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John A. Nairn is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of engineering, with a focus on mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, civil and structural engineering, building and construction, and mechanical engineering.

Their main topics of research include fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, wood treatment and properties, numerical methods in engineering, mechanical behavior of composites, masonry and concrete structural analysis, high-velocity impact and material behavior, and material properties and processing.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Arijit Sinha, Dillon Fitzgerald, Thomas H. Miller, Grant D. Smith, and Yamina Aimène.

Nairn has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Engineering Structures
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Journal of Structural Engineering

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by John A. Nairn include:

  • New material point method contact algorithms for improved accuracy, large-deformation problems, and proper null-space filtering, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • A re-evaluation of mixed-mode cohesive zone modeling based on strength concepts instead of traction laws, 2021, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Material point method simulations using an approximate full mass matrix inverse, 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Cross-laminated timber rocking walls with slip-friction connections, 2020, Engineering Structures (co-authored by Dillon Fitzgerald)
  • Axial slip-friction connections for cross-laminated timber, 2020, Engineering Structures (co-authored by Dillon Fitzgerald)

Best Publications

  • Cellulose nanomaterials review: structure, properties and nanocomposites

    Robert J. Moon;Robert J. Moon;Ashlie Martini;John Nairn;John Simonsen

  • The Strain Energy Release Rate of Composite Microcracking: A Variational Approach

    John A. Nairn

  • On the Use of Shear-Lag Methods for Analysis of Stress Transfer in Unidirectional Composites

    John A. Nairn

  • 2.12 – Matrix Microcracking in Composites

    John A. Nairn

  • The initiation and growth of delaminations induced by matrix microcracks in laminated composites

    J. A. Nairn;S. Hu

  • Nanomechanical Architecture of Strained Bilayer Thin Films: From Design Principles to Experimental Fabrication

    Minghuang Huang;Carl Boone;Michelle Roberts;Don E. Savage

  • Matrix solidification and the resulting residual thermal stresses in composites

    John A. Nairn;Paul Zoller

  • Energy release rate analysis for adhesive and laminate double cantilever beam specimens emphasizing the effect of residual stresses

    John A. Nairn

  • Thermoelastic analysis of residual stresses in unidirectional, high‐performance composites

    John A. Nairn

  • On the use of planar shear-lag methods for stress-transfer analysis of multilayered composites

    J.A. Nairn;D.A. Mendels

  • A variational mechanics analysis of the stresses around breaks in embedded fibers

    John A. Nairn

  • Observations of Fiber Fracture and Interfacial Debonding Phenomena Using the Fragmentation Test in Single Fiber Composites

    Ben W. Kim;John A. Nairn

  • A Comparison of Several Fracture Mechanics Methods for Measuring Interfacial Toughness with Microbond Tests

    R. J. Scheer;J. A. Nairn

  • The formation and effect of outer-ply microcracks in cross-ply laminates: A variational approach

    John A. Nairn;Shoufeng Hu

  • The plane-strain essential work of fracture as a measure of the fracture toughness of ductile polymers

    A. S. Saleemi;J. A. Nairn

  • Fracture Mechanics of Unidirectional Composites Using the Shear-Lag Model I: Theory

    John A. Nairn

  • Fracture mechanics analysis of coating/substrate systems Part I: Analysis of tensile and bending experiments

    Sung-Ryong Kim;John A. Nairn

  • The Formation and Propagation of Matrix Microcracks in Cross-Ply Laminates during Static Loading

    Siulie Liu;John A. Nairn

  • Fracture Mechanics of Composites With Residual Thermal Stresses

    J. A. Nairn

  • A critical evaluation of theories for predicting microcracking in composite laminates

    John. A. Nairn;Shoufeng Hu;Jong Seok Bark

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Sauer
Kenneth Sauer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Richard A. Friesner
Richard A. Friesner Columbia University
Jan-Anders E. Månson
Jan-Anders E. Månson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert J. Moon
Robert J. Moon US Forest Service
Oleg Borodin
Oleg Borodin United States Army Research Laboratory
Dmitry Bedrov
Dmitry Bedrov University of Utah
Max G. Lagally
Max G. Lagally University of Wisconsin–Madison
Costas Galiotis
Costas Galiotis University of Patras
Ashlie Martini
Ashlie Martini University of California, Merced
Jeffrey P. Youngblood
Jeffrey P. Youngblood Purdue University West Lafayette

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