John E. Dolbow, Yoh Family Professor of Engineering and Mary Milus Yoh and Harold L. Yoh Jr. Associate Professor of Engineering and Director of Graduate Studies

John E. Dolbow

Professor John E. Dolbow came to Duke University from Northwestern University, where he received an MS and PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. During the course of his graduate study, John was a Computational Science Graduate Fellow for the Department of Energy, and he spent a summer working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Dolbow's research concerns the development of computational methods for nonlinear problems in solid mechanics. In particular, he is interested in modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels. A native of New Hampshire, Dr. Dolbow received his Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Office Location:  172 Hudson Hall Annex
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5202
Email Address: send me a message
Web Pages:  http://www.duke.edu/~jdolbow
http://dcml.pratt.duke.edu/

Teaching (Fall 2013):

Education:

PhDNorthwestern University1999
MSNorthwestern University1998
BSUniversity of New Hampshire1995
Specialties:

Computational Mechanics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Research Interests:

Modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels

Representative Publications

  1. Mourad, H.M. and Dolbow, J. and Garikipati, K., An assumed-gradient finite element method for the level set equation, Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. (UK), vol. 64 no. 8 (2005), pp. 1009 - 32 [1395]  [abs]
  2. Dolbow, J. and Fried, E. and Ji, H., Chemically induced swelling of hydrogels, J. Mech. Phys. Solids (UK), vol. 52 no. 1 (2004), pp. 51 - 84 [S0022-5096(03)00091-7]  [abs]
  3. Dolbow, J.E. and Gosz, M., On the computation of mixed mode stress intensity factors in functionally graded materials, International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 39 no. 9 (2002), pp. 2557 - 2574 [S0020-7683(02)00114-2]  [abs]
  4. Moes, N. and Dolbow, J. and Belytschko, T., A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing, Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. (UK), vol. 46 no. 1 (10), pp. 131 - 50 [(SICI)1097-0207(19990910)46:1<131::AID-NME726>3.3.CO;2-A]  [abs]

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