Lloyd V. Smith - Associate Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Lloyd V. Smith - Associate Professor

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Contact Information:

office EE/ME 155
telephone 509 335 3221
e-mail smith@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Lloyd V. Smith
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Lloyd V. Smith

Joined MME in 1996
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Utah in 1994

Research Interests:

  • Composite Materials:
    • experimental characterization
    • failure criteria
    • environmental degradation
  • Sports Science
    • test methods and measures of bat and ball performance
    • numeric modeling of bat-ball impacts

Recent Publications:

  • Ramachandran, M., Smith, L. V., 2007. “A Mechanistic Model Describing the Degradation of Polymers,” Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 15.2:75-80.
  • Yadama, V., Wolcott, M., Smith, L. V., 2006. “Elastic Properties of Wood-Strand Composites with Undulating Strands,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 37:385-392.
  • Bapanapalli, S. K., and Smith, L. V., 2003. “A Linear Finite Element Model to Predict Processing-Induced Distortion in FRP Laminates,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 36:1666-1674.
  • Gillespie BW, Martinez SA, Smith LV, Treece BR., 2005. “Comparison of the tensile strength between two intradermal suture patterns: buried-knot and “pulley knot-free” techniques,” Vet Surg, to appear.
  • Smith, L. V., Axtell, J. T., 2003. “Mechanical Testing of Baseball Bats,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 31.3:210-214.

Links:

Nanoscale Multilayer Metallic Composites
Investigating Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Nanoscale Multilayer Metallic Composites

Objectives: Uncover fatigue damage suppression and ultimate failure mechanisms of NMM composites. Develop a novel fatigue experiment for NMM composites. Establish guidelines for designing NMM with optimum properties.

Uniqueness and Innovation: Design a trimetallic NMM composite (Cu/Ni/Nb) which might possess more superior properties than the two types of bimetallic systems(Cu/Ni & Cu/Nb). This might be achieved by building a new system that combines the two bimetallic systems with their respective interface strengthening mechanisms and properties.

Principal Investigators: H. M. Zbib, D.F. Bahr, S. Medyanik, and F. Akasheh

Partners: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

Funding Agency: Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy

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