overview
My group conducts research on damage, fatigue and failure of composites, effects of manufacturing defects, aging aircraft, and sustainability of aerospace vehicles.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Technical University of Denmark - (Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Denmark) 1974
selected publications
Academic Articles117
- Elnekhaily, S. A., & Talreja, R. (2023). Effects of micro voids on the early stage of transverse crack formation in unidirectional composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 167, 107457-107457.
- Talreja, R., & Waas, A. M. (2022). Concepts and definitions related to mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced composite materials. Composites Science and Technology. 217, 109081-109081.
- Sharifpour, F., Montesano, J., & Talreja, R. (2022). Micromechanical assessment of local failure mechanisms and early-stage ply crack formation in cross-ply laminates. Composites Science and Technology. 220, 109286-109286.
- Christoff, B. G., Brito-Santana, H., Talreja, R., & Tita, V. (2022). Multiscale embedded models to determine effective mechanical properties of composite materials: Asymptotic Homogenization Method combined to Finite Element Method. Composites Part C Open Access. 9, 100303-100303.
- Sharifpour, F., Montesano, J., & Talreja, R. (2020). Assessing the effects of ply constraints on local stress states in cross-ply laminates containing manufacturing induced defects. Composites Part B Engineering. 199, 108227-108227.
Books4
- Kwon, Y. W., Allen, D. H., & Talreja, R. (2008). Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials and Structures. Springer US.
- Talreja, R., & Singh, C. V. (). Damage and Failure of Composite Materials. Cambridge University Press (CUP).
Chapters55
- Talreja, R. (2021). 10 Modelling defect severity for failure analysis of composites. Multi-Scale Continuum Mechanics Modelling of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites. 275-306. Elsevier.
- Talreja, R. (2020). 10 Fatigue of polymer composites. Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry. 289-301. Elsevier.
- Talreja, R. (2020). 4 Manufacturing defects in composites and their effects on performance. Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry. 83-97. Elsevier.
- Talreja, R. (2018). PMC Failure Mechanisms. Comprehensive Composite Materials II. 107-117. Elsevier.
Conference Papers56
- Badabagni, S., & Talreja, R. (2022). Analysis of Lamb wave propagation in cross-ply laminates modeled with homogenized properties of transverse cracked plies. Proceedings of SPIE, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI. 12047, 120470k-120470k-12.
- Badabagni, S., & Talreja, R. (2022). Damage classification based on stiffness reduction in cross-ply laminates with convolution neural networks. Proceedings of SPIE, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2022. 12046, 120460k-120460k-8.
- ZHUANG, L., MARAGONI, L., & TALREJA, R. (2021). EFFECT OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON INITIATION OF DELAMINATION IN CROSS PLY LAMINATES FROM A TRANSVERSE CRACK. American Society for Composites 2021, American Society for Composites 2021.
- Zhuang, L., Talreja, R., & Maragoni, L. (2020). Crack Deflection Near a Ply Interface in a Composite Laminate. Volume 4: Advances in Aerospace Technology, Volume 4: Advances in Aerospace Technology.
- WILHELMSSON, D., TALREJA, R., GUTKIN, R., & ASP, L. (2019). Towards a Novel Defect Severity Model for Compressive Failure Analysis of Unidirectional Composites. American Society for Composites 2019, American Society for Composites 2019.
researcher on
Principal Investigator2
recent teaching activities
- AERO214 Intro Aero Mech Of Matl-brazil Instructor
- AERO214 Intro Aero Mech Of Matls Instructor
- AERO304 Aero Structural Analys I Instructor
- AERO404 Mech Adv Aero Structures Instructor
- AERO413 Aero Materials Science-brazil Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Sengab, Ahmed M (2015-05). Effect of Voids on the Crack Kinking in Single Lap Joints. (Master's Thesis)
- Yang, Yi (2013-12). Wrinkling of Stiff Films on Stretched Compliant Films: Experimental and Theoretical Studies. (Master's Thesis)
- Chen, Chang (2013-05). Stress and Fracture Analysis of a Class of Bonded Joints in Wind Turbine Blades. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Zhuang, Linqi (2012-12). Effects of Voids on Delamination Growth in Composite Laminates under Compression. (Master's Thesis)
- Huang, Yongxin (2012-05). Stochastic Damage Evolution under Static and Fatigue Loading in Composites with Manufacturing Defects. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
talreja@tamu.edu
First Name
Ramesh
Last Name
Talreja
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Aerospace Engineering; 3141 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3141
USA