Dr. Mark Kachanov
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
TU Dresden
United States of America
Biography
Professor Kachanov joined Tufts in 1982 as an Associate Professor after an appointment as an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He became a Full Professor at Tufts University in 1988. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the "International Journal of Engineering Sciences" and of "Letters in Fracture and Micromechanics". His Science Citation Index is 3,000.
Research Interest
Professor Kachanov's research is focused on micromechanics of materials and its applications to various materials systems, as well as on piezoelectrics. Many of his works are done in cooperation with industry. Micromechanics of materials Microstructure-Property connections Applications to coatings, geo-materials, bone Piezoelectric and nano-electromechanics
Publications
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"On Relationship Between Fracturing of Brittle Microcracking Solids and its Elastic Properties," in Da mage Mechanics in Engineering Materials, ed. F. Ju, et. al., ASME, pp. 11- 15, 1990
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"Intersecting Cracks and Cracks Intersecting a Hole," with E. Montagut, International Journal of Fracture, v. 40, R61- 65, 1989
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"Three Dimensional Problems of Strongly Interact ing Cracks," with J. Laures, International Journal of Fracture , v. 42, pp. 289- 313, 1989
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"Statistical Aspects of Crack -Microcrack Interactions," with E. Montagut, International Journal of Fracture , v. 37, R55- 62, 1988
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"On Modelling of Anisotropic Damage in Elastic -Brittle Materials," in Damage Mechanics in Composites , ed. A. Wang a nd G. Haritos, pp. 99- 105, 1987
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"Elastic Solids w ith Many Cracks: a Simple Method of Analysis," International Journal of Solids and Structures , v. 23, pp. 23- 45, 1987
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"Interaction of a Crack with Certain Microcrack Arrays," with E. Montagut, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, v. 25, pp. 625- 636, 1986
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"Interaction of a Crack with a Microcrack Field," with A. Chudnovsky, International Journal of Engineering Science, v. 21, pp. 1009- 1018, 1983
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"Continuum Model of Medium with Cracks," Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, v. 106, no. EM5, pp. 1039- 1051, 1980
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"Continuum Model of Medium with Cracks," Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, v. 106, no. EM5, pp. 1039- 1051, 1980
