tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219682902024-03-07T19:56:52.795-05:00ASME/AMD Fracture and Failure Mechanics TCThis <I>Dynamic</I> Web Site is a place for members and visitors to be informed of <I>and</I> to contribute to the activities and resources of the Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee. This committee resides in the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1164384752652175952006-11-24T11:10:00.000-05:002006-11-24T11:12:32.810-05:00Minutes from the FFMTC meeting at the 2006 IMECEThe minutes can be found at bottom of the list of meeting minutes that is compiled here:<br /><br /><a href="http://amd-ffmtc.blogspot.com/2006/02/meeting-minutes.html">http://amd-ffmtc.blogspot.com/2006/02/meeting-minutes.html</a>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1164379095090286002006-11-24T09:35:00.000-05:002006-11-24T09:38:15.556-05:00The 2007 "Summer Meeting"This year's meeting during the summer is as follows:<br /><p align="center"> <span style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;color:#000000;"><b> <span style="font-size:6;"> McMat 2007</span></b> </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;color:#000000;"><b> <span style="font-size:130%;"> ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference</span></b><br /> <b><span style="font-size:130%;">June 3-7, 2007 ~ University of Texas at Austin</span></b></span></p>The link to the web site for this meeting <a href="http://www.ae.utexas.edu/MCMAT07/">http://www.ae.utexas.edu/MCMAT07/</a>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1162301247843889322006-10-31T08:14:00.000-05:002006-10-31T08:27:28.376-05:00FFMTC Meeting at IMECE06<div style="margin: 0px;">We would like to inform everyone that the Applied Mechanics Division Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee is currently scheduled to hold its annual meeting during the ASME IMECE in Chicago IL on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, November 9, 2006, 11:00-12:00 (noon)</span>. The meeting location has not been announced, but should appear in your program when it is available.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">We would like to invite everyone to attend the meeting. The minutes of our 2005 meeting are available here: <a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_07_2005_minutes.pdf">http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/~walter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_07_2005_minutes.pdf</a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">We would encourage anyone interested in organizing sessions for the 2007 summer meeting (<a href="http://www.ae.utexas.edu/MCMAT07/Welcome.htm">McMat 2007</a>, 6/3/07-6/7/07 Austin, TX) and/or the 2007 IMECE winter meeting (11/11/07-11/16/07, Seattle, WA) to prepare a short description of the session topic for discussion during our committee meeting in Chicago. Instructions and a template for proposing sessions are here: <a href="http://amd-ffmtc.blogspot.com/2006/02/proposing-symposia.html">http://amd-ffmtc.blogspot.com/2006/02/proposing-symposia.html</a><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px;">The tentative agenda for the November 9th committee meeting is as follows:</div><ol><li>Approval of minutes of the Committee Meeting held on November 7, 2005.</li><li>Officer "Graduation" and election of a new Secretary.<br /></li><li>Report on Symposia organized at 2006 IMECE.</li><li>Request for symposia/session organization in upcoming 2007 meetings.</li><li>Other business.</li></ol><div style="margin: 0px;">If you wish to add an item to the agenda, please let me know before November 3rd.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Thanks for your participation in the Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee of AMD.<br /><br />John Lambros, Chair<br />Mark Walter, Vice-Chair<br />Jean Francois Molinari, Secretary<br /></div>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1162300399275344672006-10-31T08:07:00.000-05:002006-10-31T08:13:20.306-05:00Fracture on MIT's Open CourseWareA colleague of mine who was trolling the net to learn about how others are teaching fracture mechanics came across MIT's Open CourseWare Website (<a href="http://ocw.mit.edu">ocw.mit.edu</a>). It seems to me that all course material for all of MIT's courses can be downloaded. Talk about intellectual property!<br /><br />Of particular interest to this community is the Fracture and Fatigue course posted by Subra Suresh. It can be found here: <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-35Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-35Fall2003/CourseHome/index.htm</a>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1149276930805459622006-06-02T15:29:00.000-04:002006-06-02T15:35:30.913-04:00The Fatigue CalculatorI found this very interesting web page on fatigue. It looks like there are practical tools for working with fatigue as well as good technical background.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fatiguecalculator.com/index.htm">http://www.fatiguecalculator.com/index.htm<span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/gl.link.gif" alt="Link" border="0" /></span></a>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1149276544932784932006-06-02T15:22:00.000-04:002006-06-02T15:29:05.013-04:00Fracture Books DiscussionLets discuss different books that are being used for teaching fracture mechanics. You can either ask to be a contributor to this blog or I can compile e-mailed responses and periodically post summaries.<br /><br />Some guidelines are as follows:<br /><ul><li>Always give full bibliographic information including the edition.</li><li>Mention what level class you are using this book or if you are not using the book for a class, for what level class would it be appropriate?