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Elise McAbee

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Elise McAbee
A white woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses and a light-colored blouse with a notched collar; the number 8 is in the upper right corner of the photo
Elise McAbee, from a 1965 publication of the United States Army
BornJuly 28, 1920
Orange County, New York
DiedMay 9, 1991
Bexar, Texas
Other namesElise Saunders (married name)
OccupationMaterials engineer

Elise McAbee Saunders (July 28, 1920 – May 9, 1991) was an American materials engineer with the United States Army.

Early life and education

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McAbee was from Orange County, New York, the daughter of Daniel Hayes McAbee and Ruth E. Edgecomb McAbee. She earned a degree in chemical engineering at West Virginia University in 1942.[1]

Career

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McAbee worked in the Army's Plastics and Packaging Laboratory at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. She and her colleagues won the Army Research & Development Achievement Award in 1965.[2][3] Her research on plastics, polymers, and adhesives was published in academic journals including The Journal of Adhesion[4] and The Journal of Applied Polymer Science.[5]

Selected publications

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  • "Use of multiple regression analysis to develop predictive models for failure times of adhesive bonds at constant stress" (1974, with William C. Jones, Raymond F. Wegman, and David W. Levi)[6]
  • "Failure of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Strain Rates" (1972, with Michael J. Bodnar, William C. Tanner, and David W. Levi)[4]
  • "Application of Superposition Techniques to Thermal Degradation of Epoxide Resins" (1971, with H. T. Lee and David W. Levi)[7]
  • "Use of a Reaction Rate Method to Predict Failure Times of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Stress" (1970 with David W. Levi)[8]
  • "Relation between the Tensile Modulus of Propellants and the Failure Time" (1970, with David W. Levi)[9]
  • "Prediction of Failure Times for Some Adhesive-Bonded Joints" (1970, with William C. Tanner and David W. Levi)[10]
  • "Prediction of mechanical properties of polymers. Tensile strength of glass-reinforced plastics" (1969, with David W. Levi)[5]
  • "Prediction of Lifetimes of Nylon Samples at Various Stress Levels" (1969, with David W. Levi)[11]
  • "Treatment of propellant mechanical property data by reaction rate analysis" (1967, with David W. Levi)[12]
  • "Effect of Temperature and Rate of Loading on the Tensile Properties of Glass-Reinforced Polyester" (1964, with Mitchel Chmura)[13]
  • "Tensile Properties of Double-Base Propellants" (1962, with Mitchel Chmura)[14]
  • "High-Rate Tensile Properties of Plastics" (1961, with Mitchel Chmura)[15]
  • "Effect of Testing Rate and Type of Machine on Tensile Properties Data for Plastics" (1958)[16]

Personal life

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Elise McAbee married John Everitt Saunders in 1973. She died in 1991, in Bexar County, Texas, aged 70 years.

References

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  1. ^ West Virginia University (1942). The Monticola. West Virginia University Libraries. Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co. p. 33 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Kudos". Army Research & Development Newsmagazine. 6: 33. February 1966.
  3. ^ "Army Announces 24 Selections for R&D Achievement Awards". Army Research & Development Newsmagazine. 6: 43. June 1965.
  4. ^ a b McAbee, Elise; Bodnar, Michael J.; Tanner, William C.; Levi, David W. (June 1972). "Failure of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Strain Rates". The Journal of Adhesion. 4 (2): 87–93. doi:10.1080/00218467208072214. ISSN 0021-8464.
  5. ^ a b McAbee, Elise; Levi, David W. (September 1969). "Prediction of mechanical properties of polymers. Tensile strength of glass-reinforced plastics". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 13 (9): 1899–1908. doi:10.1002/app.1969.070130909.
  6. ^ Jones, William C.; McAbee, Elise; Wegman, Raymond F.; Levi, David W. (1974). "Use of multiple regression analysis to develop predictive models for failure times of adhesive bonds at constant stress". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 18 (2): 555–565. doi:10.1002/app.1974.070180220. ISSN 1097-4628.
  7. ^ Lee, H. T.; McAbee, Elise; Levi, David W. (December 1, 1971). "Application of Superposition Techniques to Thermal Degradation of Epoxide Resins". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020.
  8. ^ McAbee, Elise and David W. Levi (1970) "Use of a Reaction Rate Method to Predict Failure Times of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Stress" Defense Technical Information Center.
  9. ^ McAbee, Elise; Levi, David W. (January 1, 1970). "Relation between the Tensile Modulus of Propellants and the Failure Time". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020.
  10. ^ McAbee, Elise; Tanner, William C.; Levi, David W. (July 1, 1970). "Prediction of Failure Time for Some Adhesive-Bonded Joints". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021.
  11. ^ McAbee, Elise; Levi, David W. (May 1, 1969). "Prediction of Lifetimes of Nylon Samples at Various Stress Levels". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.
  12. ^ McAbee, Elise; Levi, David W. (October 1967). "Treatment of propellant mechanical property data by reaction rate analysis". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 11 (10): 2067–2069. doi:10.1002/app.1967.070111022.
  13. ^ McAbee, Elise; Chmura, Mitchel (October 1, 1964). "Effect of Temperature and Rate of Loading on the Tensile Properties of Glass-Reinforced Polyester". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021.
  14. ^ Mcabee, Elise; Chmura, Mitchel (May 1, 1962). "Tensile Properties of Double-Base Propellants". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021.
  15. ^ Defense Documentation Center (U.S.) (April 1961). Technical Abstract Bulletin. Defense Documentation Center. p. 197.
  16. ^ U.S. Government Research Reports. U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services. 1959. p. 455.