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ABOUT
Youjiang Wang
Professor
youjiang.wang@mse.gatech.edu
404.894.7551
404.894.8780
MRDC-1 Room 4507

Dr. Youjiang Wang, a Professor of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering, joined Georgia Tech faculty in 1989. His research interests include mechanics of composites, yarns, fabrics, and geotextiles; manufacturing processes and characterization of fibers, textiles and textile structural composites; and fiber recycling. Dr. Wang is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia, a Fellow of ASME and the Textile Institute, and a member of the Fiber Society.

Research Areas: 
Textiles
Polymers
Composites
Fibers
Research Activity: 
Measurements
Modelling
Processing, Fabrication, & Manufacturing
Research Challenges: 
Transportation
Environment
Energy
Infrastructure
Security
Research Keywords: 
composites
fibers
processing
recycling
PUBLICATIONS
Selected publications: 
  • Y. Wang, H.C. Wu and V.C. Li, "Concrete Reinforcement with Recycled Fibers ", Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2000, 314-319.
  • Y. Wang, "A Method for Tensile Test of Geotextiles with Confining Pressure", Journal of Industrial Textiles, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2001.
  • Y. Wang, “Mechanical Properties of Stitched Multiaxial Fabric Reinforced Composites From Manual Layup Process”, Applied Composite Materials, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2002, 81-97.
  • Qiu, Y., Wang, Y., Laton, M., and Mi, J. Z., "Analysis of Energy Dissipation in Twisted Fiber Bundles under Cyclic Tensile Loading",Textile Research Journal, Vol. 72, No. 7, 2002, 585-593.
  • X. Shao, Y. Qiu, and Y. Wang, “Theoretical Modeling of the Tensile Behavior of Low-twist Staple Yarns: Part I- Theoretical Model; Part II- Theoretical and Experimental Results”, Journal of the Textile Institute, Vol. 96, No. 2, 2005, 61-76.