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ES 242r personal agenda
I am working on my PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Neb. and have enrolled inES 242r because failure modes of many orthopedic implants can be attributed to initial flaws & fractures of material coatings. This course, albeit, focuses on ductile materials, the principles seem relevant.
Lecture 8 Mixed mode fracture
Dear Students of ES 242r / ENGM 940:
You may be interested in reading about the self-introductions of your fellow students.
The attached notes are written mainly for myself. Most figures are missing. I'll draw these figures in class. So please take good notes in class.
Class Lectures with PowerPoint
I am pretty new to having a class that is fully powerpoint presentations and am wondering how everyone else is coping with it. Does anyone have any pointers or useful ways they keep notes in powerpoint classes? Printing the notes before hand? Anotating directly on the notes? Having a seperate notebook for notes and seperate handouts of presentation, etc etc?
eXtended Finite Element Method: Short Course Notes
I taught a short course some time ago on the eXtended Finite Element Method, and thought many people would find the notes useful.
So I've posted them here, in .mov format (as exported with the Apple software keynote). The advantage of this format is that, when you click on one of the .mov files, it should open a separate browser. Clicking in the window will advance the slide. This way you see all the movies, etc, as well as the sequence as it appears when I gave the talk. There is a way to add audio to this format as well - something I may pursue in the future.
Mesh free method for Fracture mechanics!
Hello,
I am Nguyen V.C, Graduated student in Japan, my research is Freemesh method for Fracture mechanics. I am very like to find the path of crack and also apply some comercial softwares to solve this problem.
Second XFEM short course, July 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland
After the success of the course in 2005 (45 participants from 15 countries), the EPFL school of continuing education presents the second XFEM course.
NYT Article "The Ultimate Distance Learning"
I stumbled on this article in the NY Times "The Ultimate Distance Learning" (free registration required to view) about the establishment of University distance learning activities within the Second Life online community.
Helpful Math for Continuum Mechanics
If you would like a copy of my lecture notes (on matrix algebra, indicial notation, vectors, tensors, vector calculus, groups, curvilinear coordinates and calculus of variations) they are available at
Homework Q1
I am a PhD student at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. I obtained MS in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, where my thesis was focused on numerical simulation of elastic wave propagation in polycrystalline material, and Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from Pune University, India. At present I am working with Dr. Joseph A. Turner in the Ultrasonics and Vibration group. My research is primarily focused on the ultrasonic wave propagation in heterogeneous media using statistical approaches. My research has both theoretical/numerical and experimental aspects for materials characterization and nondestructive testing purposes.