ICCE/6SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

COMPOSITES ENGINEERING

Edited by

David Hui

June 27-July 3,1999Orlando, Florida

sponsored and Organized by

UB/TIB Hannover1.1.9.796.51.1.

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International Community for Composites Engineering andCollege of Engineering, University of New Orleans

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSDr. Nat Pitts (National Science Foundation)

ICCE/6 KEYNOTE LECTURERS

"Strong, Tough Ceramics Containing Microscopic Reinforcements: Railoring In-SituReinforced Silicon Nitride Ceramics" Paul F. BECHER (Oak Ridge N.L./TN) Bl

"Built-in Health Monitoring for Composite Structures"Fu-Kuo CHANG (Stanford U., CA) B9

"Plane Strain Wave Sacttering by a Vertical Crack in a Coated Steel Plate"Subhendu DATTA (U.Colorado), J. Rogers, A.H. Shah (U.Manitoba, Canada) B13

"A New Method of Optimization for Composite Structures"Georges DUVAUT (U. P&M Curie,France) B17

"Influence of Loading Rates on Damage Processes of Composite Materials andStructures" Jean Luc LATAILLADE (ENSAM-Paris, France) B20

"Manufacturing Aspects of Polymer Composites: European Cooperative ResearchExamples" Klaus FRIEDRICH (U.Kaiserslautern,Germany) B21

"A Novel Design Approach for Naval Composite Structures during Fire"David HUI (U.New Orleans), Ayman Mosallam, William Jones, Piyush Dutta B25

"Innovative Processing of Metal Matrix Composites"Jason LO (CANMET, Canada) B29

"Novel Thin Film Heterostructures and Nanostructured Materials"Jagdish NARAYAN (N.Carolina St.U.) B31

"Preservation of Tooth Structure Using Adhesive Composite Technology and itsFuture" Hidehiko SANO (Hokkaido U., Japan) B37

ICCE/6 DISTINGUISHED LECTURES"Manufacturing Thermoplastic Composite Sheet Profiles by Roll Forming"

D. BHATTACHARYYA, R.J. Dykes, S.J. Mander (U.Auckland, New Zealand) B5"Influence of the Adhesive Type and Thickness on the Ballistic Behaviour of

Ceramic/Metal Panels" Ramon Zaera, S. Sanchez-Saez, J.L. Perez-CastellanosCarlos NAVARRO (Carlos III U., Spain) B33

"Quantitative Fractographic Analysis of Multi-Mode Fracture of Graphite/Epoxy Laminate"Sylvanus N. NWOSU (Dillard U., New Orleans), A. Falster B53

"Potential Use of Ultrasonic Phased Arrays for Nondestructive Evaluation ofConcrete and Composite Materials" Shi-Chang WOOH (MIT, MA) B41

"Genetically Engineered Composites"Richard P. WOOL (U.Delaware) B45

"Micromechanics of Bone-Shaped-Short-Fiber Composites"Yuntian T. ZHU, IJ. Beyerlein, J.A. Valdez, T.C. Lowe (Los Alamos N.L., NM) B49

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ICCE/6 TECHNICAL SESSION PAPER TITLES:(last name written in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS denotes presenter)

BIO-DENTAL MATERIALS"Flow Behavior of Composite of Coconut Fiber with Polyclorue of Vinyl (PVC)"

C. Martha Helena AYORA, L. Alfredo Marquez (Chihuahua, Mexico) 199"Dissolution Behavior of RF Magnetron-Assisted Sputtered HA/Ti Coatings in

Simulated Body Fluid" J.H. Chern LIN, S.J. Ding, C.P. Ju(N.Cheng Kung U., Taiwan) 495

"Morphological and Mechanical Studies of Polymeric Denture Molds"G. MARTINEZ-BARRERA (IXZacatepec, Mexico), J. Canetas, F. Hernandez,A. Barajas 551

"Sealed Restoration to Dentin Caries-Embedding Carious Bacteria by AdhesiveResin" M. YOSHIYAMA, A.Urayama, T.Kimochi, T. Matsuo (Tokushima U.Japan),D.H. Pashley (Medical Coll.Georgia) 929

"Bond Strength of Dental Luting Composite to Titanium After in Vitro Stressing"Yohsuke TAIRA (Nagasaki U., Japan), Shiro Suzuki (U.Alabama-Birmingham),Mitsuru Atsuta (Nagasaki U.) 819

"Effects of Fiber Length Acid Modification on Bending Creep Properties ofGlass Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene (FRPP)" Kenichi TAKEMURA(Kanagawa U., Japan), Torn Fujii (Doshisha U., Japan) 823

"Effect of Cement on the Bonding Characteristics of Composite Dental Posts"James Jian ZHANG, V.K. Ganesh, P.L. Loh, S. Ramakrishna, C.L. Chew(N.U. Singapore) 947

"Advanced Measurement Techniques for a Quantitative Characterization of theMicrostructure of Bone using a Scanning Acoustic Microscope" Kay RAUM,Joerg Brandt, Albrecht Klemenz, Ulrich Cobet (Martin Luther U.,Germany) 691

""Experimental Measurement of Elastomechanical of Lamellar Bone Structures -Comparison of SAM with Nanoindentation Results" Joerg BRANDT, Kay Raum,Sabine Seidler, Albrecht Klemenz (Martin Luther U.,Germany) 85

"The Evaluation of Polymerization Shrinkage of Dental Composites"Shiro SUZUKI (U. Alabama-Birmingham), Narimichi Honda (Shiga, Japan) 813

"Production of Hydroxylapatite Reinforced Polymer Composites for BiomedicalApplications" Aylin Sendemir, Sabri ALTINTAS (Bogazici U., Turkey) 31

"Clinical Application of Composite Resin for Strengthening Damaged, NonvitalTeeth" Joo-Loon LUI (U. Malaya) 519

"New Lamp for Light Curable Dental Composites - Preliminary Results"Marc J.M. ABADIE, Joel Couve, Francois Duret (U.Montpellier, France) 1

"Ideal Geometry and Property of the Femoral Component in Total HipArthroplasty" Gilberto Garcia delPINO, Edison Goncalves, Raul G. Lima,Jose L. V. Rivera (Cidade U., Brazil) 165

"Angular Position Optimization of the Acetabular Component in Order to DecreasePolyethylene Wear in Total Hip Arthroplasty" R.D. Queiroz,Raul GONZALEZ-LIMA, L.A. Mestriner, G.G. del Pino (U. Sao Paulo, Brazil) 257

"Fracture Analysis of Resin Composite/Dentine Interfaces"Kunio WAKASA, Y. Yoshida (Hiroshima U., Japan) 865

CERAMICS COMPOSITESchair Devdas Pai"Mechanical Properties of Woven Ceramic Composites Part I: Static Loading"

H. DUKES, A. Duraphe, J. Lang, Jag Sankar, Devdas Pai, S. Yarmolenko(N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 189

"Mechanical Properties of Woven Ceramic Composites Part II: Dynamic Loading"A. DURAPHE, H. Dukes, J. Lang, Devdas Pai, Jag Sankar, S. Yarmolenko(N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 193

"Design of a Thermal Testing System for Advanced Materials"R.D. SIMPSON, Devdas Pai, J. Sankar (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 779

"Role of Dislocations in High Temperature Creep of in-situ Reinforced SiliconNitride" Q. Wei, Jag SANKAR, J. Narayan (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 721

"FEM Response Analysis of GS-44 Specimen Under Four Point Bending"Larry Russell, Jag Sankar, Richard WINDLEY (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 885

"Modelling and Simulation of the Electro-Discharge Machining Process of aConductive Ceramic Composite" Young-Cheol AHN, Young-Seup Chung(Kyungnam U., Korea) 11

"Graded Infiltrated TiCx-Fe(C) Ceramic Metal Composites"Shai SABATELLO, Nahum Frage, Moshe P. Dariel (Ben-Gurion U.,Israel) 151

"Hot-Pressed Composite Ceramic - Cemented Carbide Compact Inserts"Tai-Chiu LEE, Jianxin Deng (Hong Kong Poly U.) 469

"Fundamentals in Fabrication, Microstructure and Properties of A1/AI2O3Composites Obtained by Reaction between SiO2 and Molten AI"Noboru YOSHIKAWA, Shoji Taniguchi, Atsushi Kikuchi (Tohoku U.,Japan) 925

"State of the Art CVD Facility for Continuous Multi-Filament Fibre CoatingSystem for Ceramic Matrix Composites" Antonio G. DIAS, E. Nagy,A. Saturnio (European Commission, Netherlands) 171

"(Ba,Pb)TiO3-Cr Positive Temperature Coefficient Composite" Zeming HE, Jan Ma(Nanyang T.U., Singapore), Yuanfang Qu, Chenggang Wang (Tianjin, China) 309

"The Correlative Technology Study of SiCp/ZllOlA Composites Appliance inAerospace" Dian-Bin WANG, Man-Chang Gui, Jie-Jun Wu, Jian-Ping Ma(I.Aero.Mat.Beijing.China) 869

"Surface Active Conversion and Role of Aging in Multiphase Bioactive CompositeCeramics" Egon NORDSTROM (Abo Akademi U., Finland) 617

"Energy Balance During Mechanical Alloying, Measurement and Calculation Methodsupported by the Maltoz-Software" Henning Zoz, Roland REICHARDT, H. Ren(Zoz, Germany) 697

"Processing of Ceramic Powder Using High Energy Milling"Henning ZOZ, Hong-Ming Ren (Zoz GmbH, Germany) 959

"The Influence of the Cutting Conditions on the Grounded Surface of AdvancedCeramics" Eduardo C. Bianchi, Eraldo J. daSILVA, Carlos E. da Silva,Galdino F. de Souza, Carlos A. Fortulan, Odilson C. Fernandes,Ivan de Domenico Valarelli, Paulo R. Aguiar (U.Estadual Paulista, Brazil) 155

"Formation Behaviors of SiCw/Al Composites at Elevated Temperatures"C.K. YAO, W.G. Chu, W.D. Fei, W.F. Yang (Harbin I.T., China) 919

"High Strain Rate Superplasticity of Nitrized Ceramic Short Fiber ReinforcedAluminum Composites" Tsunemichi IMAI, Sumito Kojima, Jianfu Mao,Gilles L'Esperance, Bande Hong (NIRI-Nagoya, Japan) 351

"Multiphase Ceramics and Cermets Made in One Step Synthesis and Densification

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by SHS/QP" Zheng-Yi FU, Run-Zhang Yuan, W.M. Wang, H. Wang(Wuhan U.T., China) 231

Characterization of C60-Doped Zirconia Ceramics" Kun'ichi MIYAZAWA, J. Yano,T. Kuzumaki, K. Ito (U.Tokyo, Japan), I. Honma, M. Akaishi (NIRI-Tsukuba) 587

Fracture Model of Two-Component Ceramic-Matrix Layered Composites underBending Test" Mykola LUGOVY (Kiev, Ukraine) 517

"Superplastic Behavior of Liquid-Phase Sintered b-Silicon Carbide"Takayuki NAGANO, Hui Gu, Yutaka Shinoda, G.D. Zhan, Mamoru Mitomo,Fumihiro Wakai (Japan Sci.Tech.Corp) 607

CHARACTERIZATION of MATERIALS"Accuracy of the Characterized Young's and Shear Moduli of Composite Beams

Using Flexural Vibration Frequencies" Kim-Ho IP, Ping-Cheung Tse(Hong Kong Poly U.) 355

