Publications

    1. M. D. Thouless, C. H. Hsueh and A. G. Evans, "A Damage Model of Creep Crack Growth in Poly-Crystals," Acta Metallurgica, 31, 1675-1687 (1983).

    2. M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "Nucleation of Cavities During Creep of Liquid-Phase Sintered Materials," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 67, 721-727 (1984).

    3. M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "Some Considerations Regarding the Creep Crack Growth Threshold," Scripta Metallurgica, 18, 1175-1180 (1984).

    4. M. D. Thouless, "Spalling of Flat Plates by Thermal Shock," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 68, C111-C112 (1985).

    5. A. G. Evans, M. D. Thouless, D. P. Johnson-Walls, E. Y. Luh and D. B. Marshall, "Some Structural Properties of Ceramic Matrix Fiber Composites," Conf. Proc. Fifth Int. Conf. on Composite Materials ICCM-V, Eds. W. C. Harrigan, J. Strife and A. K. Dhingra, 543-553 (1985).

    6. M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "On Creep Rupture in Materials Containing an Amorphous Phase," Acta Metall., 34, 23-31 (1986).

    7. M. F. Ashby, A. C. Palmer, M. D. Thouless, D. J. Goodman, M. Howard, S. D. Hallam, S. A. F. Murrell, N. Jones, T. J. O. Sanderson and A. R. S. Ponter, "Nonsimultaneous Failure and Ice Loads on Arctic Structure s," Offshore Technology Conference, 399-402 (1986).

    8. M. D. Thouless, "High Temperature Creep Crack Growth:-Models in Ceramics," Vol. 9 of Reports in Materials Science, Parthenon Press, Kirby Lonsdale, U.K., (1986). (ISBN# 1-85070-118-0).

    9. M. D. Thouless, A. G. Evans, M. F. Ashby and J. W. Hutchinson, "The Edge Cracking and Spalling of Brittle Plates," Acta Metall., 35, 1333-1341 (1987).

    10. M. D. Thouless, "A Review of Creep Rupture in Materials Containing an Amorphous Phase," Res Mechanica, 22, 213-242 (1987).

    11. A. G. Evans, M. Rühle, B. J. Dalgleish and M. D. Thouless, "On Prevalent Whisker Toughening Mechanisms in Ceramics," MRS Symp. Proc., 78, 259-271 (1987).

    12. M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "Effects of Pull-Out on the Mechanical Properties of Ceramic-Matrix Composites," Acta Metall., 36, 517-522 (1988).

    13. M. D. Thouless, "Bridging and Damage Zones in Crack Growth," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 71, 408-413 (1988).

    14. M. S. Hu, M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "The Decohesion of Thin Films from Brittle Substrates," Acta Metall., 36, 1301-1307 (1988).

    15. M. D. Thouless, B. J. Dalgleish and A. G. Evans, "Determining the Shape of Cylindrical Second Phases by Two-Dimensional Sectioning," Mater. Sci. and Eng. A, 102, 57-68 (1988).

    16. M. D. Drory, M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "On the Decohesion of Residually-Stressed Thin Films," Acta Metall., 36, 2019-2028 (1988).

    17. H. C. Cao, M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "Residual Stresses and Cracking in Brittle Solids Bonded with a Thin Ductile Layer," Acta Metall., 36, 2037-2046 (1988).

    18. M. D. Thouless, "Decohesion of Films with Axisymmetric Geometries," Acta Metall., 36, 3131-3135 (1988).

    19. M. D. Thouless, O. Sbaizero, E. Bischoff and E. Y. Luh, "The Influence of Heat Treatment upon Fiber Pull-Out in a Ceramic Composite," MRS Symp. Proc., 120, 333-339 (1988).

    20. M. D. Thouless, "The Role of Fracture Mechanics in Adhesion," MRS Symp. Proc., 119, 51-62 (1988).

    21. R. F. Cook, M. D. Thouless, D. R. Clarke and M. C. Kroll, "Stick-Slip during Fibre Pull-Out," Scripta Metall., 23, 1725-1730 (1989).

    22. M. D. Thouless, H. C. Cao and P. A. Mataga, "Delamination from Surface Cracks in Composite Materials," J. Mater. Sci., 24, 1406-1412 (1989).

    23. M. D. Thouless, O. Sbaizero, L. S. Sigl and A. G. Evans, "Effect of Interface Mechanical Properties on Pullout in a SiC-Fiber-Reinforced Lithium Aluminum Silicate Glass Ceramic," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 72, 525-532 (1989).

