Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Saha, Mrinal"
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Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composites
Bray, Colin (2020-05-08)Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is a category of additive manufacturing in which parts are fabricated via extrusion of material along a print path one layer at a time. A part is first created as a 3D computer-aided design ... -
Additive Manufacturing of HDPE Using Selective Laser Sintering
Hoelzel, Benjamin (2019-05-10)Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing technique that bonds solid powder particles into complex 3-Dimensional (3D) shapes. These objects are constructed by repeatedly sintering or fusing layers of ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Nanocomposite Sensors
Charara, Mohammad (2019-05-10)Highly elastic nanocomposite strain sensors have recently received considerable attention in academic research due to broad applications in fields, such as biomedical and robotics. These sensors combine flexible polymers, ... -
Comparative evaluation of delamination in carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRPs) utilizing various common non-destructive inspection techniques
Kennedy, Iain (2022-05)Non-destructive Inspection (NDI) is routinely used to diagnose and monitor defects in composite parts, which could impact composite lifespan and performance. There are a variety of methods to conduct NDT in composites, the ... -
Design, Characterization, and Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory Composites
Sleeper, Weston (2020)Direct Ink Writing (DIW) is an additive manufacturing method that utilizes a reservoir of fluid that is precisely extruded to construct 3-Dimensional (3D) structures from layering 2-Dimensional (2D) patterns. Fluids used ... -
Development of Nanoparticle Membrane Enhanced Nanocomposites with Sensing Function
Shang, Wanru (2016-12-16)Damage and load sensing is rapidly advancing as driven by vast applications in aerospace and mechanical structures. However, most previous research focused on the improvement of material properties for sensing applications. ... -
Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on Moisture Absorption Properties of Epoxy Laminates
Crane, Davis (2016-08)There have been conflicting studies for how multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforcement will affect the moisture absorption properties of an epoxy laminate. The carbon nanotubes were meant to act as a hindrance for the ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Porous CNF/PDMS Nanocomposite for Sensing Application
Luo, Wenyuan (2018-08-02)Electrically conductive polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer-based materials are growing as one of the critical needs for the emerging field of wearable electronics due to its high elastic limits and good biocompatibility. ... -
Investigation of Tethered System for Creating Artificial Gravity
Waghule, Bhagyashree (2018)Interplanetary journeys are long; taking anywhere between 6 months to a few years. Studies performed with astronauts in the various space missions have provided insights on adverse effects of microgravity on the human body. ... -
Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Composites Using Ultraviolet Laser-Assisted Direct Ink Write 3D Printing
Cowdrey, Ryan (2020-05)Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, is a quickly growing field with numerous techniques available to manufacture parts which are stronger, lighter, and more complex than those which could ... -
Mechanical Characterization of Polydimethylsiloxane
Olima, Mark (2017-08-01)Strain and displacement are critical parameters for mechanical characterization of materials. Measuring these parameters accurately can be challenging for hyper-elastic materials such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) due to ... -
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposite with Piezoresistive Sensing Functions
Chowdhury, Shoieb Ahmed (2017-08)Flexible material that can be deployed for sensing a wide range of pressure and strain is an active research area due to potential applications in engineering and biomedical devices. Current load sensing materials such as ... -
POROUS SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND POTENTIAL BIO-APPLICATION
Luo, Jishan (2019-12)Porous shape memory polymers (SMPs) are the smart materials which attract significant interests in the fields such as aerospace, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and biomedical device. Porous SMPs have low recover ...