"Raman Characterisation of Silicon Carbide Fibres in Metal Matrix Composites"Yanling WARD, Robert J. Young (UMIST, UK) 875

"The Modelling of Delamination in Vibrating Composite Beams"Chris HARRISON, R. Butler (U. Bath, UK) 299

"Preparing Principles and Characterizations of C Core SiC Fibers"Zhida LING, Bo Chen (NJUCT, China) 499

"Comparison in Tribological Behavior of PAN-Pitch, PAN-CVI and Pitch-Resin-CVICarbon-Carbon Composites" Chien-Ping JU, J.H. Chern Lin, K.J. Lee(N.Cheng Kung U., Taiwan) 383

"Compatibility of Polyethylene Blends By Thermal Analysis"Anthony C.Y. WONG (U. Hong Kong) 887

"Mechanical Characterization of GFRP Laminate Composite"Giancarlo BILOTTI, Antonio Pantuso (I.U.Architec.Venezia,Italy) 61

"Raman Micro/Nano-Characterization of SiC Fibers with a View to Studying Stressin CMCs and MMCs" Gwenael GOUADEC, Philippe Colomban(U.P&M Curie, France) 265

"Thermal Properties Identification on Orthotropic Composites" L. Puigsegur,C. Gervaise, M. Polit, B. Hilaire, Jean-Jacques SERRA (CTA/LOT,France) 751

"Characterization of Composites by Ultrasonic-Scanning, Examples andExperience from Participation in European and National Projects"Hans Erik GUNDTOFT, Kaj K. Borum (Risoe N.L.,Denmark) 273

"Toughened Poly(phenylene sulfide)"Junzo MASAMOTO (Kyoto I.T.Japan) 555

CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR"Effects of Dispersibility of Second Phase on the Resitivity of Carbon Filled

Polymer Composites" Manwar HUSSAIN, Y.H. Choa, K. Niihara(Osaka U.,Japan) 333

"Tin-based Composite Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition"Qi-Zong QIN, Fei Ding, Zheng-Wen Wu (Fudan U., China) 669

"Investigation of Material Interaction with Molecular and Atomic Gases byMicrobalance Plasmochemical Installation" Dmitry V. SCHUR,S. Yu Zaginaichenko, V. Pishuk, A. Vlasenko, B. Tarasov

(Inst.Hydrogen Solar Energy, Ukraine) 737"Investigation of Surface and Volumetric Distribution of Interstitial

Impurity Atoms in Films and Massive Crystals" Svetlana ZAGINAICHENKOZ. Matysina, Dmitry Schur (Inst.Hydrogen Solar Energy, Ukraine) 931

"Study of Phase Diagrams of Magnetic Decomposed Composite Materials"Z. Matysina, M. DMYTRENKO (Inst.Hydrogen Solar Energy, Ukraine) 181

"Characterization of Plasma Sprayed ZrO2/NiCrAlY Coatings"Hansam KIM, Hackhui Yang (Inha Tech., Korea), M.S. Hong, M.K. Seong 409

"The Effect of Chemical Reactions in Cordierite-Aluminium Nitride Compositeson its Thermal Conductivity" Joo-Tien Oh, Peter HING, H.S. Fong(Nanyang T.U.,Singapore) 317

"State-Specific Desorption of Molecular Solids following Core-LevelExcitation Studied with Synchrotron Radiation" Jin-Ming CHEN, K.T. Lu(Synchrotron Radiation, Taiwan), T.J. Chuang (Taipei, Taiwan) 117

"New Approach to Controlling Quality and Ageing of Sheet Moulding CompoundComposites" Giovanni CAMINO, A.Y. Polishchuk, M.P. Luda (U.Torino,Italy),M. Revellino, G. De Santis (IVECO Torino,Italy) 99

"Modeling of Branched Crosslinked Macromolecules and Aggregrates by StatisticalPolymer Method" Freddy A. ROMM, Valeria M. Karchevskaya(AMSIL Ltdjsrael) 793

"Specifity of the Chemical Resistance of Polymer Concrete" Nelly Blank(CHEMONOL Ltd, Israel), Oleg L. FIGOVSKY (Polymate Ltdjsrael) 215

"Further Elaboration of Advanced Nonisocyanate Polyurethanes"Oleg L. Figovsky (Polymate, Israel), Leonid SHAPOVALOV(Chemonol Ltdjsrael) 759

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS"Multi-Agent Based Design of Composite Materials"

Lars Hildebrand, Madjid ATHI-TORBAGHAN (U. Dortmund, Germany) 213"Finite Axisymmetric Strains and Rotations of Shells of Revolution with

Application to the Problem of a Spherical Shell under a Point Load"Ayse KOCAK, R.F. Yukseler (Yildiz T.U., Turkey) 421

"New Insights on Mathematical Uniqueness of Constants from the SudduthViscosity/Modulus Equation from Data Characteristics and Computer Modeling"R a y SEYFARTH, Richard Sudduth (U.Southern Mississippi) 755

"Applications of Genetic Algorithm on Laminated Constitutions of HybridComposites with Vibration Damping Properties" Akihiko GOTO(Osaka U., Japan), Atsushi Yokoyama (Kyoto I.T., Japan) 263

"Delamination Modelling using Interface Elements"Florence ROUDOLFF (ONERA, France) 707

"On Computer Simulations of the Crystallinity Gradient Developed in InjectionMolding Processes of Slowly Crystallizing Polymers" Qin SHENG,Chang-Meng Hsiung (U.Southwestern Louisiana) 767

"Computational Mechanics in Metal Matrices Adjustment"Tau C. FAN (Int. Open U., CA) 935

"Stress Concentrations in a Bolted Composite Plate-a Boundary Integral

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Approach" Enayat MAHAJERIN (Saginaw Valley St.U.,MI) 531"Large Geometrically Nonlinear Responses of Layerwise Plate and Shell

Structures" C.W. Solomon TO (U.Nebraska), M.L. Liu (Lakehead U., Canada) 843"Finite Element Analysis of a Box-Section Composite Beam Under Multi-Axial

Loading" D.C. PANNI, P.J. Sherratt, A.D. Nurse (Loughborough U., UK) 641"Numerical Model in the Analysis of Confined Concrete"

M.H.F. Melao BARROS, A.S.Carvalho Pereira (U.Coimbra, Portugal) 57Design of Fiberglass/Copper Moulds Using Finite Element Analysis"

Abdennour C. SEIBI, Saleh M. Alawi (Sultan Qaboos U.,Oman) 741"A Hybrid-Stress Finite Element for Stiffened Composite Shells"

Suha ORAL (Mid.East T.U.,Turkey) 629"Stress-Strain Distribution in Asphalt Concrete Using Finite Element Analysis

of Digital Images" Hussain BAHIA, Sadi Kose, Murat Guler (U.Wisconsin) 47Higher Order B-Spline Finite Strip Models for the Analysis of Laminated

Composite Plates" M.A.R. Loja, J. Infante Barbosa, CM. MOTA SOARES(IDMEC, Portugal) 597

3-D Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of a Fully Assembled MultilayeredComposite Hull-Turrent-Gun Model" Aaron D. GUPTA (Army Res.Lab,MD) 275

DAMAGE, FRACTURE, FATIGUE"Failure Mechanism under Critical Load Caused by Unloading of the Structure"

Mieczyslaw JARONIEK (TU Lodz, Poland) 371"Fractographic Analysis of Interlaminar Fracture Mechanisms in Novel Composites

with Nanoreinforced Interfaces" Sergiy SERGIYENKO, Yuris Dzenis(U.Nebraska) 747

"Thermal Residual Stresses in Particulate Composites"Yong-Li WU (LMech. Beijing, China) 893

"Mixed-Mode Fracture in a Rubbery Particulate Composite"Timothy MILLER (Air Force Res.Lab, CA) 575

"Fracture Behavior Characteristics of Graphite/Epoxy Composites UnderHydrostatic Pressure" Kyong-Yop RHEE, Jun H. Yang (Wonkwang U., Korea),Kyoung H. Na, Hoon J. Park (Korea I.Ind.Tech.) 699

"The Effective Fracture Toughness of Microcrack-Weakened Solids" Yun-Xin GAO,H. Fan, Z. Xiao (Nanyang T.U., Singapore), Q.S. Zheng, S.W. Yu, W. Yang(TsinghuaU., China) 235

"Modal Analysis of a Delaminated Composite Plate with Opening and ClosingEffects" Arkadiusz ZAK, M. Krawczuk, Wieslaw Ostachowicz(I.Fluid Flow M., Poland) 937

"Stress Intensity Factors for the Bimaterial Interface Crack Under DifferentLoading Angles" M.J. Ekman, Andrew D. NURSE (Loughborough U.,UK) 619

"Additivity of Selected Polymers and Composite Measured by Fatigue Limit"Wlodzimierz DUDZINSKI, M. Nowak (Wroclaw U.T., Poland) 187

"Three-Dimensional Interface Cracks in Anisotropic Bimaterials"Jianmin QU, Yibin Xue (Georgia Tech.) 671

"The Process of Failures Prediction in Composite Structures"Eli BUCHMAN (RAFAEL, Israel) 95

"Application of Damage Mechanics in Strength Analysis of Glass Beads Filled

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Thermoplastics" C.P. Tsui, Chak-Yin TANG, T.C. Lee (Hong Kong Poly U.),A.C.Y. Wong (U.Hong Kong) 829

"Structural Sensitivity of Fracture Mechanisms of Composites at LowTemperatures" Yuriy PODREZOV (Kiev, Ukraine) 657

"Surface Contact Induced Delamination in Carbon Fibre/Epoxy Composites"Min-Seok SOHN, Xiao-Zhi Hu, Xuo-Tao Guo (U.Western Australia) 789

"Fatigue Failure of a Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polycarbonate Plates ContainingNotches" Hiizu HYAKUTAKE (Fukuoka U., Japan) 337

"Viscoelastic Failure Analysis of Composites"B.F. Oliveira, Guillermo J. CREUS (U.Fed Rio Grande Sul, Brazil) 141

"Frequency Effect on Tensile Fatigue of APC-2 Thermoplastic Composites"Margherita CLERICO (Pol.Torino, Italy), Zhen Shen, Shengchun Yang (Xian,China), A. Mandelli (Torino, Italy) 129

"Fracture Processes in Plain and Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Materials"Luigi BIOLZI, S. Cattaneo (Poli.Milano, Italy) 62

ELECTRONIC/MAGNETIC or NANO-MATERIALS"Synthesis and Processing of Nanofunctionalized Particulates for Enhanced Performance"

Rajiv K. SINGH, M. Ollinger, V. Craciun, J. Fitz-Gerald (U. Florida) 781"Stabilization on Nanoparticulate Suspensions for Enhanced Processing"

B.M. MOUDGIL, J.J. Adler, A.A. Zaman, Y.I. Rabinovich (NCAT,NC) 599"Dielectric Relaxation of MOCVD Processed KNbO3/Spinel Electronic Composites

for Tunable Capacitors" Soma CHATTOPADHYAY (NCAT,NC), B.M. Nichols,B.W. Wessels (Northwestern U., IL) 111

"Germanium Nanostructures Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition"K.M. HASSAN, A.K. Sharma, J. Narayan, J.F.Muth, C.W. Teng, R.M. Kolbas(N.Carolina St.U.) 303

