INDIANA  UNIVERSITY  PURDUE  UNIVERSITY  INDIANAPOLIS	Computational Mechanics      LABORATORY (CML)
	723 West Michigan Street, SL 138   Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132

Faculty Members: Drs. Akay (Director), Chen, El-Mounayri, Nalim, and Pidaparti

The Computational Mechanics Laboratory(CML) has been formed in early Fall of 1997 within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI. This research laboratory is an integration of the facilities and expertise of the previous CAD/CAM and Computational Biomechanics Laboratories of the department. The primary mission of CML is to conduct interdisciplinary research in development and applications of the finite element method for the solution of problems in solid mechanics and related fields. With its software and hardware facilities, the laboratory provides service to other research laboratories in the department. The software available in the laboratory include PATRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, and StarCD for interdisciplinary research.

Recent sponsors and/or projects include:

• United Technologies/Carrier Electronics, "Development of Fatigue Life Prediction of Resistor Joints of Control Boards."


• The Boeing Company, "Development of Fatigue Life Prediction Models for Ball Grid Array (BGA) Joints of Electronic Packages."
• National Science Foundation, "An Intelligent Structural Damage Assessment Model."
• National Science Foundation, "Three-dimensional Fracture Analysis of Cord-rubber Composites."