Abstract: Interlaminar crack initiation and propagation are a major mode of failure in laminate fiber reinforced composites. A laser reinforcement process is developed to bond layers of glass fabric prior to the vacuumassisted ...

Abstract: The continued advancement of implantable medical devices has resulted in the need to join a variety of dissimilar, biocompatible metal pairs to enable selective use of their unique properties. Typical materials used in ...

Abstract: The successful joining of dissimilar metal tubes would enable the selective use of the unique properties exhibited by biocompatible materials such as stainless steel and shape memory materials, such as NiTi, to locally ...

Abstract: Joining the dissimilar metal pair of NiTi to stainless steel is of great interest for implantable medical applications. Formation of brittle intermetallic phases requires that the joining processes used for this dissimilar ...