteristics of Acoustic Emission of Ti-6-4/SiC Metal Matrix Composites

in Thermomechanical Cycling"Qi FANG, Paulette Sidky, Gwyn Hocking(Imperial Col.,UK) 319

"Iron Boride-Cobalt-P/M Metal Matrix Composites"Jerzy NOWACKI (TU Lodz, Poland) 739

"Study of Modified Surfaces of SiC particles by XPS"M. SREEMANY, T.B. Ghosh (IIT Kharagpur, India), B.C. Pai (CSIRJndia),M.Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur,India) 939

"Machining Al-SiCp MMC with wBN-cBN Composite Tools"C. DIVAKAR, S.K. Bhaumic, A.K. Singh (Nat Aero Lab.Bangalore.India) 913

"Squeeze Cast Cu based MMCs - Microstructure and Properties"K. PRAKASAN, S. Seshan (IIT Bangalore, India) 805

"Studies on 356 Al Alloy-Graphite-Silicon Carbide Hybrid Composite"B.C. PAI, R.M. Pillai, K.G. Satyanarayana, H. Srinivasa Rao(CSIR,India) 853

"High Stress Abrasive Wear Behaviour of Al-10wt%SiC Particulate ReinforcedAl-Cu alloy Composites" S. DAS, A.K. Jha, B.K. Prasad, O.P. Modi,R. Dasgupta, A.H. Yagneswaran (CSIR, Bhopal,India) 263

MOISTURE, THERMAL EFFECTS, CORROSIONchairs: Andras SZEKERES (Hungary), Ernest WOLFF (Oregon St.U.)

"Hydrothermal Degradation of the BN Interphase in Non-Oxide Ceramic-MatrixComposites" Linus U. OGBUJI (NASA Lewis,OH) 747

"Thermally-Induced Shapes of Rigid FR-4 Electrical Laminates"Douglas LYLE (Owens Corning, SC), Curtis Rhodes (U.South Carolina) 621

"Theory and Practice of Thermo-Hygro-Mechanical Tailoring of Fiber ReinforcedComposites: Some Results on Diffusivities"Andras SZEKERES (TU Budapest,Hungary), Antti Pramila (U.Oulu,Finland) 961

"Thermal Expansion Control in Composites using Oxides having Negative ThermalExpansion" Arthur SLEIGHT (Oregon St.U.), John Haygarth (Albany, OR) 917

"Polymer Composite Pipe Hangers"Tom NOVINSON (NFESC Port Hueneme, CA) 737

"Effect of Microbial Corrosion on the Tensile Stress-Strain Response of Aluminumand Alumina Particle Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composite"Rajendra VAIDYA, Darryl P. Butt, Larry E. Hersman, Anna K. Zurek(Los Alamos Nat Lab,NM) 1007

"A Model for Nonlinear Nonstationary Heat Conduction in Composites with manySmall Non-Periodic Perforations" Anders HOLMBOM (Mid-Sweden U.) 435

"Solid Particle Erosion Behavior of FRP Degraded by Hot Water"Noriyuki MIYAZAKI, S. Funakura (Kyushu U., Japan) 675

"Characterization of Fibre Carbon/Epoxy Matrix Composite after Sea Water Exposure"Maria O.H. CIOFFI, Herman J.C. Voorwald, Maria L.C.P. daSilva (Sao Paulo, Brazil)....245

"Hygrothermal Stability of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels"Ernest WOLFF (Oregon St.U.),Darrel Oakes, Matthew Norris(Precision Measurement, OR)) 1057

"Influence of Fiber Content and Surface Modification on the Dynamic Properties

of Natural Fiber Composites"Jochen GASSAN, Andrzej Bledzki (U. Kassel, Germany) 353

"Characterization of Heat Transfer in a Composite with a Liquid Flow-ThroughCooling Channel" Kuang-His WU, Shawn Sherwin, G. Chen (Florida Int U.),G. Krumweide, G. Tremblay (Composites Optics, CA) 1067

"Curing Temperatures and Hardener Resin Additions Affecting Drying and Propertiesof Particle Boards" S.O ADEYEMI, M.B. Adeyemi (U.Ilorin, Nigeria) 77

"Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Masonry Solids"Massimiliano LUCCHESI, Cristina Padovani, G. Pasquinelli, N. Zani(Institute CNUCE, Italy) 765

"Environmental Modeling of Polymer Matrix Composites"Samit ROY (U.Missouri-Rolla) 837