    24. B. N. Cox, D. B. Marshall and M. D. Thouless, "Influence of Statistical Fiber Strength Distribution on Matrix Cracking in Fiber Composites," Acta Metall., 37, 1933-1943 (1989).

    25. M. D. Thouless, "A Re-Examination of the Analysis of Toughening in Brittle-Matrix Composites," Acta Metall., 37, 2297-2304 (1989).

    26. M. D. Thouless, "Some Mechanics for the Adhesion of Thin Films," Thin Solid Films, 181, 397-406 (1989).

    27. M. D. Thouless, "Modelling Creep-Crack Processes in Ceramic Materials," pp. 50-62 In The Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials - 1, edited by A. R. S. Ponter and A. C. F. Cocks, Elsevier Applied Science, London, UK, (1989).

    28. M. D. Thouless and A. G. Evans, "Comment on the Spalling and Edge-Cracking of Plates," Scripta Metall. Mater., 24, 1507-1510 (1990).

    29. M. D. Thouless and R. F. Cook, "Stress-Corrosion Cracking in Silicon," Appl. Phys. Lett., 56, 1962-1964 (1990).

    30. M. D. Thouless, "Crack Spacing in Brittle Films on Elastic Substrates," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 73, 2144-2146 (1990).

    31. H. C. Cao and M. D. Thouless, "Tensile Tests of Ceramic-Matrix Composites: Theory and Experiment," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 73, 2091-2094 (1990).

    32. M. D. Thouless, "Fracture of a Model Interface under Mixed-Mode Loading," Acta Metall. Mater., 38, 1135-1140 (1990).

    33. E. Olsson, A. Gupta, M. D. Thouless, A. Segmüller and D. R. Clarke, "Crack Formation in Epitaxial [110]-Films of YBa2Cu3O7-d and PrBa2Cu3O7-x on [110]-SrTiO3 Substrates," Appl. Phys. Lett., 58, 1682-1684 (1991).

    34. M. D. Thouless, "Cracking and Delamination of Coatings," J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A9, 2510-2515 (1991).

    35. J. W. Hutchinson, M. D. Thouless and E. G. Liniger, "Growth and Configurational Stability of Circular, Buckling-Driven Film Delaminations," Acta Metall. Mater., 40, 295-308 (1992).

    36. M. D. Thouless, "Fracture Resistance of an Adhesive Interface," Scripta Metall. Mater., 26, 949-951 (1992).

    37. M. D. Thouless, "Frictional Sliding and Pull-Out of a Fibre," Scripta Metall. Mater., 27, 1211-1214 (1992).

    38. M. D. Thouless, "Mixed-Mode Fracture of a Lubricated Interface," Acta Metall. Mater., 40, 1281-1286 (1992).

    39. M. D. Thouless, E. Olsson and A. Gupta, "Cracking of Brittle Films on an Elastic Substrate," Acta Metall. Mater., 40, 1287-1292 (1992).

    40. M. D. Thouless and H. M. Jensen, "Elastic Fracture Mechanics of the Peel-Test Geometry," J. Adhesion, 38, 185-197 (1992).

    41. M. D. Thouless, J. W. Hutchinson and E. G. Liniger, "Plane-Strain, Buckling-Driven Delamination of Thin Films: Model Experiments and Mode-II Fracture," Acta Metall. Mater., 40, 2639-2649 (1992).

    42. M. D. Thouless, "Combined Cracking and Buckling of Films," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 76, 2936-2938 (1993).

    43. H. M. Jensen and M. D. Thouless, "Effects of Residual Stresses in the Blister Test," Int. J. Solids Struct., 30, 779-795 (1993).

    44. M. D. Thouless, "Effect of Surface Diffusion on the Creep of Thin Films and Sintered Arrays of Particles," Acta Metall. Mater., 41, 1057-1064 (1993).

    45. M. D. Thouless, J. Gupta and J. M. E. Harper, "Stress Development and Relaxation in Copper Films During Thermal Cycling," J. Mater. Res., 8, 1845-1852 (1993).

    46. M. D. Thouless and H. M. Jensen, "The Effect of Residual Stresses on Adhesion Measurements," J. Adhes. Sci. Technol., 8, 579-586 (1994).

    47. M. D. Thouless, "Fracture Mechanics for Thin-Film Adhesion," IBM J. Res. Dev., 38, 367-377 (1994).

    48. M. D. Thouless, H. M. Jensen and E. G. Liniger, "Delamination from Edge Flaws," Proc. Roy. Soc., A447, 271-279 (1994).

    49. M. D. Thouless, "Residual Stresses in Thin Films," Proc. 4th. International Conference on Residual Stresses, 1088-1096 (1994).

