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bammann@cavs.msstate.edu

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CAVS 2146

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(662) 325-8822




Douglas Bammann  

Email
bammann@cavs.msstate.edu

Office
CAVS 2146

Phone
(662) 325-8822

Biography
Education
PhD 1981 University of Illinois, Urbana, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
MS 1977 University of Illinois, Urbana, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
BS 1973 Illinois State University Normal, Physics

Employment/Teaching Experience:
2007-present Professor – Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
2007-present Vice Chair – Applied Mechanics Division and Materials Division Joint Committee on Constitutive Equations
1981-2007 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, (Continuum Mechanics, Plasticity and Failure of Metals), Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
Research Interest
Dr. Bammann's research interests are:
Coupled physics theoretical modeling, finite deformation inelasticity, damage evolution, fracture, penetration, and impact; numerical modeling of nano- and microstructural mechanics; finite element analyses of manufacturing methods such as forming, forging, and other metal processing methods; crashworthiness, and high-rate deformation.
Selected Publications Total Publications:  65 
Bakhtiarydavijani, A., Murphy, M. A., Mun, S., Jones, M. D., Bammann, D., LaPlaca, M. C., Horstemeyer, M., & Prabhu, R. (2019). Damage Biomechanics for Neuronal Membrane Mechanoporation. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 27, 065004. DOI:10.1088/1361-651X/ab1efe. [Abstract]

Solanki, K.N., Ward, D. K., & Bammann, D. (2011). A Nanoscale Study of Dislocation Nucleation at the Crack Tip in Nickel-Hydrogen System. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 42(2), 340-347. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Solanki, K.N., & Bammann, D. (2010). A Thermodynamic Framework for a Gradient Theory of Continuum Damage. Acta Mechanica. 213(1-2), 27–38. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Groh, S., Marin, E., Horstemeyer, M., & Bammann, D. (2009). Dislocation Mobility in Magnesium: A Molecular Dynamics/statics Study. Modelling Simulation Material Science and Engineering. 17, 075009. [Document Site]

Tucker, M.T., Bammann, D., Park, S. J., Kwon, Y. S., & German, R. (2008). High Rate Deformation in Press-Sinter W-Cu Using Hopkinson Bar Test. Proceedings of the International Conference on Tungsten, Refractory and Hardmaterials VII, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ.