BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
LEON M. KEER
CITIZENSHIP
U.S.A.
EDUCATION
1952-58California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
1959-62University of Minnesota, Aeronautics and Engineering
Mechanics
DEGREES
B.S.1956California Institute of Technology, Engineering, academic
honor
M.S.1958California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D.1962University of Minnesota (Dissertation with L.E. Goodman, “The Contact Stress Problem for Elastically Identical Spheres")
ACADEMIC CAREER
1959-62Research Fellow, University of Minnesota
1962-63NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,England
1963-64Preceptor, Columbia University, New York
1964-66Assistant Professor of Civil Eng., Northwestern University
1966-70Associate Professor of Civil Eng., Northwestern University
1970-85Professor of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
1972-73Guggenheim Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
1985–92Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study, Northwestern University
1992-Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
1994-Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering
HONORS AND AWARDS
1962-63NATO Postdoctoral Fellow
1972-73John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
1983Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
1984Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1986Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Tohoku University, Japan
1988Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
1994-Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering
1997Elected to National Academy of Engineering
2000Selected as 1st Chau Wai-yin Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2001Innovative Research Award, Tribology Division, ASME
2002Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
2003ASME Daniel C. Drucker Medal
VISITING POSITIONS (Short Term)
1968Member of International Research Seminar on Continuum Mechanics and Related Numerical Analysis, University of Calgary, Alberta, June 15-July 30
1975Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, 1-31 May
1986JSPS Fellow, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 12 July-17 August
1992Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, England, 9 May-12 July
VISITING POSITIONS (Long Term)
1962-63Department of Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (NATO Fellow)
1963-64Department of Civil Engineering, Columbia University, New York (Preceptor)
1972-73Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow (Guggenheim Fellow)
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division (ASCE)
Associate Editor (Elasticity) 1977-79; 1987-89
Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME)
Associate Editor 1987-88
Technical Editor Jan. 1988-Dec. 1992
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study,
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1985 -- 1992.
Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, September 1992 -- 1997
Director, Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology, 1998 --
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
1956-59Member of the Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft Company
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND REGISTRATION
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (618744), fellow
Skokie Subsection of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Chairman,1978-79;
Chicago Section of American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Vice Chairman/Chairman-Elect, 1986-87; Chairman, 1987-88.
ASME Gear Research Institute, Advisory Board Member
Chairman, Transactions Board of Editors, ASME, 1993-97
Member-at-Large, Board on Communications, ASME, 1993-97
Acoustical Society of America, fellow
Chicago Regional Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America, founding
member and formerly on Executive Committee holding positions of Vice-
Chairman and Chairman
American Society of Civil Engineers (00147712), fellow
Engineering Mechanics Division (Vice Chairman of Elasticity Committee
1976-77; Chairman 1977-79; Vice Chairman of Elasticity Committee
1986-87; Chairman 1987-89)
1991-94; Member of the Executive Committee (Chairman, 1992-93)
American Academy of Mechanics, fellow
Secretary 1981-1987, President-Elect 1987-88, President 1988-89
Sigma Xi, Northwestern University Chapter
President, 1976-77; 1987-88
Registered Professional Engineer -- California (ME-11950)
AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
National Science Foundation
Service on the following NSF panels for proposal evaluation:
Solid Mechanics Program; Mechanical Systems Program; Graduate Engineering Education for Women, Minorities and/or Persons with Disabilities; Graduate Fellowship Program, Mechanics and Materials Program
Institute for Mechanics and Materials, Member of Board of Governors, 1992-97
Chairman, Doctoral Evaluation Project, The Watson School of the State University of New York at Binghamton. Evaluation of doctoral programs in Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering. Conducted under the auspices of the University of the State of New York.
