ATLAS– the Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems – isa multi-disciplinary manufacturing environment and engineering education program to
prepare engineers and educators for the Factory of the Future and to aid the current workforce in seamlessly adapting to advancements in the workplace.
ATLAS’s missionis to provide a neutral ground for advanced manufacturing research and development
with state-of-the-art machines, software and processing options.
Large-Scale Test Rig (6 x 38 x 16-feet test envelope)
40 MTS Structural Actuators (Range: 10 – 110-kip)
MTS AeroPro™ Software and MTS FlexDAC™ 20 Data Acquisition System (40 Control Channels
and 400+ Strain Channels)
Durability & Damage Tolerance Testing
Structural Health Monitoring
Aging Evaluations and Life Extension
Repair Evaluations
Training
Composite Manufacturing, Inspections, Repair, and Testing
High Fidelity Stress Analysis
HIGHLIGHTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
AFRL – Advanced Material Characterization and Structural Certification (MASC)
AFRL – Modeling for Affordable Sustainable Composites (AMCSC)
AFRL/Boeing – Composite Airframe Life Extension (CALE)
AFRL/Lockheed – Quantification of Aging from Long-term Exposure (QALE)
AFRL/Northrop – Fail-Safe Technologies for Bonded Unitized Composite Structures (FASTBUCS)
Army – Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC) –
Rotorcraft Inspection and Repair, Composites Training, and Adhesive Characterization
Certification Efficiency and Safety, Damage Tolerance of Composites, Inspection and
Teardown of Aged In-Service Bonded Repairs, Structural joints (Adhesive and Thermoplastic
Welds), and Sandwich Damage Growth
Navy – Novel Multi-scale/Multi-physics Integrated Tool for the Prediction of Manufacturing-Induced
Defects in Autoclave Composite Airframe Parts
Navy – High-Fidelity Residual Strength and Life Prediction Tool for Adhesively Bonded
Composite Structures
Navy – Innovative Analysis Tool for Damage Growth from Loaded Composite Fastener Holes
NASA – Advanced Composite Consortium (ACC)
Progressive Damage Analysis, Rapid Tools, and Laminate Cure Defects Process Model
Development
NTSB Composite Aircraft Crash Investigations
CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIPS AND RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Composite Materials Handbook (CMH-17)
FAA Joint Advanced Materials & Structures (JAMS)
Kansas Aviation Research & Technology (KART)
NASA Advanced Composite Consortium (ACC)
NASA In-Space Structural Composites Manufacturing
Navy Composites Manufacturing Technology Consortium (CMTC) - The Composite Consortium
Contact
Waruna Seneviratne, Ph.D. ATLAS Director Composites & Structures Senior Research Scientist (316) 978-5221 Email
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