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Development of Biobased Composites of Structural Quality
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Highly biobased composites with properties and costs rivaling those consisting of
synthetic constituents are a goal of much current research. The obvious material choices,
vegetable oil based resins and natural fibers, ...
A Micromechanical Procedure to Characterize the Effect of Interface in Fibrous Composites and Brain White Matter
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
A micromechanics computational algorithm for fibrous composites including fiber, matrix and interface is introduced to study the impact of interface on composite behavior. The domains are modeled by finite elements with ...
Potential Applications of Flax Fibers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
There has been a substantial increase in the usage of natural-fibers and biodegradable polymers due to the needs of the environmental sustainability. The use of natural fibers is inclusive of wide range of applications in ...
Hybridization of Bast Natural and Synthetic Fibers in Thermoplastic Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
In recent years, the use of natural fiber-reinforced composites in more advanced applications has grown substantially. Applications of high strength require high mechanical properties. An effective method for increasing ...
Dynamic Stall Characteristics of a Pitching Swept Finite Aspect Ratio Wing
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This research will investigate various swept wing models, designing the mechanism for their pitching motion and control, designing wind tunnel implementation, and performing data measurements and analysis using particle ...
Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Near-Wake Characterization of Static and Rotating Cylinder Sytems
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
External flows around bluff bodies have been broadly investigated due to their great importance in engineering applications including aircraft and missile development, marine and naval structures, vehicle aerodynamics, ...
Dynamic Modelling for the Path Tracking Control of a Four-Wheel Independent-Drive, Four-Wheel Independent-Steer Autonomous Ground Vehicle
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Robots that can be reconfigured to perform more than one task would be to consumers. The Four-Wheel Independent-Drive, Four-Wheel Independent-Steer (4WD4WS) robot is well suited for the role of reconfigurable robot due to ...
Robust Control of Skid Steered Robotic Vehicles on High Friction Surfaces
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The autonomous control of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is a growing research area. Skid steered UGVs are desired because of their simple control inputs, however the control algorithm requires complex dynamic analysis. ...
Characterization of Regenerated Silk Material for Biomimetic Spinning and Film Casting
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Natural silks produced by spiders and silkworms exhibit tailorable mechanical performance yet to be achieved synthetically. This phenomenon is derived from a biological system that has been evolutionarily optimized. In ...
Nanomechanical Characterization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Superlattice with Novel Atomic Force Microscopy Methods
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has been widely studied due to its excellent properties. In order to utilize TMV superlattice, this thesis initiates the study on its mechanical properties. The elastic modulus of TMV superlattice ...