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Distributed Strain Sensing from Different Optical Fiber Configurations by Drake, Daniel, Sullivan, Rani, Wilson, J.

“…Strain distributions were obtained from optical fibers arranged in three different configurations on transversely-loaded cantilevered beams. Traditional strain…”
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Prediction of delamination propagation in polymer composites by Drake, Daniel A., Sullivan, Rani W.

“…Delamination within composite laminates has been typically characterized by the critical strain energy release rate, or fracture toughness, by performing…”
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Interfacial fracture energy of a single cantilevered beam specimen using the J-integral method by Drake, Daniel A., Sullivan, Rani W.

“…Sandwich composites are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their high stiffness and strength-to-weight ratios. However, debonding between the core…”
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Influence of stitching on the out-of-plane behavior of composite materials – A mechanistic review by Drake, Daniel A, Sullivan, Rani W, Lovejoy, Andrew E, Clay, Stephen B, Jegley, Dawn C

“…Fiber-reinforced polymer composites are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their high stiffness and strength-to-weight ratios. However, their…”
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On the use of a trilinear traction-separation law to represent stitch failure in stitched sandwich composites by Drake, Daniel A, Sullivan, Rani W, Clay, Stephen

“…Modern aircraft employ the use of lightweight engineering materials such as sandwich composites to increase the flexural rigidity of their structural…”
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Influence of cure parameters in polymer matrix composites using embedded optical fibers by Drake, Daniel A, Sullivan, Rani W, Spowart, Jonathan E, Thorp, Katie

“…The influence of cure processing parameters was investigated using strain distributions from embedded optical fibers. The determination of optimized cure…”
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Cryptogenic left parieto-occipital brain abscess in a previously healthy 24 year old woman by Drake, Daniel A., Ross, Scott F.

“…Brain abscesses are a rare form of neurologic infection that can be attributed to a primary source of infection 60–70% of the time. Cases that cannot be…”
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Creep characterization of vapor-grown carbon nanofiber/vinyl ester nanocomposites using a response surface methodology by Drake, Daniel A., Sullivan, Rani W., Lacy, Thomas E., Pittman Jr, Charles U., Toghiani, Hossein, DuBien, Janice L., Nouranian, Sasan, Simsiriwong, Jutima

“…ABSTRACT The effects of selected factors such as vapor‐grown carbon nanofiber (VGCNF) weight fraction, applied stress, and temperature on the viscoelastic…”
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Influence of stitching on the fracture of stitched sandwich composites by Drake, Daniel A., Sullivan, Rani W., Clay, Stephen B., DuBien, Janice L.

“…Sandwich composites consist of two rigid outer facesheets that are bonded to a lightweight internal core. Although they have a high stiffness-to-weight ratio,…”
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Pull-off Behavior of Stitched Composite T-Joints by Shah, Aditya, Lovejoy, Andrew E., Sullivan, Rani W., Drake, Daniel A.

“…T-joints are key structural elements that connect opposing surfaces, thereby providing the load path between flat or curved panels (i.e., upper and lower wing…”
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