The paper describes a Thermally-Enhanced Edge Registration (TEER) technique for precision aligning large numbers of laminae in diffusion bonding processes. This technique is particularly relevant for the formation of micro heat exchangers and microreactors requiring highly paralleled microchannel arrays but is also being used to register other laminated devices with...
The compressive behavior of continuous fiber composites is not as well
understood as their tensile behavior because research and industrial applications have until
recently focused on the latter. Furthermore, most theoretical and experimental studies on
the compression of composites have examined the case of unidirectional specimens with
fibers along the...
Micro Energy and Chemical Systems (MIECS) are multi-scale microsystems, which rely
on embedded nano and micro-scale features to process bulk amounts of fluid in
applications ranging from man-portable heat pumps, distributed fuel reforming and insitu
waste remediation. Microlamination is a well-known process architecture for
fabricating the highly parallel, high aspect...
The research is about developing a computerized design system for
microtechnology-based energy, and chemical systems (MECS). MECS devices are
a part of microfabrication, which primarily focuses on taking advantage of the
extremely high rates of heat and mass transfer available in microstructures. It
typically consists of intricate arrays of components...
The main source of the time-dependent behavior of fiber-reinforced composites is their polymeric matrix, which causes concerns about their long term durability. Although for composites where organic fibers such as Graphite are used, the fibers are also a contributing factor. A composite material may exhibit an appreciable amount of creep,...
Ever since composite laminate technology was introduced into the aerospace and automotive industry, there has been a need to fully understand the damage progression experienced by composite laminated plates in the presence of a notch. While numerous research studies have been conducted on this matter when subjected to in-plane loads,...
