Publications

Recent Publications

Journal Papers:

• Bahmani A, Comeau PA, Montesano J, Willett TL. Extrudable hydroxyapatite/plant oil-based biopolymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications: mechanical testing and modeling. Materials & Design, 2019;174:107790.
• Cherniaev A, Zeng Y, Cronin D, Butcher C, Montesano J. Quasi-static and dynamic characterization of unidirectional non-crimp fabric composites processed by HP-RTM. Polymer Testing, 2019;76:365-375.
• Bahmani A, Li G, Willett T, Montesano J. Three-dimensional micromechanical assessment of biomimetic composites with non-uniformly dispersed inclusions. Composite Structures 2019;212:484-499.
• Nikforooz M, Montesano J, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM. Assessment of failure toughening mechanisms in continuous glass fiber thermoplastic laminates subjected to cyclic loading. Composites Part B 2019;161:344-356.
• Berton T, Haldar S, Montesano J, Singh CV. Time-dependent stiffness degradation envelopes for viscoelastic-viscoplastic multi-directional laminates under biaxial loading. Composite Structures 2018;203:60-70.
• Cherniaev A, Butcher C, Montesano J. Predicting the axial crush response of CFRP tubes using three damage-based constitutive models. Thin-Walled Structures 2018;129:349-364.
• Li G, Sharifpour F, Bahmani A, Montesano J. A new approach to generate random periodic unit cells for microstructural assessment of composites. Materials & Design 2018;150:124-138.
• Bahmani A, Li G, Willett TL, Montesano J. Three-dimensional microscopic assessment of randomly distributed representative volume elements for high fiber volume fraction unidirectional composites. Composite Structures 2018;192:153-164.
• Nikforooz M, Montesano J, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM. Assessment of the thermomechanical performance of low cost continuous glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic laminates. Polymer Testing 2018;67:457-467.
• Nikforooz M, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM, Montesano J. Processability and performance of continuous glass fiber/polyamide laminates for structural load-bearing applications. Composites Part A 2018;105:156-164.
• Zuo Y, Montesano J, Singh CV. Assessing progressive failure in long wind turbine blades under quasi-static and cyclic loads. Renewable Energy 2018;119:754-766.
• Montesano J, McCleave B, Singh CV. Prediction of ply crack evolution and stiffness degradation in multidirectional symmetric laminates under multiaxial stress states. Composites Part B 2018;133:53-67.
• Willett T, Josey D, Lu RXZ, Minhas G, Montesano J. The micro-damage process zone during transverse cortical bone fracture: no ears at crack growth initiation. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2017;74:371-382.
• Montesano J, Bougherara H, Fawaz Z. Influence of drilling and abrasive water jet induced damage on the performance of carbon fabric/epoxy plates with holes. Composites Structures 2017;163:257-266.
• Montesano J, Chu H, Singh CV. Development of a physics-based multi-scale progressive damage model for assessing the durability of wind turbine blades. Composite Structures 2016;141:50-62.
• Montesano J, Singh CV. Critical stiffness damage envelopes for multidirectional laminated structures under multiaxial loading conditions. Materials & Design 2016;91:218-229.
• Berton T, Montesano J, Singh CV. Development of a synergistic damage mechanics model to predict evolution of ply-cracking and stiffness changes in multidirectional composite laminates under creep. International Journal of Damage Mechanics 2016;25:1060-1078.

Conference Papers:

• Montesano J, Li G, Sharifpour F, Bahmani A. Rapid generation of representative volume elements with non-uniformly dispersed reinforcements for high volume fraction composites. 33^rd ASC Technical Conference, Seattle, Sep 24-26, 2018. Pages 3213-3223.
• McCleave B, Jahed H, Montesano J. Ply crack behaviour in hoop wound GFRP tubes under combined compression-shear fatigue. 7^th International Conference on the Fatigue of Composites (ICFC), Vicenza, Italy, July 4-6, 2018.
• Suratkar A, Fan Y, Montesano J, Wood J. Quasi-static mechanical characterization of non-crimp carbon fiber reinforced epoxy laminates manufactured using HP-RTM process. SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE), Novi, US, Sep 5-7, 2018.
• Cherniaev A, Butcher C, Montesano J. High strain rate behaviour of non-crimp fabric composites fabricated by HP-RTM process. SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE), Novi, US, Sep 5-7, 2018.
• Bahmani A, Li G, Willett TL, Montesano J. Generating realistic representative microstructure of biomimetic composite materials for computational assessment of mechanical properties. The First International Conference on Materials, Mimicking, Manufacturing from and for Bio Application (BioMM), Milan, Italy, June 27-29, 2018. (Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018. Vol. xx, pp. xx-xx)
• Dapaah D, Bahmani A, Montesano J, Willett TL. A continumm damage mechanics model of the microdamage process zone during cortical bone fracture. The First International Conference on Materials, Mimicking, Manufacturing from and for Bio Application (BioMM), Milan, Italy, June 27-29, 2018. (Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018. Vol. xx, pp. xx-xx)
• Cherniaev A, Montesano J, Butcher C. Modeling of axial crushing of CFRPs with MAT054, MAT058 and MAT262. 15^th LS-DYNA Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, June 10-12, 2018.
• Nikforooz M, Montesano J, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM. Fatigue behavior of laminated glass fiber reinforced polyamide. Proceedings of the International Conference on Fatigue Design, Senlis, France, Nov. 29-30, 2017.  (Proceedia Engineering, 2018, Vol. 213, pp. 816-823)
• Nikforooz M, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM, Montesano J. Investigation of processing parameters on static properties of glass/polyamide laminated thermoplastic composites. Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM), Ottawa, Canada, July 17-20, 2017.
• Nikforooz M, Montesano J, Golzar M, Shokrieh MM. Thermomechanical behavior of continuous glass fiber reinforced polyamide composite laminates. Proceedings of the 32nd ASC Technical Conference, West Lafayette, IN, Oct. 22-25, 2017, pp 428-437.
• Montesano J, Singh CV. Assessing progressive failure of large-scale composite structures using a damage-based multiscale model. Proceedings of the 31st ASC Technical Conference, Williamsburg, VA, Sep. 19-22, 2016.