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:

 

Petti, J., Dodds, R.H., Jr., and Link, R.E., "Crack Mouth Opening Displacement-Based η Factors for SE(B) Specimens," Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 37(4), July 2009, pp. 383-386.

 

Link, R.E., Joyce, J.A., and Roe, C., “Crack arrest testing of high strength structural steels for naval applications,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 76(3), February 2009, pp 402-418.

 

Scibetta M., Link, R., Schuurmans J., Lucon E., “Towards Crack Arrest Testing Using Miniature Specimens,” Journal of ASTM International, 5(9), October 2008, DOI: 10.1520/JAI101002      

Link, R.E., and Roe, C., “Crack Arrest Testing Using Small Wide Plate SE(T) Specimens,” Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2008, Paper ID JAI101001

 

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.

 

 

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

 

Book Chapter:       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