"Carbon-Nitrogen Nanotubes and Composites" A.K. SHARMA (N.Carolina St.U.),Q. Wei, Jag Sankar (N.Carolina A&T St.U.), J. Narayan (N.Carolina St.U.) 763

"Preparation of Non-Linear Photonic Composites by Electric Field"Wei LIU, X.M. Gu, K.M. iang (Tsing Hua U., China) 503

"Forced Convection in a Channel Filled with High Thermal Conductivity CarbonFoams" Z. Guo, Kuang-Hsi WU (Florida Int.U.), J. Klett (Oak Ridge N.L..TN) 889

"Change in Physical Properties of Nano-Particles under Storage"Rong-Hou TENG, Silin Lu, Kiaoren Xu, Chulan Lu (Central Steel&Iron,China) 705

"The Materials Deepening from Nano Layer into Molecular Layer"Yi-Min HOU (Beijing, China) 321

"Effects of Surface Treatment of Carbon Nanofibers on Polypropylene CompositeProperties" William L. TARASEN, D. Gerald Glasgow, Max L. Lake(App.Sci.Inc.,OH), Gary G. Tibbetts, Joana C. Finegan (General Motors, MI) 837

"Engineering Magnetic Nanocomposite Microstructures Through Manipulation andControl of Alloying Additions" Daniel J. BRANAGAN (Idaho Nat.Eng.Env.Lab),M.J. Kramer, R.W. McCallum (Iowa St.U.), L.H. Lewis 83

"Composite Fibers Drawn from Nanotube-Pitch Mixtures" Rodney Andrews,D. Jacques, Apparao M. RAO, T. Rantell, F. Derbyshire, Y. Chen, J. Chen,R.C. Haddon (U. Kentucky) 687

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"Preparation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites"Rodney ANDREWS, B. Dickey, D. Qian, B. Knutson, B. Safadi, B. Moore,F. Derbyshire (U. Kentucky) 39

"Correlation Between Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Tungsten-Silica Nanocomposites" Tamar TEPPER, Shlomo Berger (Technion, Israel) 841

"Relation Between Rheology and Magnetic Properties of the Strontium FerriteProduced by PIM" Seock-Hee Lee, J.W. Choi, Won-Young JEUNG, T.J. Moon(Korea Inst.Sci.Tech.) 373

"Structural and Thermal Characterization of PET/CERAMIC NanoparticlesComposites" Maurizio AVELLA, Maria L. DiLorenzo, Jose M. Pastor,Sonia Lopez (CNRNapoles, Italy) 43

"Homogeneous Nanocomposites by a Sol-Gel Nano-Coating Process"Andrew J. RUYS, Yiu-Wing Mai (U.Sydney, Australia) 713

"Electrically Induced Damage in Conducting Polymer Composites"Joachim GLATZ-REICHENBACH, Vera Schmid, Ralf Strumpler(ABB, Switzerland) 253

"Composite Adhesive Enhancements for the Microelectronics Packaging Industryusing Conductive Polymers" Nancy IWAMOTO (Johnson Matthey Elec, CA) 357

"Tunable and Processable Inherently Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites"Jamshid K. AVLYANOV (Eeonyx Corp, CA) 45

"Epitaxial Growth Mode of Fe-Ni Alloy Films DC-Biased Sputter-Deposited onMgO(001)" Jiping Yang, Masaki Ishino, Changchuan Chen, Mituru HASHIMOTO,(U.Electro-Communicaton,Japan), Arpad Barna, Peter B. Barna(Budapest, Hungary) 301

"Progress in Computational Electromagnetics: The Dielectric Properties ofHeterostructures" Christian BROSSEAU (U.Bretagne Occ.,France), A. Beroual(Ecole Cen.Lyon,France) 93

"Polyelectrolyte Gels: New Stimuli-Responsive Materials"Rainer W. GULCH, J. Holdenried, A. Weible (U.Tubingen, Germany) 271

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES

"Curing of Monomer Composites" Sean MARTIN, Vincent J. McBrierty(Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Joseph Dowling (Bausch & Lomb,Ireland),Dean C. Douglass (New Jersey, USA) 549

"Tunnelling Versus Percolation in Carbon Black-Filled Poly (Ethylene) PEComposite" J.A. Velazco-Trejo, Rejon Garcia, V.M. Castano, W. Brostow,A. ALVAREZ-CASTILLO (I.T. Zacatepec, Mexico) 33

"Quantitative Evaluation of Powder Mixing Condition Applying Fractal Method"Tutao Katayama, Tadashi SUGIYAMA (Doshisha U., Japan) 803

"High Resolution Impulse Response Extraction for Defect Classification"Ahmed YAMANI, M. Bettayeb, U. Qidwai (KFUPM, S. Arabia) 911

"Use of Acoustic Emission to Determine Damage Initiation of fiber ReinforcedPolymers" Paul ZIEHL, T.J. Fowler (U.Texas) '. 957

"Experimental Modal Analysis Using Phase-Shifted Video Interferometry as aTool for NDT of Structures and Composites"Dan N. BORZA (INSA, France) 77

"Elastic Properties of an AI/A12O3 Unidirectional Composite Measured byResonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy" Jyrki VUORINEN (Tampere U.T.,Finland),Richard B. Schwarz (Los Alamos N.L., NM) 861

"Machining of Fibre Reinforced Composites" J.R.S. Prakash, Mustafizur RAHMAN,S. Ramakrishna, D.C.G. Tan (N.U. Singapore) 683

"Computer-Aided Mold Engraving: from Point-Data Smoothing, NC Machining, toAccuracy Checking" Alan C. LIN, Shou-Yee Lin (N.Taiwan U.Sci.Tech.) 493

"Testing Proedures for Plastic Foam Cores"Marco ZVANIK (Diab Group USA, TX) 961

"Studies of Polymers with Atomic Force Miscroscopy"Sergei MAGONOV (Digital Instrument, CA) 529

"Remote Sensing of Mechanical Stress of Composites" Chao-Nan XU, M. Akiyama,T. Watanabe (Kyushu NIRIJapan), Xu-Guang Zheng (Saga U., Japan) 901

"Evaluating Joint Sealant Performance Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopyand Electron Scanning Microscopy" Saad ABO-QUDAIS (Jordan U.Sci.Tech.) 7

"Interferometric Spectroscopy as an NDT Technique for Chemical Analysis ofDifferent Materials" K. HABIB (Kuwait Inst Sci Res.) 281

"Sandwich Panel Testing"Tom BITZER (Hexcel Corp., CA) 67

"Ultrasonic Technique on CFRP, GFRP, KFRP Composite Materials"Claudio SCARPONI, Giuseppe Briotti (U.La Sapienza, Italy) 727

"Non Destructive Testing of Composites using Portable Laser Based Methods"Dirk FINDEIS, J. Gryzagoridis (U.Cape Town, S.Africa) 221

FIBER PROPERTIES

"Predictions of Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Thick Composites with FiberWaviness under Tensile and Compressive Loadings using a FEA Model"Heoung-Jae CHUN, S.W. Lee (Yonsei U., Korea), Isaac M. Daniel(Northwestern U., IL) 115

"Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on Compressive Strength"Shawn Jenkins, Karl I. JACOB, Satish Kumar (Georgia Tech.) 365

""Oxide Fibres Produced by Internal Crystallization Method"Sergei T. MILEIKO (Solid State Physics Inst.,Russia) 573

"Fiber Study Involving The Polyimide Matrix LaRC PETI-5"Roberto J. CANO, Jeffrey A. Hinkley, Eric D. Estes (NASA Langley, VA) 103

"A Study on the Microstructure and Properties of the Polyamide 6 GlassFibre Composites" Huseyin UNAL, Fehim Findik (Sakarya U.,Turkey),Tekin Arda (Istanbul), Murat Alkan (Bursa, Turkey) 698

"Analysis of Nylon 6.6 Solidification Process"Carmen ALBANO, R. Sciamanna, R. Gonzalez (U.Central Venezuela) 17

"Polyolefins Blends with Acetylated Sisal Fiber"Miren ICHAZO, Carmen Albano, J. Gonzalez (U.Central Venezuela) 347

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FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS"Functionally Gradient Diamond Films and Composites" R.J. NARAYAN, V. Godbole,

J. Narayan (Raleigh, NC), Jag Sankar (Greensboro, NC) 611Research Progress of Functionally Graded Materials for Aerospace Propulsions"

Akinaga KUMAKAWA, Masayuki Niino, Yoshio Wakamatsu(Nat.Aero.Lab,Japan) 433

"On the Effect of Microstructure in Optimal Functionally Graded Systems"Joseph NADEAU, Xiaonong Meng (Duke U., NC) 605

"Photoelastic Visualization of the Fracture Events in a Model of FunctionallyGraded Material" Wieslaw K. BINIENDA (U.Akron, OH) Mieczyslaw Jaroniek(TU Lodz, Poland) 65

"Processing of Functional Gradient Composite Materials"Henry X. Zhu, Reza ABBASCHIAN (U. Florida) 3

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GENERAL APPLICATIONS"On the Effects of Moisture and Low Temperature on Polymeric Composites"

P.K. Dutta (US Army CRREL), David HUI (U.New Orleans), R.K.Bhattacharya 331"The Elevated Temperature Response and Failure of Notched Laminated Composite

Plates" Jung H. Ahn, Anthony M. WAAS (U.Michigan) 863"Numerical Analysis on Creep Performance of Composites at Elevated Temperatures"

David Hui (U.New Orleans), J.W. JONES (MacNeal-Schwendler Corp),Ayman Mosallam, Piyush Dutta 377

Durability of Composites at Elevated Tempertures"Piyush K. DUTTA (US Army CRREL), David Hui (U.New Orleans) 197

Flame Retarded Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene (FR GFR PP)"Emmanuel M. GUTMAN, A. Kozlovsky (Ben-Gurion U, Israel), M. Scheinker,L. Utevski (Dead Sea Bromine Group,Israel) 277

"Natural Fibers Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites"Richard PIERCY, Emmanuel Kelbert (Apollor, France) 653

"Design Of Refractory Linings In CFBC Boilers" A. Gasser, C. Andrieux,Philippe BOISSE (ENASM,France), Y. Dutheillet, V. Gabis, J. Rousseau (France) 73

"On the Thermal Model of Transverse Flow of Unidirectional Composite Materials"H. TAI (NASA Langley, VA) 817

"Development of Sandwich Panel Composites for The High Speed Train"Jong-Ho LEE (Korea Inst.Ind.Tech.), Jang Yup Kim, Wansoo Huh(Soongsil U., Korea) 455

"TPS Materials and Costs for Future Reusable Launch Vehicles"D.J. Rasky, Frank S. MILOS, T.H. Squire (NASA Ames, CA) 577

"Use of Composites in Space Applications"Toan N. PHAM (Composites Optics, CA) 651

41 Effect of Finite Width on Stress and Strength of A Laminate Containing aCircular Hole" Yi Zhao, Su-Seng PANG (Louisiana St.U.), M.A. Stubblefield,Samuel I. Ibekwe (Southern U.) 639

"Fatigue Lifetime Prediction of Cord-Rubber Composites"Abraham PANNIKOTTU, Y. Charles Lu (Akron Rubber Dev. Lab, OH) 643

"Effect of Ultraviolet Light and Moisture on Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymers"Sherif K. HASSAN, V. Burachynsky, D. Polyzois (U.Manitoba, Canada) 305

