Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

 

Dr. Tsu-Wei Chou
Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering 

Department of Mechanical Engineering
126 Spencer Laboratory
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

Phone: 302-831-1550/2904
Fax: 302-831-3619
E-mail: chou@udel.edu

Dr. Chou's Full CV: [html] [PDF]

 
Executive Summary Selected Publications 
Education and Experience Honors and Awards
Research News / Awards  Research Group Website
 

BOOKS AUTHORED

  1. Composite Materials and Their Use in Structures, Elsevier–Applied Science, London, with J. R. Vinson (1975).

  2. Microstructural Design of Fiber Composites, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (1992).

BOOKS & PROCEEDINGS EDITED

  1. Textile Structural Composites, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, edited with F. Ko (1988). Russian Edition, Mockba, Moscow (1991).

  2. Use of Composite Materials in Transportation Systems, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York (1991), edited with S. B. Biggers.

  3. Structure and Properties of Composites, Vol. 13 of Materials Science and Technology series, VCH, Germany, volume editor, (1993).

  4. Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 9th Technical Conference, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, PA, edited with J. R. Vinson (1994).

  5. Innovative Processing and Characterization of Composite Materials, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York (1995), edited with R. F. Gibson.

  6. Progress in Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Peking University Press, Beijing, China, edited with Wang Tzuchiang (1996).

  7. Fiber Reinforcements and General Theory of Composites, Vol. 1 of Comprehensive Composite Materials, Elsevier Science, Ltd., Oxford, UK, volume editor (2000).

 RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (2000-present)

For a complete list of publications, see Dr. Chou's full CV

  1. “Real-Time in situ Sensing of Damage Evolution in Advanced Fiber Composites using Carbon Nanotube Networks,” Nanotechnology, 19(21) 215713 (2008), with E. T. Thostenson.

  2. “Sensors and Actuators Based on Carbon Nantubes and Their Composites: A Review,” Composites Science and Technology, 68(6) 1227-1249 (2008), with C. Li and E. T. Thostenson.

  3. “Effect of Nanotube Waviness on the Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites,” Composites Science and Technology, 68(6) 1445-1452 (2008), with C. Li and E. T. Thostenson.

  4. “Dominant Role of Contact Resistance in Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites,” Applied Physics letters, 91, 223114 (2007), with C. Li and E. T. Thostenson.

  5. “Direct Electrifying Algorithm for Backbone Identification,” Journal of Applied Physics A: Mathmatical and Theoretical, 40, 14679–14686 (2007), with C. Li.

  6. “Multiscale Carbon Nanotube-Carbon Fiber Reinforcement for Advanced Epoxy Composites,” Langmuir, 23 (7), 3970 -3974 (2007), with E. Bekyarova, E. T. Thostenson, A. Yu, H. Kim, J. Gao, J. Tang, H. T. Hahn,M. E. Itkis, and R. C. Haddon

  7. “Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Carbon Fiber-Epoxy Composites,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 17865-17871 (2007) with E. Bekyarova, E. T. Thostenson, A. Yu, M. E. Itkis, D. Fakhrutdinov and R. C. Haddon.

  8. “Continuum Percolation of Nanocomposites with Fillers of Arbitrary Shapes,” Applied Physics Letters, 90, 174108 (2007), with C. Li.

  9. “Theoretical Studies on the Charge-Induced Failure of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Carbon, 45, 922(2007), with C. Li.

  10. “Carbon Nanotube Networks: Sensing of Distributed Strain and Damage for Life Prediction and Self-Healing,” Advanced Materials, 18(22), 2837-2841 (2006), with E. T. Thostenson.

  11. “Processing-Structure-Multifunctional Property Relationship in Carbon Nanotube/Epoxy Composites,” Carbon, 44, 2869-3148 (2006), with E. T. Thostenson.

  12. “Charge-Induced Strains in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Nanotechnology, 17, 4624 (2006), with C.-Y. Li

  13. “Electrostatic Charge Distribution on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Applied Physics Letters, 89, 063103 (2006), with C. Li

  14. “Elastic Wave Velocities in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Physical Review B, 73, 245407 (2006), with C. Li

  15. “Multiscale Modeling of Compressive Behavior of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites,” Composites Science and Technology, 66, 2409, (2006), with C. Li.

  16. “Atomistic Modeling of Carbon Nanotube-Based Mechanical Sensors.”  Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, 17, 247 (2006), with C. Li.

  17. “Static and Dynamic Properties of Single-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6(1) 54 (2006), with C. Li.

  18. “Minimization of Acoustic Radiation from Thick Multilayered Sandwich Beams,” AIAA Journal, 43(11) 2337 (2005), with H. Denli and J.Q. Sun.

  19. “Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Reaction Bonded Carbon Nanotube – Reinforced Ceramic Composites,” Journal of Physics D:  Applied Physics, 38(7): 3962-3965 (2005), with E.T. Thostenson and P. Karandikar.

  20. “Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Clamping in Tensile Tests,” Composites Science and Technology, 65, 2407-2415 (2005), with C. Li and R. Ruoff.

  21. “Heat Capacity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Molecular Structural Mechanics Modeling Technique,” Material Science and Engineering A, 409, 140-144 (2005), with C. Li.

  22. “Axial and Radial Thermal Expansions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Phys. Rev. B, 71, 235414 (2005), with C. Li. 

  23.  "Nanocomposites in Context," Composites Science and Technology, 65, 491 (2005), with E. T. Thostenson and C. Li.

