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The Composite Materials Handbook
CMH-17

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PMC Crashworthiness Group


Objective

The newly formed Working Group will provide the support for the development of a new, selfcontained section of the handbook on composite Crashworthiness and Energy Management for vehicle safety certification. The Work Group will also attempt to address the needs of the composites and aeronautics community at large, and to provide a unique forum of discussion for those working in industry, research institutions, and government agencies. Through a close interaction with ASTM Committee D-30, the Work Group will try to develop standards for the characterization of the energy-absorbing characteristics of composite material systems, such as the axial crushing of column-like members and of thin-wall tubular structures, representative of aircraft sub-floors and automotive-sized rails. In general, it will try to present, for the first time in a concise and comprehensive fashion, some recommended design guidelines and practices for the experimental and numerical characterization of the crash resistance of advanced composite structures.


Co-Chairs

Paolo Feraboli, Ph.D.
Asst. Prof. of Aircraft Materials & Structures and Director,
Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington
Guggenheim Hall
Box 352400
Seattle, WA 98195-2400
Tel: 206-543-2170
Fax: 206-543-0217
Email: feraboli@aa.washington.edu
Ari G. Caliskan
Technical Expert, Lightweight Structures & Materials
Ford Motor Company
Research & Innovation Center
Vehicle Design Research & Advanced Engineering
MD3137, Room 3135
2101 Village Rd.
Dearborn, MI 48121
Tel: (313) 594-2488
Fax: (313) 337-5581
Email: acaliska@ford.com
Dr. Mostafa Rassaian
Boeing Research and Technology
9725 East Marginal Way
MC 42-26
Seattle, WA 98108
Tel: 206-544-7543
Email: mostafa.rassaian@boeing.com

 

 

 

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