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Zhihe JinZhihe Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

226 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-2135
Fax: (207) 581-2379
Email: zhihe.jin@umit.maine.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1988

M.S., Engineering Mechanics
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1985

B.S., Mechanics
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China,1982

Research Interests:

Mechanical behavior of advanced materials, fracture mechanics, thermal stresses, geophysics.

Teaching:

MEE 252 Statics and Strength of Materials

MEE 320 Materials Engineering and Science
MEE 450 Introduction to the Mechanics of Composite Materials
MEE 471 Mechanical Vibrations
MEE 546 Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics
MEE 644 Mechanical Engineering Analysis I

Selected Publications:

Z.-H. Jin and S. E. Johnson, 2008, Magma-driven multiple dike propagation and fracture toughness of crustal rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 113, Article No. B03206.

Z.-H. Jin and C. T. Sun, 2005, Cohesive zone modeling of interface fracture in elastic bimaterials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 72, pp. 1805-1817.

Z.-H. Jin and R. H. Dodds , Jr., 2004, Crack growth resistance behavior of a functionally graded material: computational studies, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 71, pp. 1651-1672.

Z.-H. Jin and R. C. Batra, 1996, Some basic fracture mechanics concepts in functionally graded materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 44, pp. 1221-1235.

Z.-H. Jin and Y.-W. Mai, 1995, Effect of damage on thermal shock strength behavior of ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 78, pp. 1873-1881.

Z.-H. Jin and N. Noda, 1994, Crack-tip singular fields in nonhomogeneous materials, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 61, pp. 738-740.


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Department of Mechanical Engineering
5711 Boardman Hall, Room 219
Orono, ME 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-2120 | Fax: (207) 581-2379

E-mail: mohsen.shahinpoor@maine.edu


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