    50. D. Chidambarrao, K. P. Rodbell, M. D. Thouless and P. W. Dehaven, "Line Width Dependence of Stress in Passivated Al Lines during Thermal Cycling," MRS Symp. Proc., 338, 261-268 (1994).

    51. M. D. Thouless and W. Liniger, "Effects of Surface and Boundary Diffusion on Void Growth," Acta Metall. Mater., 43, 2493-2500 (1995).

    52. M. D. Thouless, "Modeling the Development and Relaxation of Stresses in Films," Annual Review of Materials Science, 25, 69-96 (1995).

    53. H. M. Jensen and M. D. Thouless, "Buckling Instability of Straight Edge Cracks," J. Appl. Mechs., 62, 620-625 (1995).

    54. D.  Kovar, G. A. Brady, M. D. Thouless and J. W. Halloran, "Interfacial Fracture between Boron Nitride and Silicon Nitride and its Applications to the Failure Behavior of Fibrous Monolithic Ceramics," MRS Symp. Proc., 409, 243-248 (1996).

    55. M. D. Thouless, H. Yu, Z. Zhao and W. Yang, "Damage Nucleation During Electromigration along an Isolated Boundary in an Elastic Medium," J. Mechs. Phys. Solids, 44, 371-387 (1996).

    56. M. D. Thouless, "Stress Evolution During Electromigration in a Bamboo Structure," Scripta. Mater., 34, 1825-1831 (1996).

    57. M. D. Thouless, K. P. Rodbell and C. Cabral, "Effect of a Surface Layer on the Stress Relaxation of Thin Films," J. Vac. Sci. & Technol. A. 14, 2454-2461 (1996).

    58. D. Kovar and M. D. Thouless, "A Simple Method for Determining Frictional Sliding Resistance and Frictional Energy Dissipation in Layered Ceramics," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 80, 673-79 (1997).

    59. D. Wong and M. D. Thouless, "Effects of Elastic Relaxation on Aspect Ratios During Island Growth of Isotropic Films," J. Mater. Sci., 32, 1835-1840 (1997).

    60. M. D. Thouless, M. S. Kafkalidis, S. M. Ward and Y. Bankowski, "Toughness of Plastically-Deforming Asymmetric Joints," Scripta Mater., 37, 1081-1087 (1997).

    61. M. D. Thouless, "Modeling Stress Evolution in Electromigration," MRS Symp. Proc., 474, 305-315 (1997).

    62. M. D. Thouless, M. S. Kafkalidis, J. L. Adams, S. M. Ward, R. A. Dickie and G. L. Westerbeek, "Determining the Toughness of Adhesives in Plastically-Deforming Joints," J. Mater. Sci. 33, 189-197 (1998).

    63. D. Kovar, M. D. Thouless and J. W. Halloran, "Crack Deflection and Propagation in Layered Silicon Nitride / Boron Nitride Ceramics," Journal of the American Ceramic Society 81, 1004-1012 (1998).

    64. M. E. Nichols, C. A. Darr, C. A. Smith, M. D. Thouless and E. R. Fischer, "Fracture Energy of Automotive Clearcoats: I - Experimental Methods and Mechanics," J. Polymer Stability and Degradation, 60, 291-299 (1998).

    65. H. Ji, G. S. Was and M. D. Thouless, "Measurement of the Niobium/Sapphire Interface Toughness via Delamination," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 61, 163-171, (1998).

    66. M. D. Thouless, "An Analysis of Spalling in the Microscratch Test," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 61, 75-81, (1998).

    67. W. C. Chiu, M. D. Thouless and W. J. Endres, "An Analysis of Chipping in Brittle Materials," Int. J. Fract., 90, 287-298 (1998).

    68. J. Du, M. D Thouless and A. F. Yee, "Rate Dependence of the Fracture Behavior in a Rubber-Modified Epoxy", Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 79, 198-199 (1998).

    69. H. Ji, G. S. Was and M. D. Thouless, "Determination of the Fracture Toughness of the Niobium/Sapphire Interface," MRS Symp Proc., 522, 325-338 (1998).

    70. J. Du, M. D. Thouless and A. F. Yee, "Development of a Process Zone in Rubber-Modified Polymers," Int. J. Fract., 92, 271-286 (1998).

    71. Q. D. Yang, M. D. Thouless and S. M. Ward, "Numerical Simulations of Adhesively-Bonded Beams Failing with Extensive Plastic Deformation," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 47, 1337-1353 (1999).