Departmental Academic Advisor, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, 1999-2002
COURSES TAUGHT DURING CAREER
Ordinary Differential Equations (Columbia University)
Mechanics I and II
Mechanics of Materials I and II
Continuum Mechanics
Intermediate Mechanics
Mechanics of Deformable Solids I
Continuum Theory of Fracture
Tensors in Mechanics
Plates and Shells
Stability of Structures
Dynamics of Structures
Elasticity I and II
Vibration of Continua
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE COMMITTEES
Library Committee
Academic Standing Committee
Curriculum Committee
Research Committee (ex officio)
Honors Program
Industrial Relations
Promotion and Tenure
Committee on Committees
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Klopsteg Lecture Committee (Chairman)
Scholarship and Fellowship Committee
Travel Policies Committee
Administrative Board of the Graduate School
Program Review of the Administration of the Medical School (Committee member)
Research Support Facilities Working Group
CONSULTING
Borg-Warner Corporation, Des Plaines, IL
Isham, Lincoln and Beale, Chicago, IL
Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Interlake, Inc., Chicago, IL
Timkin Co., Canton, OH
SKF Industries, Netherlands
General Motors, Detroit, MI
HONORARY SOCIETIES
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi
RESEARCH GRANTS DURING CAREER
Contact Stress and Crack Problems in the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, U.S. Army Research Office -- Durham
Dynamic Response of Structure-Foundation Systems to Earthquake Motion, National Science Foundation (S.L. Lee and R.A. Parmelee are co-principal investigators)
Fracture and Debonding of Composite Structures, National Science Foundation
Heat Extraction from Hot, Dry Rock Masses, National Science Foundation/RANN (Co-investigator with T. Mura)
Three-Dimensional Stress Singularities in Cracked Elastic Solids, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Co-investigator with Z.P. Bazant)
Theory of Stability Applied to Fracture, National Science Foundation (with S. Nemat-Nasser)
Hot, Dry Rock Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories (with J.D. Achenbach, Z.P. Bazant, J. Dundurs, T. Mura, S. Nemat-Nasser, J. Weertman)
Mechanics of Surface Damage in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts, Army Research Office (with H. Cheng)
Contact Stress Analysis for the Continuously Variable Transmission-Traction Drive, National Science Foundation (with T. Mura)
An Analytical Model for Prediction of Surface Pitting Life in Spur and Helical Gears, National Science Foundation (with H. Cheng, T. Mura)
Mechanical Failure of Cancellous Bone/PMMA Interface, National Science Foundation (with J.L. Lewis)
Dynamic Impact of Structures--Global-Local Approach, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Research into Fluid Penetration of Rock Interfaces by Hydraulic Fracturing, Halliburton Services
Failure Analysis of Composite Materials, Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Analytical Models for Nonlinear Soil Structure Interaction (with T. B. Belytschko) National Science Foundation
Center for Engineering Tribology (H.S. Cheng, Director with L.M. Keer and Y.W. Chung). Supported by 18 industrial firms and National Science Foundation
Thermal Fatigue of 97% Pb - 3% Sn Solder and Solder Joints (with M.E. Fine) IBM
The Formation of a Detail Fracture from a Shelling Fracture, Association of American Railroads
Ceramics and Advanced Composite Materials - Tribology, Chrysler (with H. Cheng and M.E. Fine)
Mechanical Failure of Cancellous Bone/PMMA Interface, University of Minnesota
Fatigue Crack Analysis, Association of American Railroads
Thermomechanical Properties of Thin Film Al-2 wt.% Cu., (with Y.W. Chung, J.B. Cohen and M.E. Fine) IBM
Heterogeneous Characterization of Composite Materials with Progressive Damage, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, (with I.M. Daniel and J.D. Achenbach)
Degradation of Low Cycle Fatigue, IBM (with M.E. Fine)
Dynamic Response of Embedded Structures, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (with S.P. Shah)
Simulation of Ultrasonic Submersion Test, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Accurate Three–Dimensional Calculations for Advancing Slip Zones in Earth's Crust, National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey, (with J. Rudnicki)
Residual Stress Analysis of Rails, Association of American Railroads
Prediction of Crack Initiation Life in Contact Fatigue, National Science Foundation, (with T. Mura and H. S. Cheng)
Accelerated Test Methodology for SMT Solder Joints, IBM (with M.E. Fine)
Life Prediction of Surface Modified Tribological Materials, National Science Foundation, (with H.S. Cheng)
Submicrometer Contaminant Particle Generation by Wear, IBM (with H.S. Cheng)
High Temperature Hetrogeneous Materials, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, URI, (with K.T. Faber, B. Moran and J. Weertman)
Graduate Engineeering Education for Women, Minorities and/or Persons with Disabilities, National Science Foundation
Microhole Drill Drilling of Printed Circuit Boards, IBM Corporation
Residual Stress and Fracture Analysis, Association of American Railroads
Simulation of Ultrasonic Submersion Test for Layered Anisotropic Plates, AFOSR
Fracture Mechanics of Articular Cartilage, University of Minnesota ( subcontract), National Science Foundation
Three Dimensional Stress Drop Models for Slip Zones in the Earth's Crust, National Science Foundation (with J. W. Rudnicki)
Fundamental Investigations in Microtribology, National Science Foundation, National Science
Foundation (Center for Engineering Tribology tie project with Sensors and Actuators
Center - University of California at Berkeley)
US-UK Cooperative Research (Theories for Coatings and Thin Films), National Science Foundation (Travel Grant)
Fatigue Data Base and Reliability Modeling of Lead-Free Solders, Semiconductor Research Corporation, (with M. E. Fine)
Three-Dimensional Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing, Amoco
Development of Three-Dimensional Contact Fatigue Model: Coalescence of Multiple Cracks and
Residual Stresses, Eaton Corporation.
