Rajiv A. Naik

• Analysis of woven and braided fabric reinforced composites
• Closed-form analysis of fiber-matrix interface stresses under thermo-mechanical loadings
• Determination of fiber-matrix interface failure parameters from off-axis tests
• Determination of stress intensity factors for interface cracks under mixed-mode loading
• Effects of t-tabs and large deflections in DCB specimen tests
• Failure analysis of woven and braided fabric reinforced composites
• Fracture mechanics analysis for various fiber/matrix interface loadings
• Observations of fatigue crack initiation and damage growth in notched titanium matrix composites
• Ply-level failure analysis of a graphite/epoxy laminate under bearing-bypass loading
• Stress analysis method for clearance-fit joints with bearing-bypass loads
• Texcad-- textile composite analysis for design