Ares J. Rosakis
Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
B.Sc., University of Oxford, 1978; Sc.M., Brown University, 1980; Ph.D., 1982. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1982-88; Associate Professor, 1988-93; Professor, 1993-2004; von Karman Professor, 2004-; Booth Leadership Chair, 2013-15; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, 2004-09; Division Chair, 2009-15.
Overview
Solid mechanics, dynamic mechanical properties, ballistic impact, hypervelocity impact of micrometeorites on spacecraft, dynamic fracture and fragmentation, adiabatic shear banding, mechanics of metallic glasses, mechanics of thin films, mechanics of geological materials, restoration of ancient stone monuments, earthquake fault mechanics, induced seismicity.
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- Abdelmeguid, Mohamed;Elbanna, Ahmed et al. (2025) Ground Motion Characteristics of Subshear and Supershear Ruptures in the Presence of Sediment LayersGeophysical Journal International
- Giannakopoulos, Antonios E.;Rosakis, Ares J. (2024) Dispersion and attenuation relations in flexoelectricityJournal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Rodriguez-Burneo, Andres;Restrepo, Jose I. et al. (2024) Seismic-Response Assessment of Multiblock Tower Structures for Energy Storage: 1/25 ScaleJournal of Structural Engineering
- Harmon, John M.;Gabuchian, Vahe et al. (2023) Predicting the seismic behavior of multiblock tower structures using the level set discrete element methodEarthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- Lattanzi, A.;Rubino, V. et al. (2023) Uncertainty Analysis of Dynamic Rupture Measurements Obtained Through Ultrahigh-Speed Digital Image CorrelationExperimental Mechanics
- Andrade, José E.;Rosakis, Ares J. et al. (2023) A Framework to Assess the Seismic Performance of Multiblock Tower Structures as Gravity Energy Storage SystemsJournal of Engineering Mechanics
- Giannakopoulos, Antonios E.;Rosakis, Ares J. (2022) Dynamic magneto-flexoelectricity and seismo-electromagnetic phenomena: Connecting mechanical response to electromagnetic signaturesJournal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Amlani, Faisal;Bhat, Harsha S. et al. (2022) Supershear shock front contribution to the tsunami from the 2018 M_w 7.5 Palu, Indonesia earthquakeGeophysical Journal International
- Rubino, V.;Lapusta, N. et al. (2022) Intermittent lab earthquakes in dynamically weakening fault gougeNature
- Tal, Yuval;Rubino, Vito et al. (2022) Dynamics and Near-Field Surface Motions of Transitioned Supershear Laboratory Earthquakes in Thrust FaultsJournal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth
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