Horace A. Whitworth, D. Sc.
Associate Professor

Phone: 202-806-6610
Email: [email protected]

Research Topics
Composite Materials, Fatigue and Failure Analysis

Summary of Recent Research
Analytical and experimental characterization of the behavior of fiber reinforced composite materials. Activities include evaluation of fatigue damage in polymen matrix composites, failure of composite plates with circular openings and failure analysis of composite bolted and bonded joints.

Recent Publications
Whitworth, H.A., Llorente, S.G., and Croman, R.B., "Analysis of the Fatigue Performance of Notched and Unnotched Graphite/Thermoplastic Composite Laminates," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Volume 10, September 1997.

Whitworth, H.A., "A Stiffness Degradation Model for Composite Laminates Under Fatigue Loading," Composite Structures, Vol. 40, No. 2, 1998.

Whitworth, H.A., "Fatigue Evaluation of Composite Bolted and Bonded Joints," Journal of Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, No. 2, 1998.