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    Damage Sensing in Natural Fiber/Epoxy Composites

    There has been a greater interest in natural fiber-reinforced composites in the recent past due to their abundance and reduced carbon footprint. Although these composites do not exhibit superior mechanical pro...

    Vijaya Chalivendra in Handbook of Epoxy/Fiber Composites

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    Damage Sensing in Natural Fiber/Epoxy Composites

    There has been a greater interest in natural fiber-reinforced composites in the recent past due to their abundance and reduced carbon footprint. Although these composites do not exhibit superior mechanical pro...

    Vijaya Chalivendra in Handbook of Epoxy/Fiber Composites (2022)

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    Numerical studies of electrical contacts of carbon nanotubes-embedded epoxy under tensile loading

    Numerical studies were performed to determine electrical contacts in carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-embedded epoxy under quasi-static tensile loading conditions. A realistic CNT network in epoxy was generated by rand...

    Kirill Shkolnik, Vijaya Chalivendra in Acta Mechanica (2018)

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    In Vivo and In Vitro Degradation Studies for Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) Biopolymer

    Studies have shown that the copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)] possesses favorable mechanical properties for use in medical supplies and products (e.g., sutures, scaffolds, bon...

    Abdulrahman A. Kehail, Vijay Boominathan in Journal of Polymers and the Environment (2017)

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    Thermal and mechanical characterization of solvent-cast poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)

    The copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)], is produced by engineered Ralstonia eutropha strains using lipids and fatty acids as carbon feedstocks. The presence of the 3-hydroxyhex...

    Abdulrahman A. Kehail, Michael Foshey, Vijaya Chalivendra in Journal of Polymer Research (2015)

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    Sub-micron Scale Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Fibers Exposed to Ultraviolet and Thermal Degradation

    Nanoindentation studies using atomic force microscopy (AFM) was conducted to investigate the effect of accelerated ultra violet (UV) and thermal degradation on mechanical properties of Polypropylene textile fi...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Vijaya Chalivendra, Paul Calvert in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Effect of Aspect Ratio of Cylindrical Pulse shapers on Force Equilibrium in Hopkinson Pressure Bar Experiments

    A detailed experimental study was conducted in designing cylindrical pulse shapers for testing various types of materials using split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test setup. Copper-182 alloy and annealed C11...

    Sandeep Abotula, Vijaya Chalivendra in Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 (2011)

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    Effect of Accelerated Ultra Violet and Thermal Exposure on Nano Scale Mechanical Properties of Nylon Fibers

    Nano-characterization studies using atomic force microscopy (AFM) was conducted to study the effect of accelerated ultra violet (UV) and thermal degradation on mechanical properties of Nylon textile fibers. Ny...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Vijaya Chalivendra, Paul Calvert in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Nano-indentation Studies of Polyglactin 910 Monofilament Sutures

    Nano-indentation studies using atomic force microscopy (AFM) were introduced to investigate the effects of hydrolysis degradation on mechanical properties of polyglactin 910 monofilament sutures. The polyglact...

    Leming Sun, Vijaya Chalivendra, Paul Calvert in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 4 (2011)

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    Investigation of the Young’s Modulus of Fibers in an Electrospun PCL Scaffold Using AFM and its Correlation to cell Attachment

    Seeding a layer of cells at specific depths within scaffolds is an important optimization parameter for bi-layer skin models. Experimental investigation has been performed to investigate the effect of fiber di...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Ming Chen, Vijaya Chalivendra in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Role of Scaffold Architecture and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Scaffolds in Cell Seeding

    Seeding a layer of cells at specific depths within scaffolds is an important optimization parameter for bi-layer skin models. The work presented investigated the effect of fiber diameter and its mechanical pro...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Ming Chen, Vijaya Chalivendra in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2010)

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    Static and dynamic fracture analysis for the interface crack of isotropic-orthotropic bimaterial

    In the present study, interfacial cracks between an isotropic and orthotropic material, subjected to static far field tensile loading are analyzed using the technique of photoelasticity. The fracture parameter...

    Kwang Ho Lee, Arun Shukla, Venkitanarayanan Parameswaran in KSME International Journal (2002)