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Faculty - John D. Landes

Landes

John D. Landes
Professor

314 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2030
Office: (865)974-7670
Fax: (865)974-7663
Email: landes@utk.edu
Teaching ~ Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~Selected Publications

TEACHING

• Fracture Mechanics
• Fatigue
• Mechanics of Materials
• Elasticity
• Basic Mechanics

EDUCATION

• PhD 1970, Lehigh University
• M.S. 1965, Lehigh University
• Graduate Courses Yale University
• B.S. 1964, Lehigh University

RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)

Ductile fracture in metals and polymers, laboratory test procedures and standards, application methodologies, transition fracture, fracture modeling, fatigue, mechanical behavior of materials.



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)


1987 - Present Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
1985 - 1987 Manager, Structural Integrity, American Welding Institute, Knoxville, TN.
1970 - 1985 Westinghouse R&D Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
1983 - 85 Manager, Mechanics of Materials Research, Metallurgy Department.
1978 - 83 Advisory Scientist, Structural Behavior of Materials Department.
1976 - 78 Fellow Engineer, Mechanics Department.
1970 - 76 Senior Engineer, Mechanics Department.


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)


  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Member of Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture
  • Mechanics Fracture
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • University of Tennessee Student section advisor
  • American Welding Society (AWS)
  • American Society for Metals (ASM)
  • Society of Engineering Science (SES)
  • Chairman of National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics series
  • Reviewer for 12 journals, Editorial board for three journals

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)

J. D. Landes, “Evaluation of the ASTM J Initiation Procedure Using the EURO Fracture Toughness Data Set”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 34, No. 3, May, 2006

J. R. Donoso, J. Zahr andd J. D. Landes, “Construction of J-R Curves Using the Common and Concise Formats”, ASTM (JAI ) Journal of Material Performance and Characterization, Vol. 2, No. 3, March 2005.

J. D. Landes and K-H, Schwalbe“An Analysis of Creep Deformation Parameters - Part 1: Background”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol 71, No. 16-17, November, 2004, pp. 2449-2461.

J. D. Landes, K. H. Schwalbe, and J. R. Donoso,"Evaluation of the Common Format for Creep Deformation," International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping,Vol. 80, Issues 7-8, 2003, pp. 553-563.

J. D. Landes, S. K. Bhambri and K. Lee,"Fracture Toughness Testing of Polymers Using Small compact Specimens and Normalization," Journal of Testing.

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