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Manufacturing And Characterization Of Soy-Based Polyurethane Composites, Rama Bhadra Raju Vuppalapati
Manufacturing And Characterization Of Soy-Based Polyurethane Composites, Rama Bhadra Raju Vuppalapati
Doctoral Dissertations
"The major cost drivers for composites are raw materials and manufacturing process. Automated manufacturing processes like pultrusion and low cost bio-based raw materials can significantly lower the cost of composites. Polyurethane (PU) resin systems are being introduced in the pultrusion industry as they have higher performance characteristics and manufacturing feasibility when compared to conventional resin systems such as polyester and vinyl ester. PU resin systems are generally characterized as aromatic and aliphatic. Aliphatic PU has lower mechanical properties than the aromatic resin system due to its chemical structure. Nano materials can be used to increase the mechanical properties of aliphatic …
The Risk Mitigation Strategy Taxonomy And Generated Risk Event Effect Neutralization Method, Daniel A. Krus
The Risk Mitigation Strategy Taxonomy And Generated Risk Event Effect Neutralization Method, Daniel A. Krus
Doctoral Dissertations
"In the design of new products and systems, the mitigation of potential failures is very important. The sooner in a product's design mitigation can be performed, the lower the cost and easier to implement those mitigations become. However, currently, most mitigations strategies rely on the expertise of the engineers designing a product, and while models and for failure modes do exist to help, there are no guidelines for performing product changes to reduce risk. To help alleviate this, the risk mitigation strategy taxonomy is created from an empirical collection of mitigation strategies used in industry for failure mitigation, creating a …