"Environmental Effects on Mechanical Properties and Fracture Toughness of Glass FiberReinforced Polyester" Carlos Ferrer, Francisco Segovia,Vicente AMIGO,Maria Salvador (U.Valencia, Spain), Carlos Bloem (U.Los Andes, Venezuela) 201

PROCESSING OF COMPOSITESchairs: S. KRISHNAMURTHY (Wright Lab., OH), Manoj GUPTA (Nat.U.Singapore)

"Processing, Structure and Thermal Expansion of Metal Matrix CompositesContaining Zirconium Tungstate"Hermann HOLZER (MIT,MA), David Dunand (Northwestern U., IL) 437

"Effect of Processing Parameters on Tensile Properties of a Sand Reinforced Composite"R.R. Zahran, Abdelrazek KANDEIL (Arab Acad for Sci Tech, Egypt) 505

"The Effects of Processing on the Characteristics of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites"Jagannathan Sankar, Larry RUSSELL, Jerry Lang, Ajit D. Kelkar(N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 841

"Molecular Orientation in Injection-Molded Parts of Slowly Crystallization Polymers"Ben D. HACHEMI (Ecole Poly,Canada), Ky T. Nguyen, K. Cole(NRC Boucherville,Canada), B. Sanschagrin (Ecole Poly) 723

"Developments in Twin-Roll Casting omnidirectionally Reinforced Aluminum Strip"Bernhard WIELAGE, A. Dorner (TU Chemnitz,Germany) 1051

"Effects of Processing on Matrix Microstructure and Deformation in Sic Fiber-Reinforced Ti Alloy Composites" S. KRISHNAMURTHY (UES, OH),P.R. Smith, D.B. Miracle, A. Rosenberger (Wright Lab, OH) 69

"Heat Treatment Effects on SiC Fiber"Paul SMITH, M.L. Gambone (Wright Lab,OH), D.S. Williams (Soche,OH),D.I. Garner(U.Dayton, OH) 846

"Mechanical Property Assessment of an Ultra SCS/Ti-22Al-23Nb Composite"Andy ROSENBERGER, P.R. Smith (Wright Lab, OH) 831

"The Hardware, Software and Wetware Interface for the Automated Manufacture ofComposite Components" Rodney A. PECK, Israel Herszberg, Sabu John(Royal Melbourne IT,Australia) 777

"Microstructural Evoluation with Temperature in the Reactive Sintering of anAluminum - 5 vol. % Silica Composite" Sergio MINTZER,

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M. Ipohorski, S. Bermudez (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 665"Cure Chemo-Rheology of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks based on Epoxy Resins

and Ester Cyanates" M.D. Martin, M. Ormaetxea, I. Harismendy,Inaki MONDRAGON (U. Pais Vasco, Spain) 679

"The Advantages of Tailorable Prepreg to Optimize the Fabrication of Composite Products"Frederick DUVALL, Scott Fletcher (Thiokol Corp.UT) 299

"Modeling and Simulation of Void Shrinkage Process during High TemperatureSolid State Material Processing"Yasuo TAKAHASHI, Katsunori Inoue (Osaka U.,Japan) rues or Wednesday 965

"Development of a New Technique for Monitoring Cure and Shelf Life of PolymericMaterials" Brent STRONG, Scott Merrell, Barry Lunt (Brigham Young U.,UT) 949

"Slurry Molding of Carbon/Carbon Composites and their Applications"James KLETT, T.D. Burchell (Oak Ridge Nat Lab,TN) 539

"The Design and Processing of Composite Materials using Reaction Synthesis"John MOORE, A.O. Kunrath, R. Torres, I. Reimanis, G. Mustoe(Colorado Sch.Mines), K. Upadhya (Hughes STX,CA), E.A. Levashov (Moscow) 683

"The Influence of Temperature on the Extrusion of Al-SiC Powders"Metin Yilmaz, Sabri ALTINTAS (Bogazici U.,Turkey) 99

"The Manufacturing and Testing of Injection Molded Sandwich Construction:Interface Fracture Toughness"Hung-Sying JING, Hui-Tser Hung(N. Cheng Kung U.,Taiwan) 489

"Kinetical Aspects of Phase Formation on the Metal Matrix Composite Interfaces"David FUKS (U.Negev,Israel), Simon Dorfman (Technion) 339

"Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Characterization of Al-based CompositesSynthesized using an Innovative Disintegrated Melt Deposition Technique"Manoj GUPTA, M.O. Lai, S.B. Mong (N.U.Singapore) 385