<br /></li><li>What are some good features of the book?</li><li>What are some negatives? (Be constructive!)<br /></li></ul>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1140491556485874722006-02-20T22:12:00.000-05:002006-02-22T22:46:41.790-05:00IMECE 2006Next year's IMECE will be held in Chicago during November 5-10th, 2006. The AMD sessions will be in the second half of the week.<br /><br />The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 6th. More information on the conference can be found at the above link.walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1149265388306940862006-02-20T21:45:00.000-05:002006-06-02T12:32:23.583-04:00Old Annoucements<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">The 2006 summer meeting is the <a href="http://usnctam06.colorado.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>15th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics</strong></span></a> which will be held June 25-30th in Boulder, CO. As opposed to for IMECE, it is rarely difficult to get sessions for symposia at the summer meeting. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If you wish to organize a session, you need to contact <a href="mailto:stein.sture@colorado.edu"><span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);"><strong>Stein Sture</strong></span></a> ASAP.</span><br /> <br /> For participants, important dates are as follows:<br /> <br /> </span> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td><small>15 July 2005</small></td> <td><small>Announcement of mini-symposia </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small>15 January 2006 </small></td> <td><small><span style="font-weight: bold;">One-page abstracts due</span></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small>15 March 2006</small></td> <td><small>Acceptance and declination e-mails sent </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small>15 May 2006 </small></td> <td><small>Deadline for early registration </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td><small>25-30 June 2006 </small></td> <td><small>15th USNCTAM Meeting</small></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> </li> <li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span lang="en-us">Next year's IMECE will be held in Chicago during November 5-10th, 2006. The AMD sessions will be in the second half of the week.</span></span></li></span><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >Our <span style="font-weight: bold;">committee meeting</span> at the 200<span lang="en-us">5</span> IMECE in <span lang="en-us">Orland, FL</span> will take place from <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span lang="en-us">10:00-10:30 AM </span>on <span lang="en-us">Monday</span>, November <span lang="en-us">7</span>th </span>in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="en-us"> Europe 1</span></span>. </span></li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >Anyone interested in <span style="font-weight: bold;">organizing symposia</span> for the 2005 IMECE should bring symposium submission flyer to the committee meeting. If you cannot make the meeting, please e-mail your flyer to one of the Committee Officers listed above. Your flyer should include the following: </span> <ul><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >the proposed title of the session/symposium</span></li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >the number of sessions requested</span></li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >other committee co-sponsorships sought</span></li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >a brief description of the scope of the sessions</span></li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > names/addresses/contact information of the organizers</span></li></ul> </li><li value="2"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >The FFTC is proud to have sponsored the following sessions for the 2004 IMECE. <span lang="en-us">More details can be found in the <a href="http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress05/TechnicalProgramOverview.cfm"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Program Overview</span></a> (click on "Applied Mechanics" and then "Fracture and Failure Mechanics.") </span> </span> <ul><li value="2"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="subhdg3" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);font-size:85%;" >AMD-9 G Dynamic Fragmentation of Brittle Materials</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="fnt8" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">Session Schedule:</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tuesday, November 08, 2005 </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fnt8sg"> <span style="font-size:85%;">07:45 AM-09:15 AM </span></span> </span></p> </li><li> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="subhdg3" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);font-size:85%;" >AMD-10 E Failure Phenomena of Inhomogeneous Materials</span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="fnt8" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">Session Schedule:</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tuesday, November 08, 2005 </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fnt8sg"> <span style="font-size:85%;">09:30 AM-11:00 AM </span></span> </span></p> </li><li> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="subhdg3" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);font-size:85%;" >AMD-11 E Failure Phenomena of Inhomogeneous Materials</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0);"> </span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="fnt8" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">Session