Engineering Surfaces for Rolling and Sliding Contacts , subcontracted through Caterpillar Inc. on Advanced Technology Program. (with H.-S. Cheng)
Prediction of the Fatigue Failure of Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtered Diamond-like Carbon Coated Rollers in Combined Rolling/Sliding Contact, National Science Foundation
Investigation of Improved Reliability Solder Interconnects in Electronic Devices, Semiconductor Research Corporation, (with M.E. Fine and B. Moran).
Effects of Material Nonuniformity on Earthquake Faulting, National Science Foundation
New Coating Structures for Enhanced Tribological Performance, National Science Foundation, (with
Y.-W. Chung)
Research into Chemical Mechanical Polishing, Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology and National Science Foundation.
Currently active grants
Industry University Cooperative Research Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology (IUCRC), Center Co-Director with S. Danyluk of Georgia Institute of Technology.
Constitutive and Damage Model for Solders, Semiconductor Research Corporation (Customized
project sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices)
Functionally Graded Nanocoatings for Dry Machining, National Science Foundation (Y.-W. Chung, K. Ehmann)
US-Tunisia Cooperative Research in Functionally Graded Materials, National Science foundation
Ford Gift for Research in Tribology and Lubrication (with Q. Wang)
IGERT: On a Virtual Tribology System, National Science Foundation (Four PI collaborate with grant)
VISITING SCHOLARS
R. KhademDepartment of Mathematics, University of Southampton and
Laval University, 1970-71
L.E. GoodmanDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota,
Spring, 1974
K.S. PariharDepartment of Mathematics, IIT Bombay, 1976-77
Z.A. MoschovidisDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1976-77
A. OranratnachaiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1979-80
Y. SumiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Yokohama University, 1978-80, 1982 (two months)
B. KarihalooDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 1978-79
N. HasebeNagoya Institute of Technology, 1981-82
E. MastrojannisUniversity of Patras, 1982 (two months) and 1985 (one month)
Jiaju MaPeople's Republic of China, 1981-83
G.K. HaritosAir Force Institute of Technology, 1982 (one month)
J.C. LeeDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1983-85
J.P. ClechDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University (three months)
W. LinDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1985-93
A. ZubelewiczDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Technical University of Warsaw, 1986-1989
M.P. RobertDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1987 (three months)
T. GoshimaToyama University, Toyama Japan, March-January 1988.
A.C. WijeyewickremaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1988-present
X. LiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Tongji University, People's Republic of China, 1989-92
Y. XuDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from Northwestern University, 1989-94
M. WuDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989-91
N. HasebeNagoya Institute of Technology, June 1990
Y. Nagase Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, 432 Japan, 1991-92 (ten months)
M. AbeNagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka 940-21 Japan, 1992-93
Niels B. ThomsenThe University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1993 (two months)
H. W. RheeKyungnam University, Kyungnam, Korea, 1994-95 (twelve months)
C. H. KuoDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. fromNorthwestern University, 1994-present
C. SakaeKyushu University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1995-96
(twelve months)