"Experimental Investigation of Full-Scale Fiber-Reinforced Plastic TaperedPoles under Lateral Loading" Sherif IBRAHIM, S.K. Hassan, D. Polyzois(U.Manitoba, Canada) 345

"Machining and Forming Honeycomb made from Para-Aramid Paper"Louis H. MINER, Halvar Y. Loken (Dupont, DE) 579

"Processing PZT/Polymer Composites for Automobile Industry"Xiao-Xin XIA, J.C. Withers (MER Corp., AZ) 897

"Structural Performance of Hybrid Polymeric Composite Beams"Hai C. TANG, Tinh Nguyen, Tze-zer Chuang, Joannie Chin, Felix Wu(NIST,MD) 831

"Laser Ablation Assisted Adhesive Bonding of Automotive Structural Composites"C. David Warren, Felix L. PAULAUSKAS, Ray G. Boeman(Oak Ridge N.L..TN) 647

"Low-Cost Launch Vehicle Structures Using Boat and Shipbuilding Methods"Robert SIELSKI (Gibbs & Cox,VA), Hilding T. Johnson, James Wilkins Jr.,Perry Singh (PRIME Inc., VA), James L. Belshan (Gibbs & Cox,VA) 777

"Nepheline-Pyroxene Glass-Ceramic Raw Materials in Saudi Arabia"Mohammed A. BIN-HUSSAIN, M.H. Idrees, M.M. Khan (Riyadh, S. Arabia) 63

"Chemical Modification of Short Leather Fibers: Effect of Surfactant"A. Avila, Tomas J. MADERA, A. Valadez, F. Vazquez (Yucatan,Mexico) 523

"Structural Calculate of Hull Ship of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic"Javier Garcia deLaFIGAL, Daniel B. Barrios, Orestes Frias (Cidade U., Brazil) 163

"Real-time Investigation of Solidification of Metal Matrix Composites"William KAUKLER (U.Alabama-Huntsville), Subhayu Sen (NASA Marshall, AL)....4O3

"Performance of Brake Pads Made from Palm Kernel Shell"Akii IBHADODE (U.Benin, Nigeria) 341

"Development of a Low-Cost Composite Optical Bench for Space Application"Edward SCHAEFER, Robert L. Tomkiewicz, P.D. Wienhold(Johns Hopkins U.,MD) 729

"Synthesis and Corrosion Resistance of an Infiltrated Fly Ash Composite"W. Deqing, S. Ziyan, G. Hong (Dalian Railway, China), Hugo F. LOPEZ(U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 509

"Plastic Shrinkage of Sisal and Polypropylene Fibre Reinforced Cement MortarComposites" Romildo D. T. Filho (Brazil), Miguel A. Sanjuan (Spain),Khosrow GHAVAMI (PUC Rio, Brazil) 243

"Simulation of GRP Pipes Installation Case Study"Amr.A. IBRAHIM , N. Zaffarani (American U. Cairo, Egypt) 343

"Effects of Atmospheric Conditions on Mechanical Mixed Layer Formation andWear Behavior in A356-15 Vol.% SiCp Composites" Suk-Bong KANG(Korea Inst.Machinery & Mat.), R.A. Saravanan (Nanyang T.U.,Singapore),Jung-Moo Lee (Korea I.M.M.) 395

"Evaluation of Shipyard Friendly Cytec Fiberite NPC-053"Jeffrey HALL (Electric Boat Corp, CT) 289

"Analysis of Speed Skating Motion"Kitao HANYU, Tetsu Nishimura, Yuhei Wada (Nihon U., Japan) 295

"The Longitudinal Strength and Stiffness of CFRP Composites"Rex J. Kuriger, M. Khairul ALAM (Ohio U.) 15

"A New Fastening System for Error Free and Predictable Composite Attachments"

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Shahriar SADRI (Huck Int., CA) 715"The Study of Dynamic Performance of the New Cu/Graphite Composite Brush"

Yu-Ying WU, Qin Hong, Xueming Xiao, Feng Hua, Weijie Tang(Shanghai Jiao Tong U., China) 895

"Development of AI/FRM Pistons and Cylinder Liners"Jae-Chul LEE, Ho-In Lee (Korea Inst.Sci.Tech.), Tae-Won Lim (Hyundai, Korea) 453

"Cost Model Based on Complexity of Aerospace Structures"Jayanthi KUMAR, Elizabeth Kendall (Royal Melbourne I.T., Australia) 435

"Advanced Fiber Placement Manufacturing Technology Program"Bruce BRAILSFORD (GLCC, S.Carolina) 81

"Tribological Behavior of PC/Glass Fiber Composite Sliding Against Steel"Mostafa A. Abdel-Rahman, Wagih W. MARZOUK (Minia U.,Egypt),Chales L. Betty (U. Florida) 553

"Development and Experimental Result of Thermal Protection System for theExperimental Reentry Vehicles at NASDA" Masataka YAMAMOTO(Nat.Space Dev.Agency,Japan) 909

"Properties of Porous Aluminum Composite Sliding Bearings"Mihaly KOZMA, Erno Baka (TU Budapest, Hungary) 431

"Residual Stresses in Advanced Composite Design"Werner Hufenbach, Lothar Kroll, Maik GUDE (TU Dresden,Germany) 269

"Comparison of Welding in Space and Underwater"Yoji OGAWA (Shikoku NIRI, Japan) 621

"High Capacity Fiber-Based Composite Sorbent for Oil Spill Removal"Yuli GOR, Oleg Figovsky (Sorbtech Ltd.Jsrael) 259

"Aerospace Thermoplastic Composite Processing in South Africa"Justin C. MANN, CA. van der Merwe (Kentron, S.Africa) 543

"The Optimization of Composite Yacht Hulls"David JONSON, Mark Walker (Tech.Natal, S.Africa) 381

"Experimental/Computational Characterization of Glass-Fiber Reinforced,Hollow-Cored Recycled Plastic Extrusions"John ENGBLOM, Zhiyin Zheng(Florida I.T.) 207

IMPACT DYNAMICS"Energy Balance in Hopkinson Bar Under Oblique Impact"

Sun-Pui NG (Hong Kong Poly U.), Piyush K. Dutta (US Army CRREL),David Hui (U.New Orleans) 675

"Crash Energy Absorption of Fabric Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites atElevated Temperatures" A. DEHN, Ralf Denzer, M. Maier(U.Kaiserslautern, Germany) 161

"Experimental Investigations on the Energy Absorbing Behaviour of AluminiumFoams" Ralf DENZER, A. Dehn, M. Maier (U. Kaiserslautern, Germany) 169

"Influence of Specimen Thickness on the High Strain Rate Impact Response ofVARTM Woven S2-GIass/VinyI Eater Composites" U.K. Vaidya, N. JADHAV,M.V. Hosur, A. Haque, S. Jeelani (Tuskegee U., AL) 367

"The Crush Behaviour of Carbon Fibre Angle-Ply Reinforcement and the Effectsof Interlaminar Shear Strength on Energy Absorption Capability"

Leonard DANIEL, P.J. Hogg (U.London, UK), P.T. Curtis (Farnborough, UK) 149"Dynamic Response of Rectangular Plates with Voids"

Lin-Tsang LEE (N.Chung Hsing U., Taiwan) 463"Delamination Analysis of Low Velocity Impacted Panels"

L. Reis, A. Silva, Manuel deFREITAS (Inst.Sup.Tec.,Portugal) 159"Behavior of Impact Tension in a Casted SiC/6061 AI Composite Material"

Jia-Lan SHANG (I.Mech. Beijing, China) 757"Damage Tolerance Assessment on Polymeric Matrix Impacted Composites by Means

of Acoustic Emission" Fabrizio Billi, Claudio CANEVA, Marco Valente(U.Rome la Sapienza, Italy) 101

"Numerical Modelling of Crash of Aircraft Composite Structures"Michel MAHE (Aerospatiale-Airbus, France) 535

"Energy Absorption Mechanism of Laminate Kevlar Composite Under Low-VelocityImpact" Tae-Jin KANG, Cheol Kim (Seoul N.U., Korea) 397

"Inverse Analysis of a Box-Section Composite Beam with Impact Damage"P.J. SHERRATT, D.C. Panni, A.D. Nurse (Loughborough U., UK) 769

"Building Structures Equipped with Energy Dissipating Viscoelastic Dampers"Apostolos FAFITIS (Arizona St.U.) 209

"The Impact Performance of Macrocomposite Laminates" M. Toda,Gabby O. SHONAIKE, H. Akimoto, J. Miyashita, S. Hara, A. Murakami(Himeji I.T.,Japan), P.J. Hogg, A. Ahmadinia (Queen Mary & Westfield, UK) 773

"Influence of Strain Rate on the Impact Behavior of Fiber and its Bullet-ProofComposites" Shan-Yuan WANG, Bohong Gu, Jie Xong (China Textile U.) 871

"Damage and Fracture of Short Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyvinyl-Chloride (PVC)under Impact" Rabeh Elleithy (Polymer Diagnostics, OH), Martin E. WOODS(Geon Co., OH) 203

"Static Burst Strength of Frangible Laminated Composite Canister Covers"J.H. Wu, W.T. Wang, Tai-Yan KAM (N.Chiao Tung U., Taiwan) 391

"Laminates Behavior Under Low Velocity Impact and Postimpact Loading"Nicolae CONSTANTIN, C. Stoicescu, G. Jiga, A. Hadar (U.Bucharest, Romania)... 133

"Compression After Impact Protocol Influence Upon Epoxy Carbon ReinforcedComposites" S.C. Anand, Brian HENDERSON, P. Myler (Bolton Inst.,UK) 315

"Vulnerability of an Aeronautical Construction from Composite LamiantedMaterials due to Ballistic Damages" Bosko RASUO (U.Belgrade, Yugoslavia)...689

"Dynamic Buckling of Delaminated Composite Structures"Long-Yuan LI (Aston U.,UK) 481

"Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials using a Split Hopkinson PressureBar Technique" Ouk-Sub LEE (Inha U.,Korea), S.S. You, S.W. Hwang,M.S.Han 467

"Impact Regimes in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics" Paul BLAND, J.P. Dear(Imperial Coll.,UK), C.H. Edge, B.E.A. Gordon (British Aerospace, Warton) 69

INFRASTRUCTURE COMPOSITES"Innovative Techaniques for Seismic Repair of R/C Joints Using Advanced

Composites" Ayman MOSALLAM (Cal St.U.-Fullerton) 595"Dynamic Behavior of Interior Pultruded Frame Joints"

Ayman MOSALLAM (Cal St.U.-Fullerton) 593

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"Structural Performance of Two-Way Concrete Slab Repaired with Polymer. Composites" A.S. Mosallam (Cal State Fullerton), K. GILLETTE, R. Martin

(Edge Structural Composites, CA), M. Haroun (UC Irvine) 249"Debond of FRP Laminate Bonded with Concrete" M. AROCKIASAMY, W. Baker,

L. Carlsson (Florida Atlantic U.), M. Shahawy (Florida Dept of Trans.) 41"Short-Term Creep Test Results on Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes"

Wassim Naguib, Amir MIRMIRAN (U.Cincinnati, OH) 581"Composite Reinforcement of Concrete Masonary Unit Walls"

William S. STRICKLAND, Phillip R. Donovan (Tyndall AFB,FL) 797"A Novel Solution to the Problem of Peeling of Concrete Beams Strengthened by

