Dissertation
Functionally graded thin-walled structural systems under extreme loading
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00000060
Abstract
With increasing fire accidents in buildings, explosions on critical infrastructures accompanied by increasing development in technology, manufacturing and construction process, the biggest challenge the construction industry, material science, and civil engineering community face these days is the selection of appropriate materials and the study of their responses for extreme loading environment. One of a new class of advanced composite materials recently developed is functionally graded materials (FGMs). FGMs are advanced composite materials characterized by a non-homogeneous material system with a gradual gradation of material property within a given dimension in which two or more materials are mixed with a graded interface. Even though FGMs have been used in the last three decades for aerospace, medicine, defense, energy and optoelectronics, their application in structural components and infrastructures is still in its research stage and in recent years, it has attracted researchers and manufacturers for its potential application under extreme environments such as fire accident and blast.
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- Title
- Functionally graded thin-walled structural systems under extreme loading
- Creators
- Elias Ali
- Contributors
- Yared S. Bayleyegn (Advisor)Aspasia Zerva (Advisor)Ivan Bartoli (Advisor) - Drexel University, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xvi, 182 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil/Architectural/Environmental Engineering (1970-2026); College of Engineering (1970-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991014695539804721