SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Kmack, R.M., Kurtis, K.E., Jacobs, L.J., and Kim, Jin-Yeon, “Characterization of air voids in fresh cement paste through ultrasonic nondestructive testing,” J. of ASTM International, accepted for publication, 2009.

 

Kuechler, S., Meurer, T., Jacobs, L.J., and Qu, J., “Two-dimensional wave propagation in an elastic half-space with quadratic nonlinearity – a numerical study,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 1293-1301, 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

In, Chi-Won, Kim, Jin-Yeon, Kurtis, K.E., and Jacobs, L.J., “Characterization of ultrasonic Rayleigh surface waves in asphalt concrete,” NDT&E International, Vol. 42, pp. 610-617, 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Pruell, C., Kim, Jin-Yeon, Qu, Jianmin, and Jacobs, L.J., “A nonlinear guided wave technique for evaluating plasticity-driven material damage in a metal plate,” NDT&E International, Vol. 42, pp. 199-203, 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Pruell, C., Kim, Jin-Yeon, Qu, Jianmin, and Jacobs, L.J., “Evaluation of fatigue damage using nonlinear guided waves,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 18, 035003 (7 pages), 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

                   

Treiber, M., Kim, Jin-Yeon, Jacobs, L.J., and Qu, Jianmin, “Correction for partial reflection in ultrasonic attenuation measurements using contact transducers,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 125 (5), pp. 2946-2953, 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Chen, J., Jayapalan, A., Kurtis, K.E., Kim, Jin-Yeon, and Jacobs, L.J., “Nonlinear wave modulation spectroscopy method for ultra-accelerated assessment of alkali-silica reaction in Portland cement mortar,” J. ACI Materials, Vol. 106, pp. 340-348, 2009 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Chen, X.J., Kim, J.-Y., Kurtis, K.E., Qu, Wu, S.C. and Jacobs, L.J., “Characterization of progressive microcracking in Portland cement mortar using nonlinear ultrasonics,” NDT&E International, Vol. 41, pp.112-118, 2008 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Bermes, C., Kim, J.Y., Qu, J., and Jacobs, L.J., “Nonlinear Lamb waves for the detection of material nonlinearity,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 22, pp. 638-646, 2008 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Shui, G., Kim, J.Y., Qu, J., Wang, Y.-S. and Jacobs, L.J., “A new technique for measuring the acoustic nonlinearity of materials using Rayleigh waves,” NDT&E International, Vol. 41, pp. 326-329, 2008 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Punurai, W., Jarzynski, J., Qu, Jianmin, Kurtis, K.E., and Jacobs, L.J., “Characterization of dissipation losses in cement paste with diffuse ultrasound,” Mechanics Research Communication, 34, 289-294, 2007 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Pruell, C., Kim, J.Y., Qu, J., and Jacobs, L.J., “Evaluation of plasticity driven material damage using Lamb waves,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, 231911, 2007 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Koreck, J., Valle, C., Qu, J., and Jacobs, L.J., “Computational characterization of adhesive layer properties using guided waves in bonded plates,” Journal of NDE, Vol. 26 (2-4) pp. 97-105, 2007 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Bermes, C., Kim, J.Y., Qu, J. and Jacobs, L.J., “Experimental characterization of material nonlinearity using Lamb waves,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90 (2), 021901, 2007 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Punurai, W., Jarzynski, J., Qu, Jianmin, Kim, J.-Y., Jacobs, L.J., and  Kurtis, K.E., “Characterization of multi-scale porosity in cement paste by advanced ultrasonic techniques,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 37, pp. 38-46, 2007 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Herrmann, J., Kim, J.Y., Jacobs, L.J., Qu, J., Littles, J.W., and Savage, M.F., “Assessment of material damage in a nickel-base superalloy using nonlinear Rayleigh waves,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 99 (12), 124913, 2006 (email me for a copy laurence.jacobs@ce.gatech.edu).

