LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• · P. Raju Mantena and Richa Mann, 'Impact and Dynamic Response of High-density Structural Foams Used as Filler Inside Circular Steel Tube' (in print Composite Structures: An International Journal)
• · Swaminathan, R. and P. Raju Mantena, 'Axial Loading and Buckling Response Characteristics of Pultruded Hybrid Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Composites' Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Volume 22, Issue 7, May 2003
• · Richa Mann, P. Raju Mantena and Chris Mullen, 'Crush Analysis of Structural Foams Inside a Hollow Steel Tube Under Uni-Axial Compressive Loading' Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 17th Annual Technical Conference, West Lafayette, IN, October 21-23, 2002 (Paper #013 on CD ROM)
• · Lay Menn Khoo, Roger Hasse and P. Raju Mantena, 'Structural Dynamic Analysis of Phorid Fly Rearing System' ASME Region XI Technical Journal, Vol. 2, No.1, April 2003, pp. 1.1-1.8
• · Lay Menn Khoo and P. Raju Mantena, 'Modal Analysis for Detecting and Monitoring Damage in Wooden Structures' ASME Region XI Technical Journal, Vol. 1, No.1, June 2002, pp. 2.1-2.6
• · Prakash Jadhav and P. Raju Mantena, 'Analytical and Experimental Assessment of Damage in Wooden Beams Using Vibration Response Measurements' ASME Region XI Technical Journal, Vol. 1, No.1, June 2002, pp. 3.1-3.8
• · Murthy Kowsika, P. Raju Mantena and K. Balasubramniam, 'Energy Absorption and Dissipation Characteristics of Pultruded Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Hybrid Composite Beams,' Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, May 2002, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 227-252.
• · P. Raju Mantena, Richa Mann and C.V. Nori, 'Low Velocity Impact Response and Dynamic Characteristics of Glass-Resin Composites,' Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Volume 20/Number 6/2001, pp. 513-534
• · Barpanda, D., Nori, C.V. and Mantena, P.R., 'Vibration Response of Golf Clubs with Steel and Composite Shafts,' Proceedings of the Symposium on Multifunctional Materials and Structures, ASME - IMECE 99, NCA-Vol.26, pp.253-266.
• · Murthy Kowsika and P. Raju Mantena, 'Static and Low Velocity Impact Response Characteristics of Pultruded Hybrid Glass/Graphite Epoxy Composite Beams' Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol.12, Number 3, 1999, pp.121-132
• · Chen , B., Cheng, A.H.-D. and Chou, T.-W., "A nonlinear compaction model for fibrous preforms," Composites, Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 701-707, 2001.

• · Lopatnikov, S.L. and Cheng, A.H.-D., "Variational formulation of fluid infiltrated porous material in thermal and mechanical equilibrium," Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 685-704, 2002.
• · K. Alzebdeh, A. Al-Ostaz, I. Jasiuk and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, "Scale and Boundary Conditions Effects in Elasticity and Damage Mechanics of Random Composites," in Damage Mechanics in Engineering Materials (G. Voyiadjis, J.-W.W. Ju, and J.-L. Chaboche, Eds.), Studies in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 46, pp. 65-80, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998.
• · A. AL-Ostaz and M. Bader, "Evaluation of Relative Effectiveness of a Range of Crack Injection Materials for the Repair of live Cracks". ACI Concrete International (May 1999), pp. 42.
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, 1997,"The Influence of Interface and Random Arrangement of Inclusions on Local Stresses in Composite Materials," Acta Materisilia .Vol 45, No. 10, pp.4131-4143.
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, I., 1997,"Crack Initiation and Propagation in Materials with Randomly Distributed Holes,". Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Vol. 58, No. 5-6, pp. 395-420.
• · K. Alzebdeh A. Al-Ostaz, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, 1998 "Fracture of Random Matrix-Inclusion Composites: Scale Effects and Statistics," Journal of Solids and Structures. Vol 35-19, pp. 2537-2566..
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, 1996, "An Elastic Circular Inclusion in a Half-Plane: The Effect of Boundary Conditions on Stress Concentrations". ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics.Vol. 124 NO. 3, pp 293-300.
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, W.J. Baxter, 2001 "Mechanical and thermal Stresses at shot Particles During Fatigue of Kawool Aluminum Composites at 20oC." Journal of materioals Science 36, pp. 1201-1212.

