OTRC Principal Investigator Publication Listing

Principal Investigator:

Ozden Ochoa

Journal Articles, Reports and Conference Papers

Ochoa, O. O., and Salama, M., “Offshore Composites: Transition Barriers To An Enabling Technology”, International Journal of Composite Science and Technology, 65, pp. 2588-2596, 2005.

Kim, W., Ochoa, O. O. and Miller, C. A., “Axial and Burst Analysis of Offshore Composite Risers,” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites, Philadelphia, PA, September 7-9, 2005.

W. K. Kim, O. O. Ochoa, E. G. Ward, & C. A. Miller (2005) “Structural Response of Composite Production Risers”, Fourth International Conference On Composite Materials for Offshore Operations, Houston, TX, October 4-6, 2005.

Ochoa, O. O. and Rodriguez, D.E., "Flexure behavior of composite spoolable tubes", OMAE2002-28263, Oslo, Norway, June 2002.

Ochoa, O. O. and Rodriguez, D.E., "Hybrid spoolable tubulars- damage initiation and progression during bending", American Society of Composites 17th Annual Technical Meeting, Purdue University, October 2002.

Ochoa, O. O., "Unrealized Potential of Composites in Offshore Applications", Proceedings of 13^th International Conference on Composite Materials, Paper ID 1686, Beijing, China, June 2001.

Ochoa, O.O and Judice, D., "Composite Spoolable Tubulars", Proceedings of the 9^th  US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials, Mishima, Japan, July 2000, pp. 513-520.

Chouchaoui, C. S., and Ochoa, O. O., “Similitude Study for Laminated Cylindrical Tube under Tension, Torsion, Bending, Internal & External Pressure; Part I: Governing Equations”, Composite Structures, 44/4, 1999, pp.221-229.

Chouchaoui, C. S., and Ochoa, O. O., “Similitude Study for Laminated Cylindrical Tube under Tension, Torsion, Bending, Internal and External Pressure; Part II: Scale Models”, Composite Structures, 44/4, 1999, pp.231-236.

Ochoa, O. O., and Ross, G. R., "Hybrid Composites: Models and Tests for Environmental Aging", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 17, no. 9, 1998, pp. 787-799.

Ochoa, O. O., "Similitude Models for Composites ", OMAE98-2002, 17th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1998.

Ochoa, O. O., and Elliott, C., "Inhibited Carbon-Carbon Composites: Isothermal and Thermomechanical Fatigue Exposure”, J. of Composite Materials, 32, no. 12, 1998, pp. 1157-1177.

Ochoa, O.O., “Effective Similitude Essentials for Composite Tubulars,” IMECE97, AMD Vol. 224, 1997.

Chouchaoui, C.S., and Ochoa, O.O., “Similitude Study for Laminated Cylindrical Tube under Tension, Torsion, Bending, Internal and External Pressure; Part I:  Governing Equations,”  Composite Structures, 8/97 (in review).

Chouchaoui, C. S., and Ochoa, O. O., "Similitude Study for Laminated Cylindrical Tube under Tension, Torsion, Bending, Internal and External Pressure; Part I: Governing Equations and Part II: Scale Models", Composite Structures, (in press)

Ochoa, O. O., "Effective Similitude Essentials for Composite Tubulars",  IMECE97, AMD Vol. 224, 1997.

Ochoa, O.O., Ross, G.R., Liggett, G.M., and Farivar-Sadri, K.,  “Design of Hybrid Composite Tubulars,”  Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Copenhagen,1996.

Ross, G.R. and Ochoa, O.O., “Micromechanical Analysis of Hybrid Composites,” Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 16, pp. 828-836, 1996.

Ochoa, O.O., “Hybrid Composite Design: Optimization and Scaling Aspects,” Proceedings, 6th ISOPE Conference, 1996.

Ochoa, O.O., Ross, G.R. and Liggett, M.G., “Design of Hybrid Composite Tubulars,” Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, Florence, Italy, June 1996.

Ross, G.R. and Ochoa, O.O.,"Micromechanical Analysis of Hybrid Composites," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Composite Materials and Energy,  Montreal, Canada, May 1995, pp 51-58.

Ross, G.R. and Ochoa, O.O., “Hygroscopic Response of Hybrid Tubes,” Corrosion95, Paper #140, NACE, Orlando, Florida, March 1995.

Liggett, M., and Ochoa, O., “Similitude Concepts for Composites,”  Proceedings of the Tenth Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, October 1995, pp.47-54.

Ochoa, O. O., "Hybrid Composite Tubes for Offshore Applications," International Conference on Composite Materials in the Petroleum Industry, Rueil-Malmaison, France, November 1994.

Farivar-Sadri, K., and Ochoa, O. O., "Optimization of Composite Tubes for Offshore Applications", Proceedings, Ninth Technical  Conference  of  the  American Society for Composites, Delaware, September 1994, pp. 850-857.

Ross, G.R. and Ochoa, O.O., "Environmental Effects on Unsymmetric Composite Laminates," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 4, pp 266-284, July 1991.

Theses and Dissertations

Kim, W. K. "Composite Production Riser Assessment", PhD Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2007

Rodriguez, D.E., “Influence of material, lay-up, and geometry on the radius of curvature of spoolable composite tubulars,” M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2002.

Noh, J., “Prediction of Progressive Damage of Thick Viscoelastic Laminates,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, December 2001.

Judice, D. R., “Finite element analysis of a coiled composite tubular,” M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 1999.

Ross, G., "Hybrid Composites: Interfacial and Global Response Under Environmental and Mechanical Loads," Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, August 1996.

Liggett, G.M. Jr., ‘Structural Characterization and Structural Material Similitude of Hybrid Composite Tube,” M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, May 1996.

Ross, G.R., “Characterization Of Hybrid Composites:  Offshore Applications,” PhD Dissertation, Texas A&M University, July 1996.

Farivar-Sadri, K., “Structural Characterization and Design Optimization of Hybrid Composite Tubes for TLP Riser Applications,” MS Thesis,  Texas A&M University, May 1995.

Farivar-Sadri, K., "Optimization of Hybrid Composite Tubes," M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, August 1994.