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Structures and Materials I
Technical Session A: Tues. May 5, 2026
Design, Manufacturing, and Testing of Rotor Blades with Flax Fiber-Reinforced Composites and 3D-Printed Cores
Lukas Gaugelhofer,
Ilkay Yavrucuk
Fatigue Delamination Modeling in Composite Structures Based on J-Integral and Application to Tapered Structural Element with Internal Ply Drops
Yuri Nikishkov,
Guillaume Seon,
Gennadiy Nikishkov,
Brian Shonkwiler,
Andrew Makeev,
Peter Matthews,
Robert Haynes
Improvement and Demonstration of a Machine Learning-Based Digital Twin Framework for Rotorcraft Life Assessment Using In-Service Operational Data
Zohreh Asaee,
Guillaume Renaud,
Yan Bombardier
Internal Structural Design Optimization for a Medium-Class Helicopter through the Load Path Prediction
Eui-Cheol Chung,
SungHyeon Kim,
Chihyun Ahn,
SangJoon Shin
Process Optimization of Ni: PEEK Cold Sprayed Layers to Form Erosion Coatings on Helicopter Rotor Blades
Brandon Fischer,
Namiko Yamamoto,
Chris DeSalle,
Caillin Ryan,
Douglas Wolfe
Structures and Materials II
Technical Session B: Wed. May 6, 2026
A Multiaxial Fatigue Damage Evaluation of As-Built Composite Structures with Ply Drops
Jim Lua,
Rui Li,
Anand Karuppiah,
Supun Kariyawasam,
Isaac McCafferty
Advanced Alloys for Rotorcraft Enabled by ICME (Presentation Only)
Jason Sebastian,
Thomas Kozmel,
Michael Gaffey
An Innovative Approach to Assure Structural Integrity of V/STOL Trainer (Presentation Only)
Suresh Moon,
Troy Haullander,
Eric Zimmerman,
Chen-zhi Jian,
Ryan Lockhart
Comparative Evaluation of Finite Element-Driven Optimization Methods for Additively Manufactured UAV Primary Structures
Christopher Scott,
Anthony Comer,
Jay Hanan
High-fidelity Blade Aeroelastic Modeling and Load Analysis using Three-dimensional Finite Element-based Multibody Solver for Lift-offset Coaxial Rotor
Seongwoo Cheon,
Inho Jeong,
Sangmin Son,
Haeseong Cho,
Hakjin Lee,
Youngjung Kee