"Microstructural Development and Sintering Kinetics in Ceramic Reinforced HighSpeed Steel Metal Matrix Composites"J.D. BOLTON, A.J. Grant(U.Bradford, UK) 169

SMART COMPOSITESchairs: Alex KALAMKAROV (TU NovaScotia,Canada), Mehrad NEJHAD (U.Hawaii)

"Pultrusion and Testing of Smart FRP Composites"Alex KALAMKAROV, Doug MacDonald (TU Nova Scotia, Canada) 503

"Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors in Smart Textile Structural Composite"Weichong Du, M.X. Tao, Hwayaw TAM, C.L. Choy (Hong Kong Poly U.) 289

"Fiber Optic Instrumented Prestresses Prisms as Composite Reinforcement in HighStrength Concrete Beams" Edward NAWY (Rutgers U., NJ) 715

"Recent Developments in Composite Transducers and Actuators"Eric CROSS (Pennsylvania St.U.) 7

"Vibration Suppression of the Smart Supporter Compounded PZT"Feng TANG, S.L. Huang, Y.M. Lei, X.G. Yin, R. Chen (Chongqing U.,China) 975

"Active Shape Control of Large Space Structure"Yan-Ru Hu, George VUKOVICH (Canadian Space Agency,Quebec) 1021

"Shape Control of Adaptive Composite Reflectors"Rolf Paradies, Manfred HERTWIG (Swiss Fed Inst.Tech.) 425

"Feasibility Assessment and Optimization Study of Smart Actuation Systems for

Enhanced Aircraft Maneuver Performance" Kari APPA (Northrop Grumman, CA),N.S. Khot (Wright Lab,OH), J. Ausman (Northrop) 105

"Engineering of Polymer Composites for Self-Repair"Caroline DRY (U.IUinois-Urbana) 438

"Analysis of Natural Frequencies of Shape Memory Alloy Fiber-ReinforcedComposite Plates" Wieslaw OSTACHOWICZ (Gdansk,Poland) 759

"Optimal Piezo-Patch Locations by Finite Differences for Min-Max Deflection Designof Composite Beams" Sarp ADALI (U.Natal, S.Africa), John Bruch, James Sloss(UC S.Barbara,CA), Ibrahim Sadek (U.N.Carolina) 73

"Health Monitoring of Composite Material Structures using a Vibrometry Technique"Ahmad Naser, Mark J. SCHULZ, Frank Pai, William Martin, David Turrentine(N.Carolina A&T St.U.), Charles Wilkerson (NASA MarshalLAL) 861

"Carbon Black Concentration Influence in the Electrical Behavior of Force SensingResistor Composites" Alberto ALVAREZ-CASTILLO, A. Martinez, J. D. Molina,H. Aragon, A. del Real, V.M. Castano (Mexico) 101

"Neutron Diffraction Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Superelastic NiTi andNiTi-lOTiC Composites" Raj VAIDYANATHAN (MIT, MA), M.A.M.Bourke,Mark Daymond, K. Bennet (Los Alamos N.L.,NM), D.C. Dunand (Northwestern U.)....1O11

"Composite Liquids, Temporal Solids"William BULLOUGH (U.Sheffield, UK) 191

TEXTILE COMPOSITESChair: Youjiang WANG (Georgia Tech.)

"Compaction Properties of Textile Reinforcements in Flexible-Wall Moldingand Other RTM-Derived Processes" Francois ROBITAILLE, Raymond Gauvin(Ecole Poly.,Canada) Thursday/Friday.... 823

"Processing-Peoperty Relationships in Continuous Manufacturing of FabricReinforced Nylon 66 Intermediates" Chris MAYER (U.Kaiserslautern,Germany),X. Wang (U. Sydney,Australia), M. Neitzel (U. Kaiserslautern) 645

"Multi-Layer Composite for Growing Lawn"K.P. Stephen CHENG, Y.L. How (Hong Kong Poly U.) 225

"Core Yarns for Fire-Retardant Textile Composites"Paul SAWHNEY, J.B. Price (US Dept Agriculture,New Orleans) 855

"Energy Absorption of Cellular Textile Composite under Quasi-Static Compression"Xiaoming TAO, Tongxi Yu, K.M. Ngan (Hong Kong Poly U.), Frank Ko(Drexel U.,PA) 981

"Energy Absorption of Cellular Textile Composite under Impact"Tongxi YU (Hong Kong U.Sci.Tech.), X.M. Tao(Hong Kong Poly U.), K.Q. Wu(HKUST) 1099