O. ChekinaMoscow University;, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1996-97 (twelve months)
I. PolonskyNorthwestern University, Department of Civil Engineering, 1996—
H. ZenzriDepartement de Genie Civil. Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tunis, 1999.
S. El-BorgiDepartement de Genie Civil. Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tunis, 2000.
F. BorodichNorthwestern University, Visiting Professor, 2001-
GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED (Date degree awarded)
Ph.D. Students / Degree Date / M.S. Students / Degree DateN.J. Freeman / August, 1966 / H.P. Doehler / June, 1969
W.S. Fu / August, 1967 / A.H. Elliott / June, 1969
M.J. Sagartz / August, 1967 / K. Chantaramungkorn / December,1971
P. Karasudhi / June, 1968 / V.K. Luk / June, 1975
C. Sve / August, 1968 / E.N. Mastrojannis / June, 1976
M.A.G. Silva / June, 1969 / D.A. Mendelsohn / June, 1976
B. Stahl / June, 1971 / D.B. Mowry / June, 1978
J.M. Freedman / June, 1971 / C.Y. Kuo / August, 1980
K. Chantaramungkorn / June, 1974 / C. Sa / August, 1981
W.C. Luong / June, 1975 / G.R. Miller / August, 1981
E.N. Mastrojannis / June, 1978 / R. Ballarini / August, 1981
G.K. Haritos / August, 1978 / J.P. Clech / June, 1982
V.K. Luk / August, 1978 / P.R. Micheli / June, 1983
A. Oranratnachai / August, 1979 / W. Lin / June, 1983
S.H. Chen / August, 1979 / H. DeLaage / August, 1983
A.F. Mak / August, 1980 / T.N. Farris / June, 1984
D.A. Mendelsohn / June, 1980 / D. Koutsibelis / June, 1985
M.D. Bryant / August, 1981 / S.H. Kim / June, 1985
K.P. Meade / June, 1982 / M.M.–H. Yu / June, 1988
N. Ahmadi / June, 1982 / A. D'Sylva / June, 1990
J.C. Lee / June, 1983 / K. Nakayama / June, 1996
G.R. Miller / June, 1984 / J. Chin / June, 1997
R. Ballarini / June, 1985
J.P. Clech / June, 1985
W. Lin / June, 1985
P.D. Copp / June, 1986
T.N. Farris / June, 1987
M.H. Santare / June, 1987
W.P. Schonberg / June, 1987
M.P. Robert / June, 1987
S. H. Kim / June, 1988
A.C. Wijeyewickrema / June, 1988
V. Vithoontien / June, 1989
M.T. Hanson / June, 1989
V.M. Gharpuray / June, 1990
A. Eberhardt / June, 1991
Q. Guo / June, 1991
A. Dancygier
W.R. Chen
M.M.-H. Yu
C.H. Kuo
M. Jeykumaran
T. A. Homulka
C.C. Yu
I. Polonsky
V. Stolkarts
S. Wen
M.J. Rodgers
D. Epstein / August, 1991
June, 1992
June, 1992
August, 1992
June, 1994
December, 1994
June, 1995
June, 1996
December, 1999
June, 2001
June, 2001
June, 2004
C.S. KorachJune, 2005
X. JinJune, 2006
F. WangJune, 2006
BOOKS
H.S. Cheng and L.M. Keer, (1980) Solid Contact and Lubrication, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (special publication).
BOOK REVIEWS
Elasticity by R.W. Little, Prentice-Hall (1973) in Journal of Applied Mechanics,41, 1974, p. 7.
Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, Ed. by J. Kalousek, R.V. Durripati, G.M.L. Gladwell, Proc., Int. Symposium. University of British Columbia, (1982) in Journal of Applied Mechanics, 51, pp. 225-226.
Contact Mechanics, by K. L. Johnson, Cambridge University, (1985) in SIAM
Review, 28, 1987, p. 332.
Dislocation Based Fracture Mechanics, World Scientific, (1997) by J. Weertman in Journal ofApplied Mechanics, in press.
Solution of Crack Problems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1997) by D.A. Hills, P.A. Kelly, D.N. Dai and A.M. Korsunsky, in Journal ofApplied Mechanics, in press.
PUBLICATIONS
1960
Himelblau, H. and Keer, L.M., “Space Requirements for Simple Mechanical Systems Excited by Random Vibration”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 32, (1960), pp. 76-80.
1964
Keer, L.M., “The Contact Stress Problem for an Elastic Sphere Indenting an Elastic Layer”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 31, (1964), pp. 143-145.
Keer, L.M., “The Torsion of a Rigid Punch in Contact with an Elastic Layer Where the Friction Law is Arbitrary”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 31, (1964), pp. 430-434.
Keer, L.M., “Stress Distribution at the Edge of an Equilibrium Crack”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 12, (1964), pp. 149-163.
Keer, L.M., “A Class of Non-Symmetrical Punch and Crack Problems”, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 17, (1964), pp. 424-436.
1965
Keer, L.M., “A Note on the Solution for Two Asymmetric Boundary Value Problems”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1, (1965), pp. 257-264.
Keer, L.M., “Nonaxisymmetric Punch and Crack Problems for Initially Stressed Bodies”, Quarterly Applied Mathematics, 23, (1965), pp. 97-107.
Goodman, L.E. and Keer, L.M., “The Contact Stress Problem for an Elastic Sphere Indenting an Elastic Cavity”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1, (1965), pp. 407-415.
