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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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53
Citations
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988
National Ranking
407

Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Petros Athanasios Sofronis is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with notable contributions in subfields such as materials chemistry, metals and alloys, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • High temperature alloys and creep
  • Nuclear materials and properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of steels
  • Corrosion behavior and inhibition
  • Hydrogen storage and materials

Their recent publications include:

  • "Hydrogen-induced cracking and blistering in steels: A review," 2022, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
  • "Achieving a Carbon Neutral Future through Advanced Functional Materials and Technologies," 2022, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Challenges toward achieving a successful hydrogen economy in the US: Potential end-use and infrastructure analysis to the year 2100," 2022, Cleaner Production Letters
  • "Influence of internal hydrogen content on the evolved microstructure beneath fatigue striations in 316L austenitic stainless steel," 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "A study of crack initiation in a low alloy steel," 2021, Acta Materialia

Frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work are:

  • Mohsen Dadfarnia
  • Masanobu Kubota
  • Brian P. Somerday
  • Akihide Nagao
  • Toshihiro Tsuchiyama

The scientist has published notably in venues such as:

  • Acta Materialia
  • International Journal of Fracture
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Among their professional recognitions, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity—a mechanism for hydrogen-related fracture

    H.K. Birnbaum;P. Sofronis

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement Understood

    Ian M. Robertson;Ian M. Robertson;Petros Athanasios Sofronis;Petros Athanasios Sofronis;A. Nagao;M. L. Martin

  • Numerical analysis of hydrogen transport near a blunting crack tip

    Petros Athanasios Sofronis;R. M. McMeeking

  • Enumeration of the Hydrogen-Enhanced Localized Plasticity Mechanism for Hydrogen Embrittlement in Structural Materials

    May L. Martin;May L. Martin;May L. Martin;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Akihide Nagao;Akihide Nagao;Shuai Wang;Shuai Wang;Shuai Wang

  • A statistical, physical-based, micro-mechanical model of hydrogen-induced intergranular fracture in steel

    P. Novak;R. Yuan;B.P. Somerday;P. Sofronis

  • Mechanics of the hydrogendashdislocationdashimpurity interactions-I. Increasing shear modulus

    Petros Athanasios Sofronis;H. K. Birnbaum

  • The role of hydrogen in hydrogen embrittlement fracture of lath martensitic steel

    Akihide Nagao;Cynthia D. Smith;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Petros Sofronis;Petros Sofronis

  • Hydrogen induced shear localization of the plastic flow in metals and alloys

    P. Sofronis;Y. Liang;N. Aravas

  • On the formation and nature of quasi-cleavage fracture surfaces in hydrogen embrittled steels

    May L. Martin;Jamey A. Fenske;Grace S. Liu;Petros Athanasios Sofronis

  • Hydrogen-induced intergranular failure in nickel revisited

    M. L. Martin;M. L. Martin;B. P. Somerday;B. P. Somerday;R. O. Ritchie;R. O. Ritchie;Petros Athanasios Sofronis;Petros Athanasios Sofronis

  • Hydrogen-enhanced-plasticity mediated decohesion for hydrogen-induced intergranular and “quasi-cleavage” fracture of lath martensitic steels

    Akihide Nagao;Akihide Nagao;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Brian P. Somerday;Brian P. Somerday;Petros Sofronis;Petros Sofronis

  • A micromechanics approach to the study of hydrogen transport and embrittlement

    A. Taha;Petros Athanasios Sofronis

  • Hydrogen-induced intergranular failure of iron

    Shuai Wang;Shuai Wang;May L. Martin;May L. Martin;Petros Sofronis;Petros Sofronis;Somei Ohnuki

  • The effect of nanosized (Ti,Mo)C precipitates on hydrogen embrittlement of tempered lath martensitic steel

    Akihide Nagao;Akihide Nagao;May L. Martin;May L. Martin;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Petros Sofronis;Petros Sofronis

  • Interpreting hydrogen-induced fracture surfaces in terms of deformation processes: A new approach

    M. L. Martin;I. M. Robertson;Petros Athanasios Sofronis

  • Modeling hydrogen transport by dislocations

    Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;May L. Martin;May L. Martin;Akihide Nagao;Petros Sofronis;Petros Sofronis

  • Hydrogen interaction with multiple traps: Can it be used to mitigate embrittlement?

    M. Dadfarnia;P. Sofronis;T. Neeraj

  • Elucidating the variables affecting accelerated fatigue crack growth of steels in hydrogen gas with low oxygen concentrations

    B.P. Somerday;B.P. Somerday;P. Sofronis;P. Sofronis;K.A. Nibur;C. San Marchi

  • Recent advances on hydrogen embrittlement of structural materials

    Mohsen Dadfarnia;Mohsen Dadfarnia;Akihide Nagao;Shuai Wang;Shuai Wang;May L. Martin

  • On the effect of hydrogen on plastic instabilities in metals

    Y. Liang;Petros Athanasios Sofronis;N. Aravas

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian M. Robertson
Ian M. Robertson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert O. Ritchie
Robert O. Ritchie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
H.K. Birnbaum
H.K. Birnbaum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Reiner Kirchheim
Reiner Kirchheim University of Göttingen
Robert H. Dodds
Robert H. Dodds University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert M. McMeeking
Robert M. McMeeking University of California, Santa Barbara
Huseyin Sehitoglu
Huseyin Sehitoglu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yuri Mishin
Yuri Mishin George Mason University
Duane D. Johnson
Duane D. Johnson Iowa State University
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University

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