Schedule:</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tuesday, November 08, 2005 </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fnt8sg"> <span style="font-size:85%;">11:15 AM-12:45 PM </span></span> </span></p> </li><li> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="subhdg3" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);font-size:85%;" >AMD-12 E Failure Phenomena of Inhomogeneous Materials</span></span><span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span class="fnt8" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">Session Schedule:</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tuesday, November 08, 2005 </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fnt8sg"> <span style="font-size:85%;">02:00 PM-03:30 PM </span></span> </span></p> </li></ul> </li><li> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fnt8sg"><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:85%;">The Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee typically works very closely with the "Experimental Mechanics" committee and the "Dynamic Materials Response" committee. Please take a look at their symposia in the </span></span> </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span lang="en-us"><a href="http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress05/TechnicalProgramOverview.cfm">Program Overview</a></span></span></span></p></li></ul><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><ul><li>Our <span style="font-weight: bold;">committee meeting</span> at the 2004 IMECE in Anaheim, CA will take place from <span style="font-weight: bold;">4:00-6:00 PM on Thursday, November 18th </span>in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mezzanine 11, </span>Third Floor, Anaheim Hilton. </li><li value="2">Anyone interested in <span style="font-weight: bold;">organizing symposia</span> for the 2005 IMECE <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">should bring symposium submission flyer to the committee m</span>eeting. If you cannot make the meeting, please e-mail your flyer to one of the Committee Officers listed above. Your flyer should include the following:</li><ul><li value="2">the proposed title of the session/symposium</li><li value="2">the number of sessions requested</li><li value="2">other committee co-sponsorships sought</li><li value="2">a brief description of the scope of the sessions</li><li value="2">names/addresses/contact information of the organizers</li></ul><li value="2">The FFTC is proud to have sponsored the following sessions for the 2004 IMECE. We have also provided a link to a <a href="http://divisions.asme.org/amd/committees/fracture/2004_FFTC_Sponsored_Talks.html">complete list of talks and authors</a> for the sessions we have sponsored. We hope you can attend these talks.<br /></li><ul><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-8D</span> Mechanics on the Nanoscale and Microscale<br />(<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>7:45-9:15 AM</b></span>).<br /> </li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-9D</span> Modeling Material Damage and Fracture in Structure Failure<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17;</b> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>9:30-11:00 AM</b></span>)</li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-10C</span> Dynamic fragmentation of brittle materials<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>11:15-12:45 PM</b></span>)<br /> </li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-13A</span> Fracture of Thin Films, Coatings and Interfaces<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>6:00-7:30 PM</b></span>)</li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-13B</span> Modeling of Complex Fracture Phenomena<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>6:00-7:30 PM</b></span> )</li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-14B</span> Fatigue and Fracture at the Micro- and Nanometer Scale<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>7:45-09:15 AM</b></span>)</li><li value="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMD-19D</span> Characterization and Failure of Nanomaterials Reinforced Composites<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18; </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b>5:30-7:00 PM</b></span>)</li></ul></ul><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>Our committee meeting at the 2003 IMECE in Washington DC will take place from 4:30-6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 18th. Note that this is not the original time scheduled for this meeting and as of 10/23/03, the ASME web site still does not show the correct time. </big></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>Anyone interested in organizing symposia for the 2004 IMECE in Anaheim should bring symposium submission flyer to the committee meeting. If you cannot make the meeting, please e-mail your flyer to one of the Committee Officers listed above. Your flyer should include the following:</big></span></li></ol> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <ul style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><li>the proposed title of the session/symposium </li><li>the number of sessions requested </li><li>other committee co-sponsorships sought </li><li>a brief description of the scope of the sessions </li><li>names/addresses/contact information of the organizers</li></ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <ol start="3" style="text-align: left;"><li>The following sessions at the IMECE in Washington DC are sposored or co-sposored by the Fracture and Failure Mechanics Committee:<br /></li><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-11A <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Failure