Xiaodong Wang, PhD, PEng, FCSME
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- xiaodong@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-4517
- Address
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10-332 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Smart materials and structures Metamaterials Health monitoring of structures Mechanics of composites Damage and fracture mechanics Dynamic response and failure of materials and structures Wave propagation
About
Education:
PhD University of Toronto
Research
Research Interest:
Smart materials and structures; Metamaterials; Electromechanical systems; Health monitoring of structures; Mechanics of composites; Micro/Nano-mechanics; Damage and fracture mechanics; Mechanics of composite materials; Dynamic response and failure of materials and structures; Wave propagation
Courses
MEC E 362 - Mechanics of Machines
Velocities and acceleration in plane mechanisms, balancing of rotating and reciprocating machinery, gears and gear trains. Prerequisite: MEC E 250.
MEC E 380 - Advanced Strength of Materials I
Stress, strain, stress-strain relation, time-independent and time-dependent behavior, virtual work and energy theorems, deformations, indeterminate systems, matrix methods. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.
MEC E 680 - Continuum Mechanics
Introduction to cartesian tensor algebra and calculus; analysis of finite deformation and kinematics of motion; transport theorems and balance laws; analysis of stress; continuum thermodynamics, constitutive equations and material symmetry with application to solids and fluids.