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Search Publications by: Gale A. Holmes (Fed)

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Reaction-Induced Phase Separation (RIPS) in Amine-Cured Epoxy/Epoxy Thermosets.2. Visualization of Heterogeneity using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)

February 25, 2023
Author(s)
Jeremiah Woodcock, Stephan J. Stranick, Anthony Kotula, Gale A. Holmes
The strategic integration of a rhodamine-spirolactam (RS) mechanophore into a transparent bis-epoxide/bis-epoxide/amine and corresponding bis-epoxide/amine networks has revealed, for the first time using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)

Snappy: A New Automated Testing Machine for Monitoring the Break Evolution Process during Single Fiber Fragmentation Test

October 14, 2022
Author(s)
Ami Ahure Powell, Richard Sheridan, Berkay Yucel, Sezen Yucel, Evan Rust, Jeremiah Woodcock, Jeffrey Gilman, Surya R. Kalidindi, Gale A. Holmes
A measurement of interfacial shear strength (IFSS) in fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials remains elusive after more than fifty years. This is due in part to the many sources of uncertainty, the time-consuming nature of the measurements, and the large

Nano/Bioscience and Technology Education for the 21st Century

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
J Jacobs, Winnie Wong-Ng, Gale A. Holmes, Richard F. Kayser
NEW:Update 2005, the 20th annual workshops for science and technology educators with the theme, NANO/BIOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, was hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology/Materials Science and

Damage sensing using a mechanophore crosslinked epoxy resin in single-fiber composites

May 26, 2020
Author(s)
Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Richard J. Sheridan, Ryan Beams, Stephan J. Stranick, William F. Mitchell, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Gale A. Holmes, Catherine L. Brinson, Vamshi Gudapati, hartman David, Amol Vaidya
Natural and man-made composite materials must be tough, durable and damage tolerant1,2. For man-made composites to rival, or exceed, the dynamic, multifunctional performance of natural materials new information about the fundamental mechanisms responsible

Road Mapping Workshop Report on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Composites in Sustainable Infrastructure

December 20, 2017
Author(s)
Richard J. Sheridan, Jeffrey W. Gilman, John Busel, David Hartman, Gale A. Holmes, Daniel Coughlin, Paul Kelley, Dustin Troutman, Jim Gutierrez, Charles Bakis, Robert Moser, Ellen Lackey, James R. Fekete, Stephanie S. Watson, Jae Hyun Kim, Aaron M. Forster, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Bharath NMN Natarajan, William O'Donnell
The February 2017 “Road Mapping Workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Composites in Infrastructure” brought together designers, manufacturers, researchers, and end-users to identify barriers and potential solutions. Composite products produced in

Nanostructural Evidence of Mechanical Aging and Performance Loss in Ballistic Fibers

September 29, 2017
Author(s)
John Howarter, Ming Liu, Walter G. McDonough, Christopher Soles, Gale A. Holmes
It is understood that the ballistic resistance of aromatic polyamide fibers is related to the fiber's ultimate tensile strength, strain-to-failure, and Young's modulus. Ideal high-performance ballistic materials maximize these properties while minimizing

The Occurrence of Repeated Fiber Breaks in Microcomposites

November 10, 2015
Author(s)
Gale A. Holmes, Edward D. McCarthy, Nathanael A. Heckert, Stefan D. Leigh, Jae Hyun Kim, Jeffrey W. Gilman
The mechanical integrity of a structural composite is strongly affected by the strength and toughness of the fiber–matrix interface/interphase (Norwood, 1994), with interfacial shear strength (IFSS) considered the best quantifying metric. IFSS outputs are

The Fiber Break Evolution Process in a 2-D Epoxy/Glass Multi-Fiber Array

November 2, 2015
Author(s)
Edward D. McCarthy, Jae H. Kim, N. Alan Heckert, Stefan D. Leigh, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Gale A. Holmes
The mechanical integrity of a structural composite is strongly affected by the strength and toughness of the fiber-matrix interface/interphase [1], with interfacial shear strength (IFSS) being the accepted quanti-fying metric. However, the value of the

Characterization of clay composite ballistic witness materials

July 29, 2015
Author(s)
Jonathan E. Seppala, Yoonae Heo, Paul E. Stutzman, John R. Sieber, Chad R. Snyder, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes
Mechanical and thermal properties of Roma Plastilina Clay #1 (RP1) were studied through small-amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS), large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), supplemented with thermogravimetric

Multi-scale measurement for tensile behaviors of glass fiber composites at high rate loading: Fiber fragmentation behaviors in epoxy resin

May 19, 2015
Author(s)
Jae Hyun Kim, Steven P. Mates, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Gale A. Holmes
High strength and light weight composite materials used in various structural components of aviation and automotive applications deform under high rate loading conditions during collision. Since composite structures using continuous fibers are constituted

The Testing Program at NIST on Fibers Used in Soft Body Armor Applications

March 21, 2015
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Amanda L. Forster, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Joy P. Dunkers, Scott A. Wight, Gale A. Holmes
The goal of this paper and presentation is to give an update of the research effort to date being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on polymeric fibers used in soft body armor with a special emphasis on new fibers under

TESTING AND ANALYSES OF COPOLYMER FIBERS BASED ON 5-AMINO-2-(P-AMINOPHENYL)-BENZIMIDAZOLE

September 22, 2014
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Joy P. Dunkers, Amanda L. Forster, Jae Hyun Kim, Scott A. Wight, Gale A. Holmes
Since the well-publicized failure of a body armor used by a police officer at a threat level the armor had been designed to survive, it has become imperative that the long-term properties and performance of new fibers being considered for use be understood

Analyzing a Co-Polymer Aramid Fiber for Use in Soft Body Armor

October 25, 2013
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Amanda L. Forster, Scott A. Wight, Joy P. Dunkers, Gale A. Holmes
Since the well-publicized failure of body armor used by a police officer, it has become imperative that the long-term properties and performance of new fibers being considered for use be understood. The range of interest is from the molecular properties of

Statistical Analysis of Single PPTA Fibers

July 28, 2013
Author(s)
N. Alan Heckert, Jae H. Kim, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes
Discuss statistical methods used for analysis of single fiber tensile strength tests. Kernel density plots and quantile-quantile plots were used to graphically analyze the data. Fiber strength was modeled using 2-parameter Weibull, 3-parameter Weibull