Carbon Fibre Plate Bonding" Wendel SEBASTIAN (Bristol U., UK) 739"Q/A Test Procedures to Assess Durability of FRP Materials for use in

Highway Structures" Arunasalam COOMARASAMY, Alan Ip (Canada) 137"Non-Destructive Tests for Assessing Quality and Durability of Concrete

Highway Bridges" Alan K.C IP, B. Berszakiewicz (Ministry Transp.,Canada) 353"Behaviour of Concrete Beams Strengthened by Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic

(CFRP) Composites" David B. TANN, R. Delpak (U. Glamorgan, UK) 833"Buckling and Post-Buckling Behavior of Orthotropic Fiber Reinforced Sandwich

Structures: An Experimental Approach" Josh JACKSON, J.C. Roberts,G.J. White (Johns Hopkins U., MD) 359

"Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on the Triaxial Compressive Behavior of Soil"JOHN MURRAY, Youjiang Wang, J.David Frost, Amy Jones (Georgia Tech.) 603

""The Effect of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete Pipes"Glenn Hazen, Sargand, Donald SCHEHL (Ohio U.) 731

"Fatigue Characteristics of Fiber Reinforce Concrete"Kamal TAWFIQ, Primus Mtenga, John Sobanjo (Florida St.U.) 839

"Performance Assessment of a Composite Bridge" Dean C. FOSTER, D.N. Farhey,M. Zoghi, F. Stoll (Butler County Engrg, OH) 227

"Temperature Response Measurement in Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks"Chatr SUCHINDA, Kenneth M. Will (Georgia Tech.) 799

"Influence of GGBFS' PSD on Shrinkage Properties of Mortars"Folarin T. OLORUNSOGO (U.Durban, S.Africa), P.J. Wainwright(U.Leeds, UK) 625

"Laminate Bonding for Structural Concrete"D.V. REDDY, G. Gervois, L.A. Carlsson (Florida Atlantic U.) 695

"Moment Redistribution in Composite Concrete Beams"Sergio M.R. LOPES (U. Coimbra, Portugal) 507

"Seismic Performance of a New Configuration of Transverse Reinforcement forReinforced Concrete Columns"Yi-Lung MO, S.J.Wang (N.Cheng Kung U.,Taiwan) 589

"Biaxial Bending of High Strength Concrete Columns"Amarjit S. BAJAJ, Priyan Mendis (U.Melbourne, Australia) 49

"Geotextile Reinforcement Effects on Resilient and Strength Properties of aClayey Soil" Anand PUPPALA, Chomtid Suppakit (U.Texas-Arlington) 667

"Faliure Study of Trunnion-Hub Assemblies for Bascule Bridges"Glen Besterfield (U.South Florida), Tom Cherukara (Florida DOT),Autar K. KAW, Badri Ratnam (U.South Florida) 405

"Fiber Reinforced Plastic and Concrete Structural System for InfrastructureApplications" Amjad J. AREF (SUNY Buffalo, NY) 37

"Behavior of FRP Pultruded Beams under Static and Repeated Loading"

Mohamed ELGAALY, Gregory Baker, Mohammed Khalaf (Drexel U.,PA) 201"The Use of a Vollastonite for Increasing the Corrosion Resistance of a

Portland Cement" Abdumumin SHARIFOV (Tajik T.U., Tajikistan) 761"Performance of Concrete Cylinders Confined with Glass FRP Sheets at

Different Environments" Tarek H. ALMUSALLAM, Y.A. Al-Salloum,S.H.Alsayed (King Saud U., S.Arabia) 25

"Enhancing the Integrity of Concrete Elements Externally Reinforced byComposite Materials" Youself AL-SALLOUM, Saleh Alsayed, Tarek Almusallam(King Saud U., S.Arabia) 27

"The Development of Composite Structures for Infrastructure Rehabilitation"Frazer BARNES (Devonport Management Ltd.,UK) 167

"Retrofit of Historic Structures Using FRP Composites"Damian KACHLAKEV (Oregon St.U.) 387

"Development of a New FRP Reinforcing System for External Strengthening ofStructural Members" Thomas OHNSTAD (Composite Retrofit Sys.,OR),Damian Kachlakev (Oregon St.U.) 623

"Repair and Rehabilitation of Wood Members with Carbon/Epoxy CompositeLaminates" Ayman Modallam, J. Kreiner (Cal St.U.-Fullerton),Karl Gillette, Richard MARTIN (Edge Structural Comp.,CA) 805

"Wood Composite Materials: from the Process of a Mat to the Panel Product"Azzeddine OUDJEHANE, F. Lam (U.Br.Columbia, Canada) 631

"Solid State Extrusion of Wood-Polymer Composite: Die Design and Analysis"Bhavin MEHTA, S. Awairdy (Ohio U.), J. Mayer (On-Spec Composites, OH) 565

"Lateral Resistance of Hybrid Structure of Wooden Frame with GFRC Wall Panel"Eiji Makitani, Y.Itoh, K. UEYAMA, M. Suzawa (Kanto-Gakuin U.,Japan) 855

"Combining Soybean Protein with Other Renewable Agrochemicals to ProduceEnvironmentally Friendly, Formaldehyde-Free Wood Adhesives" S.F. Thames,Richard COOK, L.A. Edgar Jr., S. deBlasio (U.South.Mississippi) 135

"On the Overall Behavior of High Fiber Volume Fraction Cementitious Composites"M. BOULFIZA (Kagawa U., Japan), A. Oudjehane (U.Br.Col.,Canada) 79

"Dynamic Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Plates"P. SUKONTASUKKUL, S. Mindess, N. Banthia (U.Br.Columbia, Canada) 809

INTERFACE, INTERPHASE, MOISTURE"Study of Water Permeation into Glass Fibre Reinforced Composites by Thermal

Analysis and Dielectric Spectroscopy" Eric BOINARD, R.A. Pethrick,C.J. MacFarlane (U. Strathclyde, UK) 71

"Single-Component Composites Based on Ultra-High Molecular Weight PolyethyleneFibers Bonded by an Entangled Surface Layer" Yachin COHEN, Dmitry M. Rein,Levy Vaykhansky (Technion,Israel) 131

"A Three-Cylinder Model to Evaluate the Effect of Coating Material on theFibre-Reinforced Composites" Man-Lung CHO, L.M. Zhou, C.H. Woo(Hong Kong Poly U., China) 125

"Analysis and Characterization of Interfacial Fracture Toughness in ModelComposite" G.P. TANDON, R.Y. Kim (Air Force Res.Lab.,OH) 827

"Yield Analysis of Interfaces"Francoise Krasucki (U.P.M. Currie,France), Stefano LENCI (U.Ancona, Italy) 473

"Interfacial Properties of Electrodeposited Carbon Fibers Reinforced EpoxyComposites Using Fragmentation Technique and Acoustic Emission"Joung-Man PARK, Young-Min Kim, Ki-Won Kim (Gyeongsang N.U., Korea),Dong-Jin Yoon (Taejon, Korea) 645

"Effect of Fabrication Processing on Interfacial Microstructure of NicalonFiber Reinforced Composite" Y.M. Wang, X.T. Liao, Xu-Gang YANG(China Textile U.) 917

"Effect of the Environmental Conditions on the Mechanical Properties of PVCPolymeric Material" S. Naga, R.M. GADELRAB, N. Bekhet, A. Afifi(Helwan U., Egypt) 743

"Contact Between a Spherical Stamp and a Thin Elastic Layer" K. Moultamis,A. Brillard, Jean-Francois GANGHOFFER (U.Mulhouse, France 233

"Excimer Laser Treatment of Ultra-High Strength Polyethylene Fibers forInterface Enhancement" Q. Song, Anil N. NETRAVALI (Cornell U.,NY) 615

"Microstructural Development in Duplex SS Metal Matrix Composite"Estela R. SCHIAPPARELLI, E. Tolabin, Castillo G. Ramnon, R. Montero(Nat Atomic Energy Com., Argentina) 733

JOINTS AND ADHESION, REPAIR"Simplified Buckling Analysis of a Laminated Plate with a Taper-Taper

Adhesive-Bonded Joint" Jack E. HELMS, Guoqiang Li (Louisiana St.U.) 311"Analytical Model for the Heat-Activated Coupling of FRP Composite Pipe Joint"

Patrick F. MENSAH (Southern U., LA), Guoqiang Li (Louisiana St.U.),Michael A. Stubblefield 569

"Experimental Analysis of Single Lap Adhesive Composite Joints Subjected toQuasi-Static and Fatigue Loading" I.J. SAUNDERS, Yuris Dzenis (U.Nebraska)....723

"Buckling of MPC Composite Joints for Trusses"Rafaat HUSSEIN (Syracuse, NY) 335

"Composite Snap-Fit Joint Design Analysis" C. Jerry HSIEH,Indrajith Kizhakkethara, William J. Outlaw (Visteon Automotive Sys., MI) 323

"Multi-Step Three Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Composite SnapFit Assembly"- Indrajith KIZHAKKETHARA, C. Jerry Hsieh, William J. Outlaw(Visteon Auto.Sys.,MI) 415

"Damage Progression in Composite-to-Aluminum Single Lap Joints Bonded withFlexible and Rigid Adhesives"Pearl LEE-SULLIVAN (U.New Brunswick, Canada) 471

"Bolt Bearing Strength of Thin-Walled Cement Composites"M.A. MANSUR, P. Paramasivam (N.U. Singapore) 545

"Design and Analysis of Composite Pipe Joints Under Bending"C. Charles YANG (Wichita St.U., KS) 913

"Joining and Processing Composite Materials with Metal Powder andElectromagnetic Energy" Kiyohiro MIYAGI, M. Goya, T. Sueyoshi(U.Ryukyus, Japan), M. Ushio (Osaka U.), T. Haneji (Okinawa, Japan) 585

"Adhesion Work of Ice to Glass and Teflon"Kaoru HORIGUCHI (Hokkaido U.,Japan) 319

MATHEMATICAL MODELING"Thermal Stress Analysis of Unsymmetric Laminates using New Higher-Order Shear

Flexible Theory" S.B. UDASI, D.P. Makhecha, P.S. Nimse, B.P. Patel,Manickam Ganapathi (Pune, India) 853

"Analysis of the Fiber Pull-Out Test: Comparison of No-Slip and FrictionalFiber-Matrix Interfaces" Anna DOLLAR, Kevin P. Meade (Illinois I.T.) 183

"Energy Approach on Pure Global Buckling and Vibration of AnisotropicRectangular Laminates with Elliptical DelaminationM.F. Hwang, Kuo-Chang JANE, C.C. Hong (N. Chung Hsing U., Taiwan) 369

"New Micromechanics Development of Composites Failure Criteria"Sheng-Rong LIN (Aerosapce Corp, CA) 497

"Modeling the Constitutive Behavior of Compacted Powders with Endochronicand Cap Soil Plasticity Theories"Sudhakar NAIR, Anna Dollar (Illinois I.T.) 609

"A Comparison of Different Homogenization Models and Experimental Results"Johan BYSTROM, Normunds Jekabsons, Lars-Erik Persson (Lulea U.T., Sweden) 97

"Optimal Design of Rectangular Honeycombs in Rectangular Sandwish Plates"Annette MEIDELL, Lars-Erik Persson (Lulea U.T., Sweden) 567

"Optimal Shear Properties for a Class of Unidirectional Non-Linear Composites"Dag Lukkassen, Peter WALL (Lulea U.T., Sweden) 867

