Symposium on Fracture and Lifetime of Materials

in honor of Alexander Chudnovsky's 75th birthday

Monograph: Principles of Statistical Theory of the Long-term Strength, NETI, Novosibirsk,   1977



Total: More than 300 technical papers.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS



Chudnovsky, A., Nonisothermal Deformation of a Viscoelastic Medium,

J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys., Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 51-54, 1966.


Chudnovsky, A., On Fracture of Solid,

In: Kachanov, L.M. (Ed), Scientific Papers on Elasticity and Plasticity, Leningrad, pp3-43, 1973.


Chudnovsky, A., Dunaevsky, V.A. and Khandogin, V.A.,On the QuasiStatic Growth of Cracks,

Arch. Mech., Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 165174, 1978.


Chudnovsky, A., and Kachanov, M., Interaction of a Crack with a Field of Microcracks,

Lett. Appl. Engng. Sci., Vol. 21, No. 8, pp. 10091018, 1983.


Chudnovsky, A., Crack Layer Theory,

NASA Report N174634, March, 1984.


Chudnovsky, A., Statistics and Thermodynamics of Fracture,

Int. J. Engng. Sci., Vol. 22, No. 810, pp. 989997, 1984.


Glenn, L. and Chudnovsky, A., Strain-Energy Effects on Dynamic Fragmentation,

J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 1379-1380, 1986.


Glenn, L., Gommerstadt, Y. and Chudnovsky, A., A Fracture Mechanics Model of Fragmentation,

J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 60, No.3, pp. 1224-1226, 1986.


Botsis,J., Chudnovsky,A. and Moet,A., Fatigue Crack Layer Propagation in Polystyrene – Part I: Experimental Observations, Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 33, pp. 263-276, 1987.


Botsis, J., Chudnovsky, A. and Moet, A., Fatigue Crack Layer Propagation in Polystyrene – Part II: Analysis,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 33, pp. 277-284, 1987.



Chudnovsky, A., Dolgopolsky, A. and Kachanov, M.,

Elastic Interaction of a Crack with a Microcrack Array – I. Formulation of the Problem and General form of the Solution, Int. J. Solids Struct., Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1-10, 1987.


Chudnovsky, A., Dolgopolsky, A. and Kachanov, M.,

Elastic Interaction of a Crack with a Microcrack Array – II. Elastic solution for two crack configurations (Piecewise Constant and Linear Approximations), Int. J. Solids Struct., Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 11-21, 1987.


Chudnovsky, A. and Kunin, B., A Probabilistic Model of Brittle Crack Formation,

J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 62, No.10, pp. 4124-4129, 1987.


Chaoui, K., Chudnovsky, A. and Moet, A., Effect of Residual Stress on Crack Propagation in MDPE Pipes,

J. Mater. Sci., Vol. 22, pp. 3873-3879, 1987.


Mull, M.A., Chudnovsky, A. and Moet, A., A Probabilistic Approach to the Fracture Toughness of Composites,

Philos. Mag. A, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 419-443, 1987.


Chudnovsky, A. and Ben Ouezdon, M., SemiEmpirical Crack Tip Analysis,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 37, pp. 3-11, 1988.


Chudnovsky, A., Saada, A. and Lesser, A., Micromechanisms of Deformation in Fracture of Overconsolidated Clays, Can. Geotech. J., Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 213-221, 1988.


Ben Ouezdou, M., Chudnovsky, A. and Moet, A., Re-evaluation of Adhesive Fracture Energy,

J. Adhesion, Vol. 25, pp. 169-183, 1988.


Chudnovsky, A. and Kunin, B, On Applications of Probability in Fracture Mechanics,

In: Liu, W.K. and Belytschko T. (Eds.), Computational Mechanics of Probabilistic and Reliability Analysis, Elmepress International, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 396-415, 1989.


Chudnovsky, A. and Kunin, B., A Probabilistic Approach to Crack Instability,

In: Salama, K., RaviChandar, K., Taplin, D., and Rama Rao, P. (Eds.), Advances in Fracture Research, Pergamon Press,

Vol.1, pp. 2325, 1989.


Chudnovsky, A., Huang, W.-L. and Kunin, B., Effect of Damage on Fatigue Crack Propagation in Polystyrene,

Polym. Eng. Sci., Vol. 30, No. 20, pp. 1303-1308, 1990.


Chudnovsky, A. and Wu, S., Effect of Crack-Microcracks Interaction on Energy Release Rates,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 44, pp. 43-56, 1990.


Huang, W.-L., Kunin, B. and Chudnovsky, A., Kinematics of Damage Zone Accompanying Curved Crack,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 50, pp. 143152, 1991.


