Polycrystal Model of Ceramics Subjected to High Strain Rates and Pressures

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mao S. Wu, Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, and Dr. R. Feng, Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics.

Supported by: The Army Research Office (DEPSCoR Program) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Materials Research and Analysis

Three Project Areas:  

(1) Micromechanics -- microfracture and microplasticity in ceramics under high confinement and high strain rates;

(2) Polycrystal modeling -- two and three dimensional algorithm development;

(3) Finite element modeling -- mesoscopic investigations of polycrystal deformation under high pressures.

Qualifications: Applicants must be prepared to conduct innovative research in the mechanics of materials, particularly micromechanical analysis involving fracture and plastic flow, mathematical modeling of polycrystals, and/or large-scale finite element analysis.  They are expected to be M.S. or Ph.D. students.

Project Dates: April 1, 2000 - March 31, 2003

Contact:

   Prof. Mao S. Wu
   Dept. of Engineering Mechanics
   University of Nebraska-Lincoln
   Lincoln, NE 68588-0526
   Phone: (402) 472-2385
   FAX: (402) 472-8292
   E-mail: mwu1@unl.edu

   Prof. R. Feng
   Dept. of Engineering Mechanics
   University of Nebraska-Lincoln
   Lincoln, NE 68588-0526
   Phone: (402) 472-2384
   FAX: (402) 472-8292
   E-mail: rfeng1@unl.edu