• · W.J. Baxter, A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, 1997 "The effect of shot particles on the fatigue of Kawool fiber reinforced 339 aluminum," Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 30 A, 195-201.
• · A. Al-Ostaz. W.J. Baxter, and I. Jasiuk, "Fatigue of Kawool Reinforced Aluminum: Effect of shot Particle Wall thickness" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Science).
• · A. Al-Ostaz and M. Bader, "Deterioration of Bond between Repair Material and concrete Due to Thermal Incompatibility: Experimental results". ACI Materials Journal (in press).
• · Al-Ostaz, A., Al-Moussawi, H., Herrera-Franco, P. and Drzal, L. T. "Characterization of the Interphase in Glass Sphere Reinforced Polymer", (in press, Composites: B).
• · A. Al-Ostaz and L. T. Drzal, "Evaluation of interfacial Properties of Composite Materials Using Micro-Indentation Test", (in press, Journal of Composites Technology and Research).
• · A. Alostaz, I. Jasiuk, and K. Alzebdah" Evaluation of the The Slice Compression Test". (in press, Journal of Composite Materials).
• · L. Xu, A. Al-Ostaz and L. T. Drzal, "Influence of Sizing Thickness and Gradiant on the Adhesion of the Carbon Fiber and Vinyl Ester Interphase". (in press, Composites: B)
• · A. Al-Ostaz, K. Alzebdeh, and I. Jasiuk, " Characterization of Interfaces In Metal Matrix Composites Using the Slice Compression Test," Foundation of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2002, pp 1-17.
• · Davis, G. D., Rich, M. J., Harichandran, R. S., Drzal, L. T., Mase, T., and Al-Ostaz, A. (2003). "Development of electochemical impedance sensor to monitor delamination and moisture uptake in CFRP-reinforced concrete structures." Proceedings, 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Paper No. 03-2392.
• · M. Ostoja-Starzewski, I. Jasiuk, K. Alzebdeh and A. Al-Ostaz, 1996, "Damage Phenomena in Random Matrix-Inclusion Composites: Experiments and simulations," Symposium on Scaling Laws for Mechanics of Fracture, 19th Intl. Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan.
• · M. Ostoja-Starzewski, A. Al-Ostaz, I. Jasiuk, and K. Alzebdeh, "Micromechanics of Damage in Random Composites," Probabilistic Mechanics & Structural Reliability, Proceedings of the Seventh Specialty Conference of ASCE. Edited By Dan M. Frangopol and Mircea D. Grigoriu, pp. 362.

• · K. Alzebdeh, X. Dang, A. Al-Ostaz, and I. Jasiuk, "The Slice Compression Test: A Preliminary Analysis," in Proc. of the American Society for Composites, Technomic, Lancaster, pp. 282-290, 1996.
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, I. "Damage Initiation and Propagation in an Elastic-Brittle Material with Randomly Distributed Holes, "Proceedings of the ASME Materials Division (N. Sottos et. al. Eds.), 1995 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, pp. 249-257, November 1995
• · A. Al-Ostaz and I. Jasiuk, "Effect of Interphase and Random Arrangement of Inclusions on Local Stresses in Composite Materials," in Durability of Composite Materials (R.C. Wetherhold, Ed.), 1994 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, pp. 207-217, November 1994.
• · A. Al-Ostaz and L. T Drzal, "The Role of Fiber-matrix Interface Properties in Debonding of Randomly Distributed Fibers in Polymeric Composite Materials", The adhesion Society's 22nd Annual Meeting. Panama city, Florida. Feb. 1999.
• · G.D. Davis, M. J. Rich, R. Harichandran, L. T. Drzal, T. Mase, and A. Al-Ostaz "Development of an Electrochemical Impedance Sensor to Monitor Delamination and Moisture Uptake in FRP-Concrete Structures" 28th Adhesion Society Annual Meeting. [number of pages 5].
• · A. Al-Ostaz, H. Al-Moussawi and L. T. Drzal, "Characterization of the Interphase in Glass Sphere reinforced Polymers" 27th Adhesion Society Meeting, Feb., 2001
• · L. Xu, A. Al-Ostaz and L. T. Drzal, "Influence of the Sizing Thichness and Gradient on the Adhesion of Carbon Fiber and Vinyl Ester Interphase" 27th Adhesion Society Meeting. Fib.

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