Engineering Mechanics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Probabilistic Methods for Risk Assessment of
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Finite Element Methods
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Fracture Mechanics
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Probabilistic Engineering Design
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Statics
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Mechanics of Materials
Gas Turbine Rotors
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Development of Enhanced Probabilistic Life
Prediction Methodologies for Engine Rotor Life
Extension
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Innovative Methods for Engine Health Monitoring
 Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis with respect to Bounds of Truncated Random Variables
Y. Feng and H. Millwater, ASME J. Mech. Design.
 Random Field Assessment of Nanoscopic Inhomogeneity of Bone
X.N. Dong, Q. Luo, H.R. Millwater, D.M. Sparkman and X. Wang , Bone, Volume 47, Issue 6, p. 1080-1084,
December 2010.
 2D Weight Function Development Using a Complex Taylor Series Expansion Method
H.R. Millwater and D. Wagner, Engng Fract Mech, Volume 86, p. 23-37, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.02.006.
 Complex Variable Methods for Shape Sensitivity of Finite Element Models
R.L. Bagley, H.R. Millwater and A. Voorhees, submitted Finite Element Analysis and Design, November
2010.
 Crack Growth Mitigation through Optimum Laser Peened Residual Stress
One UTSA Circle • Applied Engineering & Technology Building • San Antonio, Texas • 78249-01302

A.H. Clauer, H.R. Millwater, J.D. Ocampo and G. Singh, Int. J. Structural Integrity, (2010), doi:
10.1108/17579861211264352
 Development of a Localized Probabilistic Sensitivity Method to Determine Random Variable
Regional Importance
M. Cortina, H.R. Millwater and G. Singh, submitted to Reliability Engineering of System Safety, October 2010
 Probabilistic and Sensitivity Analysis of Engineered Nanoparticles Mobility Behavior
C. Contreras, H.R. Millwater and H.J. Shipley, Journal of Environmental Engineering (submitted), (2012).
 Simulation-Based Crack Growth Mitigation Through Optimum Laser Peened Residual
Stress
A. Clauer, J. Ocampo, H.R. Millwater and G. Singh, Int. J. Structural Integrity, Vol. 3 Iss: 3, pp. 236
– 259,
(2012) doi:10.1108/17579861211264361.
 Pre-Strain and Integrity of Mineral Crystals in human Cortical Bone Under Tensile and
Compressive Loads
H.R. Millwater and D. Sparkman, April 13, 2012, 14th AIAA Nondeterministic Approaches Conference,
Honolulu, HI.
 Probabilistic Framework for Prediction of Material Property Distributions from Small
Microstructural Models
H.R. Millwater and D. Sparkman, April 13, 2012, 14th AIAA Nondeterministic Approaches Conference,
Honolulu, HI.
 A New Approach to Assess Bone Heterogeneity at Multiple Length Scales
X. N. Dong, D. M. Sparkman, H. R. Millwater and X. Wang, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting,
October, 2009.
 Optimal Allocation of Testing Resources for Statistical Simulations
C. Dubinsky, G. Singh, H. Millwater and P. Golden, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2010.
One UTSA Circle • Applied Engineering & Technology Building • San Antonio, Texas • 78249-01302