We present a two dimensional model describing the elastic behaviour of the wall of a curved blood vessel. The wall has a laminate structure consisting of several anisotropic layers of varying thickness and is assumed to be much smaller in thickness than the radius of the vessel which itself is allowed to vary. Our two-dimensional model takes the interaction of the wall with the surrounding tiss...

The problem of minimizing by genetic algorithms the weight of a composite laminate subjected to various failure constraints is considered. Constraints are accounted for through penalty functions. The amount of penalty for each constraint violation is typically controlled by a penalty parameter that has a crucial innuence on the performance of the genetic algorithm. An optimal value of each pena...

The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical performance of laminate veneers placed in the anterior segments of the dental arches over a 12-year period at two different private dental practices. Forty-six patients were restored with 182 porcelain laminate veneers. The veneers were studied for a mean observation time of 5.69 years. Color match, porcelain surface, margin...

Owing to high specific strength and designability, unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polymer (UD-CFRP) has been utilized in numerous fields to replace conventional metal materials. Post machining processes are always required for UD-CFRP to achieve dimensional tolerance and assembly specifications. Due to inhomogeneity and anisotropy, UD-CFRP differs greatly from metal materials in machini...

package technology and its design challenges E. D. Blackshear M. Cases E. Klink S. R. Engle R. S. Malfatt D. N. de Araujo S. Oggioni L. D. LaCroix J. A. Wakil G. G. Hougham N. H. Pham D. J. Russell This paper reviews sequential build-up (SBU) laminate substrate development from its beginning in 1988. It reports on developments in this technology for IBM applications since its adoption in 2000. ...

Waviness in composite wind turbine blades was detected and characterized with the help of air coupled ultrasonics. Based on the aspect ratio, the detected marcels are either accepted or rejected. A passive structural health monitoring approach has been presented here to monitor the accepted marcels above a threshold. The fatigue life of specimen is most affected in the presence of a marcel. Hen...

Complex structures manufactured using low-pressure vacuum bag-only (VBO) prepreg processing are more susceptible to defects than flat laminates due to complex compaction conditions present at sharp corners. Consequently, effective defect mitigation strategies are required to produce structural parts. In this study, we investigated the relationships between laminate properties, processing condit...

In this paper, a closed form solution for bending and free vibration analyses of simply supported rectangular laminated composite plates is presented. The static and free vibration behavior of symmetric and antisymmetric laminates is investigated using a refined first-order shear deformation theory. The Winkler–Pasternak two-parameter model is employed to express the interaction between the lam...