Midwest Structural Sciences Center: 2006-2007 Annual Report

Abstract

The Midwest Structural Sciences Center (MSSC) is a collaboration between the Structural Sciences Center, Air Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/VA SSC), and a team of faculty, graduate students, and professional staff researchers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI). The team works closely to simulate, model, test, and assess structures and materials for use in future air- and space-frames in a risk-quantified design process. The MSSC is conducting research on aerothermostructures with a five to ten year horizon in four key areas: coupled thermo-mechanical-acoustic analysis and simulation, identification and definition of structural limit states, risk-quantified structural assessment, and experimental capabilities for validation of structural models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473590

Entities

People

  • Glaucio H. Paulino
  • William A. Dick

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Science
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Structural Components
  • Students
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topology Optimization
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • Space