"Homogenization of Debonding Composites"Petr PROCHAZKA (Czech T.U.) 663

"On Failure Criterion of Anisotropic Materials, by a New Flexure TestConsidering the Coupling Effect"Raed RACHDAN, Daisuke Nishida,Masaru Zako (Osaka U., Japan) 681

"2-D Cylindrical Model of a Maxwell Matrix Composite"Han ZHU (Arizonz St.U.) 953

"Statistical Continuum Theory for Inelastic Deformation of a PolycrystallineMedium" Hamid GARMESTANI, S. Lin (Florida St.U.) 239

"Free Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Anisotropic Laminates with Heavy Massesand Mixed Boundaries" Tai-Ping CHANG (N. Chung-Hsing U., Taiwan) 107

"Special Possibilities for Tailoring of Composites on the Basis of CoupledFields" Andras SZEKERES (TU Budapest, Hungary) 815

"Comparison of Experimental and Computational Results for GRP-Laminates,Applying an Adapted Progressive Failure Criterion"Gerard SLUIMER (Delft U.T., Netherlands) 785

"Homogeneization Procedure for Bi-Laminated and Fluid-Saturated PorousComposite" Xiang-Yue LI (I.Mexicano Tec. del Agua) 485

"Optimal Microgeometries for Stress-Strain Relations in Elastic Composites"Sergey K. SERKOV, G.W. Milton (U.Utah), A.B. Movchan (U.Liverpool,UK) 749

"A New Approach to Effective Elastic Moduli of Heterogeneous Materials Composedof a Matrix and Inhomogeneities"Lian-Xi SHEN, Sung Yi (Nanyang T.U., Singapore) 765

"Buckling of Filament Wound Composite Cylindrical Panels"Francesco CAPPELLO (U. Palermo, Italy) 105

"Inelastic Analysis of Gr/AI Composite Laminates with Prestressed Fibers"Karel MATOUS, Michal Sejnoha (Czech T.U.) 557

"Optimum Design of Grid Structures of Revolution using Homogenized Model"Denys SLINCHENKO, Viktor Verijenko (U.Natal, S.Africa) 783

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"Effect of Temperature on Thermal Expansion of Glass Fiber ReinforcementPolymer" M.K. MAHMOUD, M.S. Morsy (Building Res Cen.,Egypt) 539

"A Simplified Model for Large Deformations Solutions of MultilayeredComposites" Laurent LAGARDE, Armelle Chabot, Alain Ehrlacher,Francoise Lene (U.Paris 6, France) 441

"Modelling of Dynamics Problems in Macro-Heterogeneous Composites"Sylwester KONIECZNY (TU Lodz, Poland) 423

"The Effect of Viscoelastic Layers on the Damping Properties of CompositeBeams" Maurizio RUGGIU, P. Priolo, B. Picasso (U.Cagliari, Italy),D.S. Adams, C.T. Sun (Purdue U., IN) 709

"Nonlinear Vibration of Circular Cylindrical Composite Shells Subjected toClamped-Clamped Boundary Conditions"Jamal F. Nayfeh, Nicholas J. RIVIECCIO (U.Cen. Florida) 701

"Optimal Laminate Configurations of Fibrous Composites utilizing an Energy-Based Criterion" Samer BARAKAT, Ghazi Abu-Farsakh (Jordan U.Sci.Tech.) 55

"Influence of the Shape on the Effectiveness of Shock Absorbing in SandwichStructures" Paolo CONTI, C.E. Piccioni, Francesco Bianconi (U.Perugia, Italy) 361

"Refined Characteristics for Local Bending of Sandwich Panels Under PointForces" Valery A. POLYAKOV (U. Latvia) 661

"A Contribution to the Deformation Behaviour of a Polyamide ReinforcedElastomer Matrix" Hans-Georg JACOB (U.Hannover, Germany) 363

>!The Method for Investigation of the General Theory of Stability Problemsof Structural Elements Fabricated from the Viscoelastic CompositeMaterials" Surkay D. Akbarov, N. YAHNIOGLU (Yildiz T.U., Turkey) 905

"Neural Networks for Determining Thin Film Mechanical Properties by UsingSpherical Indentation" Norbert HUBER, Ch. Tsakmakis (Karlsruhe, Germany) 329

"Contact Problem of Composite Ring in Diametrical Compression"Tzu-Hsien Chuang, Chun-Fu CHEN (Chung-Hua U.,Taiwan) 113

"Multiobjective Design of Laminated Cylinders for Maximum BucklingStrength" Mark WALKER (Tech.Natal, S.Africa) 211

METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES and POWDER METALLURGY"Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Residual Stresses in Metal Matrix

Composites" F. TEIXEIRA-DIAS, L.F. Menezes (U.Coimbra, Portugal) ...177"Drilling of Particulate AL-AL2O3 Metal Matrix Composites using Solid Tungsten

Carbide Drills" B. Mubaraki, Sri BANDYOPADHYAY, P. Matthew(U.N.S.Wales, Australia) INVITED LECTURE 51

"Synthesis and Solid State Sintering of W-Ni-Fe Nanocomposite" Xuan-Hui QU,Jinlian Fan, Yimin Li, BaiyunHuang (Central South U.T., China) 673

"Structure and Properties of 2024 Al-SiCp Composites" A.N. Abd El-Azim,M.A. Moustafa, Z.M. El-Baradie (CMRDI, Egypt), M.F. SALAH (Cairo, Egypt) 719

"Mechanical Strength Modeling of High Temperature SiC DiscontinuouslyReinforced Aluminum Alloys" James FRAGOMENI (Ohio U.) 229

"Preparing and Microstructure of In-Situ Ti/TiC Particulate Composites"Erlin ZHANG, Gang Zeng, Zao-Jun Zhu, Song-Yan Zeng (Harbin I.T.,China) 945

"The Mechanical Property of Aluminum Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperature"

J.H. SHYONG, S.Y. Yang, T.T. Chen, L.H. Yu (Chung-Cheng I.T., Taiwan),C.H. Huang (Army Logistics Sch., Taiwan) 776

"The Use of Coated Tools for Drilling of Magnesium Matrix Composites"Klaus Weinert, Dirk Biermann, Martin LIEDSCHULTE (U. Dortmund, Germany)....489

"Effect of Particulate Type and Size on the Structure and Soundness of MMCProduced by Infiltration" Nahed El-MAHALLAWY (American U.Cairo, Egypt),M.A. Taha, M.H. Abdel-Latif, Hala Abdel-Hakim (Ain Shams U., Egypt) 205

"Interface Controlled Deformation Twinning in an Intermetallic Nanolaminate"Luke M. HSIUNG, T.G. Nieh (Lawrence Livermore N.L., CA) ...325

"Processing of a MMC Using Powder Metallurgy and Sol-Gel" Sergio GARCIA-GALAN,A. Ingalls-Cruz, Bernardo Hernandez-Morales (UNAM, Mexico) 237

"In Situ Coating of SiC Particles in Reactive Processing of Al-SiC Composite"Kang-Hua CHEN, Jian-Guo Ge, Hong-Wei Liu (Hunan, China) 119

"Composite Microstructure of Cold Drawn Pearlitic Steel and its Role inStress Corrosion Behaviour"J. TORIBIO, E. Ovejero(U. LaCoruna, Spain) 845

"Aluminum Based Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with AlCr2 IntermetallicParticles" Vasile IANCAU (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Jose M. Torralba(U.Carlos III, Spain) 339

"Evolution of Phase Fraction and Elastic Lattice Strains in a Ti-6Al-4V/SiCComposite during Heating: Neutron Diffraction Study" Hahn CHOO,Partha Rangaswamy, Mark Bourke (Los Alamos N.L., NM) 127

"Effects of Casting Defects on the High Cycle Fatigue Properties of SiCp/AlMMC" Hideki Yamaura, Tie-Jun MA, D.A. Koss, R.C. Voigt (Penn St.U.),T. Kimura (Hitachi Metals, Japan) 521

"Dimensional Stability of Alumino Silicate Fibre Reinforced Aluminum AlloyUnder Thermal Cycling Condition"W.J.Xu, Shen-Qing WU, G.H. Cao (Southeast U.,China) 891

"Improving Surface Quality of Direct Laser Sintered Metal"Francis E.H. Tay, M. Rahman, E.A. HAIDER (N.U. Singapore) 285

"Multilayer PM Nickel-Alumina Composites"Mirjana MITKOV, Dragana Jankovic, Dusan Kicevic (Vinca Inst., Yugoslavia) 583

"Residual Stress Development during Fabrication and Processing of Gamma-Titanium Based Composite" M. AL-HAIK, Hamid Garmestani, T.A. TownsleyC. Sabinash (Florida A&M U.) 23

"Residual Stress and Texture in LD-MOCVD Processed Thin Film GiantMagnetoresistant (LaM)MnO3 Materials" K.H. DAHMEN, Nelly N. Mateeva,X. Dong, L. Meda, H. Garmestani (Florida A&M U.) 145

"Reaction Process of Al-TiO2-C to Prepare In-Situed TiC/A12O3 by SHS"Song-Yan ZENG, Erlin Zhang, Bo Yang (Harbin I.T, China) 939

"Solutionizing Effects in Aluminum Alloys and their Composites containingParticles" Shailendra K. VARMA, Erika Esquivel, Gustavo Vasquez(U.Texas-El Paso) 859

"Creep Behavior of the Oxide Dispersion Hardened Platinum Base Alloy Pt-10%DPH at Temperatures between 1200 deg C and 1700 deg C" R. Volkl,D. Freund, Bernd FISCHER (U.Jena, Germany), J. Merker, D. Lupton(Hanau, Germany) 220

"Application of Diamond-Like Coatings for Corrosion Protection of MMCs"B. WIELAGE, A. Dorner (T.U. Chemnitz, Germany) 881

"Sequential Electrical Discharge Machining of a WC-Co Composite: Fracture

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Resistance Step-Evolution"Luis LLANES, E. Idanez, M. Marsal, M. Anglada (U.Catalunya, Spain) 505

"Particle Size Effects on the Overall Mechanical Behavior of Metal MatrixComposites" Lan-Hong DAI, Z. Ling, Y.L. Bai (I.Mech.Beijing, China) 147

"Effects of NiCr Undercoatings on the Corrosion Property of A12O3 CeramicCoatings" Chaolin LI, Han-Xie ZHAO, T. Takahashi, M. Matsumura(Hiroshima U., Japan) 479

"Second Generation Tape Cast Orthorhombic-Based Titanium Aluminides for MMCApplication" Paul SMITH, A.H. Rosenberger (Air Force Res.Lab.,OH),M.J. Shepard, R. Wheeler (Dayton, OH) 787

"Synthesis and Characterization of Particulate Composites in Ti-Al-Si andTi-Mg-Si Systems" Mutlu Cavusoglu, OlegN. SENKOV, F.H. Froes (U.Idaho) 745

"Properties of Aligned, In-Situ, Composite of Ti-44Al-llNb Alloy Preparedby Directional Solidification Processing" Rabindra N. MAHAPATRA(NAVAIR, MD), Shankar M.L. Sastry (Washington U., MO) 533

"Properties of Metal-Ceramic Composites Produced by SHS" Pekka Lintula,Pekka Ruuskanen, Simo-Pekka HANNULA (VTT Manufac.,Finland) 293

