Faculty Profiles
Soonsung Hong
Assistant Professor
Research Biography
Dr. Hong’s research interests are in the area of experimental solid mechanics. He is particulary interested in investigating fracture and failure of heterogeneous materials and structures by using full-field diagnostic tools coupled with inverse problem approaches. He is currently working on non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring of composite materials in an effort to develop self-diagnostic composite structures in the Composite Vehicle Research Center.
Selected Publications
- S. Hong and K.-S. Kim, 2003. "Extraction of cohesive-zone laws from elastic far-fields of a cohesive crack tip: A field projection method," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 51 (7), 1267-1286.
- A.A. Benzerga, S. Hong, K.-S. Kim, A. Needleman and E. Van der Giessen, 2001. "Smaller is softer: An inverse size effect in a cast aluminum alloy," Acta Materialia, 49 (15), 3071-3083.
- C. Franck, S. Hong, S.A. Maskarinec, D.A. Tirrell, G. Ravichandran, 2007. Three-dimensional full-field measurements of large deformations in soft materials using confocal microscopy and digital volume correlation, Experimental Mechanics, 47 (3), 427-438.