Craig Merrett
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Eng
Clarkson University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Craig Merrett is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Eng, at Clarkson University, USA
Research Interest
Dr. Merrett has a diverse research portfolio within the field of aero-servo-viscoelasticity that includes research on aircraft instability, flight data recorders, optimization, fracture of composites, and vehicle tracking. The core of the research portfolio is the effects of a viscoelastic material on structural dynamics, in particular the critical time necessary for an instability to occur. Dr. Merrett’s current research program investigates polymer composite materials and metals exposed to elevated temperatures that appear in aerospace and nuclear engineering applications. Dr. Merrett also conducts research in unsteady aerodynamics for subsonic and supersonic panel flutter, and for off-shore wind farm wakes.
Publications
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C. Goudie and C.G. Merrett, “Implications of Viscoelastic Properties on the Life Expectancy of GFRP Aircraft,†Proceedings 55th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/SC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. SciTech 2014, National Harbor, United States.
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J.W. Adams and C.G. Merrett, “Combined Flight Management System and Flight Data Recorder for General Aviation using Tablet Computers†AIAA SciTech 2016, San Diego, United States.
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C.G. Merrett, “Stability of Viscoelastic Rings Under Radial Loads with Applications to Nuclear Technology,â€Â Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2016, 82(6): 7-15.