"Fatigue Behavior and Life Prediction of a T650-35/PMR15 (0/90) Weave under IsothermalConditions" Andrew GYEKENYESI (NASA Lewis, OH) 393

"The Behavior of Crack Propagation and Acoustic Emission in CFRP Fabric Mono-LaminaComposites under in Situ SEM" Qing-Qing NI (Kyoto I.T.Japan) 727

"Comparison of Impact Resistance of Braided Composites"E. Kwan, Xinran XIAO (Concordia U.,Canada), H.Wang (NRC,Canada),S.V. Hoa (Concordia U.), RHamada (Kyoto I.T.Japan) 1071

"FEM and Experimental Analysis of Mode IH Fracture Behavior of Composites"Dongming Zhao, Youjiang WANG (Georgia Tech.) 1039

"Predictions of In-Plane Elastic Properties of Twill Weave Fabric Composites byFinite Element Method"Sun-Pui NG, Ping-Cheung Tse, Kwok-Jing Lau (Hong Kong Poly U.) 721

"Functionally Graded Cross Sections in Three Dimensional Braided Structures"Henry BALLARD, Cecil Huey, Bhuvenesh Goswami (Clemson U.,SC) 125

"New Technique for Knitting Solid 3-D Structures"E. SHEFFER, Tilak Dias(UMIST, UK) 883

"The Influence of Twist on the Mechanical Properties of Aramid Yarn for ReinforcedComposite"shanyuan WANG, Hongming Dong, Li Zhang (China Textile U.) 1037

"Micromechanical Modeling of Stress Distribution in Textile Composites"Wael G. Abdelrahman, Adnan NAYFEH (U.Cincinnati, OH) 717

"PMR Polyimide Composites Reinforced with Three Dimensional Carbon Fiber Fabrics"Shen CHOU, Hong-En Chen, Pao-I. Huang (Nat.Taiwan Inst Tech.) 241

"Vibration of Thick Sandwich Plates Containing Woven Layers" Oscar BARTON Jr.,Darren Womacks (US Naval Academy,MD), Robert Reiss (Howard U.,DC) 135

"The Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Void-Filled Woven Polymer Composites"S. Govindarajan, Noshir LANGRANA, George Weng (Rutgers U., NJ) 579

"The Electrical Resistivity of Woven Graphite Fiber Fabric Polyisocyanate ResinComposites" James GAIER (NASA Lewis,OH), Yvonne Yoder (Manchester Coll.,IN)....343

"Investigation on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Different Types of WovenComposite Reinforcements" Xiaogang CHEN (UMIST, UK) 221

"Failure Analysis of Textile Composite Materials"Yasser GOWAYED, Yi Li (Auburn U., AL) 371

"High Strain Rate Behavior of Plain Weave S-2 Glass/Vinyl Ester Composites"Hassan MAHFUZ, Bazle Gama, Roshan Raines, Anwarul Haque, Shaik Jeelani(Tuskegee U.,AL) 631

"Static Compression and Compression-Compression Fatigue Behavior of S2-Glass/Vinyl Ester Composites"Anwar HAQUE, J. Johnson, U.K. Vaidya,H. Mahfuz, S. Jeelani (Tuskegee U.,AL) 407

"Postbuckling of Woven Fabric Composite Plates with Material Nonlinearity"Y. Jiang, Ala TABIEI, George Simitses (U.Cincinnati, OH) 963

"Characterisation of Interface in Textile Composites by Acoustic EmissionMethod"Mutlu SEZEN, S.H. Saidpour (Bournemouth U., UK) 873

"The Finite Element Analysis and Calculation of Fabric Tensile Property"Bohong GU, Shanyuan Wang (China Textile U.), Weizhong Zhu (Jiangsu,China) 381

"Post-Processor Approach for Stress Analysis of Woven Textile Composites"Kyeongsik WOO (Chungbuk N.U.,Korea) 1061

"Finite Element Method to Characterize Crack Propagation in Stitched/RFISubcomponents" Lei FU, John Chen, Yury Kropp (McDonnell Douglas) 335

"Crack Bridging by Through-Thickness Reinforcement in Curved Polymer MatrixComposite Laminates" Ming-Yuan HE (UC S.Barbara, CA), Brian Cox(Rockwell Sci Cen.,CA), Keith Kedward (UC S.Barbara,CA) 417

"Realistic Computer Graphics, Analytical Models and Macromechanical Behavior of3D Woven Composites: a Corroborative Exposition" Sabu JOHN, F. Coman,I. Herszberg, (Royal Melbourne IT,Australia),M. Bannister (CRCAS,Australia) 1117

