Richard E. Link

 

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy

590 Holloway Road

Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

(410) 293-6523

Fax (410) 293-3041

link@usna.edu

 

 

Education:                 University of Maryland,   (Jan. 1986 - June 1993)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation  "The Mechanics of Self-similar, Mixed Mode Fatigue Crack Growth"              

 

 

University of Maryland,  (Aug. 1983 - Dec. 1984)

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering

 

                         

University of Maryland,  (Jan. 80 - June 1983)

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

                                        

                               

Research Areas:     Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics

 

 

Professional Experience:     

Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug. 07 - Present)

Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug. 00 - Aug. 07)

Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, (Aug. 95 - Aug. 00)

Mechanical Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, (Feb. 85 - Aug. 95)

 

 

Recent Journal Publications:

 

Link, R.E., Joyce, J.A., and Roe, C. , “An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Biaxial Loading on the Master Curve Transition Temperature in RPV Steels,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 74(17), November 2007, pp. 2824-2843.

 

Link, R.E., “Analysis of Dynamic Fracture and Crack Arrest of an HSLA Steel in an SE(T) Specimen,” Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2006.

 

Joyce, J.A., Link, R.E., and Gaies, J., “Evaluation of the Effect of Biaxial Loading on the To Reference Temperature Using a Cruciform Specimen Geometry,” Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2005.

 

Link, R.E., “Dynamic Fracture Toughness Measurements in the Ductile Brittle Region Using Small Specimens,” Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics: 33rd Volume, ASTM STP 1417, W.G. Reuter and R.S. Piascik, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2002.

 

 

 

Book Chapter:        Link, R.E., and Nikbin, K., Editors, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics: 35th Volume,  ASTM STP 1480, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2007

 

                                       Link, R.E. and Chona, R., “Dynamic Fracture and Crack Arrest,” invited chapter in Dynamic Fracture Mechanics, A. Shukla, Editor, Worldwide Scientific Publishers, June 2006.

 

 

Awards:                   

American Society for Testing and Materials, Award of Merit (Society Fellow), 2002

 

USNA Raouf Ali Raouf Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Engineering, 2004

 

U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 2006