Stojimirovic, A. and Chudnovsky, A., A New Thermodynamic Model for a Process Zone in Polymers,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 57, pp. 281289, 1992.


Chudnovsky, A., Kim, A. and Bosnyak C., An Energy Analysis of Crack Initiation and Arrest in Epoxy,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 55, pp. 209222, 1992.


Stojimirovic, A., Kadota, K. and Chudnovsky, A., An Equilibrial Process Zone in Polymeric Materials,

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 46, pp. 10511056, 1992.


Kadota, K. and Chudnovsky, A., Constitutive Equations of Crack Layer Growth,

J. Polymer. Eng. Sci., Vol. 32, No. 16, pp.10971104, 1992.


Gorelik, M. and Chudnovsky, A., On the Strong Crack-Microcrack Interaction Problem,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 56, pp. R9R14, 1992.


Chudnovsky, A. and Kunin, B., Statistical Fracture Mechanics,

In: Mareschal, M. and Holian, B.L. (Eds.), Microscopic Simulations of Complex Hydrodynamic Phenomena, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 345-360, 1992.


Wu, S. and Chudnovsky, A., The Effective Elastic Properties of a Solid with Crazes,

Eng. Fract. Mech., Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 233243, 1993.


Li, R. and Chudnovsky, A., Energy Analysis of Crack Interaction with an Elastic Inclusion,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 63, pp. 247-261, 1993.


Chen, T.-J., Bosnyak, C.P., Kao, C.-I. and Chudnovsky, A., A Fatigue Crack Initiation Map for Polycarbonate,

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 49, No. 11, pp.1909-1919, 1993.


Li, R., Wu, S., Ivanova, E., Chudnovsky, A., Sehanobish, K. and Bosnyak, C.P.,

Finite Element Model and Experimental Analysis of Crack-Inclusion Interaction,

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 1233-1238, 1993.


Chudnovsky, A. and Gorelik, M., Statistical Fracture Mechanics: Basic Concepts and Numerical Realization, Probabilities and Materials (Tests, Models and Applications), Vol. 269, pp. 321-338, 1994.


Li, R. and Chudnovsky, A., Energy Release Rates of Crack Kinking within an Anisotropic Inclusion,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 65, pp. R3-R10, 1994.


Wu, S, Ivanova, E., Chudnovsky, A., Sehanobish, K., and Bosnyak, C.P.,

The Effect of a Process Zone on the Fracture Path in a Complex Stress Field,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 67, pp. R13-R19, 1994.


Li, R. and Chudnovsky, A., The Stress Intensity Factor Green's Function for a Crack Interacting with a Circular Inclusion, Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 67, pp. 169-177, 1994.



Kim, A., Bosnyak, C.P. and Chudnovsky, A.,

Effects of Weathering, Scale, and Rate of Loading on Polycarbonate Fracture Toughness,

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 1841-1848, 1994.


Chen, T.-J., Chudnovsky, A. and Bosnyak, C.P.,

Observations of the Micro-Mechanisms of Fatigue-Crack Initiation in Polycarbonate,

J. Mater. Sci., Vol. 29, pp. 5903-5910, 1994.


Chudnovsky, A., Kim, A., Chen, T., Sehanobish, K., Bosnyak, C.P. and Kao, C.,

Thermodynamics of Cold Drawing Phenomena in Semicrystalline Polymers,

In: Brinson, L.C. and Moran, B. (Eds), Mechanics of Phase Transformations and Shape Memory Alloys, ASME,

pp. 11-22, 1994.


Li, R. and Chudnovsky, A.,

A Note on the Variation of the Energy Release Rate as a Crack Approaches and Passes Through an Elastic Inclusion,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 68, R23-R24, 1994.


Zhou, Z, Chudnovsky, A., Bosnyak, C.P. and Sehanobish, K.,

Cold-Drawing (Necking) Behavior of Polycarbonate as a Double Glass Transition,

Polym. Eng. Sci., Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 304-309, 1995.


Li, K., Chudnovsky, A., Kin, Y. and Macheret, J., Experimental Investigation of Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior and Damage Mechanisms of Fiber/Metal Laminates under Biaxial and Uniaxial Loading,

Polym. Composites, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 52-59, 1995.


Chudnovsky, A., Shulkin, Y., Baron, D. and Lin, K.P.,

New Method of Lifetime Prediction for Brittle Fracture of Polyethylene,

J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 56, No. 11, pp. 1465-1478, 1995.


Gorelik, M., Calomino, A.M. and Chudnovsky, A.,

Experimental and Analytical Studies of Crack Initiation and Arrest in Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride,

In: Erdogan, F. (Eds.), Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 25, ASTM STP 1220, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadephia, pp. 71-85, 1995.