    72. Q. D Yang and M. D. Thouless, "Reply to ‘Comments on "Determining the Toughness of Plastically Deforming Joints"’", J. Mat. Sci. Lett. 18, 2051-2053 (1999)

    73. M. D. Thouless, J. Du and A. F. Yee, "Mechanics of Toughening Brittle Polymers," pp. 71-85 in Toughening of Plastics, ACS symposium series 759B, edited by R. A. Pearson, H.-J. Sue and A. F. Yee (2000).

    74. A. F. Yee, J. Du and M. D. Thouless, "Toughening of Epoxies," Chapter 26 (pages 225-267) in Polymer Blends - Volume 2: Performance, edited by D. Paul and C. B. Bucknall, published by John Wiley & Sons (2000).

    75. Q. D. Yang, M. D. Thouless, and S. M. Ward, "Analysis of the Symmetrical 900-Peel Test with Extensive Plastic Deformation," J. Adhesion, 72, 115-132 (2000).

    76. M. S. Kafkalidis, M. D. Thouless, Q. D. Yang and S. M. Ward, "Deformation and Fracture of an Adhesive Layer Constrained by Plastically-deforming Adherends," J. Adhes. Sci. Technol. 14, 1593-1607 (2000).

    77. J. Du, M. D. Thouless and A. F. Yee, "Rate Effects on the Fracture of Rubber-Modified Epoxies," Acta Mater., 48, 3581-3592 (2000).

    78. W. C. Chiu, W. J. Endres and M. D. Thouless, "An Experimental Study of Chip Formation and Surface Formation during Orthogonal Machining of Homogeneous Brittle Materials," Mach. Sci. and Tech., 4, 253-275 (2000).

    79. Q. D. Yang, M. D. Thouless and S. M. Ward "Elastic-Plastic Mode-II Fracture of Adhesive Joints," Int. J. Solids Struct., 38, 3251-3262 (2001).

    80. M. N. Cavalli and M. D. Thouless, "The Effect of Damage Nucleation on the Toughness of an Adhesive Joint," J. Adhesion, 76, 75-92 (2001).

    81. Q. D. Yang and M. D. Thouless, "Mixed-mode fracture analyses of plastically-deforming adhesive joints," Int. J. Fract., 110, 175-187 (2001).

    82. G. Tryggvason, M. Thouless, D. Dutta, S. L. Ceccio, and D. M. Tilbury. "The New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at the University of Michigan," J. Eng. Education, 90, 437-444 (2001).

    83. W. C. Chiu, W. J. Endres and M. D. Thouless, "An Analysis of Surface Cracking during Orthogonal Machining of Glass," Machining Science and Technology, 5, 195-215 (2001).

    84. M. D. Thouless and Q. D. Yang, "Measurement and Analysis of the Fracture Properties of Adhesive Joints," Chapter 7 (pp. 235-271) of The Mechanics of Adhesion, Rheology of Adhesives, and Strength of Adhesive Bonds, Vol. II of Comprehensive Adhesion Science, edited by A. Pocius and D. Dillard, published by Elsevier (2002).

    85. M. S. Kafkaldis and M. D. Thouless, "The Effects of Geometry and Material Properties on the Fracture of Single Lap-Shear Joints," Int. J. Solids and Structs., 39, 4367-4383 (2002).

    86. S. Li, J. Wang and M. D. Thouless, "The Effects of Shear on Delamination of Beam-Like Geometries," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 52, 193-214 (2004).

    87. K. T. Turner, M. D. Thouless and S. M. Spearing, "Mechanics of Wafer Bonding: Effect of Clamping," Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 349-355 (2004).

    88. M. N. Cavalli, M. D. Thouless and Q. D. Yang, "Cohesive-Zone Modeling of the Deformation and Fracture of Weld-bonded Joints," Welding Journal, 83, 133S-139S (2004).

    89. S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Use of a Cohesive-Zone Model to Analyze the Fracture of a Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite," Journal of Composites Science & Technology, 65, 281-293 (2005).

    90. S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Use of Mode-I Cohesive-Zone Models to Describe the Fracture of an Adhesively-Bonded Polymer-Matrix Composite," Journal of Composites Science & Technology, 65, 537-549 (2005).

    91. Xiaoyue Zhu, Kristen L. Mills, Portia R. Peters, Joong Hwan Bahng, Elizabeth Ho Liu, Jeongsup Shim, Keiji Naruse, Marie E. Csete, M. D. Thouless, and Shuichi Takayama, "Cracking Fabrication of Reconfigurable Protein Matrices," Nature Materials, 4, 403-405 (2005).

