Research Interests for John E. Dolbow

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, HM; Dolbow, J; Garikipati, K, An assumed-gradient finite element method for the level set equation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 64 no. 8 (October, 2005), pp. 1009-1032, WILEY, ISSN 0029-5981 [1395], [doi] [abs]
2. Dolbow, J; Fried, E; Ji, H, Chemically induced swelling of hydrogels, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 52 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 51-84, Elsevier BV [S0022-5096(03)00091-7], [doi] [abs]
3. Dolbow, JE; 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 (April, 2002), pp. 2557-2574, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0020-7683 [S0020-7683(02)00114-2], [doi] [abs]
4. Moës, N; Dolbow, J; Belytschko, T, A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 46 no. 1 (September, 1999), pp. 131-150, ISSN 0029-5981 [(SICI)1097-0207(19990910)46:1<131::AID-NME726>3.3.CO;2-A], [doi] [abs]