Ivanovo, E., Chudnovsky, A., Wu, S., Sehanobish, K. and Bosnyak, C.P.,

A New Experimental Technique for Modeling of a Micro-Heterogeneous Media,

Exp. Techniques, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 11-13, 1995.


Li, R. and Chudnovsky, A., Examination of the Fatigue Crack Growth Equations,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 81, pp. 343-355, 1996.


Arasteh, M.M., Chudnovsky, A., Dudley, J.W., Glaser, S. and Ma, J.,

Broadband Acoustic Emission Observations during Fracture Propagation in Rock-like Material,

Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., Vol. 3/4, pp. 83.e1-83.e13, 1997.


Chudnovsky, A., Kunin, B. and Gorelik, M.,

Modeling of Brittle Fracture Based on the Concept of Crack Trajectory Ensemble,

Eng. Fract. Mech., Vol. 58, No. 5-6, pp. 437-457, 1997.


Kanaun, S.K. and Chudnovsky, A., A Model of Quasibrittle Fracture of Solid,

Int. J. Damage Mech., Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 18-40, 1999.


Masud, A. and Chudnovsky, A., A Constitutive Model of Cold Drawing in Polycarbonate,

Int. J. Plasticity, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 1139-1157, 1999.


Chudnovsky, A. and Shulkin, Y., Application of crack layer theory to modeling of slow crack growth in polyethylene,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 97, pp. 83-102, 1999.


Chudnovsky, A., Sehanobish, K. and Wu, S., Methodology for Durability analysis of HDPE Pipe,

J. Pressure Vessel Technol., Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 152-155, 1999.


Chudnovsky, A. and Preston, S., Variational Formulation of a Material Aging Model,

In: Kienzler, R. and Maugin, G.A. (Eds.), Configurational Mechanics of Materials, Springer Wien New York,

pp. 273-307, 2001.


Nuller, B., Ryvkin, M., Chudnovsky, A., Dudley, J.W. and Wong, G.K.,

Crack Interaction with an Interface in Laminated Elastic Media,

In: Elsworth, D., Tinucci, J.P. and Heasley, K.A. (Eds), Rock Mechanics in the National Interest, pp. 289-296, 2001.


Choi, B.H. and Chudnovsky, A., Stress Corrosion Crack Growth in Pipe Grade Steels in Near Neutral PH Environment, Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 116, pp. L43-L48, 2002.


Choi, B.H., Zhou, Z., Chudnovsky, A., Stivala, S., Sehanobish, K., and Bosnyak, C.,

Fracture Initiation Associated with Chemical Degradation: Observation and Modeling,

Int. J. Solids Struct., Vol, 42, No. 2, pp. 681-695, 2005.


Chudnovsky, A. and Preston, S., 4D Geometrical Modeling of Material Aging,

Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys., Vol.3, No. 8, pp. 1529-1558, 2006.


Nuller, B., Ryvkin, M. and Chudnovsky, A., A Closed-Form Solution for a Crack Approaching an Interface,

J. Mech. Mater. Struct., Vol. 1, No. 8, pp. 1405-1423, 2006.


Choi, B.H., Chudnovsky, A. and Sehanobish, K., Stress Corrosion Cracking in Plastic Pipes: Observation and Modeling, Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 145, pp. 81-88, 2007.


Choi, B.H., Chudnovsky, A., Paradkar, R., Michie, W., Zhou, Z. and Cham, P.M.,

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Stress Corrosion Crack (SCC) Growth of Polyethylene Pipes,

Polym. Degrad. Stabil., Vol. 94, No. 5, pp. 859-867, 2009.


Jasarevic, H., Chudnovsky, A., Dudley, J.W. and Wong, G.K.,

Observation and Modeling of Brittle Fracture Initiation in a Micro-Heterogeneous Material,

Int. J. Fracture, Vol. 158, pp. 73-80, 2009.


Choi, B.H. and Chudnovsky, A.,

Observation and Modeling of Stress Corrosion Cracking in High Pressure Gas Pipe Steel,

Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 383-395, 2011.


Chudnovsky, A., Zhou, Z., Zhang, H. and Sehanobish, K., Lifetime Assessment of Engineering Thermoplastics,

Int. J. Eng. Sci., Vol. 59, pp. 108-139, 2012.


Zhang, H., Chudnovsky, A., Wong, G. and Dudley, J.W.,

Statistical Aspects of Microheterogeneous Rock Fracture: Observations and Modeling,

Rock Mech. Rock Eng., Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 499-514, 2013.