"Constitutive Relation Modeling of Woven and Textile Composites"Naser AL-HUNITI, Adnan Nayfeh (U.Cincinnati, OH) 85

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THERMOPLASTICSchairs: Su-Seng PANG (Louisiana St. U.),: Gabriel SHONAIKE (U.Sains Malaysia)

"Damage of Particle Toughened Thermoplastics: a Micro-Macro Investigation"C.Y. TANG, X.G. Zhu, C.L. Choy, T.C. Lee, F. Qiao (Hong Kong Poly U.) 973

"Development and Applications of Direct Injection Molding Process for ThermoplasticComposites" Takeshi MORIWAKI (Kishimoto Sangyo Co,Japan) 689

"BioBased Epoxy Resins for Computer Components and Printed Wiring Boards"Laura KOSBAR, Jeffrey Gelorme (IBM, NY) 545

"Rubber-Reinforcement with Layers of Twisted Cords"Hans-Georg JACOB, D. Besdo (U.Hannover, Germany) 471

"Thermoplastic Pultrusion: a Challenge for the Composite Industry"Paul KIEKENS, K. Van de Velde, Ania Saeys (U.Ghent, Belgium) 527

"Impregnation and Characterization of Elastic Constants in Glass Fiber ReinforcedPolysyrene Composites" Gabriel SHONAIKE, S.C. Chua (U.Sains Malaysia) 891

TRIBOLOGY AND MACHININGchair: T.C. LEE (Hong Kong Poly U.)

"Study of the Tribology of LDPE/Resorcinol Blends" Rosa M. JIMENEZ-AMEZCUA,I. Reyes-Gonzalez, J. Pacheco-Rodriguez (U. Guadalajara,Mexico) 487

"Cutting Conditions Optimiation in Machining of CFRP with Cemented CarbideTool" N.L. COPPINI, J.R. Ferreira, G.W. A. Miranda (U.Estadual Campinas, Brazil)....257

"Tribological Performance of Epoxy Resin/Thermoplastic Blends"Mostafa EL-RAHMAN, Waheed Ali (El-Minia U.,Egypt) 311

"Modeling of Laser Cutting of Composites and Comparison with Experiments"Gunter Spur, Stefan LIEBELT (TU Berlin,Germany) 599

"Machining Mechanism and Surface Integrity of Ultrasonic Machining Ceramics"T.C. LEE, J.H. Zhang, W.S. Lau (Hong Kong Poly U.) 589

"Grindabiliy of Metal Matrix Composites" Nguyen P. HUNG (Nanyang Tech U., Singapore),Z.W. Zhong, C.H. Zhong(Singapore) 459

VIBRATION AND STRUCTURAL MECHANICSchair: Faramarz GORDANTNEJAD (U.Nevada)

"Structural Dynamic Analysis of a Two Link Manipulator Model"A.E. ABDEL-RAHEIM (Giza, Egypt) 1122

"Protective Devices for Vibration Control of Large Structures" Faramarz GORDANTNEJAD,M., Saiidi (U.Nevada-Reno), Fu-Kuo Chang (Stanford U.,CA) 369

"Dynamic Response of Damped FRP Beams and Plates" Rong-Juin SHYU,Wei-Hui Wang, Jiang-Ren Chang, Chieh-Yuan Cheng (NatTaiwan Ocean U.) 903

I I"Effect of Flexural-Torsional Coupling on Frequencies and Mode Shapes of CFRP LaminatesTakenori MAEDA, Vijayan Baburaj, Tatsuzo Koga (U.Tsukuba, Japan) 627

"Vibration Analysis of Postbuckled Delaminated Composite Plates"Tai-Ping CHANG, C.Y. Hu (N.Chung-Hsing U.,Taiwan) 209

"Postbuclding Deformation and Vibration of a Delaminated Beam-Plate Having DoubleDelamination" Kuo-Chang JANE, C.Y. Hu (Nat Chung Hsing U., Taiwan) 473

"Evaluation of Stresses in Out-of-Round Composite Shells"Chandra SHARMA (U.Manchester,UK), M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh (Guilan U.,Iran) 879

"Free Vibrations of Laminated Shallow Cylindrical Shells of Rectangular Planform"Kenji HOSOKAWA, Toshiyuki Sakata (Chubu U.,Japan) 439

"Free Vibrations of Rotating Laminated Shallow Paraboloidal Shell"S. Ramalingeswara Rao, N. GANESAN (IIT Madras, India) 347