"Effects of T6 Heat Treatment on the Fretting Wear Behavior of a SiCp/AlComposite" Rong CHEN, Akira Iwabuchi, Tomoharu Shimizu, Koro Matsumoto(Iwate U.,Japan) 121

"Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of A118B4O33 Whisker-Reinforced AC4C Al AlloyMatrix Composites" Jiang-Ping TU, M. Matsumura (Hiroshima U., Japan) 851

"Localization of Strain in Metal-Matrix Composites" H.A. Crostack,Gottfried FISCHER (R.I.F. Dortmund, Germany), E. Soppa, S. Schmauder(Stuttgart U., Germany), Y.L. Liu (RisoN.L., Denmark) 223

"PM Aluminum Matrix Composite Produced by High Energy Ball Milling"E.G. Araujo, A. Mourisco, H.N. Yoshimura, H. Goldenstein,Francisco Ambrozio FILHO (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 217

"In Situ Production of Iron-Based Surface Composite" Yisan WANG,Xinyuan Zhang, Fengchun Li, Guangting Zeng (Sichuan Union U.,China) 873

"Influence of Austenizing Temperature on the Fatigue Strength of AlloyedAustempered Ductile Iron Ferritic Matrix Structure" Alberto L. GERACI,G. La Rosa, A. Risitano, G.A. Fargione (U.Catania, Italy), M. Grech,M.H. Alaalem (U.Malta, Malta) 241

"Properties and Applications of AL203f/A336 Composite"Guo-Hong XIE (Bao Steel-Shanghai, China) 899

"Tensile and Cyclic Deformation Behaviour of the Piston Alloy AlSil2CuMgNiReinforced with AL203 (Safil) Fibers" Tilmann Beck, Karl-Heinz LANG,DetlefLoehe (U.Karlsruhe, Germany) 445

"Phase Analysis on the SiCp/AZ91HD Mg Composites Fabricated by ThixoformingProcess" Jung-Il LEE, Il-Ho Kim (Chungju N.U.,Korea), Young-Jig Kim(Sung Kyun Kwan U.,Korea) 459

"Effect of Fiber Coatings on LCF Fatigue Damage of B/Al Laminated Composites"Shao-Lun LIU, Xi-Peng Han, Chang-Yi Sun (Beijing Inst.Aero.Mat., China) 501

"Effect of the Grain Morphology on Grain Boundary Cavitation in P/M TungstenFine Wires" Koji TANOUE (Kyushu I.T., Japan) 835

"Processing of Copper Based Metal Matrix Composite Materials by Using HighEnergy Ball Milling" De-Liang ZHANG, D.Y. Ying, J.R. Richmond(U.Waikato, New Zealand) 943

"Internal Stress Changes Measured by Neutron Diffraction in a Metal Matrix

Composite after Mechanical and Thermal Treatments" Monojit DUTTA,G. Bruno, L. Edwards, M.E. Fitzpatrick (Open U., UK) 195

"Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of 6061 Al Reinforced with NitrideParticles, Processed by Powder Metallurgy" V. AMIGO(U.Poli Valencia, Spain), J.L. Ortiz (Mexico), M.D. Salvador (Spain) 35

"Wear Resistance of 6061AL Reinforced with Nitride Particles Processed byPowder Metallurgy" V. Amigo, J.L. RAMON, Jose L. Ortiz, M.D. Salvador(U.Poli.Valencia, Spain) 685

"Fatigue Damage Mechanisms of a High Temperature Titanium Matrix Composite"Jorg HEMPTENMACHER, H. Assler, J. Kumpfert, H.J.Dudek(German Aero.Center) 313

"Fractographic Analysis of the Fracture Process in AL-AL2O3 MMC"Asaad A. MAZEN (Am. U.in Cairo, Egypt) 561

"Microstructure of Thin Twin-Roll Cast Aluminium Metal-Matrix Composite Strip"Fazal A. KHALID (GIK, Pakistan), N.M. Rowbotham, D.V. Edmonds(U.Leeds, UK) 407

"Effect of Processing Variables on the Distribution of SiC Particulates in anAluminum Alloy Matrix Composite"M.Iqbal QURESHI, Mohammad Mujahid, Iyaz-ul-Haq (GIK, Pakistan) 679

"The Metal Printing Process"Roald KARLSEN (SINTEF, Norway) 401

"Structural Optimization of Light Porous Laminate Compounds with HighStiffness" L.I. CHERNYSHEV, D.G. Verbylo, Y.N. Podrezov(Nat.Acad.Sci.Ukraine) 659

"Thermal and Morphology Analysis in Epoxy-Metal Composites"Zully BRITO, Freddy Ocanto, Aimara Brito (I.U.T.Valencia, Venezuela) 91

"Application of Cluster Diamond to Self-Lubricating Metal Matrix Composites"Kotaro HANADA, T. Sano, Keiji Nakayama, Masao Mayuzumi (AIST,Japan) 291

"Synthesis of Copper Matrix Composites by Combustion Reaction"Yong-Jai KWON, Makoto Kobashi, Takao Choh (Nagoya U., Japan) 439

"The Study of Wetting Behavior of Alumina by Molten Magnesium for Fabricationof Magnesium Composites" Wen SHI, Makoto Kobashi, Takao Choh(Nagoya U.,Japan) 771

"Reactive Processing of TiC/Mg Composite via Combustion Route"Makoto KOBASHI, Takao Choh (Nagoya U., Japan) 419

"Characteristics of the Intrinsic Modulus as Applied to Particulate Compositeswith Both Soft and Hard Particulates Utilizing the Generalized Viscosity/Modulus Equation" Richard D. SUDDUTH, Ray Seyfarth (U.South.Miss.) 801

"P/M 2014 Aluminum Matrix Composite Reinforced with Intermetallics"Jose M. TORRALBA, Cesar E. daCosta, Francisco Velasco, Miguel A. Martinez(U.Carlos III, Spain) 847

MICROMECHANICS"Modelling of the Mechanical Effects of Heterogeneous Distributions of

Particles in Composites"

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Guo-Jun HUANG, Lan-Hong Dai (LNM Beijing), Ai-Kah Soh (U.Hong Kong) 327A Micromechanical Constitutive Model of Evolutionary Damage in Random Fiber

Composites" Haeng-Ki LEE, S. Simunovic (Oak Ridge N.L., TN) 451"Some Dynamic Properties of Near-Surface Impurity-Induced Superlattices"

Jerry KAPELEWSKI (Warsaw,Poland) 399"Design Problems for Fibre-Reinforced Composites"

Alex KALAMKAROV (Dalhousie U., Canada) 389

PROCESSING OF COMPOSITESchair: David Klett"Optimum Tooling Design for Resin Transfer Molding with Computer Simulation and

Artificial Intelligence Techniques" Chuck ZHANG, Jun Luo, Shunliang Jiang,Zhiyong Liang, Ben Wang (Florida A&M U.) 941

"Combustion Synthesis of Thin Diamond Films with Re-Circulating Flow".Michael C. GIBSON, David E. Klett (NCAT,NC), John C. Chen (Rowan U. NJ) 247

"Characteristics of Inlet Pressure and Resin Flow Front in RTM"Samuel OWUSU-OFORI (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 633

"Mechanical Properties of Solid-Phase Formed Glass Fiber ReinforcedPolypropylene" Joong-Hee LEE, John M. Rhee (Chonbuk N.U., Korea) 457

Parametric Dielectric Sensing Studies in Vacuum Assisted Resin TransferMolding" U.K. VAIDYA, N. Jadhav, H. Mahfuz, H. Mohamed, S. Jeelani(Tuskegee U., AL) 857

"Processing Issues Associated with VARTM-Based Composites" Thomas J. MULKERNElias J. Rigas, Steven P. Nguyen, Shawn Walsh (US Army Res.Lab, MD) 601

"The Deformation Behavior of the Inside Materials in SMC Roll Forming"Tutao Katayama, M. Shinohara, Go KAMADA, A. Kitade, M. Hakotani(DoshishaU., Japan) 393

"Resin Transfer Molding Involving Center Injection Using a New Production-Oriented Process for Composites: VTMP" David A. LOVING, Jerry Loving,Randy Sargent (L&S Composites, MS), Richard D. Sudduth (U. Southern Miss.) 513

"Application of Neural Networks in Process Modeling of Resin Transfer Molding"Faezeh SOLTANI, Souran Manoochehri (Stevens I.T., NJ) 791

"The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Morphological Development ofInjection Molded In-Situ Polymer Composites"hi-Gang LI, Kwabena A. NARH (New Jersey I.T.) 613

"Magnetic Fields for Processing of Epoxy Thermosets"Derek M. Lincoln, Elliot DOUGLAS (U.Florida) 185

"Novel Generation of Polymer Composites Reinforced with 3-DimensionalPeriodical Network of Fiber-Like Filler"Y. YUAN, Fyodor Shutov (Tennessee Tech.U.) 933

"Rapid CVD Process for Carbon-Carbon Composites"Dana T. GROW (Sioux Manufac.Corp., ND) 267

"The Economic Competitiveness of Microwave Processing of Carbon Fibers"Sujit DAS, Steve M. Cohn, T. Randall Curlee (Oak Ridge N.L., TN) 153

"Optimisation of the Process Parameters of the Resin Film Infusion Process"Chris J. von KLEMPERER, Viktor Verijenko, S. Adali, I.B. Sevostianov(U.Natal, S.Africa) 417

"Effects of Gravitation and Surface Tension on Resin Injection in InclinedPlanar Gaps" C.T. Li, Feng-Chyuan LAI (U. Oklahoma) 443

"Influence of Fiber Matrix Interfacial Properties on Transverse CompressionResponse of Seven Fiber Microcomposites"Yiping QIU, Susan E. Bennett, Wei Xu (N.Carolina St.U.) 677

session on Coating and Processing, developed by Jag Sankar"The Hardnesses and Elastic Moduli of Pulsed Laser Deposited Multilayer AIN/TiN

Thin Films" R.A. RAWDANOWICZ, J. Sankar (Greensboro, NC), V. Godbole,J. Narayan, A. Sharma (Raleigh, NC) 693

"Approaches to High Density Diamond Nucleation in HF-CVD Processing ofDiamond Films" Zhigang XU (Greensboro, NC), Zhangda Lin (Beijing, China),Jag Sankar (Greensboro, NC), J. Narayan (Raleigh, NC) 903

"Effect of Mechanical Doping on the Properties of Diamondlike Carbon ThinFilms Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition"Q. WEI, A.K. Sharma, Jag Sankar, J. Narayan (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 879

"Processing Induced Thermal Residual Stress in Thermal Barrier CoatedSubstrates" Jim LUA (A&T Engrg.Tech.Cen.,CT), Larry Russell, Jag Sankar(Greensboro, NC) 515

"The Effects of Thermal Soaking on the Performance of Si3N4 Slurry CoatedSubstrates" Larry RUSSELL, Jag Sankar, Q. Wei (Greensboro, NC) 711

"Plasma Diagnostics During Pulsed Laser Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon"Y. YAMAGATA, A. Sharma, R.M. Mayo, J.W. Newman, J. Narayan(Raleigh, NC), K. Ebihara (Kumamoto U., Japan) 907

"Laser Surface Modifications of Ceramics"J. Narayan, W. LI (Raleigh, NC), Q. Wei, Jag Sankar (Greensboro, NC) 483

"Microstructure and Properties WC and TiC Composite" V. GODBOLE, R.J. Narayan,A.K., Sharma, J. Narayan (Raleigh, NC), Jag Sankar (Greensboro, NC) 255

