Alexander KORSUNSKY - Current research

• Diffraction research in engineering and advanced materials.

 
• Mechanics of fracture and fatigue. Analytical and numerical methods for crack problems. Singular integral equation analysis. Gaussian interpolative quadrature schemes for 3D crack problems.

 
• Mechanics of indentation. Effect of indenter shape on far field stresses. Interpretation of depth-sensing indentation experiments. Modelling of loading and unloading segments. Ultra-low load experiments and AFM analysis. Hertzian ring cracking. Implications for microlevel materials mechanical fingerprinting.

 
• Mechanical modelling of coating/substrate systems. Plane, membrane and empirical models.

 
• Mechanical alloying. Mechanical properties of quasi-crystalline materials.

 
• Investigation of gear failure modes and design for their prevention. Shot peening.

• Solid Mechanics Group at Oxford
• Research in the Department of Engineering Science
• Department of Materials
• ISIS neutron scattering centre at the Rutherford-Appleton Lab
• ESRF in Grenoble
• Materials Division at Newcastle
• Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy at Cambridge

This page was last modified on 22 June 2000.

Please e-mail questions, comments and suggestions to Alexander.Korsunsky@eng.ox.ac.uk 

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