"Mathematical Simulation of Winding Process of Non-Axymmetric Structures"Faissal ABDEL HADY (Ain Shams U., Egypt) 401

"Filament Wound Lattice Shear Web Structures"Michael VOLDMAN (McDonnell Douglas, CA), Valery Vasiliev (Moscow,Russia) 1019

"Filament Wound FRP Fittings for the Piping Industry: Optimised Design and AutomatedProduction" Axel SEIFERT (Material S.A., Belgium) 865

"Failure Modes of Composite Latticed Structures"An HOU, Kurt Gramoll (Georgia InstTech.) 441

"Use of Fiber-Reinforced Plastics for Transmission Towers"D. Polyzois, Anthony Kounadis, D. KOTSOVINOU (N.Tech U.Athens, Greece) 547

"Cylindrical Indentation of Composite Cylindrical Panel"Chun-Fu CHEN (Chung-Hua Poly Inst., Taiwan) 215

"Hot-Wet Cold-Dry Thermal Cycle Effects on Composite Pressure VesselsTerry VanDIVER (Redstone Army Lab,AL), Piyush Durta (CRREL, NH) 1121

"Effects of Fiber Spacing on Buckling and Vibrational Behavior of CompositeLaminates" Siu-Tong CHOI, Chuan-Fu Kuo (N.Cheng Kung U., Taiwan) 239

"Stability of Composite Plates under a Tensile/Compressive/Tensile Stress that VariesParabolically in the Direction of the Loading"AshrafBADIR, Hurang Hu (Clark Atlanta U.,GA) 121

"Buckling Optimization of Unsymmetrically Laminated Plates"Hsuan-Teh HU, Zhong-Zhi Chen (N.Cheng Kung U.,Taiwan) 453

"Optimal Buckling Analysis of Pultruded Composite Simple Frames"Anthony KOUNADIS, I.G. Raftoyiannis (N.Tech U.Athens,Greece) 549

"Investigation of Parametrically Excited Laminated Conical Shells"B.P. PATEL, M. Ganapathi, C.T. Sambandam (I.A.T.PuneJndia) 775

WAVE PROPAGATION AND NDTchairs: Subhendu DATTA (U.Colorado), Vinay DAYAL (Iowa St.U.)

"Transient Response of a Composite Plate with Delamination"Subhendu DATTA (U.Colorado), J. Zhu, A.H. Shah (U.Manitoba, Canada) 9

"Echo Detection Techniques for Ultrasonic Imaging of Damage in Composite Laminates"Shi-Chang WOOH, Coach Wei (MIT.MA) 1063

"An Integrated Analysis of Wave Propagation, Stress Singularity, FailureProgression, and Temperature Elevation in Composite Material"James D. LEE (George Wash U.,DC) 585

"Recent Developments using Laser Ultrasonics Methods for On-Line Inspection

of Composites Structures" Karl Steiner, James CARON, Yuqiao Yang,James Mehl (U.Delaware) 203

"Shearography as a NDT for Characterization of Different Coating Films atHigh Temperatures" K. HABIB (Kuwait Inst Sci Res.) 399

"Quality Evaluation of Epoxy Resin and Particulate Filled Composites by UltrasonicTechnique" Hidemitsu Hojo, Shigeru Ono, Wen-Fa Li, Akira Kanetaka(Nihon U., Japan), Kazuyoshi ARAI (Hosei U., Japan) 107

"Non-Destructive Inspection of Heterogeneous CFRP based Composites"Gerhard MOOK, Jurgen Pohl (U.Magdeburg, Germany) 681

"Attenuation of Acoustic Pulses in Machinery Support-Structures by Wave Conversionand Composite Isolators" Bernd C. WENDLANDT (DSTO, Australia) 1045

"Numerical Calculation of Wave Propagation in Saturated Porous Media"Stefan BREUER (U.Essen, Germany) 183

"Composite T-Beam NDE and Compression Failure"Vinay DAYAL, Hong-Sun Chun (Iowa St.U.) 269

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

"Basic Research Challenges in Materials and Processing Issues of PolymerMatrix Composites" Charles Y.C. LEE (AFOSR, DC) 782

"Preparation of Silica/Poly (vinyl Alcohol) Composite by Sol-Gel Process andExamination of the Properties Containing the Fractal Analysis"Koji NAKANE, Fumio Suzuki (Yamagata U.,Japan) 709

"Thermal Stresses around a Crack in an Orthotropic Half-Plane under Uniform HeatFlow" Shoetsu ITOU (Kanagawa U., Japan) 467