    92. M. N. Cavalli, M. D. Thouless and Q. D. Yang, "Cohesive-Zone Modeling of the Deformation and Fracture of Spot-Welded Joints," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 28, 861-874 (2005).

    93. B. Zhou, M. D. Thouless, and S. M. Ward, "Determining Mode-I Cohesive Parameters for Nugget Fracture in Ultrasonic Spot Welds," International Journal of Fracture, 136, 309-326 (2005).

    94. S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Mixed-mode Cohesive-zone Models for Fracture of an Adhesively-bonded Polymer-matrix Composite," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 73, 64-78 (2006).

    95. J. P. Parmigiani and M. D. Thouless, "Roles of Toughness and Cohesive Strength on Crack Deflection," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54, 266-287 (2006).

    96. S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Competing Failure Mechanisms in Mixed-mode Fracture of an Adhesively-bonded Polymer-matrix Composite," International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, 26, 609-616 (2006).

    97. B. Zhou, M. D. Thouless, and S. M. Ward, "Predicting the Failure of Ultrasonic Spot Welds by Pull-out from Sheet Metal," International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43, 7482-7500 (2006).

    98. K. L. Mills, X. Zhu, D. Lee, S. Takayama, and M.D. Thouless, "Properties of the Surface-modified Layer of Plasma-oxidized Poly(dimethylsiloxane)," in Mechanics of Nanoscale Materials and Devices, edited by A. Misra, J.P. Sullivan, H. Huang, K. Lu, S. Asif, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 924E, Warrendale, PA, Z07-08 (2006).

    99. J. P. Parmigiani and M. D. Thouless, "The Effects of Cohesive Strength and Toughness on Mixed-mode Delamination of Beam-Like Geometries," Engineering Fracture Mechanics (in press). [doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.02.005]

    100. D. Huh, K. L. Mills, M. D. Thouless and S. Takayama, "Tunable Elastomeric Nanochannels for Nanofluidic Manipulation," Nature Materials, 6, 424-428 (2007).

    101. M. D. Thouless and J. P. Parmigiani, "Mixed-mode Cohesive-zone Models for delamination and Deflection in Composites," p.93-111 in Proceedings of the 28th Risø International Symposium on Material Science: Interface Design of Polymer matrix Composites; edited by B. F. Sørensen, L. P. Mikkelson, H. Lilhot, S. Goutianos, and F. S. Abdul-Mahdi, (Roskilde, Denmark, September 2007).

    102. K. L. Mills, X. Zhu, S. Takayama and M. D. Thouless, "The Mechanical Properties of a Surface-Modified Layer on Poly(dimethylsiloxane)," Journal of Materials Research 23, 37-48 (2008).] [doi: 10.1557/JMR.2008.0029]

    103. M. D. Thouless and Q. D. Yang, "A Parametric Study of the Peel Test," International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives 28, 176-184 (2008). [doi:10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2007.06.006]

    104. D. Lee, N. Triantafyllidis, J. R. Barber and M. D. Thouless, "Surface Instability of an Elastic Half Space with Material Properties Varying with Depth," Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56, 858-868 (2008). [doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2007.06.010]

    105. C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Ductile-Brittle Transitions in the Fracture of Plastically-Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures: I Experimental Studies." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 3059-3073 (2008). [doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.01.011]

    106. C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Ductile-Brittle Transitions in the Fracture of Plastically-Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures: II Numerical Studies." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 4725-4738 (2008). [doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.04.007]

    107. C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Rate Effects for Mixed-Mode Fracture of Plastically Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures," International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 29, 434-443 (2009). [doi:10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2008.09.003]

    108. D. Lee, J. R. Barber and M. D. Thouless, "Indentation of an Elastic Half Space with Material Properties varying with Depth," International Journal of Engineering Science (in press). [doi:10.1016/j.ijengsci.2008.08.005]

    109. Tomoyuki Uchida, K.L. Mills, Chuan-Hsien Kuo, Whijae Roh, Yi-Chung Tung, Amanda L. Garner, Kazunori Koide, M.D. Thouless, and Shuichi Takayama, "External compression-induced fracture patterning on the surface of poly(dimethylsiloxane) cubes and microspheres," Langmuir (in press).

    110. M. D. Thouless, "The Effect of Transverse Shear on the Delamination of Edge-Notch Flexure and 3-Point Bend Geometries," Composites B (in press). [doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.01.005]

    111. K. J. Loh, M. D. Thouless and J. P. Lynch, "Enhancing the Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Nanocomposites Using Carbon Nanotubes," Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada (in press).

 

 

 

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