Research

Solid mechanics, linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics, finite element method, fatigue and fracture analyses of engineering materials and structures, structural integrity assessment methods, material characterization and numerical simulation of metal forming process.

Application

Fatigue and fracture assessment of engineering components in pressure vessel and offshore and aerospace industries research enables laboratory testing to better predict the fatigue and fracture properties of actual full-scale engineering studies; development of advanced manufacturing process for metal forming industries.

Activities

• Member of Scientific Committee, Session Organizer/Chair – ASME International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (2010-2011)
• Member of Editorial Board – Advances and Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Technology (Scientifi c Advances Publishers, ISSN: 0976-142X)
• Member of Technical Committee – ASTM E08 on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

Journal Articles

X. Wang (2009), “Two-Parameter Characterization of Elastic-Plastic Crack Front Fields: Surface Cracked Plates under Tensile Loading”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 76, 958-982.

X. Wang and G. Glinka (2009), “Determination of Approximate Point Load Weight Functions for Embedded Elliptical Cracks”, International Journal of Fatigue, accepted for publication.

X. Wang (2008), “On the Quantification of the Constraint Effect along a Three-dimensional Crack Front,” Journal of ASTM International 5. Note: Paper ID: JAI101550

K. Guo, R. Bell, and X. Wang (2008), “Fatigue Life Prediction of Cracked Padded Plates,” Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 31: 234-241.

T. Lewis, and X. Wang (2008), “The T-stress Solutions for Through-wall Circumferential Cracks in Cylinders subjected to General Loading Conditions,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics 75: 3206-3225.

K. Guo, R. Bell, and X. Wang (2007), “The Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for Edge Cracks in a Padded Plate Geometry under General Loading Conditions,” International Journal of Fatigue 29: 481-488.

J. Yu, X. Wang, and C.L. Tan (2007), “T-stress Solutions of Cracks in Rectangular Plates with Multiple Holes,” Structural Engineering and Mechanics 26: 557-568.