Statics and Rotational Dynamics of Composite Beams

Introduction.- Review of the Variational Asymptotic Method and the Intrinsic Equations of a Beam.- Linear Static Analysis of Composite Beams.- Nonlinear Static Analysis of Composite Beams.- Transient Nonlinear Dynamics of Accelerating Hingeless Rotating Blades.- Steady State and Perturbed Steady-State Nonlinear Dynamics of Hingeless Rotating Blades.- Rigid and Elastic Articulated Rotating Composite Blades.- Static and Dynamic Analysis of Beams with Embedded Anisotropic Piezocomposite.- Appendices.   

Dr.Mehrdaad Ghorashi is a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Maine and amember of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is also acertified Program Evaluator (PEV) for the Accreditation Board of Engineeringand Technology (ABET) on behalf of the ASME. Dr. Ghorashi has a B.Sc., anM.Sc., and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University ofTechnology in Tehran, an M.Sc. from Institute for Research in Planning andDevelopment in Tehran, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from CarletonUniversity in Ottawa. He has served as a full time faculty member in SharifUniversity of Technology and later in University of Southern Maine (his currentposition). Dr. Ghorashi has 26 journal and 29 conference publications invarious topics including vibration analysis and control of linear and nonlinearsystems, application of shape memory alloys as actuators, nonlinear rigid bodydynamics (with applications in ships and helicopter blades), elasto-dynamicanalysis of composite helicopter blades, structural design using variationalasymptotic and finite element methods, and limit state analysis of structures.Dr. Ghorashi is a recipient of the Alexander Graham Bell Canada GraduateScholarship Award (CGS), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ofCanada (NSERC), and the J.Y. and E.W. Wong Research Award in Mechanical/AerospaceEngineering, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Carleton University. Hehas also been recognized as the Best Professor in the Faculty of Engineeringand Design in 2005-06 by the Carleton Student Engineering Society and aUniversity Distinguished Professor (Excellence in Teaching Award) in 1998 inSharif University of Technology. Dr. Ghorashi has been a postdoctoral fellow inthe Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University,where he was a member of the Rotorcraft Research Group. He has also been avisiting research scholar in the Center of Intelligent Material Systems andStructures, Virginia