Mechanics at the Nanoscale and Microscale I </span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Monday, November 17, 2003 </span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">07:45 AM-09:15 AM)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-11A <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Failure Mechanics at the Nanoscale and Microscale II <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(</span></span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Monday, November 17, 2003 </span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">09:30 AM-11:00 AM)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-11A <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Failure Mechanics at the Nanoscale and Microscale III </span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Tuesday, November 18, 2003 </span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">09:30 AM-11:00 AM)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-7A <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Integrated Experimental/Computational Failure Analysis </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Monday, November 17, 2003 </span></span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">11:15 AM-12:45 PM)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-7B <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Failure of Coatings and Interfaces </span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Monday, November 17, 2003 </span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">11:15 AM-12:45 PM)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>AMD-7C <span style="color: rgb(165, 42, 42);">Dynamic Failure Response of Multiphase and Heterogeneous Materials </span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Monday, November 17, 2003 </span> <span class="fnt8sg" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">11:15 AM-12:45 PM)</span></li></ul></ol> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></b></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1140489179745091062006-02-20T21:32:00.000-05:002006-02-22T22:49:15.440-05:00Teaching Fracture MechanicsAt a recent committee meeting it was decided that we should be helping each other as well as the broader fracture and failure mechanics community to teach fracture mechanics. One way to acomplish this is to begin an on-line discussion of which topics to teach, how to most effectively teach various topics, which books to use, <span style="font-style: italic;">etc</span>. It is felt that the best way to initiate this discussion is by posting syllabi. At some point we might also decide to post notes.<br /><br />At present, since this blog is hosted at blogspot.com, there does not appear to be a way to post files. As this discussion develops, we might look for a different way to host the blog. In the meantime, we could just cut and paste our syllabi into the posting. My syllabus is given below.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 744</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Engineering Fracture Mechanics</span><br />Winter Quarter 2005<br /><br />[This is an introductory, graduate level course. There are typically also a few advanced undergraduates in the class. It is a 10 week class. In order to cover all the material listed below, notes are provided in PDF form and are projected during the lecture.]<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lecture:</span> Tuesday & Thursday 10:30-11:48 PM<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Professor:</span> M. Walter, 292-6081, walter.80_at_osu.edu<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Text: </span>"Principles of Fracture Mechanics," by R.J. Sanford; Prentice Hall, 2002.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Grading: </span><br /> Homework: 30%<br /> Lab: 15%<br /> Mid-Term Exam: 25%<br /> Final Exam: 30%<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Course Objectives, Composition and Consultation:</span> The objectives of this course are to introduce concepts of fracture mechanics for application to engineering problems. Fracture Mechanics is generally understood to be the study of the stress/strain response and the initiation and propagation of cracks in bodies that have an existing crack. Upon completing this course students will have been exposed to concepts listed on the syllabus below. Although working and studying in groups is encouraged, all work that is submitted for grading must be your own. Situations which call into question the originality of the work will be submitted to the Committee on Academic Misconduct.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Homework:</span> Homework problems will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor. Expect 4-5 assignments throughout the quarter.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Laboratory:</span> One or two labs will be arranged outside of class time. A lab write-up<br />will be assigned, collected, and graded.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Term and Final Exams:</span> An open-notes term exam will be given 5-6 weeks into the<br />quarter. The final exam will be comprehensive exam. It may consist of a short in-class<br />portion and a take-home portion.