Brian L. Wardle
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals
Proceedings of Refereed Conferences
Invited Lectures
Internal Memoranda and Progress Reports

Papers in Refereed Journals

 

1.

Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "Importance of Instability in Impact Response and Damage Resistance of Composite Shells," AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, February, 1997, pp. 389-396.


2.

Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "On the Use of Dent Depth as an Impact Damage Resistance Metric for Thin Composite Structures," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 16, No. 12, 1997, pp. 1093-1110.


3.

Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "On the Use of Quasi-static Testing to Assess Impact Damage Resistance of Composite Shells," Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan., 1998, pp. 103-121.


4.

Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "Behavior of Composite Shells Under Transverse Impact and Quasi-static Loading," AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 6, June, 1998, pp. 1065-1073.


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Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "Response of Transversely-loaded Composite Shells: Bifurcation, Limit-point Buckling, and Dynamic Collapse," AIAA Journal, Vol. 38 No. 3, March, 2000, pp. 507-516.


6.

Tudela, M. A., Lagace, P. A., and Wardle, B. L., "Buckling Response of Transversely Loaded Composite Shells – Part 1: Experiments," AIAA Journal, Vol.42, No. 7, July 2004, pp.1457-1464


7.

Wardle, B. L., Lagace, P. A., and Tudela, M. A., "Buckling Response of Transversely Loaded Composite Shells – Part 2: Numerical Analysis," AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 7, July 2004, pp. 1465-1473


8. DuToit, N.E. , B.L. Wardle, and Kim, S.-G "Design Considerations for MEMS-Scale Piezoelectric Viaration Energy Harvesters", Integrated Ferroelectrics, in press, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 2005

Proceedings of Refereed Conferences

1.
Wardle, B. L. and Lagace, P. A., "Importance of Instability in Impact Response and Damage Resistance of Composite Shells," 37th AIAA Structures, Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 1996.

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Tudela, M. A., Lagace, P. A., and Wardle, B. L., "Buckling Response of Transversely Loaded Composite Shells," 39th AIAA Structures, Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 1998

3.

Quinn, D., Spearing, S. M., and B. L. Wardle, “Residual Stress and Microstructural Evolution in Thin Film Materials for a Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)”, Materials Research Society (MRS) Annual Fall Conference, Boston, MA, December 2004.

 

4.

Yamamoto, N., Wicks, N., and B. L. Wardle, “Through-Thickness Poisson Correction for Composite Indentation Testing”, 46th AIAA Structures, Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Austin, TX, April 2005.

 

5.

Wicks, N., Wardle, B. L., and D. Pafitis, “Horizontal Cylinder-in-Cylinder Buckling Under Compression and Torsion: Review and Considerations for Composite Applications”, 15th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), Durban, South Africa, June 2005

 

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Kessler, S. S., Amaratunga, K. and B.L. Wardle, "An Assessment of Durability Requirements for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Sensors", submitted to the 5th International Workshop on SHM - 2005, Stanford University, Sept. 2005

Invited Lectures

 

1.
March 1996, “Importance of Instability in the Impact Response of Composite Shells,” MIT/Virginia Tech Composites Conference, Blacksburg, VA

2.
March 1997, “Issues in Modeling Transverse Loading of Composite Shells,” MIT/Virginia Tech Composites Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

3.
October 1997, “Damage Issues in Composite Fuselage Structures: Where We’ve Been and Where We Need to Go,” NASA Langley High Speed Research Program Review, Hampton, VA.

4.
October 2002, "Introduction to the Payor Marketing/Sales Service Line,” McKinsey North American Payor/Provider Leadership Conference, Chicago, IL.

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5. February 2004, "Durability Modeling: The AIM-C Experience,” Air Force/DARPA Workshop on Durability of High-Temperature Polymer Matrix Composites,” Sacramento, CA.

6. March 2004, “Bifurcation, Limit-Point Buckling, and Damage of Composite Shells,” NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; also at MIT Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series.

7.

August 2004. "Design Considerations for MEMS-Scale Piezoelectric Viaration Energy Harvesters", XIII International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico


8.

October 2004, “On the Fundamental Limitations of Data and Models: Lessons Learned form the Composites World”, (with Paul A. Lagace, presenter), Hahn Symposium, 19th American Society of Composites (ASC) Annual Technical Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

Internal Memoranda and Progress Reports


1.

Wardle, Brian L., “Impact and Quasi-static Response of Cylindrical Composite Shells”, TELAC Report 95-4, MIT Master’s Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, May 1995.

 

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2. Wardle, B. L., "Impact and Quasi-static Response of Cylindrical Composite Shells", S. M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. TELAC Report 95-4. Executive Summary

3.
Wardle, Brian, L., and Lagace, Paul, A., "Dent Depth Characterization: Addendum to TELAC Reports 95-4 “Impact and Quasi-Static Responses of Cylindrical Composite Shells," TELAC Report 96-5, June, 1996.

4. Wardle, B. L., "Buckling and Damage Resistance of Transversely-Loaded Composite Shells", Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. TELAC Report
98-7. Abstract

5.
Wardle, Brian, L., Guillen, J., Moore, S., and Zawada, C., “Capturing Terms and Conditions/Price Structure Synergies Following a Merger or Acquisition,” McKinsey Knowledge Object, July, 2000.

6.
Wardle, Brian, L., et. al., “EM Guide to Health Insurance Payor Performance Diagnostic,” McKinsey Knowledge Object, March 2002.

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Wardle, B., L., Buescher, B., Tandon, D., Troyano, L., and Warder, J., “Winning with a World-Class IT Team: Reviewing and Upgrading Talent Case Study,” McKinsey Knowledge Object, May 2002.

8. Wardle, B., L., et. al., “Payor Marketing /Sales Binder,” McKinsey Practice Document/Knowledge Object, June, 2002.

9. Wardle, Brian, L., Bennett, M., Berland, T., Buescher, B., Ruwadi, B., “Injecting Performance Ethic into Hospital Systems,” McKinsey Knowledge Object, July, 2002.

10.

Fredholm, S., Quinn D., and B. L. Wardle, “E-beam Deposition of Proton Conducting Membranes for a mSOFC”, August 2004.

 

11.

Yamomoto, N., Quinn, D., and B. L. Wardle, “Design of a Bulge Tester for Mechanical Characterization of MEMS Materials and Structures”, August 2004.

 

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