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Events for May 16, 2011
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering TalkMon, May 16, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Aircraft Accident Investigation
Mon, May 16, 2011 @ 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This is a two week course. All aspects of the investigation process are addressed, starting with preparation for the investigation through writing the final report. Investigative techniques are examined with emphasis on fixed wing investigation. Data collection, wreckage reconstruction and cause analysis are also studied.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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AME Department Seminar
Mon, May 16, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Anthony M. Waas, Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering (courtesy), University of Michigan
Talk Title: Integrated Computational Materials Science, Manufacturing and Engineering of Textile Polymer Composites
Abstract: Composite materials and structures made of textile architecture are a rapidly emerging, cost-effective technology for the manufacturing of large aerospace structures. At the Composite Structures Laboratory at UM, an integrated computational framework for textile polymer composites that includes a novel polymer curing model, has been developed and used in connection with modeling the manufacturing process of textile composites. The model is based on the notion of polymer networks that are continuously formed in a body of changing shape due to changes in temperature, chemistry, and external loads. Nonlinear material behavior is incorporated through nonlocal continuum damage mechanics that preserves mesh objectivity in finite element based calculations that go beyond maximum loads. The integrated model is applied to the curing of a textile composite made from carbon fiber tows and a thermoset polymer. The mechanical and chemical properties are measured during curing using concurrent Brillouin and Raman light scattering. It is shown that significant internal stresses can develop during cure. The effect of these stresses on the manufactured part performance, when subsequent service loads are applied, is evaluated and found to be in agreement with experimental observations. Subsequently, an engineering approach to evaluating the compressive strength of braided textile composites, while accounting for the manufacturing induced stresses, is developed and validated against experiments.
Host: Prof. L. Redekopp
More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcomingLocation: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: April Mundy
Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming
