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Mechanisms of interfacial adhesion in metal–polymer composites – Effect of chemical treatment by Ochoa-Putman, Carol, Vaidya, Uday K.

“…Hybrid materials featuring thermoplastic polymer composites in conjunction with metals are being increasingly used as structural materials in military and…”
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Multiscale fiber reinforced composites based on a carbon nanofiber/epoxy nanophased polymer matrix: Synthesis, mechanical, and thermomechanical behavior by Green, Keith J., Dean, Derrick R., Vaidya, Uday K., Nyairo, Elijah

“…Vacuum assisted resin infusion molding (VARIM) was used to produce multiscale fiber reinforced composites (M-FRCs) based on carbon nanofibers dispersed in an…”
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Effects of moisture and UV exposure on liquid molded carbon fabric reinforced nylon 6 composite laminates by Pillay, Selvum, Vaidya, Uday K., Janowski, Gregg M.

“…Liquid molding of thermoplastics has been limited by high resin viscosity, high temperature processing requirements, and a short processing window [Sibal PW,…”
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Embodied Energy in Pyrolysis and Solvolysis Approaches to Recycling for Carbon Fiber-Epoxy Reinforced Composite Waste Streams by Kooduvalli, Komal, Unser, John, Ozcan, Soydan, Vaidya, Uday K.

“…Carbon fiber composites are increasingly used in aerospace, motorcycles, sporting, and high-performance vehicles, and their end of life recycling is of growing…”
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Thermoplastic sandwich structure design and manufacturing for the body panel of mass transit vehicle by Ning, Haibin, Janowski, Gregg M., Vaidya, Uday K., Husman, George

“…Weight savings in vehicles enhances fuel efficiency and decreases maintenance costs, especially in mass transit systems. Lightweight composite materials, such…”
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Applicability of Industrial Sisal Fiber Waste Derived Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by Dizbay-Onat, Melike, Floyd, Evan, Vaidya, Uday K., Lungu, Claudiu T.

“…Agricultural waste produced by the industry is a huge threat for the global environment. Utilization of agricultural waste is necessary and there is an urgent…”
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Preparation and characterization of flax, hemp and sisal fiber-derived mesoporous activated carbon adsorbents by Dizbay-Onat, Melike, Vaidya, Uday K, Balanay, Jo Anne G, Lungu, Claudiu T

“…The first aim of this study was to investigate mesoporous activated carbon adsorbents from sisal, hemp, and flax fibers by cost-effective methods. Fibers were…”
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Characterization of Mechanical Performance of Composites Fabricated Using Innovative Carbon Fiber Wet Laid Process by Hicham Ghossein, Ahmed Arabi Hassen, Seokpum Kim, Jesse Ault, Uday K. Vaidya

“…Recent innovation in production of optimized nonwoven wet laid (WL) carbon fiber (CF) mats raised the question of optimal translation of the performance and…”
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Development of a Vibration Technique Based on Geometric Optimization for Fatigue Life Evaluation of Sandwich Composite Structures by Menegozzo, Marco, Just-Agosto, Frederick A., Serrano Acevedo, David, Shafiq, Basir, Cecchini, Andrés, Valencia Bravo, Joaquín M., Vaidya, Uday K.

“…A major obstacle to obtaining cost-effective experimental data on the fatigue life of sandwich panels is the prohibitive amount of time and cost required to…”
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A Novel CAE Method for Compression Molding Simulation of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Sheet Materials by Yuyang Song, Umesh Gandhi, Takeshi Sekito, Uday K. Vaidya, Jim Hsu, Anthony Yang, Tim Osswald

“…Its high-specific strength and stiffness with lower cost make discontinuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (FRT) materials an ideal choice for lightweight…”
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Preparation of industrial sisal fiber waste derived activated carbon by chemical activation and effects of carbonization parameters on surface characteristics by Dizbay-Onat, Melike, Vaidya, Uday K., Lungu, Claudiu T.

“…•Activated carbon (AC) preparation from industrial sisal fiber waste was evaluated.•Industrial sisal fiber waste showed good potential to prepare activated…”
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Non-destructive investigation of thermoplastic reinforced composites by Hassen, Ahmed Arabi, Taheri, Hossein, Vaidya, Uday K.

“…This paper studies various manufacturing defects in glass fiber/Polypropylene (PP) composite parts and their methods of detection. Foreign Object Inclusion…”
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Analytical modeling of deformed plain woven thermoplastic composites by Smith, John R., Vaidya, Uday K., Johnstone, John K.

“…This research addressed the deformation predictability of post-manufactured, plain weave architecture composite panels. Often times during the production of…”
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CAE method for compression molding of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite using bulk materials by Song, Yuyang, Gandhi, Umesh, Sekito, Takeshi, Vaidya, Uday K., Vallury, Srikar, Yang, Anthony, Osswald, Tim

“…There has been great interest in using fiber-reinforced polymer composites to develop lightweight components for automotive applications. Compression molding…”
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Rheological characterization of long fiber thermoplastics – Effect of temperature, fiber length and weight fraction by Thattaiparthasarthy, K. Balaji, Pillay, Selvum, Vaidya, Uday K.

“…Isothermal squeeze flow tests were conducted on E-Glass/polypropylene long fiber thermoplastics (LFT) to obtain the rheological characteristics of the material…”
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The Effect of Flocculent, Dispersants, and Binder on Wet–laid Process for Recycled Glass Fiber/PA6 Composite by Yeole, Pritesh, Ning, Haibin, Hassen, Ahmed Arabi, Vaidya, Uday K.

“…The papermaking industry has been using the wet-laid process to suspend paper pulp-derived fibers in water and drain the solution through a forming mesh. This…”
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Impact and post-impact vibration response of protective metal foam composite sandwich plates by Vaidya, Uday K., Pillay, Selvum, Bartus, Shane, Ulven, Chad A., Grow, Dana T., Mathew, Biju

“…Composite sandwich structures composed of a metal foam core possess the ability to provide significant energy absorption under impact from flying debris,…”
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Single-stream processing technique for in situ polymerization of glass fiber/polyamide-6 laminates by Barfknecht, Peter W, Martin, Justin, Pillay, Brian, Vaidya, Uday K, Gray, Gary M

“…Ring-opening polymerization of anionic polyamide-6 (APA-6) requires both an activator and an initiator for the reaction to occur. Typical processing techniques…”
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Experimental–numerical studies of transverse impact response of adhesively bonded lap joints in composite structures by Vaidya, Uday K., Gautam, Abhay R.S., Hosur, Mahesh, Dutta, Piyush

“…Adhesively bonded joints in structures are subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loads. In this work, the response of a balanced, single-lap adhesively bonded…”
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Low velocity impact response of autoclaved aerated concrete/CFRP sandwich plates by Serrano-Perez, Juan C., Vaidya, Uday K., Uddin, Nasim

“…Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)-CFRP composites have proven to be structurally efficient combinations for lightweight structural components such as floor…”
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