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Xinran (Sharon) Xiao

Professor

Composite Vehicle Research Center (CVRC)

Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

2727 Alliance Drive

Lansing, MI 48910

Phone: 517-884-1606, Fax: 517-884-1601

E-mail: xinran@msu.edu

Research interest: modeling of mechanical behaviors of materials and structural responses under different loading conditions using finite element (FE) simulations, includes impact, crash, creep, fatigue, thermal, diffusion, and during manufacturing.  

 

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Past and Current Research Projects:

Structural Integrity of Composites (CVRC)

Composite Constitutive Models For Crash Simulations (ACC)

Validate Crash Model for Carbon Fiber Composites (DOE/Plasan)

Stress in the Separator in a Lithium-Ion Battery (GM)

Stress in Porous Polymeric Membranes (NSF)

Testing and Numerical Simulations of Composite Engine Structures (NASA)

A Thermo-Mechanical Model for Safety Simulation (FORD)