  24. "Quantized Molecular Structural Mechanics Modeling for Specific Heat of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Physical Review B, 71 (7), 075409 (2005) with C. Li.

  25. “Nanotube Buckling in Aligned Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Composites,” Carbon, 42(14): 3015-3018 (2004), with E. Thostenson.

  26. “Strain and Pressure Sensing using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Nanotechnology, 15(11): 1493-1496 (2004), with C. Li.

  27. “Mass Detection Using Carbon Nanotube-based Nanomechanical Resonators,” Applied Physics Letters, 84(25): 5246-5248 (2004), with C. Li.

  28. “Modeling of Elastic Buckling of Carbon Nanotubes by Molecular Structural Mechanics Approach,” Mechanics of Materials, 36(11): 1047-1055 (2004), with C. Li.  

  29. “Elastic Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Transverse Directions,” Physical Review B, 84(1): 121-123 (2004), with C. Li.

  30. “Vibrational Behavior of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Nanomechanical Resonators,” Applied Physics Letters, 84(1): 121-123 (2004), with C. Li.

  31. “A Multiscale Modeling of the Interfacial Load Transfer in Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites,” J. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 3, 423 (2003), with C. Li.

  32. “Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Ultrahigh Frequency Nanomechanical Resonators,” Physical Review B, 68, 073405 (2003), also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, September 8 (2003), with C. Li..

  33. “Elastic Moduli of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and the Effect of van der Waals Forces,” Composites Science and Technology, 63, 1517 (2003), with C. Li.

  34. “A Structural Mechanics Approach for the Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes,” Int. J. Solids Struct., 40, 2487 (2003), with C. Li.

  35. “On the Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Based Composites: Modeling and Characterization,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36, 573 (2003), with E. T. Thostenson.

  36. “Inter-Fiber Sliding in Fabric Shaping Process,” Advanced Composite Materials, 12, 23, (2003) with Y. Arimitsu and S. Takahashi.

  37. “A Methodology for Cartesian Braiding of Three-Dimensional Shapes and Special Structures,” J. Mater. Sci., 37, 2811 (2002), with T. D. Kostar.

  38. “Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composites: Processing and Mechanical Characterization,” J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 35, 277 (2002), with E. T. Thostenson.

  39. “Carbon Nanotube/Carbon Fiber Hybrid Multi-Scale Composites,” J. Appl. Phys., 91, 6034 (2002), with E. T. Thostenson, W. Z. Li, D. Z. Wang and Z. F. Ren.

  40. “A 3-D Connectivity Model for Effective Piezoelectric Properties of Yarn Composites,” J. Comp. Mater., 36, 1693 (2002), with X. P. Ruan, A. Safari and S. C. Danforth.

  41. "Theoretical and Numerical Analysis of the Electromechanical Behavior of Spiral-Shaped PZT Actuators," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 49, 319 (2002), with B. Chen, B. A. Cheeseman, A. Safari and S. Danforth.

  42. “Design Optimization of Spiral Actuators for Enhanced Displacement,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, 22, 497 (2001), with B. A. Cheeseman, A. Safari and S. C. Danforth.

  43. “Advances in the Science and Technology of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites: A Review,” Composites Science and Technology, 61, 1899 (2001), with E. T. Thostenson and Z.F. Ren.

  44. “Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Fabric Compaction Behavior in Resin Transfer Molding,” Mat. Sci. Engr. A, A317, 188 (2001), with B. Chen and E. J. Lang.

  45. “Microwave and Conventional Curing of Thick-Section Thermoset Composite Laminates: Experiment and Simulation,” Polymer Composites, 22, 197 (2001), with E. T. Thostenson

  46. "Forming Simulation of Fabrics and Power-Net with Commercialized Finite Element Method," 27, 10 (2001), Journal of Japanese Society for Composite Materials, with Y. Arimitsu and A. Ishinaga.

  47. "A Nonlinear Compaction Model for Fibrous Preforms," Composites Part A, 32, 701 (2001), with B. Chen and A.H.D. Cheng.

  48. “Compaction of Woven Fabric Preforms in Liquid Composite Molding Processes:  Nesting and Multi-Layer Deformation,” Comp. Sci. Tech., 60,  2223 (2000), with B. Chen.

  49. “Fabrication of a Nicalon Fiber/Si3N4-Based Ceramic-Matrix Composite by the Polymer Pyrolysis Method,” J. Mat. Sci., 35, 6301 (2000), with C. C. Lu, M. H. Headinger, and A. P. Majidi.

  50. “Local Elastodynamic Stresses in the Unit Cell of Woven Fabric Composites,” Archive of Applied Mechanics, 70, 423 (2000), with B. X. Chen.

  51. “Characterization and Comparative Study of Three-Dimensional Braided Hybrid Composites,” J. Mat. Sci., 35, 2175 (2000), with T. Kostar and P. Popper.

  52. “Saint-Venant End Effects in Piezoelectric Materials,” Int. J. Solids Structures, 37, 2625 (2000), with X. P. Ruan, S. C. Danforth and A. Safari.

  53. “Strength and Failure Behavior of Stitched Carbon/Epoxy Composites,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 31A, 899 (2000), with R. Kamiya.

  54. “Three-Dimensionally Woven and Braided Composites–II:  An Experimental Characterization,” Polymer Composites, 20, 733 (2000), with K. Pochiraju.


 
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