SMART COMPOSITES"Damage Detection using a Laser Vibrometer and Active Fiber Composite Patch"

M.J. Sundaresan, A. Ghoshal, M.J. SCHULZ, F. Ferguson(N.Carolina A&T St.U.),P. Frank Pai (U.Missouri-Columbia), Charles Wilkerson (NASA Marshall,AL) 735

"Damage Detection in Composite Structures using Vibration Measurements"A. GHOSHAL, M.J. Sundaresan, M.J. Schulz (N.Carolina A&T St.U.),P. Frank Pai (U.Missouri-Columbia) 245

"30W High Power Piezoelectric Transformer for EB"Jin-Hong Chung, Seung-Min Lee, Mike Myung-Ok Lee (Dongshin U., Korea),Yang-Ho MOON (Samsung, Korea) 591

"A Monolithic iMEMS for Wise Smart Sensor Chip" Seung-Min Lee, S.M. Lee,H.B. Lee, J.H. Chung, Mike M.O. LEE (Dongshin U., Korea) 465

"Subsurface Microsensors for Assisted Recertification of TPS (SmarTPS)"J.B. PALLIX, Frank S. Milos, D. Huestis (NASA Ames, CA) 635

"Towards Novel Composite Based Intelligent Display Device" Afshad TALAIE(U.Sydney, Australia), Y.K. Lee, J. Jang, D.J. Choo, S.M. Park, S.H. Park,G. Huh (Korea), J.Y. Lee (N.S.Wales U.), J.A. Romagroli (Korea) 825

"Squeezing of Composite Piezoceramic Plate under the Loading of RegularNormal Pressure" M.L. FILSHTINSKY (Sumy St.U., Ukraine), R. Rodreiguez-

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Ramos (U.Habana, Cuba) 219"Smart Materials for Future Composite Automotive Vehicles"

Saravanan M. PEELAMEDU, Nagi G. Naganathan (U.Toledo, OH), Steve Buckley(Daimler Chrysler, MI) 649

"The Influence of the Notch Root Radius on Rapid Load Fracture Toughnessof FRP" Kensuke ICHINOSE, Susumu Sakaguchi, H. Higashiyama(Tokyo Denki U., Japan) 349

"The Effects of Shape Recovery Force for Buckling Behaviour of Composite Beam"Jung-Ju LEE, Sup Choi (Koirea Adv.Inst.Sci.Tech.) 461

"Fiber-Optic Silicon Cantilever Vibration-Sensor" Mitsuteru KIMURA,Katsuhisa Toshima, Harunobu Sato (Tohoku-Gakuin U., Japan) 413

"Implementation of Brillouin-Active Fiber Based Neural Network in SmartStructures" Yong-Kab KIM, Charles Collier, Chung Yu (N. Carolina A&T St.U.)....411

"Effective Properties of 2-2 and 1-3 Piezocomposites: Their Importance inTransducer Applications" Julian BRAVO-CASTILLERO, R. Guinovart-Diaz,R. Rodriguez-Ramos (U.Habana, Cuba), F. Sabina 87

"A Mathematical Model for Two Types of Fibrous Piezocomposite Materials"R. RODRIGUEZ-RAMOS, R. Guinovart-Diaz, J. Bravo-Castillero,(U. Habana, Cuba), F. Sabina (IIMAS, Mexico) 703

"Field-Structured Particle Composites for Sensor and Actuators"James MARTIN, Robert A. Anderson (SandiaN.L., NM) 547

"On the Feedback Control Gain (Gi) of Smart Laminated Beams, Plates and Shells"Bohua SUN, Da Huang (Peninsula Tech., S.Africa) 811

"Smart-Alloy Coated Optical Fibers for Active Sensing and Control"Justin FOREMAN, Charles Collier, Yong Kab Kim, Chung Yu(N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 225

"Laser Processing of Polymers and Conductive Materials for the Fabricationof Conductive Composite Coatings: Applications with Chemical Sensors"R. Andrew McGILL, Alberto Pique, Douglas B. Chrisey, James Fitzgerald,Viet Nguyen, Russell Chung (Naval Res.Lab, DC) 563

"Twist-Movement of Shape Memory Alloy Film with Inverse Force Layer"Sotohiro TAKABAYASHI, Katsumi Tanino (Toyama Ind.,Japan), Kazuo Kitagawa(KanazawaU., Japan) 821

"A Study on the Measurement of the Recovery Stress Intelligent Material usingExperimental Method" Jai-Sug HAWONG, H.J. Lee (Yeungnam U., Korea) 307

"A Nonlinear Numerical Modeling of Flexible PZT Smart Structural System"Yuan-Chong ZHANG, Xu-Dong Hou, Ya-Peng Shen (Xian Jiaotong U.,China) 949

"Bi-directionally Response and Generated Energy of Shape Memory Compositeswith Embedded TiNi Alloy as Effectors" Hitoshi YOSHIDA (NIMC, Ibaraki,Japan), K. Heshiki, O. Byon (Nihon U.), K.Yasumoto, T. Ogasa (NIMC) 923

"Extension and Thickness-Shear Piezoelectric Actuators for Bending Controlof Beams" Osama J. ALDRAIHEM, Ahmed A. Khdeir (King Saud U.,S.Arabia) 21

"The Ribless Adaptive Trailing Edge Concept-Advances in the Smart Approach to aVariable Camber Wing Flap Without a Hinge" Claus BAUER, W. Martin,H.F. Siegling (DaimlerChrysler, Germany) 59

"Manufacturing of Active Composites with Integrated Piezoceramics"Peter WIERACH, V. Krajenski, D. Sachau, H. Struck (Braunschweig, Germany) 883

" Anisotropy in Smart Composites" Johannes K. DURR (DaimlerChrysler,Germany),Alexander Kling, Franz J. Arendts (U.Stuttgart, Germany) 287

session on Electronic Materials and Smart Films"Microstructure and Properties of PZT Heterostructures" A. Kvit, C. JIN,

A.K. Sharma(N.Carolina St. U.), S. Chattopadhyay, J. Narayan, Clinton Lee 375"Novel Ill-Nitride Heterostructures with Reduced Threading Dislocation Density"

A.K. Sharma, A. KVIT, J. Narayan (N.Carolina St.U.) 437"Cu3Ge Contacts in GaAs and Related Compounds"

M.A. Borek, M.O. ABOELFOTOH, J. Narayan (N.Carolina St.U.) 5•"Microstructure and Properties of Cu3Ge Contacts and Interconnects in Si and

SiGe" M.A. BOREK, M.O. Aboelfotoh, J. Narayan (N.Carolina St. U.) 75"Novel Ohmic Contact to n-type GaN using CU3Ge"

M.O. Aboelfotoh, J. Narayan, R.F. DAVIS (N.Carolina St.U.) 157"Enhancement of Transport Properties for Cu Interconnects in the Development

of Smart Films" Clinton LEE (NCAT.NC), D. Kumar (U.Florida),S. Chattopadhyay, W. Collis, T. Coleman, J. Stout (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 449

TEXTILE COMPOSITES"Flexural Behavior of Twill Woven Laminated Beams" Pramod CHAPHALKAR

(Altair Engrg.,MI), AjitD. Kelkar (N.Carolina A&T St.U.) 109"Fatigue Life Prediction of Thick-Section Woven Composites Under Flexural

Loading" Hassan MAHFUZ, Kamruz Zaman, Anwarul Haque, Uday Vaiday,Shaik Jeelani (Tuskegee U., AL) 537

"Impact Performance Enhancement of Porous Aluminum Core Sandwitch WithTextile Weave Face Sheets" William J. CRAFT, Jametta McRae, Ajit D. Kelkar(N.Carolina A&T St.U.), Tony Giamei (United Technologies, CT) 139

"Meso-Macro Mechanical Behaviour of Textile Reinforcements of Thin Composites"K. Buet-Gautier, G. Hivet, Philippe Boisse, F. LENE (U.Paris 6, France) 475

"Automatic Testing and Statistical Analysis of Permeability of Knitted andWoven Glass Fabrics for RTM Process" Zhi-Yong LIANG, Rong Pan,Shuliang Jiang, Chuck Zhang, Ben Wang (Florida A&M U.) 487

"Double Cure-Wrap Spinning" Paul SAWHNEY, X. Cui, D.V. Parikh, J. Price(Southern Reg.Res.Cen.,New Orleans) 725

"Effects of Anisotropy on the Mechanical Performance of Knitted FabricReinforced Thermoplastic (KFRT) Composites" Chwee-Teck LIM, L.B. Ong,Z.M. Huang, S. Ramakrishna (N.U. Singapore) 491

"Advantages of True 3-Dimensional and Multi-Axial Fiber Processing inIndustrial Fabric and Near Net Shape Preforms" Larry DICKINSON,Mansour Mohamed, Alex Bogdanovich (3Tex, NC) 175

"Short Fiber Thermoplastic Composite Fabricated from a Nonwoven Preform"Patrick W. DUKE (3Tex, NC), Yiping Qiu (N.Carolina St.U.) 191

"Composite Geotextile Reinforced Brick Faced Earth Retaining Walls"Isabel PINTO (U. Coimbra, Portugal), T.W. Cousens (U.Leeds, UK) 655

"Hydro-Entanglement Processing of Non-Woven Fabrics for 3D Composites"John F. HARPER, Memis Acar (Loughborough U., UK) 297

"Creep Failure Mechanisms in Woven Composite"Feiyi PANG (Deakin U., Australia), C.H. Wang (Melbourne, Australia) 637

"Crashworthiness Behaviour of Fully Clamped Nonwoven 3-D NEFESYF Circular

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Plates" E. Clive CHIRWA, Paulo H.V.S. Duarte (Bolton Inst.,UK) 123"Analysis of Yarn Wavy Path Periodicity of Textile Composites Using

Discrete Fourier Transform" Miloslav KOSEK, Bohumila Koskova(TU Liberec, Czech Rep.) 427

"Quantitative Description of Yarn Undulation in Fabric Reinforced Compositesusing Inclination Angle Distribution" Bohumila KOSKOVA, Stanislav Vopicka,Petr Glogar (TU Liberec, Czech Rep.) 429

"Textile Structure Reinforced Composite Materials using RTM with Epsilon-Caprolactam" Dieter GITTEL, H. Callies, P. Eyerer, H.c. Ludwig,B. Moginger (U.Stuttgart,Germany) 251

"Interlock Weft Knitted Structures for Textile Composites"Tilak DIAS, Nilanthi Heenkenda, Richard Day (UMIST, UK) 173

WAVE PROPAGATIONchair: Roman Gr. Maev"Nonlinear Acoustics: a New Tool for Composite Material Characterization"

Roman G. MAEV (U.Windsor, Canada), Igor Yu Solodov (Moscow St.U.,Russia) 525"Modeling Convergent Ultrasonic Beams in Anisotropic Composites"

Brian O'NEILL, Roman Gr. Maev (U.Windsor, Canada) 627"Generation of Second Harmonics at Passing of Acoustic Wave through Nonlinear

Layer in Composite Structure" F.M. SEVERIN, I. Yu. Solodov, Roman Gr. Maev(U.Windsor, Canada) 753

"Acoustical Imaging Using Matrix of Piezoelectric Transducers for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Plastic Composites" Roman G. Maev,Andrei PTCHELINTSEV, Alexei Denissov (U.Windsor, Canada) 665

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