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Yuh J.
Chao
John
Ducate, Sr.
Professor
Dr. Chao's
research and
interests
include
theoretical
and
experimental
studies on
failure,
fracture and
fatigue of
materials
and
structures,
welding
modeling for
residual
stress and
distortion,
impact
mechanics
for material
characterization
and failure
criterion.
Biomechanics
and
nanomechanics.
Education
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Ph.D.,
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois,
1981
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M.S.,
National
Tsing-Hwa
University,
Taiwan,
1977
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B.S.,
National
Cheng-Kung
University,
Taiwan,1975
Selected Publications
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Chen,
Zong-An,
Zhen,
Zeng,
and
Chao,
Yuh J.,
“Effect
of Crack
Depth on
the
Shift of
the
Ductile-Brittle
Transition
Curve of
Steels,”
Engineering
Fracture
Mechanics,
74
(2007)
2437-2448
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Chao,
Y.J.,
Ward, Jr,
J.D. and
Sands,
R.G.,
“Charpy
Impact
Energy,
Fracture
Toughness
and
Ductile-Brittle
Transition
Temperature
of
Dual-Phase
590
Steels,”
Materials
and
Design,
28,
551-557,
2007
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Kim, Y.
and
Chao,
Y.J.,
“Effect
of
Loading
Rate on
Dynamic
Fracture
Initiation
Toughness
of
Brittle
Materials,
“International
Journal
of
Fracture,
145:195-204,
2007
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Tan,
Jinzhu,
Chao, Y.
J., Van
Zee, J.
W., and
Lee, W.K.,”
Degradation
of
Elastomeric
Gasket
Materials
in PEM
Fuel
Cells,”
Materials
Science
and
Engineering
A,
445-446
(2007)
669-675
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Tan, J.,
Chao,
Y.J.,
Li,
Xiaodong,
and Van
Zee, J.W.,
“Degradation
of
Silicone
Rubber
under
Compression
in a
Simulated
Fuel
Cell
Environment,”
Journal
of Power
Sources,
172(2007)
782-789
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