



Michael A. Sutton
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Education
| Ph.D. | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | University of Illinois | 1981 |
| M.S. | Engineering Mechanics and Materials | Southern Illinois University | 1974 |
| B.S. | Engineering Mechanics and Materials | Southern Illinois University | 1972 |
Research
Research Interests
- coherent and incoherent optics applications
- experimental mechanics
- digital image processing
- Computer Vision
- applications of integral methods and experimental mechanics
- boundary value problems
- plastic fracture mechanics
- finite elements modeling of cracked bodies
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Teaching Activities
Previous Courses
- EMCH 260 - Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids
- EMCH 882 - Fracture Mechanics
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Selected Publications
- J. D. Helm, M. A. Sutton, and S. R. McNeill, "Deformations in wide, center-notched, thin panels, part I: three-dimensional shape and deformation measurements by computer vision," Optical Engineering, Vol. 42 No. 5, 1293-1305, May 2003
- J. D. Helm, M. A. Sutton, and S. R. McNeill, "Deformations in wide, center-notched, thin panels, part II: finite element analysis and comparison to experimental measurements," Optical Engineering, Vol. 42 No. 5, 1306-1320, May 2003
- E. M. Mahgoub, X. Deng, and M. Sutton, "Three-dimensional stress and deformation fields around flat and slant cracks under remote Mode I loading conditions," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 70 (2003) 2527-2542
- J. D. Helm, M. A. Sutton, and M. L. Boone, "Characterizing Crack Growth in Thin Aluminum Panels Under Tension-Torsion Loading Using Three-Dimensional Digital Image Correlation," Nontraditional Methods of Sensing Stress, Strain, and Damage in Materials and Structures: Second Volume, ASTM STP 1323, G. F. Lucas, P. C. McKeighan, and J. S. Ransom, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2001
- W. T. Riddell, R. S. Piascik, M. A. Sutton, W. Zhao, S. R. McNeill, and J. D. Helm, "Determining Fatigue Crack Opening Loads from Near-Crack-Tip Displacement Measurements," Advances in Fatigue Crack Closure Measurement and Analysis: Second Volume, ASTM STP 1343, R. C. McClung and J. C. Newman, Jr., Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 1999, pp. 157-174
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