• NMSU
• College of Engineering
• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
• Faculty
• Igor Sevostianov

Research Interests:

Solid Mechanics & Materials

Micromechanics of Materials, Structural Health Monitoring, Biomechanics

Current Projects

• "Novel Nanoparticle-Filled Matrices for Thermal Stress Reduction in Polymer Matrix Composites: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation" from NASA. (2007-2009)
• "Structural Health Monitoring and Self-Healing of Aerospace Structures" from NASA-EPSCOR (2007-2010)
• "Development of a novel methodology for the health monitoring and self-healing of structural elements and joints" from LANL (2008-2010)
• "Materials for energy Conversion" from DOE-EPSCOR (2008-2011)

Recent Publications

Book Chapters:

1. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Connections between elastic and conductive properties of heterogeneous materials, In: Advances in Applied Mechanics, 42, (E.van der Giessen and H.Aref, Eds.), Academic Press, 2008, pp.69-252.

Refereed Journals

1. Kushch, V.I., Shmegera, S.V., and Sevostianov, I. SIF statistics in micro cracked solids: effect of crack density, orientation and clustering. International Journal of Engineering Science, 47 (2009), 192-208.
2. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. On elastic stiffness and conductivity of contacting rough surfaces. Mechanics of Meterials 41 (2009), 375-384.
3. Kushch, V.I., Sevostianov, I., and Mishnaevsky, L. Effect of crack orientation statistics on effective stiffness of mircocracked solid. International Journal of Solids and Structures 46 (2009), 1574-1588.
4. Guerrero, F., Sevostianov, I., and Giraud, A. On an arbitrarily oriented crack in a transversely-isotropic medium. International Journal of Fracture 153 (2008), 169-176.
5. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Contact of rough surfaces: a simple model for elasticity, conductivity and cross-property connections, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics Solids 56 (2008), 1380-1400.
6. Kline, K., Sevostianov, I., and Parker R. Estimation of a crater volume formed by impact of a projectile on a metallic target, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design 4 (2008), 375-381.
7. Kushch, V.I., Sevostianov, I., and Mishnaevsky, L. Stress concentration and effective stiffness of aligned fiber reinforced composite with anisotropic constituents, International Journal of Solids and Structures 45 (2008) 5103-5117.
8. Sevostianov, I., Kachanov, M., and Zohdi, T. On computation of the compliance and stiffness contribution tensors of inhomogeneities, International Journal of Solids and Structures 45 (2008) 4375-4383.
9. Butcher, E., Sevostianov, I., and Burton, T. On the separation of internal and boundary damage from combined measurements of electrical conductivity and vibration frequencies, International Journal of Engineering Science 46 (2008), 968-975.
10. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Normal and tangential compliances of interface of rough surfaces with contacts of elliptic shape, International Journal of Solids and Structures 45 (2008) 2723-2736.
11. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. On approximate elastic symmetries and elliptic orthotropy, International Journal of Engineering Sciences 46 (2008), 211-223.
12. Guerrero, F., Sevostianov, I., and Giraud, A. On an arbitrarily oriented crack in a transversely-isotropic medium. International Journal of Fracture 148, 2007, 273-279.
13. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Explicit elasticity-conductivity connections for composites with anisotropic inhomogeneities, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, 2007, 2181-2205.
14. Sevostianov, I. Dependence of the effective thermal pressure coefficient of a particulate composite on particles size, International Journal of Fracture 145, 2007, 333-340.
15. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Relations between compliances of inhomogeneities having the same shape but different elastic constants, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, 45 (2007), 797-806.
16. Mear, M.E., Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Elastic compliances of non-flat cracks, International Journal of Solids and Structures 44 (2007) 6412-6427.
17. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, Contacting rough surfaces: Hertzian contacts versus welded areas, International Journal of Fracture, 145, 2007, 223-228.
18. Sevostianov, I. and Sabina, F. Cross-property connections for fiber reinforced piezoelectric materials, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, 45 (2007), 719-735.
19. Sevostianov, I. and Kachanov, M. Nanoparticle reinforced materials: effect of interphase layers on the overall properties. International Journal of Solids and Structures 44 (2007) 1304- 1315.
20. Prokopiev, O. and Sevostianov, I. Modeling of porous rock: digitization and finite elements versus approximate schemes accounting for pore shapes. International Journal of Fracture 143, 2007, 369-375.