William W. Liang

Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Davis
  

Research Interests

William's graduate work currently consists of:     

		Generating finite element models using PATRAN for crack initiation and propagation in a functionally gradient material (FGM), namely the Ti – TiB system.
		Using finite element analysis program (ABAQUS) to predict crack growth behavior of this FGM.

Contact Information

William W. Liang

Email: wwliang@ucdavis.edu
Personal Homepage: www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~wwliang

Publications

  "Fracture Testing and Analysis of a Layered Functionally Graded Ti/TiB Beam in 3-Point Bending" with R.D. Carpenter, G.H. Paulino, J.C. Gibeling and Z.A. Munir.  Materials Science Forum, Vol. 308-311, pp. 837-842, 1999.  Editor: W.A. Kaysser, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Functionally Graded Materials, FGM'98, October 26-29, 1998, Dresden, Germany.

  "Fracture testing and finite element modeling in pure Titanium"  with J.C. Gibeling, R.D. Carpenter, G.H. Paulino and Z.A. Munir.  (submitted for journal publication)

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