The overall goal of this project is to develop novel testing and experimentally validated prediction methodologies for creep-dominated creep-fatigue response of structural materials for advanced reactor systems. The investigations will focus on the characterization and […]
The objectives of this pipeline safety research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) will be well addressed and supported by our research. Development, demonstration and standardization to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities will be carried […]
This proposal seeks support to develop a new form of sensing technique that can identify and characterize injurious pipe body internally and/or externally without contact using near-field microwave probing and induced ultrasonic waves due to […]
A discrete crack network model coupled with a critical-plane based fatigue delamination growth model under multiaxial loading will be developed and used as a physics-based deterministic solver for its subsequent probabilistic integration. Advanced probabilistic analysis methods with […]
This project proposes a fundamentally different and innovative fatigue prognosis methodology based on a small time scale formulation is proposed for the real-time concurrent structural damage prognosis. The proposed novel damage model overcomes the inherent […]
The overall goal of the proposed project is to develop, validate and demonstrate a general fatigue damage prognosis and uncertainty management methodology for implementations of the IVHM to aircraft structures. It combines fundamental fatigue mechanism […]
The research objective of this award is to develop an innovative life prediction and risk assessment methodology for aging bridges in cold regions. The detailed fatigue mechanism modeling, corrosive environmental effects due to deicing salts, […]
The project aims support FAA rulemaking and the implementation of rotorcraft damage tolerance requirements. It combines uncertainty quantification and propagation analysis, multi-scale fatigue and fracture modeling, risk assessment and reliability-based inspection and maintenance scheduling to […]
This award is a grant in response to Program Solicitation, International Research Experiences for Students (IRES). The research topic of this program is the development of advanced materials for applications in energy generation and storage […]
This project proposes an innovative and fundamentally different fatigue damage mitigation methodology based on the self-healing mechanism. Detailed mechanism modeling, numerical methods, state-of-the-art experimental techniques, and advanced material synthesis are integrated together for system development […]