Boeing retiree John Fredrickson, who wrote the book “Boeing Metamorphosis” with John Andrews, will join us to describe some of the stories they collected for that book during their careers involved in Production Development and Planning. The book covers the Boeing days between Bill Boeing standing up the company to the early days of the 747.
Registration is required – Please click on this link to register, as registration is required whether attending via Zoom or in-person at the MoF.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | Zoom Meeting Online6:00 to 7:00 pm Pacific
Face sheet/core disbonding poses a threat to the structural integrity of a sandwich component. In this presentation a methodology is provided to predict the onset and growth of face sheet/core disbonding in sandwich structures. The methodology is similar to the one used for delaminations in monolithic composite laminates where an assessment is typically made by measuring a critical strain energy release rate.
Two general steps are required to address the phenomenon associated with face sheet/core disbanding:
An alternate approach uses cohesive elements at the interface to determine disbond growth. A rapid engineering analysis tool based on an energy-based Rayleigh-Ritz approach is also discussed. Join us at 6:00 pm PDT Thursday February 2nd to dig into this important topic!
Dr. Ronald Krueger is a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), which he joined as a Senior Research Engineer in 2003. He is involved in the development of durability and damage tolerance analyses for composite and sandwich structures using finite element analysis and fracture mechanics.
Prior to joining NIA, he worked as a Staff Scientist at ICASE in the NASA Langley Research Center, following an NRC post-doctoral research position at NASA Langley Research Center.
He is an accomplished presenter and awarded author of 85 technical papers published in refereed journals and international conference proceedings. His work has been cited more than 4300 times in the open literature. He has received awards from a host of technical societies and organizations, including:
He is an AIAA Associate Fellow and a member of ASTM International and its Committee D-30 on Composite Materials, where he currently serves as chair. He is an active member of the American Society for Composites and The Composites Materials Handbook (CMH-17), where he currently serves as co-chair for the Disbonding and Delamination Task Group. He is an active member of the NAFEMS Composites Working Group, which he chaired from 2011 until 2021.
Dr. Krueger received his doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, where he worked as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures.
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Mark your calendar and REGISTER using the link below for our upcoming Wednesday evening December 13th meet & greet informal networking and discussion with our six-year AIAA Executive Director, Dan Dumbacher.
Prior to joining AIAA management in January 2018, Dan was a Professor of Engineering Practice in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue, where he taught courses in systems thinking, systems engineering, and space policy, focused on preparing the next generation to solve the multi-faceted challenges of the future by better integrating engineering disciplines with business, political science, communications and philosophy.
Prior to Purdue, Dumbacher spent 33 years with NASA, from summer intern to Deputy Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Division in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. He was Program Director for exploration systems development, which included the Space Launch System, Orion and ground systems development and operations, leading a 5000+ team spanning all NASA centers and industry, responsible for a $3 billion annual budget. He has received numerous awards and honors including the Silver Snoopy Award, NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Purdue’s Gustafson Teaching Award. He has a BS in mechanical engineering from Purdue and an MBA from the University of Alabama, and completed the Senior Managers in Government program at Harvard University.
We will have plenty to talk about, so register and JOIN US on the 13th to get the latest inside scoop on what’s going on in aerospace politics, technology, industry and your own professional society.
Since we’ll be providing the pizza and beverages, we need to know how many are coming, so registration is required. Click on the link below to register:
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We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