"Rapid Prototyping for Mold Production with the Multiphase Jet Solidification(MJS) Process" Karl STEINER (Fraunhofer USA,Delaware), Mattias Greul,Michael Greulich (Fraunhofer, Bremen,Germany) 379

"Porosity in CFRP Assessed by X-Ray Refraction"Derk Ekenhorst,Axel LANGE, Manfred Hentschel (BAM Berlin,Germany) 577

"Study of Electrical Properties of Silicon Carbide Composite Fibers"Jun WANG, Yongcai Song, Chunxiang Feng, Zhichun Zou (Changsha, China) 1033

"The Investigation of Modeling Calculation on the Combustion of AmmoniumPerchorate (AP)/Binder/Aluminium (AL)/Catalyst Propellants"Peng-Tu DENG, De-Yu Tian, Zun Zhao (Nat. Univ. Defence Tech, China) 279

"The Numerical Simulation of Impact Property of Composite for Army Helmet"Bohong Gu, Shanyuan Wang (China Textile U.),Jian ZHOU 1113

"A New Type of High-Performance SiC Particulate Reinforced Aluminum Composite"Yan CUI, Lin Geng, Dezun Wang, Congkai Yao(Harbin Inst of Tech.,China) 259

"The Influence of Parameters of Electrohydraulic Linear Drive with a Rolling-ScrewFeedback upon the positioning Accuracy"Roman STANIEK (Poznan U.Tech,Poland) 941

"The Behavior of Bi-Metallic Bonded Joints obtained with Adhesives under VariableLoading and in Corrosive Environment" Liviu PALAGHIAN, Iulian G. Birsan,Lorena Tomescu (U.Galati,Romania) 769

"Influence of Stochastic Mesodefects on Mechanical Characteristics of Composites"M. LUGOVY (Nat Acad Sci of Ukraine) 617

"Influence of Composition and Temperature on Phase Transformation in the SystemsHfO2-Y203-La203" Elena ANDRIEVSKAYA (Kiev, Ukraine) 103

"Selective Laser Sintering of Multilayer Composites: Theory, Experiment and

Computer Simulation" Andrey V. RAGULYA (Kiev, Ukraine) 811"Processing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide Composites via Precursor

Pyrolysis" Wenwei ZHENG, Xingye Wang, Jiayu Xiao,Fengrong Liu,Zhaohui Chen, Dazhi Jiang (Nat U.Defense Tech.,China) 1107

"Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Three Dimensional Carbon FiberBraided Preform Reinforced Si-C-N Matrix Composites"Hai-Feng HU, Zhao-Hui Chen, Chun-Xiang Feng, Chang-Rui Zhang, Yong-Cai Song,Zheng-Fang Xie (Nat U.Defense Tech, China)....451

"Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fiber Three DimensionalBraided Preform Reinforced Hybrid Composites"Zheng-Fang XIE, Jia-Yu Xiao, Hai-Feng Hu, Zhao-Hui Chen,Wen-Wei Zheng(Nat U.Defense Tech, Changsha, China) 1073

"Over the Vibrations of Composite Bar in Plan Movement"Dumitru BOLCU, Daniela Tarnita (U.Craiova, Romania) 167

"On the Influence of Adhesion in Monofibre-Thermoplast Microcontact on Strengthof Fibre-Reinforced Composites" V.V. MESHKOV, S.A. Chizhik(Belarus) 657

"Structural Optimization of Light Porous Compounds with High Stiffness"Yu PODREZOV, L.I. Chernishov (Kiev,Ukraine) 791

"Micromechanical Modelling the Fracture of Stochastic Two-Phase Composites"V. SLYUNYAEV (Kiev, Ukraine) 919

"Bounds for Critical Strains in Composites with Interfacial Defects"IgorA.GUZ(Kiev,Ukraine) 391

"Map of In-Born Detectivity of Semiconductors and Prospects for Solid-StateTechnology Development" Stepan G. DOLMAZYAN, A.R. Arakelyan,N.P. Stepanyan, S. Barsegyan (Armenia) 285

"Some Concepts of Computer Modeling of Advanced Polymer Composite MaterialsStructure and Micromechanical Properties"Yuri G. YANOVSKY, Ivan F. Obratsov (Russian Acad Sci,Moscow) 1085

"A Method to Consider a New Fatigue Crack Propagation Law"Cornel BIT (Brasov, Romania) 153

"On Calculus of Annular Plates with Radial Stiffeners Displacements"Vasile CIOFOAIA (Brasov, Romania) 247

