John D. Landes


John D. Landes
Professor
John D. Landes
314 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2030
Office : (423) 974-7670
Fax : (423) 974-7663
email : john-landes@utk.edu

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

  Fracture and Fatigue
Mechanical behavior of Materials
Test procedures & standards


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ductile fracture in metals and polymers, laboratory test standards, application methodologies, transition fracture, fracture modelling,


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987 - Present Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, 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

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM )

Member of Committee E08 on Fracture
Chairman of Two Task Groups
Member of Executive Committee

American Welding Society (AWS )

Society of Engineering Science (SES )

Chairman of National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics series

Chairman of Committee on Marine Structures, Sponsored by the Marine Board of the National Academy of Sciences

Reviewer for 11 journals, Editorial board for two journals

Listed in Who's Who in Science & Technology


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

J. D. Landes, "J-Q Model for Predicting Fracture in the Ductile-Brittle Transition", Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 869-877, 1996.

M. H. Sharobeam and J. D. Landes, A Single Specimen Approach for J-Integral Evaluation for Semi-Elliptical Surface Cracks", Fracture Mechanics: 25th Volume, ASTM STP 1220, F. Erdogan. Ed. , ASTM, Philadelphia, PA 1995, pp. 397-414.

J. D. Landes and Z. Zhou, "Application of Load Separation and Normalization Methods for Polycarbonate Materials" , International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 63, October, 1993, pp. 383-393.


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