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<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/32">fracture mechanics</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/157">students</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/528">Spring 2007</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/551">ES 242r</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> I'm Francisco Thiago S. Aragao. Please call me Thiago. I'm currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Civil Enginering Master's Program under the advisory of Dr. Yong-Rak Kim. I have also a minor course in Engineering Mechanics. Below I'm answering the questions from the Problem 1 of Fracture Mechanics' Assignment 1.
</p><p><strong>Prior courses in solid mechanics</strong>: </p>
<p>* Continuum Mechanics;</p>
<p>* Theory of Elasticity;</p>
<p>* Inelastic Behavior of Construction Materials (focusing on viscoelasticity);</p>
<p>* Introduction to Finite Element Methods.</p>
<p><strong>Undergraduate major</strong></p>
<p>* I graduated in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil (2004).</p>
<p>* I took my last semester of undergraduation here at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln when I was awarded from my country's government scientific agency CAPES with a 6 months scholarship.</p>
<p><strong>Strength and weakness</strong></p>
<p> Strength</p>
<p> * I'm a really self-motivated person and I know that fracture mechanics will be really helpful for my upcoming PhD research related to fatigue cracking of asphalt mixtures.</p>
<p> * I have taken some Mechanics courses and I hope them to be helpful for this course.</p>
<p> Weakness</p>
<p> * I'm not sure if programming will be required here, but this by far is my most evident weakness in any course where it is required.</p>
<p><strong>Research group</strong></p>
<p> * I'm part of Dr. David H. Allen's/Dr. Yong-Rak Kim's asphalt research group at UNL.</p>
<p>* The group's website is currently to be constructed.</p>
<p><strong>Research directions</strong></p>
<p>* I'd really like to get knowledge about crack growth for my asphalt fatigue cracking characterization. </p>
<p><strong>Fracture Mechanics helping my research</strong></p>
<p>* As already mentioned, it will be a very useful tool for my understanding of asphalt mixtures fatigue cracking characterization. </p>
<p><strong>Fracture Mechanics improving my education level</strong></p>
<p>* I truly believe that courses in Solid Mechanics are important tools for my career. Fracture Mechanics in special will allow me to design stuctures more </p>
<p>precisely and safely. Also, such course gives me a career flexibility. Currently I'm working with asphalt mixtures, but understanding Fracture Mechanics I could use my knowledge in different types of materials.</p>
<p>Francisco Thiago S. Aragao, Civil Engineer<br />Graduate Student - MSc<br />Research Assistant</p>
<p>NH150 Department of Civil Engineering<br />University of Nebraska-Lincoln<br />Lincoln NE 68588<br />Work PH: 402-472-4899</p>
<p>Only Jesus saves!</p>
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