Keer, L.M. and Mura, T., “Stationary Crack and Continuous Distribution of Dislocations”, Proceedings of International Conference on Fracture, 1, (1965), pp. 99-115.
1966
Keer, L.M., “A Note on Shear and Combined Loading for a Penny-Shaped Crack”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 14, (1966), p. 2.
1967
Allentuch, A. and Keer, L.M., “Forced Torsional Oscillations of a Penny-Shaped Crack”, in Recent Advances in Engineering Science, 2, edited by A.C. Eringen, Proceedings of the Second Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1967.
Keer, L.M., Fleming, J.F., and Herrmann, G., “Transient Response of a Shell in Plane Strain”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 41, (1967), pp. 358-368.
Keer, L.M., “Mixed Boundary Value Problems for an Elastic Half-Space”, Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 63, (1967), pp. 1379-1386.
Freeman, N.J. and Keer, L.M., “Torsion of Elastic Cylinders in Contact”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 3, (1967), pp. 799-808.
Freeman, N.J. and Keer, L.M., ”Torsion of a Cylindrical Rod Welded to an Elastic Half-Space”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 34, (1967), pp. 687-692.
Keer, L.M. and Fu, W.S., ”Some Stress Distributions in an Elastic Plate Due to Rigid Heated Punches”, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, 5, (1967), pp. 555-570.
1968
Keer, L.M., “Coupled Pairs of Dual Integral Equations”, Quarterly Applied Mathematics, 25, (1968), pp. 453-457.
Sagartz, M.J., Keer, L.M., and Herrmann, G., “Wave Propagation in a Sandwich Ring”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 43, (1968), pp. 998-1004.
Karasudhi, P., Keer, L.M., and Lee, S.L., “Vibratory Motion of a Body on an Elastic Half Space”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 35, (1968), pp. 697-705.
Parmelee, R.A., Perelman, D.S., Lee, S.L., and Keer, L.M., “Seismic Response of Structure-Foundation Systems”, Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, (1968), pp. 1295-1315.
1969
Keer, L.M. and Freeman, N.J., “Torsion of a Finite Elastic Cylindrical Rod Partially Bonded to an Elastic Half Space”, Quarterly Applied Mathematics, 26, (1969), pp. 567-573.
Fu, W.S. and Keer, L.M., “Coplanar Circular Cracks under Shear Loading”, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, 7, (1969), pp. 361-372.
Sve, C. and Keer, L.M., “Indentations of an Elastic Layer by Moving Punches”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 5, (1969), pp. 795-816.
1970
Keer, L.M., “Moving and Simultaneously Fluctuating Loads on an Elastic Half-Plane”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 47, (1970), pp. 1359-1365.
Sagartz, M.J., Keer, L.M., and Herrmann, G., “In-Plane Transient Response of a Sandwich Ring to Radial Impact”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 47, (1970), pp. 1381-1389.
Keer, L.M. and Freeman, N.J., “Load Transfer Problem for an Embedded Shaft in Torsion”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 37, (1970), pp. 959-964.
Keer, L.M. and Silva, M.A.G., “Bending of a Cantilever Brought Gradually into Contact with a Cylindrical Supporting Surface”, International Journal of Mechanical Science, 12, (1970), pp. 751-760.
Keer, L.M. and Sve, C., “On the Bending of Cracked Plates”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 6, (1970), pp. 1545-1559.
1971
Keer, L.M. and Sve, C., “Indentation of an Elastic Layer by an Array of Punches Moving with Steady Velocity”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 38, (1971), pp. 92-98.
Silva, M.A.G. and Keer, L.M., “Deflection of a Circular Plate with Built-in Edges”, Journal of Structural Division, ASCE, 97, No. ST8, (1971), pp. 2073-2084.
Silva, M.A.G. and Keer, L.M., “Vibration of Structures Having Changing Boundaries”, Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, 97, No. EM3, (1971), pp. 1007-1011.
Freeman, N.J. and Keer, L.M., “On the Breaking of an Embedded Fiber in Torsion”, InternationalJournal of Engineering Science, 9, (1971), pp. 1007-1017.
1972
Stahl, B. and Keer, L.M., “Vibration and Stability of Cracked Rectangular Plates”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 8, (1972), pp. 69-91.
Keer, L.M. and Stahl, B., “Eigenvalue Problems of Rectangular Plates with Mixed Edge Conditions”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, June (1972), pp. 513-520.
Stahl, B. and Keer, L.M., “Bending of a Uniformly Loaded Circular Plate with Mixed Boundary Conditions”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal, 10, (1972), pp. 739-743.