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Topics:</span><br />Jan. 4 Introduction to Fracture Mechanics and Linear Elasticity<br />Jan. 6 Linear Elasticity: 3-d Equations, 2-d Analysis<br />Jan. 11 Singular Stress Fields: Stress Intensity Factor; Williams Solution<br />Jan. 13 No Class<br />Jan. 18 Westergaard Solution and Applications<br />Jan. 20 Stress Intensity Factors for Various Geometries and Loadings (Analytical Methods)<br />Jan. 25 Numerical Determination of K<br />Jan. 27 Experimental Determination of K<br />Feb. 1 Stress Fields and Critical Stress Intensity Factors: specimen sizes, K-dominance<br />Feb. 3 Crack-Tip Plasticity: small-scale yielding<br />Feb. 8 Mid-Term<br />Feb. 10 Energy Approaches and Energy Equivalence<br />Feb. 15 R-Curves<br />Feb. 17 Fracture Toughness Testing Lab<br />Feb. 22 Elastic Plastic Fracture: the J-Integral and COD<br />Feb. 24 Elastic Plastic Fracture Mechanics Testing<br />Mar. 1 Micromechanisms of Fracture<br />Mar. 3 Fatigue Crack Growth<br />Mar. 8 Damage Tolerant Design<br />Mar. 10 Nondestructive Evaluation<br /></span>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1140484317306943392006-02-20T20:07:00.000-05:002006-06-02T15:22:02.706-04:00Proposing SymposiaThe main function of committee meetings is to discuss symposia proposed for upcoming meetings.<br /><br />Organizing symposia is typically very straightforward. It is also a great way for junior-level faculty to become well-known in the mechanics community. Also, consider co-sponsorship with other technical committees. We welcome all submissions. Your submission should consist of the following:<br /><ul><li> the proposed title of the session/symposium</li><li>the number of sessions requested</li><li>other committee co-sponsorships sought</li><li>a brief description of the scope of the sessions</li><li>names/addresses/contact information of the organizers</li><li>bring roughly 15 copies of your submission to hand out during the committee meeting<br /></li></ul>The following is a template for your submission. You can copy and paste it into a word processor and then subsitite the relevant information for the turquois text.<br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee</span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="">Symposium<br />Proposal</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">for IMECE<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">XX</span> in <span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">YYYYYY</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">ZZ</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Symposium Title: </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Enter Title Here<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Number of Sessions Requested:</b><span style=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">N</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Co-Sponsorship(s): </b><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">enter number of session requested from other TCs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Symposium Description: </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Provide a brief description.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Organizer Information:</b></p> <span style="" 102=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> Your Name</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> Your Affiliation</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> Your Phone Number</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> Your E-mail</span><br /></span><br /></span>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1149259771000389622006-02-20T17:50:00.000-05:002006-11-24T11:14:30.096-05:00Meeting Minutes<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" > <b><span style="color: rgb(4, 163, 108);">Minutes from AMD Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee Meetings<br /></span></b></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Jun, 1999:</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/minutes6-99.pdf" target="_blank">Va Tech Mechanics and Materials Conference</a></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 1999: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a target="_blank" href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/minutes11-99.pdf">1999 IMECE</a></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2000: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/minutes11-00.pdf" target="_blank">2000 IMECE</a></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Jun, 2001: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/minutes6-01.pdf" target="_blank">UCSD Mechanics and Materials Conference</a></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2001: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/fracture/minutes11-01.pdf" target="_blank">2001 IMECE in New York </a></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2002: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/minutes11-02.pdf" target="_blank">2002 IMECE in New Orleans </a></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2003: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_18_2003_minutes.pdf" target="_blank">2003 IMECE in Washington DC </a></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2004: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_18_2004_minutes.pdf" target="_blank">2004 IMECE in Anaheim, CA</a></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="">Nov, 2005: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_07_2005_minutes.pdf" target="_blank">2005 IMECE in Orlando, FL</a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><span style="">Nov, 2006: </span></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/%7Ewalter/blogger_files/FFTC_Nov_09_2006_minutes.pdf" target="_blank">2006 IMECE in Chicago, IL</a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1140472924069829852006-02-20T17:01:00.000-05:002006-02-22T22:50:13.090-05:00Current OfficersBelow are the names and addresses of the Current Officers of the Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee. The terms for these officers expire in June of 2007.<br /><br />Feel free to contact any of the officers if you have questions about our committee. Note that the "@" symbol in the e-mail addresses has been replaced by "_at_" to help keep us off of spam lists.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chair</span><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Dr. John Lambros (2007)<br />University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign<br />Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Department<br />306 Talbot Lab, MC-236<br />104 South Wright St.<br />Urbana, IL 61801<br />Tel: 217-333-2242<br />Fax: 217-244-0720<br />Email: lambros_at_uiuc.edu<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vice Chair</span><br />Dr. Mark Walter (2007)<br />Ohio State University<br />Mechanical Engineering<br />2075 Robinson Laboratory<br />206 W. 18th Avenue<br />Columbus, OH 43210<br />Tel : 614-292-6081<br />Fax: 614-292-3163<br />Email: walter.80_at_osu.edu<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Secretary</span><br />Dr. Jean Francois Molinari (2007)<br />The Johns Hopkins University<br />Department of Mechanical Engineering<br />223 Latrobe Hall<br />3400 North Charles Street<br />Baltimore, MD 21218<br />Tel: 410-516-4398<br />Fax: 410-516-7254<br />Email: molinari_at_jhu.edu<br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><a href="mailto:molinari@jhu.edu"><br /></a></span> </p>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21968290.post-1140458556554375142006-02-20T12:56:00.000-05:002007-10-29T21:47:39.366-04:00Current MembersThe following is a list of persons who have attended our technical committee meetings in the past. Many of those listed below have also organized symposia for the IMECE and AMD Summer meetings. Note that "mailto" tags have been removed and the "@" replaced with "_at_". This will hopefully help keep your e-mail off of spam lists.<span class="fullpost"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><table style="width: 430px; height: 1230px;" align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <br /><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Cemal Basaran </b><br />SUNY, Buffalo<br />cjb_at_eng.buffalo.edu</span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Ashraf Bastawros<br /></b> Iowa State University<br />bastaw_at_iastate.edu</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Jack Beuth </b><br />Carnegie Mellon University<br /> beuth_at_andrew.cmu.edu</span></span></span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Florin Bobaru</b><br />University of Nebraska, Lincoln<br /> fbobaru2_at_unl.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Bill Y. J. Chao </b><br />University of South Carolina<br /> chao_at_sc.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Ioannis Chasiotis<br /> </b>University of Virginia<br />chasioti_at_uiuc.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Weinong (Wayne) Chen </b><br />Purdue University<br /> wchen_at_purdue.edu</span></span></span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Ching-Shan Cheng</b><a href="mailto:l.roy.xu@vanderbilt.edu"><br /> </a>General Motors (on leave)<br /> cheng_cs_at_yahoo.com</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Ravi Chona </b><br />US Air Force Research Laboratory<br /> ravi.chona_at_wpafb.af.mil</span></span></span></span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small></small></span></span></span></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Chi Chow</b><a href="mailto:l.roy.xu@vanderbilt.edu"><br /> </a>University of Michigan-Dearborn<br /> clchow_at_umich.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Xiaomin Deng </b><br />University of South Carolina<br /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small>deng_at_engr.sc.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Marty Dunn </b><br />University of Colorado<br />martin.dunn_at_colorado.edu</span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ruquiang Feng</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />University of Nebraska, Lincoln</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">rfeng1_at_unl.edu</span></small></span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td width="216"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><a href="mailto:george.kardomateas@ae.gatech.edu%20"> </a></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Philippe Geubelle </b><br />University of Illinois, Urbana<br /> geubelle_at_uiuc.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bruce Kang</span><br />Wester Virginia University<br /> bruce.kang_at_mail.wvu.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>George A. Kardomateas </b><br />Georgia Tech<br /> george.kardomateas_at_ae.gatech.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Sanjeev Khanna</b><a href="mailto:KhannaS@missouri.edu"><br /> </a>University of Missouri<br /> KhannaS_at_missouri.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Kyung-Suk Kim </b><br />Brown University<br /> kim_at_engin.brown.edu</span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Vikram K. Kinra </b><br />Texas A&M<br /> kinra_at_tamu.edu</span></span></span></span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Nathan Klingbeil </b><br />Wright State University<br /> nathan.klingbeil_at_wright.edu</span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Wolfgang Knauss </b><br />Cal. Tech<br /> wgk_at_caltech.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Albert S. Kobayashi </b><br />University of Washington<br /> ask_at_u.washington.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>DV Kubair</b><br />Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore<br />kubair_at_aero.iisc.ernet.in</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=""><span class="a"></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Jeff Kysar</b></small><br /> <small>Columbia University</small><br /><small>jk2079_at_columbia.