"Experimental Stress Analysis Around the Osseointegrated Implants supporting a DistalExtension Prothesis" M. JARONIEK (TU Lodz, Poland),Katarzyna Tomikowska (Medical U. Lodz,Poland) 477

"Experimental and Numerical Procedure used to determine the Retention of thePartial Denture with Precisions Attachements" M. Jaroniek(TU Lodz, Poland), Wojciech KUBIAK (Medical Acad Lodz,Poland) 565

"Failure Mechanism of the Model of Concrete"Mieczyslaw Jaroniek (TU Lodz,Poland) 475

"Biocompatibility-Theory and Clinical Application" Karel SMETANA Jr.(Charles U., Czech Rep.), Jiri Vacik, Jirina Bartunkova (Czech Re.) 921

"Strength of Bolted Joints"Stefan POSTUPKA, A. Kuhweg, F.J. Arendts (U.Stuttgart,Germany) 801

"A Novel Test Technique for Determining the Impact Shear Strength ofAdhesive Joints" Takashi YOKOYAMA (Okayama U.Sci,Japan) 1093

"The Influence of the Non-Elastic Material Behaviour on the Shear StressDistribution Inside the Bondline of a Stepped Laminate Repair"Holm Altenbach, Hanno HAARS (Martin Luther U.,Germany) 395

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"Low Velocity Impact Resistance of Toughten Siloxane-Containing Composite Beams"Yunhui Sun, Hongyu JIA (Virginia Tech.) 481

"Ballistic Impact Behaviour of Composite Panels: Experiments" Jaroslav Buchar(Mendel U.,Czech Rep.), S. Role J. HREBICEK (Masaryk U.,Czech Rep.) 443

"Axisymmetric Vibration of Layered Circular Plates"Chorng-Fuh LIU, Ying-Te Lee, Shih-Hsien Wen (N.Sun Yat-Sen U.,Taiwan) 609

An Elastic Model to Describe the Behavior of Marble Subjected to Thermal Actions"Gianni ROYER-CARFAGNI (U.Pisa, Italy) 839

Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Structure Subjected to CyclicLoads" Nobuaki SHIRAI, Kazuhito Moriizumi, Takahito Kojima (Nihon U.,Japan) 889

"A Refined Asymptotic Theory of Doubly Curved Laminated Shells based on Three-Dimensional Elasticity"Chih-Ping WU, Jiann-Quo Tarn, Pei-Ying Chen (N.Cheng Kung U.,Taiwan) 1065

"Magnetic Order in Ultra Thin Eu Films on Gd (0001)"Elke ARENHOLZ, Kai Starke, Guner Kaindl (Freie U., Germany) 111

"Influence of Resins on Short-Term Mechanical Properties of Composites"Cecile BARRERE, Fabrice Dal Maso (Inst Francais du Petrole,France) 133

"Effect of Hybrid Structures on the Crush Behavior of the Triaxially Braided CompositeTubes" C.H. CHIU, K.H. Tsai, C.K. Lu, W.J. Huang (Feng Chia U.Jaiwan) 229

"Structural/Chemical Characterization of Pulsed Laser-Deposited HydroxyapatiteFilm on titanium Substrate"J.H. Chern LIN, C.K. Wang,C.P. Ju (N.Cheng-Kung U.Jaiwan) 603

"Polypropargylalcohol, a Promising Material for Applications in Chemical Sensors"Andrea BEARZOTTI, M.V. Russo, G. Polzonetti, P. Altamura, I. Fratoddi, A. Furlani(U.Rome, Italy) 137

"Broom Fibers Biocomposites"Maurizio AVELLA, L. Casale, R. dell'Erba, E. Martuscelli (CNRNapoli, Italy) 117

"Mechanical Behavior and Durability of the Gypsum-Cement Compositions"Konstantin KOVLER (Technionjsrael) 553

"Hot Indentation Tests on Al-10% SiCp Composites"T.R.G. KUTTY, R. Keswani, D.S.C.Purushotham (BARC Bombay,India),C.Ganguly (Calcuttajndia), K.G.Satyanarayana (CSIRJndia) 571

"A New Load Introduction Concept for Improved and Simplified DelaminationBeam Testing" Fredrik BRANDT (Aero. Res.Inst.,Sweden) 177

"Discrimination Concept of a Fiber Optic Chirped Grating Interfoerometer Sensor"Anders HENRIKSSON (Aero.Res Inst,Sweden), Simon Sandgren(MYDATA, Sweden),Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Bertrand Noharet (Inst.Optical Res, Sweden) 421

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