Research
Composite and hybrid (e.g. fibre metal laminates) manufacturing and processing, mechanical properties of composite and hybrid materials; bonded and bolted composite structures; aircraft design; uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) and micro-aerial vehicle (MAV) design; application of finite element analysis to assess impact damage in fibre metal laminates and composites; biologically inspired and bio-mimetic structures and materials for aerospace applications.
Activities
Member, Technical Committee, International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition 2010, Seattle, WA, 17-20 May 2009
Member, Organizing Committee, 2nd UVS Canada Student UAV Design Competition, CFB Gagetown, May 2009
Journal Articles
J. Laliberté, P.V. Straznicky, and C. Poon (2005), “Impact Damage in Fiber Metal Laminates,” AIAA Journal 43(11): 2445-2462. [link]
J. Laliberté, P.V. Straznicky, A. Fahr, and C. Poon (2002), “Post-Impact Fatigue in Fiber-Metal Laminates,” International Journal of Fatigue 24: 249-256. [link]
Conference Publications
Mahendran, M., Shashank, P., Straznicky, P.V. and Laliberté, J. “Feasibility Study on Closed Cavity Bag Moulding (CCBM) for Novel Mouldless Manufacturing of Carbon Epoxy Composites” Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute AERO 2009 Conference, Ottawa, May 2009.
A. Fahr, M. Genest, M. Brothers, D. Djokic, J. Laliberté, and A. Yousefpour, “Ultrasonic and Thermographic Non-Destructive Inspection of Composite Laminate Structures”, 7th Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites, Jul 2008.
J. Maley, J. Kratz, J. Laliberté, and P.V. Straznicky, “Low Cost Manufacturing of Carbon Fibre: A Comparison of Manufacturing Methods”, CANCOM 2007, Aug 2007.
K. Schnackenburg, M. Martinez, J. Laliberté, and J. Dawson, “Towards Better Artificial Insect Wings for Flow Visualization and Micro-Air Vehicles” ICAST 2007, Oct 2007.
J. Laliberté, M. Mahendran, D. Djokic, C. Li, and J. Kratz, “Effect of Process-Induced Residual Stresses on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth in Fibre Metal Laminates”, ICAF 2007, May 2007.
D. Djokic, J. Laliberté, J. Rogers, K. Fisher and K. Nunn, “Adhesive Bonding of Primary Composite Aircraft Structure Using Localized Convective Heating”, SAMPE 2005 Fall Technical Conference, Oct 2005.
Other Publications
A. Johnston, J. Laliberté, L. Petrescue, and P.V. Straznicky, Eds. Proceedings of the 4th Canadian-International Composites Conference (CANCOM 2003), Aug 2003.