Drew Nelson
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Drew Nelson is working as Professor, Mechanical Engineering Stanford University. Member of Bio-X, Cardiovascular Institute. Received Hetenyi award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (1994) and Spergel Memorial Award, 32nd IWC Symposium (1984).
Research Interest
Research involves development of improved methods for predicting the fatigue life of engineering materials, incuding the effects of manufacturing processes, and investigation of new approaches in the field of experimental mechanics, such as determination of residual stresses using optical methods.
Publications
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Mach KJ, Nelson DV, Denny MW (2007) Techniques for predicting the lifetimes of wave-swept macroalgae: a primer on fracture mechanics and crack growth. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 210: 2213-2230.
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Nelson DV (2010) Residual Stress Determination by Hole Drilling Combined with Optical Methods. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS 50: 145-158.
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Mawatari T, Nelson DV (2011) Method for efficient computation of stress intensity factors from weight functions by singular point elimination. ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS 78: 2713-2730
