Allen Yu
Associate Professor |
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Allen Yu
323 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2030
Office : (423) 974-4159
Fax : (423) 974-7663
email : nyu@utk.edu |
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Teaching Composite Materials
Mechanics of Materials
Continuum Mechanics
Fracture Mechanics
Elasticity
Plasticity |
Education Ph.D 1992, University of California, San Diego
MS 1988, The Ohio State University
BS 1984, National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
Research Ceramic-matrix composites
Metal-matrix composites
Polymeric composites
Smart Materials
Electronic Materials |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanics of advanced materials, particularly, micromechanically-based analytical and
computational analyses of the elastic properties, nonlinear behavior, damage mechanisms,
fracture, and failure modes of metal-matrix and ceramic-matrix composites, smart
piezoelectric, electrostrictive, and electronic materials.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1998 - Present |
Associate Professor, Engineering Science Program
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
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| 1993 - 1998 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science
(formerly Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics)
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
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| 1988-1992 |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science
The University of California, San Diego, CA.
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| 1987-1988 |
Graduate Research Associate
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation
(formerly Department of Engineering Mechanics)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| Associate Member |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Member |
ASM International |
| Reviewer |
Composites (Part B: Engineering), International Journal of Fracture, International
Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction,
Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Journal of Engineering Mechanics,
Mechanics of Materials. |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Liaw, P. K. and Yu, N. (1996), "Modeling the micromechanical aspects of
composites" (Commentary), JOM, 48, p. 43.
Liaw, P. K., Hsu, D. K., Yu, N., Miriyala, N., Saini, V., and Jeong, H. (1996),
"Investigation of metal and ceramic-matrix composites moduli: Experiment and
theory", Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 44, 5, pp. 2101-2113.
Yu, N. (1995), "Micromechanical modeling of effective electro-thermo-elastic
properties of two-phase piezoelectric composites", in IUTAM Symposium on
Microstructure-Property Interactions in Composite Materials, Solid Mechanics and Its
Applications, 37, R. Pyrz (ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 397-405.
Yu, N. (1995), "Effect of porosity on elastic properties of ceramic composites
fabricated by chemical vapor infiltration techniques", in Innovative Processing and
Characterization of Composites Materials, NCA-Vol. 20/AMD-Vol. 211, R. F. Gibson, T.W.
Chou and P.K. Raju ( eds.), The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 89-93.
Nemat-Nasser, S., Yu, N. and Hori, M. (1993), "Bounds and estimates of overall
moduli of composites with periodic microstructure", Mechanics of Materials,
15, 3, pp. 163-181.
Nemat-Nasser, S., Yu, N. and Hori, M. (1993), "Solids with periodically
distributed cracks", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 30, 15,
pp. 2071-2095.