Faculty Profiles
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Ronald C. Averill |
| Associate Professor | |
| Michigan State University | |
| Mechanical Engineering | |
| 2328F Engineering Building | |
| East Lansing, MI 48824-1226 | |
| Ph:(517) 353-7188 | |
| Fax:(517) 353-1750 | |
| averillr@egr.msu.edu | |
| Areas of Interest: Computational mechanics, composite structures, laminated plate theory, crashworthiness, design optimization, finite element method. Representative Publications R.C. Averill and G.P. Carman, “Analytical Modeling of Micromechanical Stress Variations in Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites,” IUTAM Symposium on ‘Local Mechanics Concepts for Composite Material Systems,’ Blacksburg, Virginia, October 28-31, pp. 27-61, 1991. G.P. Carman, R.C. Averill, K.L. Reifsnider, and J.N. Reddy, “Optimization of Fiber Coatings to Minimize Stress Concentrations in Composite Materials,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 27, pp. 589-612, 1993. R.C. Averill, “Static and Dynamic Response of Moderately Thick Laminated Beams with Damage,” Engineering Composites, Vol. 4, pp. 381-395, 1994. W.F. Punch, R.C. Averill, E.D. Goodman, S.-C. Lin, Y. Ding, and Y.C. Yip, “Optimal Design of Laminated Composite Structures Using Coarse-Grain Parallel Genetic Algorithms,” Computing Systems in Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 4-6, pp. 415-423, 1994. R.C. Averill and Y.C. Yip, “Thick Beam Theory and Finite Element Model with Zig-Zag Sublaminate Approximations,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 1627-1632, 1996. B. Malott, R.C. Averill, E.D. Goodman, Y. Ding, and W.F. Punch, “Use of Genetic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Laminated Composite Sandwich Panels with Bending-Twisting Coupling,” AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 37th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 15-17, 1996. Y.B. Cho and R.C. Averill, “An Improved Theory and Finite Element Model for Laminated Composite and Sandwich Beams using First-Order Zig-Zag Sublaminate Approximations,” Composite Structures, Vol. 37, No. 3/4, pp. 281-298, 1997 R. Setyabudhy, A. Ali, R. Hubbard, C. Beckett, and R. Averill, “Measuring and Modeling of Human Soft Tissue and Seat Interaction,” presented at and in the Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Automotive Engineers Congress, SAE paper number 970593, February, 1997. V.R. Aitharaju and R.C. Averill, “An Assessment of Zig-Zag Kinematic Displacement Models for the Analysis of Laminated Composites,” Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 31-56, 1999. V.R. Aitharaju and R.C. Averill, “Three Dimensional Analysis of Woven Composites,” Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 59, pp. 1901-1911, 1999. |
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