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Mark Fleming

Lecturer

Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
Tech
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

Email Mark Fleming

Departments

Mechanical Engineering


Education

PhD Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, 1997

MS Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, 1994

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992


Research Interests

My main research focus is computational fracture mechanics and failure analysis.  This includes research into the use of finite element analysis and multiscale methods coupled with fracture mechanics, damage mechanics and fatigue analysis.  Of particular interest is the application of these methods to solve real world problems.  These tools provide a "digital microscope" which allow a detailed view of structural performance under varying 

I am also interested in the development and application of computational tools for manufacturing analysis.  I am currently working on the DMDII Elastic Cloud Based Make project with a team of professors and students at Northwestern.  The goal is to develop educational materials to train students and working professionals on the use of the iFab toolset for assess manufacturability, analyze manufacturing cost, and perform assembly planning.  These tools will allow manufacturing engineers to perform a detailed assessment of a product to be manufactured prior to capital expenditure.

 


Selected Publications

  • Huang, Hannah; Mojumder, Satyajit; Suarez, Derick; Amin, Abdullah Al; Fleming, Mark; Liu, Wing Kam, Knowledge database creation for design of polymer matrix composite, Computational Materials Science (2022).
  • Tang, Shan; Yang, Hang; Qiu, Hai; Fleming, Mark; Liu, Wing Kam; Guo, Xu, MAP123-EPF, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 373 (2021).
  • Han, Xinxing; Gao, Jiaying; Fleming, Mark; Xu, Chenghai; Xie, Weihua; Meng, Songhe; Liu, Wing Kam, Efficient multiscale modeling for woven composites based on self-consistent clustering analysis, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 364 (2020).
  • Zhang, Gang; Guo, Tian Fu; Guo, Xu; Tang, Shan; Fleming, Mark A; Liu, Wing K, Fracture in tension–compression-asymmetry solids via phase field modeling, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 357 (2019).
  • Liu, Zeliang; Fleming, Mark; Liu, Wing Kam, Microstructural material database for self-consistent clustering analysis of elastoplastic strain softening materials, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 330:547-577 (2018).