Dr. Alexander Idesman
Contact Information
Dr. Alexander Idesman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1021
Tel: (806)742-3563 ext. 234
Fax: (806)742-3540
email: alexander.idesman@ttu.edu
Education
- M.S., Honors Kiev Institute of Technology, Kiev, USSR, 1982
- PhD, Institute of Problems of Strength, Kiev, USSR, 1989
Experience
- Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, 2008
- Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow 2008 (May - July)
- Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow 2007 (May - July)
- Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow 2006 (May - July)
- Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, 2000-2008
- Senior Research Associate, University of Hannover, Germany, 1995-2000
- Institute for Superhard Materials of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
- Associate Research Professor (1991-1995)
- Assistant Research Professor (1988-1991)
- Engineer, Junior Researcher (1982-1988)
Teaching Areas
- Computational Mechanics (Syllabus)
- Finite element method
- Elasticity
- Plasticity
- Engineering Mechanics I and II (Syllabus)
Research Interests
Computational mechanics:
- time-integration methods for elastodynamics, numerical algorithms for wave propagation in solids, numerical algorithms for nonlinear problems, finite element method;
- inelastic materials at small and large strains (metals, rocks, polymers, composite materials), phase transitions and twinning, contact interaction, multiscale approach;
- modeling of technological processes: diamond synthesis, design optimization of high pressure apparatuses, metal forming.
Continuum mechanics:
- constitutive equations for elastoplastic materials at finite strains, phase transformations in elastic and inelastic materials, shape memory alloys, strength and durability of materials and structures, high pressure mechanics.
Selected Publications
Cho J.-Y., Idesman A.V., Levitas V.I., Park T. Finite element simulations of dynamics of multivariant martensitic phase transitions based on Ginzburg-Landau theory, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2012, pp. 1-46 (accepted).
Idesman A. V. "Use of post-processing to increase the order of accuracy of the trapezoidal rule at time integration of linear elastodynamics problems", Computational Physics, 2012, 231, pp. 3143-3165 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.12.036).
Levitas V. I, Idesman A. V. and Palakala A. K. "Phase-field modeling of fracture in liquid", Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 110, pp. 033531110 (http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v110/i3/p033531_s1).
Idesman A. V. "A new exact, closed-form a-priori global error estimator for second- and higher-order time integration methods for linear elastodynamics", International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering, 2011, 88, pp. 1066-1084 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.3215/full).
Idesman A. V., Schmidt M., Foley J. R. "Accurate 3-D finite element simulation of elastic wave propagation with the combination of explicit and implicit time-integration methods", Wave motion, 2011, 48, pp. 625–633 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016521251100062X).
Idesman A. V. "Accurate time integration of linear elastodynamics problems", Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 2011, 71 (2), pp. 111–148 (pdf).
Idesman A.V., Schmidt M., Foley J. R. “Accurate finite element modeling of linear elastodynamics problems with the reduced dispersion error”, Computational Mechanics, 2011, 47, pp.555-572 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/b604w2u6574q0045/).
Idesman A.V., Subramanian K., Schmidt M., Foley J. R., Tu Y., Sierakowski R. L. “Finite element simulation of wave propagation in an axisymmetric bar”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2010, 329, pp.2851-2872 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X10000647).
Idesman A.V., Samajder H., Aulisa E., Seshaiyer P. “Benchmark problems for wave propagation in elastic materials", Computational Mechanics, 2009, 43 (6) pp. 797-814 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/44g738m51047mk11/).
Lee R. G., Idesman A.V., Nyakiti L., Chaudhuri J. “Modeling of the defects different substrate materials on the residual thermal stresses for aluminum nitride crystal growth by sublimation”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 105, pp. 033521-6.
Idesman A.V., Cho J.-Y., Levitas V.I. “Finite element modeling of dynamics of martensitic phase transitions”, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 93, pp. 043102.
Idesman A.V., Schmidt M., Sierakowski R. L. “A new explicit predictor-multicorrector high-order accurate method for linear elastodynamics”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2008, 310, pp. 217-229.
Lee R. G., Idesman A.V., Nyakiti L., Chaudhuri J. “Modeling of residual stresses for aluminum nitride crystal growth by sublimation”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2007, v 102, n 6, pp. 063525.
Idesman A.V. “A new high-order accurate continuous Galerkin method for linear elastodynamics problems”, Computational Mechanics, 2007, 40, pp. 261-279.
Idesman A.V. “Solution of linear elastodynamics problems with space-time finite elements on structured and unstructured meshes”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2007, 196, pp. 1787-1815.
Idesman A.V., Levitas V.I., Preston D.L., Cho J.-Y. “Finite element simulations of martensitic phase transitions and microstructures based on a strain-softening model”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2005, 53, pp. 495-523.
Levitas V. I., Idesman A. V. and Preston D. "Microscale simulation of evolution of martensitic microstructure", Phys. Review Letters, 2004, 93, 105701 (Selected and reproduced in Virtual J. Nanoscale Science & Technology, 2004, Sept. 5). pdf
Idesman A.V "Comparison of different isotropic elastoplastic models at finite strains used in numerical analysis", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2003, 192 (41-42), pp. 4659-4674. pdf
Levitas V.I., Idesman A.V., Olson G.B. and Stein E. "Modeling of Martensite Growth in Elastoplastic Material", Philosophical Magazine, A, 2002, 82 (3), pp. 429-462. pdf
Idesman A.V., Niekamp R., Stein E. "Finite elements in space and time for generalized viscoelastic Maxwell model," Computational Mechanics, 2001, 27, pp. 49-60. pdf
Idesman A.V., Levitas V.I., Stein E. "Finite--element analysis of appearance and growth of a martensitic plate in an austenitic matrix," ZAMM, 2000, 80, pp.189-192.
Idesman A.V., Levitas V.I., Stein E. "Structural changes in elastoplastic materials: a unified finite-element approach to phase transformation, twinning and fracture," Int.J. Plasticity, 2000, 16 (7-8), pp. 893-949.
Levitas V.I., Idesman A.V., Stein E. "Shape memory alloys: micromechanical modeling and numerical analysis of structures," Int. J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 1999, Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 983-996.
Idesman A.V., Niekamp R., Stein E. "Continuous and discontinuous Galerkin methods with finite elements in space and time for parallel computing of viscoelastic deformation," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2000, 190 (8-10), pp. 1049-1063.
Buch M., Idesman A.V., Niekamp R., Stein E. "Finite elements in space and time for parallel computing of viscoelastic deformation," Computational Mechanics, 1999, 24, pp. 386-395.
Levitas V.I., Idesman A.V., Olson G.B. "Continuum modeling of strain-induced martensitic transformation at shear-band intersections," Acta Materialia, 1999, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 219-233.
Idesman A.V., Levitas V.I., Stein E. "Elastoplastic materials with martensitic phase transition and twinning at finite strains: numerical solution with the finite element method," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 1999, 173, pp. 71-98. pdf
Levitas V.I., Idesman A.V., Stein E., Spielfeld J., Hornbogen E. "A simple micromechanical model for pseudoelastic behavior of CuZnAl alloy," Int. J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 1998, 9 (No. 5), pp. 324-334.