Ph.D., Virginia Polytechic Institute and State University.
Teaching Areas
Statics
Dynamics
Mechanics of Materials
Elasticity
Plasticity
Aircraft Structures
Fatigue and fracture
Research Areas
Aircraft structures
Materials
Fatigue and fracture
Funding Agencies
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Naval Research
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Alcoa
S & K Technologies, Inc.
Books/Chapters
* Newman, J. C., Jr., "Numerical Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth" Chapter in Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Vol. 4, R. O. Ritchie and Y. Murakami, eds., Elsevier, June 2003.
Select Journal Publications
Wang, C. H., Rose, L.R.F. and Newman, J. C., Jr., "Closure of Plane-Strain Cracks under Large-Scale Yielding Conditions," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 2002, pp.127-139.
Forth, S. C., Newman, J. C., Jr. and Forman, R. G., "On Generating Fatigue Crack Growth Thresholds", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 25, May 2002, pp. 9-15.
Newman, J. C., Jr., James, M. A. and Zerbst, U., "A Review of the CTOA/CTOD Fracture Criterion," Engineering Fracture Mechanics Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3-4, pp., February 2003, pp. 371-386.
Select Conference Proceedings
Newman, J. C., Jr. and Phillips, E. P., "Prediction of Crack Growth under Variable-Amplitude and Spectrum Loading in a Titanium Alloy," ASTM/SF2M Symposium in Tours, France, May 2002.
Newman, J. C., Jr., "Advances in Finite-Element Modeling of Fatigue-Crack Growth and Fracture," Invited Overview Lecture at the Fatigue 2002 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2002.
Newman, J. C., Jr., Schneider, J. A., Forth, S. C. and Forman, R. G., "On Generating Crack-Growth Rates in the Near-Threshold Regime," International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IV, Hyannis, MA, September 2002.
Honors and Awards
Chi Epsilon
Tau Beta Pi
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1981
NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement, 1990
NASA Superstars in Aeronautics Award, 1998
American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), George R. Irwin Medal, 1981