Faculty 
Igor Tsukrov, Associate Professor
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Office: Kingsbury Hall W105 |
CredentialsPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 1996 |
Prof. Tsukrov worked in industry for Parker Hannifin Corporation performing finite element simulations of new composite materials, and for AIR Inc. modeling damage to structures due to natural disasters (tornadoes, earthquakes, etc.)
Prof. Tsukrov's current research projects are: micromechanical modeling of composites with fibers and cavities of irregular shapes, nonlinear response of electronic interconnect structures to thermomechanical loading, finite element simulations of motion of offshore fish cage/mooring systems under environmental loads, and micromechanics of nanoreinforced polymers.
Prof. Tsukrov regularly teaches ME 627 - Dynamics (Mechanics III), ME 786/886 - Introduction to Finite Element Analysis, ME 986 - Advanced Finite Element Analysis, and ME 735/835 - Mechanics of Composite Materials, and ME 935 - Micromechanics of composite & porous materials.
Research Areas
- Micromechanics and fracture of composite materials
- Open Ocean Aquaculture Engineering
- Computational solid mechanics
- Finite element method
Recent Publications
Book
- M. Kachanov, B. Shafiro, I. Tsukrov, Handbook of Elasticity Solutions, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 340 pp., 2003.
Journal Publications
- I. Tsukrov, R. Piat, J. Novak and E. Schnack "Micromechanical Modeling of Porous Carbon/Carbon Composites," Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, v. 12, No. 1, pp. 43-54, 2005.
- I. Tsukrov, O. Eroshkin, W. Paul and B. Celikkol "Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Elastic Components of Mooring Systems," IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, v. 30, No. 1, pp.37-46, 2005.
- D.W. Fredriksson, M.R. Swift, O. Eroshkin, I. Tsukrov, J.D. Irish and B. Celikkol "Moored Fish Cage Dynamics in Waves and Currents," IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, v. 30, No. 1, pp.28-36, 2005.
- O. Eroshkin and I. Tsukrov "On Micromechanical Modeling of Particulate Composites with Inclusions of Various Shapes," International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 42, No. 2, pp. 409-427, 2005.
- I. Tsukrov and J. Novak "Effective Elastic Properties of Solids with Two-Dimensional Inclusions of Irregular Shapes," International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 41, No. 24-25, pp. 6905-6924, 2004.
- V. Grychanyuk, I. Tsukrov and T. Gross "Numerical Modeling of Grain Boundary Effects in the Diffusional Creep of Copper Interconnect Lines," International Journal of Fracture, v. 127, No. 2, pp. L149-L155, 2004.
- D.W. Fredriksson, J. DeCew, M.R. Swift, I. Tsukrov, M.D. Chambers and B. Celikkol "The Design and Analysis of a Four-Cage Grid Mooring for Open Ocean Aquaculture," Aquacultural Engineering, v. 32, No. 1, pp. 77-94, 2004.
- I. Tsukrov, O. Eroshkin, D. Fredriksson, M.R. Swift and B. Celikkol "Finite Element Modeling of Net Panels Using Consistent Net Element," Ocean Engineering, v. 30, pp. 251-270, 2003.
- Yu.A. Chernyakov, V. Grychanyuk and I. Tsukrov "Stress-Strain Relations in Elastoplastic Solids with Dugdale-Type Cracks," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, v. 70, No. 15, pp. 2163-2174, 2003.
- D.W. Fredriksson, M.R. Swift, J.D. Irish, I. Tsukrov and B. Celikkol "Fish Cage and Mooring System Dynamics using Physical and Numerical Models with Field Measurements" Aquacultural Engineering, v. 27, No. 2, pp. 117-146, 2003.
- I. Tsukrov and J. Novak "Effective Elastic Properties of Solids with Defects of Irregular Shapes," International Journal of Solids and Structures, v. 39, pp. 1539-1555, 2002.
- J. Novak, I. Tsukrov, R. Piat and E. Schnack "On Contribution of Pores into the Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon/Carbon Composites", International Journal of Fracture, v. 118, No. 2, pp. 31-36, 2002.
- V. Grychanyuk and I. Tsukrov "Elastoplastic Behavior of Two-Dimensional Solids with Rectilinear Cracks under Mixed-Mode Loading", International Journal of Fracture, v. 118, No. 2, pp. 37-42, 2002.
- N. Kamsah, T.S. Gross and I. Tsukrov "Finite Element Predictions of the Effect of Diffusion-Accommodated Interfacial Sliding on Thermal Stresses in Cu/Polymer Dielectric and Cu/Oxide Dielectric Single Level Damascene Interconnect Structures," ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, v. 124, pp. 12-21, 2002.
- T.S. Gross, N. Kamsah and I. Tsukrov "Scanning Probe Microscopy Generated Out-of-Plane Deformation Maps Exhibiting Heterogeneous Nanoscale Deformation Resulting From Thermal Cycling of Cu-Polyimide Damascene Interconnects," Journal of Materials Research, v. 16, No. 12, pp. 3560-3566, 2001.