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>John Lambros </b><br />University of Illinois, Urbana<br /> lambros_at_uiuc.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td width="216"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Michael Larson </b><br />Tulane University<br /> larson_at_eas.uccs.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Kenneth M. Liechti </b><br />University of Texas, Austin<br /> kml_at_mail.utexas.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td width="216"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Jimmy Liu </b><br />Air Force Research Lab<br />???chi_liu_at_edwards.af.mil??? </span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="40" width="187"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Scott X. Mao </b><br />University of Pittsburgh<br /> </span><small><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">smao_at_engr.pitt.edu</span></small></span></span></span></span><br /> <span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></td> <td height="40" width="216"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Robert McMeeking </b><br />University of California, Santa Barbara<br /> rmcm_at_engineering.ucsb.edu </span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Sinisa Mesarovic</b><br /> Washington State University<br /> mesarovic_at_mme.wsu.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></span></span> </td> <td width="216"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Yozo Mikata </b><br />Lockheed Martin</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><br /> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >aquarius_ym_at_hotmail.com </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>T.C. Miller </b><br />Air Force Research Lab</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><br /> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >tim_miller_at_edwards.af.mil </span></span></span></span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <small><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jean Francois Molinari</span><br /> Johns Hopkins University<br /> molinari_at_jhu.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Toshio Nakamura </b><br />SUNY, Stony Brook<br /> toshio.nakamura_at_sunysb.edu </span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <small><b>Richard W. Neu<br /> </b>Georgia Tech<br /> rich.neu_at_me.gatech.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <small><b>Glaucio Paulino<br /> </b>University of Illinois, Urbana<br /> paulino_at_uiuc.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Mick Peterson<br /> </b>University of Maine<br /> michael.peterson_at_maine.edu</span></span></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="187"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Vikas Prakash </b><br />Case Western Reserve University<br /> vxp18_at_po.cwru.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td width="216"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>H. Jerry Qi<br /> </b>University of Colorado<br /> qih_at_colorado.edu</span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Jianmin Qu </b><br />Georgia Tech<br /> jianmin.qu_at_me.gatech.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yapa Rajapakse</span><br />Office of Naval Research<br />???rjapay_at_onr.navy.mil???</span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>A.M. Rajendran </b><br />Army Research Office<br /> arajend_at_arl.mil</span></span></span></span></span> </td> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>K.T. Ramesh </b><br />Johns Hopkins University<br /> ramesh_at_jhu.edu</span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>K. Ravi-Chandar </b><br />University of Texas at Austin<br /> kravi_at_mail.utexas.edu</span></span></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>G. Ravichandran </b><br />California Institute of Technology<br /> ravi_at_caltech.edu</span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><span style="font-weight: bold;">A. Rosakis</span></small><br /> <small>California Institute of Technology</small><br /> <small>rosakis_at_aero.caltech.edu</small></span></span></span></span> </td> <td valign="top"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>C.-E. Rousseau </b><br />University of Rhode Island<br /> </span><small>roussea_at_egr.uri.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><span style="font-weight: bold;">A. Shukla</span></small><br /> <small>University of Rhode Island</small><br /> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">shukla_at_egr.uri.edu</span></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>C. W. Smith </b><br />Virginia Tech<br /> chsmith4_at_vt.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Hareesh Tippur </b><br />Auburn University<br /> htippur_at_eng.auburn.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Vikas Tomar </b><br />University of Notre Dame<br /> vikas.tomar_at_nd.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Raman Singh </b><br />SUNY, Stony Brook<br />raman.singh_at_okstate.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Mark Walter </b><br />Ohio State University<br /> walter.80_at_osu.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><small><b>Luoyu Roy Xu</b><br /> Vanderbilt University<br /> l.roy.xu_at_vanderbilt.edu</small></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Alan Zehnder </b><br />Cornell University<br /> atz2_at_cornell.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Ting Zhu </b><br />Georgia Institute of Technology<br /> zhu_at_gatech.edu</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody> </table><br /></span></span>walter.80http://www.blogger.com/profile/13014967530103512898noreply@blogger.com1