Selected Publications


Publications whose links are in blue can be viewed online in Adobe Acrobat format. Download Reader here: Acrobat Reader (free).

Panontin, T. L. and M. R. Hill (1993). "Applicability of proof-test based life prediction to high-toughness metal structures." PVP v. 260. New York, NY, ASME. pp. 181-190. Presented at ASME PVP93.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1994). "A Survey of Topics Related to Fatigue Crack Growth Originating from Internal Weld Defects." NASA Ames Research Center, Progress Report on Interchange No. NCA2-767.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1995). "Internal Weld Defects: Residual Stress Fields and Effect on Fatigue Lifetime." NASA Ames Research Center, Final Report on Interchange No. NCA2-767.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1995). "The inherent strain method for residual stress determination and its application to a long welded joint." PVP v. 318. New York, NY, ASME. pp. 343-352.

Panontin, T. L. and M. R. Hill (1996). "Proof-Test-Based Life Prediction of High-Toughness Pressure Vessels." Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology 118(1): pp. 86-94.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1996). "Determining residual stress through the thickness of a welded plate." PVP v. 327. New York, NY, ASME. pp. 29-36.

Panontin, T. L. and M. R. Hill (1996). "The effect of residual stresses on brittle and ductile fracture initiation predicted by micromechanical models." International Journal of Fracture 82: pp. 317-333.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1997). "A Simplified Eigenstrain Method for Determination of Sub-surface Triaxial Residual Stress in Welds." Proceedings of The Fifth International Conference on Residual Stresses, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 840-847 (vol. 2).

Hill, M. R. and T. L. Panontin (1998). "How residual stresses affect prediction of brittle fracture." PVP v. 373. New York, NY, ASME. pp. 157-162. Presentation slides available here.

Hill, M. R. and D. V. Nelson (1998). "The localized eigenstrain method for determination of triaxial residual stress in welds." PVP v. 373. New York, NY, ASME. pp. 397-403. Presentation slides available here.

Panontin, T. L., O. S. Niskioka, and M. R. Hill (1998). "Fracture Assessments of Welded Structures." Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Atlanta, GA, October 6-9, 1998.

Hill, M. R. and T. L. Panontin (1999). "Effect of Residual Stress on Brittle Fracture Testing." Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics: 29th Volume, ASTM STP 1332. West Conshohocken, PA, ASTM, pp. 154-175. Presentation slides available here.

Hill, M. R. and T. Yau (2000). "Triaxial residual stresses affect driving force and constraint to alter fracture toughness." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Residual Stresses, Oxford, UK, July 10-13, 2000, pp. 1485-1492. Presentation slides available here.

Hill, M. R., R. D. Carpenter, et al (2001). "Fracture Testing of a Layered Functionally Graded Material." Fracture Resistance Testing of Monolithic and Composite Brittle Materials, ASTM STP 1409. West Conshohocken, PA, ASTM (accepted). Presentation slides available here.

Meith, W. A., Hill, M. R. and T. L. Panontin (2002). " Analytical and Experimental Study of Fracture in Bend Specimens Subjected to Local Compression." Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics: 33rd Volume, ASTM STP 1417. West Conshohocken, PA, ASTM (submitted). Presentation slides available here.

DeWald, A. T., Hill, M. R. (2001). " Residual stress in a thick steel weld determined using the contour method ." Report on LANL contract 32390-001-01 49.