Lloyd V. Smith - Associate Professor

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

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

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.

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