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332 Leonhard Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-7523 |
A collaborative effort by faculty in: Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering and Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering |
 
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| About | Vipul Mehta | ||||||
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Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Department: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Office: 332 Leonhard Building Phone: (814) 880-9492 Fax: (814) 863-4745 E-mail: vvm104[AT]psu.edu Project Title: Design of the Morphing Aircraft Skin Project Supervisor: Dr. Mary Frecker Project Description: I am working on Sandwich structures consisting of contact-aided compliant mechanisms. Contact mechanism is used to alleviate stresses and to allow more deformation. A methodology to design such mechanisms, which takes into account the aerodynamic loads, is being developed. The method is applied to a 1 lb. aircraft and results are compared with a honeycomb structure in terms of structural mass, global strain and maximum stresses. Different material models such as linearly elastic, multi-linear elastic and hyper-elastic are being considered. Project Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
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