Jeffrey Eischen
Assoc Professor Emeritus
Mechanical Design, Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue, Advanced Theories of Gravitation
Engineering Building III (EB3) 3272
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Education
Phd Mechanical Engineering- Applied Mechanics Stanford University 1986
MS Mechanical Engineering- Applied Mechanics Stanford University 1981
BS Civil Engineering UCLA 1978
Area(s) of Expertise
Research: Solid mechanics, elasticity, fracture mechanics, computational solid mechanics, mechanics of fabrics, mechanics of layered media, advanced theories of gravitation.
Teaching: Solid mechanics, Strength of Mechanical Components, Design of Mechanical Systems, Automotive Engineering, Advanced Solid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics
Consulting: Machine design, fatigue and failure analysis, fracture mechanics, structural mechanics, patent analysis.
Publications
- Proof of the GM‐GR parity theorem for the two-body problem , Physics Essays (2025)
- The Minkowski metric equation with a metric triangle applied to the twin paradox , Physics Education (2025)
- At the speed of light: Toward a quantum-deterministic description? , Physics Essays (2024)
- How Schwarzschild could have discovered and fixed the problem with his metric , Physics Essays (2024)
- Trajectory of a Spacecraft When It Passes by a Gravitational Body During Interstellar Travel , Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2023)
- Theory of spacetime impetus , Physics Essays (2021)
- Failure analysis of fretting fracture in frame rails of heavy duty trucks – Case study , Engineering Failure Analysis (2020)
- On a new field theory formulation and a space-time adjustment that predict the same precession of Mercury and the same bending of light as general relativity , Physics Essays (2020)
- Failure analysis of mixed mode crack growth in heavy duty truck frame rail , Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis (2016)
- Particle- and crack-size dependency of lithium-ion battery materials LiFePO₄ , AIMS Materials Science (2016)