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Ajit Mal, Ph.D. ajit@seas.ucla.edu Link(s): Materials Degradation Characterization Laboratory
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Mechanics of solids, fractures and failure, wave propagation, nondestructive evaluation, composite materials, structural health monitoring, biomechanics. Selected Recent Publications: Rizzo, P., Lanza di Scalea, F., Banerjee, S. and Mal, A.K., "Ultrasonic Characterization and Inspection of Open Cell Foams," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 131(11):1200 - 1208 (2005) Mal, A.K., Ricci, F., Banerjee, S., and Shih, F., "A Conceptual Structural Health Monitoring System Based on Vibration and Wave Propagation," Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal, 4(3):283 - 293 (2005) A. Mal, F. Shih and W. Prosser, "Lamb waves from impact damage in composite plates," Instrumentation—Measure-Metrologie, Special Issue on Ultrasonic Methods for Material Characterization 3, 11–37, 2003. A. Mal, "Elastic Waves from Localized Sources in Composite Laminates," Int. J. Solids and Structures 39, 5481–5494, 2002. Feng, F., Mal, A.K., Kabo, M., Wang, J.C., and Bar-Cohen, Y., "The Mechanical and Thermal Effects of Focused Ultrasound in a Model Biological Material" J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117(4):2347 - 2355 (2005) X. Chen, M. Dam, K. Ono, A. Mal, H. Shen, S. Nutt, K. Sheran and F. Wudl, "A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material," Science 295, 1698–1702, 2002. Lee, J.K., Lee, H. and Mal, A.K., "A Mixed Volume and Boundary Integral Equation Technique for Elastic Wave Field Calculations in Heterogeneous Materials," Wave Motion, 39(1):1 - 19 (2004) |
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