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Thomas A. Cruse
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus

Email: TACruse@centurytel.net
Phone: 615.322.2413
Fax: 615.343.6687

http://home.centurytel.net/tcruse/CAME
 
Research Interests
Computational fracture mechanics, reliability-based mechanical design.
Education
B.S., Stanford University, 1963
M.S., Stanford University, 1964
Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, University of Washington, 1967

Publications
For a complete listing of Dr. Cruse's works, please visit his website at http://home.centurytel.net/tcruse/CAME/pubs.html

TECHNICAL MONOGRAPHS

Reliability Based Design of Mechanical Systems, Editor and author of two chapters, Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1997.

Boundary Element Analysis in Computational Fracture Mechanics, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1988.

EDITED PROCEEDINGS & SPECIAL ISSUES

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, (Special Issue), Advances in Boundary Element Methods, Volume 173, Nos. 3-4/27, April 1999.

Computational Mechanics, (Special Issue), Volume 22, Number 1, co-edited with F. A. Benitez, July 1998.

Computational Mechanics '95: Theory and Applications, ed. by S. N. Atluri, G. Yagawa, and T. A. Cruse, Springer (1995).

Computational Mechanics, (Special Issue), Volume 15, No. 4, co-edited with H. Antes, January, 1995.

Computational Mechanics, (Special Issue), Volume 13, No. 1/2, November 1993.

Reliability Technology – 1992, editor, AD–Vol. 28, ASME, Aerospace Division, Anaheim, California, November 8–13, 1992.

Computational Mechanics, (Special Issue), Volume 4, No. 4, 1989.

Boundary Element Methods in Applied Mechanics, Proceedings of the First Joint Japan/US Symposium on Boundary Element Methods, coeditor with Masataka Tanaka, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 1988.

Fracture Mechanics: Nineteenth Symposium, American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM STP 969, editor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1988.

Advanced Boundary Element Methods, Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, April 13–16, 1987, editor, Springer–Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1988.

Advanced Topics in Boundary Element Analysis, coeditor with A. B. Pifko and H. Armen, AMD–Vol. 72, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 1985.

Boundary Integral Equation Method: Computational Applications in Applied Mechanics, coeditor with F. J. Rizzo, Russian Translation by R. V. Goldstein, MIR Publishing, Moscow, 1978.

REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Confidence intervals for systems of random variables, T.A. Cruse and J.M. Brown, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, submitted for publication, 2003.

Evaluation of non-singular BEM algorithms for potential problems, G.O. Ribeiro, J.P. Cruz, T.S.A. Ribeiro, A.B. Jorge, and T.A. Cruse, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, accepted for publication, 2003.

A new variational self-regular traction-BEM formulation for inter-element continuity of displacement derivatives, A.B. Jorge, T.A. Cruse, T.S. Fisher, and G.O. Ribeiro, Computational Mechanics, 32, pp. 401-414, 2003.

Near-crack contour behavior and extraction of log-singular stress terms of the self-regular traction boundary integral equation, A.B. Jorge, T.A. Cruse, and T.S. Fisher, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 58, pp. 1251-1276, 2003.

Self-regular boundary integral equation formulations for Laplace's equation in 2-D, A. B. Jorge, G. O. Ribeiro, T. A. Cruse, and T. S. Fisher, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 1-30, 2001.

Probabilistic mesomechanics for high cycle fatigue life prediction, R. G. Tryon and T. A. Cruse, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 209-214, 2000.

Green’s function formulation of Laplace’s equation for electromagnetic crack detection, T. A. Cruse, A. P. Ewing, and J. P. Wikswo, Jr., Computational Mechanics, Vol. 23, No. 5/6, pp. 420-429, 1999.

Weakly singular stress-BEM for 2D elastostatics, J. D. Richardson and T. A. Cruse, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 45, 1, pp. 13-35, 1999.

Smoothness-relaxation strategies for singular and hypersingular integral equations, P. A. Martin, F. J. Rizzo, and T. A. Cruse, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 42, 2, pp. 885-906, 1998.

A Reliability–Based Model to Predict Scatter in Fatigue Crack Nucleation Life, R. G. Tryon and T. A. Cruse, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 21, pp. 257 – 267, 1998.

Nonsingular BEM for Fracture Modeling, J. D. Richardson and T. A. Cruse, Computers & Structures, 66, 5, pp. 695-703, 1998.

 

PROCEEDINGS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Stress continuity, singularities, and various BEM approaches, T. A. Cruse, in Advances in Computational Engineering Science, ed. by S. N. Atluri and G. Yagawa, Tech Science Press, Forsythe Georgia, 750 – 755 (1997).

A nonsingular BEM for fracture modeling using conforming elements, J. D. Richardson and T. A. Cruse, in Boundary element Technology XII, ed. By J. I. Frankel, C. A. Brebbia, and M. A. H. Aliabadi, Computational Mechanics Publishing, 15 – 22 (1997).

Nonsingular formulations of the singular and hypersingular equations in elasticity, T. A. Cruse, in Boundary element Technology XII, ed. By J. I. Frankel, C. A. Brebbia, and M. A. H. Aliabadi, Computational Mechanics Publishing, 35 – 44 (1997).

Continuity of the Elastic BIE Formulation, T. A. Cruse and J. D. Richardson, in Computational Mechanics '95: Theory and Applications, ed. by S. N. Atluri, G. Yagawa, and T. A. Cruse, Springer, pp. 2818–2823 (1995).

BIE Fracture Mechanics Analysis –- 25 Years of Developments, T. A. Cruse, in Computational Mechanics '95: Theory and Applications, ed. by S. N. Atluri, G. Yagawa, and T. A. Cruse, Springer, pp. 2848–2855 (1995).

Compressive Fatigue Behavior of a ZrO2-8wt%Y2O3 TBC, B. P. Johnsen, T. A. Cruse, R. A. Miller, and W. J. Brindley, Advanced Heat Engine Workshop, Monterey CA, II-41 to II-47 (1993).

System Reliability Computation Under Progressive Damage, S. Mahadevan, and T. A. Cruse, International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR 93, Innsbruck, Austria, August, 1993.

System Reliability Design Analysis for Propulsion Structures, S. Mahadevan, S. Mehta, R. G. Tryon and T. A. Cruse, 38th ASME International Gas Turbine Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 24–27, 1993.

Reliability Methods for Propulsion Structures, by S. Mahadevan and T. A. Cruse, in Computational Stochastic Mechanics, edited by A. H.-D. Cheng and C. Y. Yang, Computational Mechanics and Elsevier Applied Science, London, UK, pp. 643–660 (1993).

Confidence Bounds on Structural Reliability, S. Mehta, T. A. Cruse, and S. Mahadevan, AIAA Paper No. 93-1377-CP, 34th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, La Jolla, California, April, 1993.

System Certification, S. Mehta, T. A. Cruse, and S. Mahadevan, Reliability Technology 1992, AD– Vol. 28, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, pp. 143–152, November, 1992.

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