 

Kim, J.Y., Jacobs, L.J., Qu, J., and Littles, J.W., “Experimental characterization of fatigue damage in a nickel-base superalloy using nonlinear ultrasonic waves,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 120 (3), pp. 1266-1273, 2006.

 

Kim, J.Y., Qu, J., Jacobs, L.J., Littles, J.W., and Savage, M.F., “Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter due to Microplasticity,” Journal of NDE, Vol. 25 (1), pp. 29-37, 2006.

 

Punurai, W., Jarzynski, J., Qu, Jianmin, Kurtis, K.E., and Jacobs, L.J., “Characterization of Entrained Air Voids in Cement Paste with Scattered Ultrasound,” NDT&E International, Vol. 39 (6), pp. 514-524, 2006.

 

Junge, M., Qu, J., and Jacobs, L.J., “Relationship between Rayleigh wave polarization and state of stress,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 44 (3), pp. 233-237, 2006.

 

Kotte, O., Niethammer, M. and Jacobs, L.J., “Lamb Wave Characterization by Differential Reassignment and Nonlinear Anisotropic Diffusion,” NDT&E International, Vol. 39, pp. 96-105, 2006.

 

Kuttig, H., Niethammer, M., Hurlebaus, S. and Jacobs, L.J., “Model-based Analysis of Dispersion Curves,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 119 (7), pp. 2122-2130, 2006. 

 

Hurlebaus, S. and Jacobs, L.J., “Dual-probe laser interferometer for structural health monitoring,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 119 (7), pp. 1923-1925, 2006.   

 

Blum, F., Jarzynski, J. and Jacobs, L.J., “A Focused Two-dimensional Air-coupled Ultrasonic Array for Non-contact Generation,” NDT&E International, Vol. 38, pp. 634-642, 2005.

Benz, R., Niethammer, M., Hurlebaus, S. and Jacobs, L.J., "Localization of Notches with Lamb Waves," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 677-685, 2003 (Color Figures) .

Stolzenburg, J.C., Doane, J., Jarzynski, J. and Jacobs, L.J., "Non-contact Method to Measure Material Properties of Layered Media," NDT&E International, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 523-533, 2003 (Color Figures) .

Becker, J., Jacobs, L.J. and Qu, J., “Characterization of Cement-Based Materials using Diffuse Ultrasound,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 129, No. 12, pp. 1478-1484, 2003.

Emamian, V., Kaveh, M., Tewfik, M., Shi, Z., Jacobs, L.J., and Jarzynski, J., “Robust Clustering of Acoustic Emission Signals using Neural Networks and Signal Subspace Projections,” EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Vol. 2003, No. 3, pp. 276-286, 2003.

Qu, Jianmin and Jacobs, L.J., "Guided Circumferential Waves and Their Applications in Characterizing Cracks in Annular Components," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 85-93, 2003.

Luangvilai, K., Punurai, W. and Jacobs, L.J., "Guided Lamb Wave Propagation in a Composite Plate/Concrete Component," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 128, No. 12, pp. 1337-1341, 2002 (Color Figures) .

Meurer, T, Qu, Jianmin and Jacobs L.J. "Wave Propagation in Nonlinear and Hysteretic Media - A Numerical Study," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 39, No. 21-22, pp. 317-328, 2002.

Seifried, R., Jacobs L.J. and Qu, Jianmin, "Propagation of Guided Waves in Adhesive Bonded Components," NDT&E International, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 317-328, 2002.

Hurlebaus, S., Niethammer, M., Jacobs, L.J., and Valle, "Automated Methodology to Locate Notches with Lamb Waves," Acoustics Research Letters Online , Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 97-102, 2001.

Valle, C., Niethammer, M., Qu, Jianmin and Jacobs, L.J., "Crack Characterization using Guided Circumferential Waves," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 1282-1290, 2001.

Niethammer, M., Jacobs, L.J., Qu, Jianmin, and Jarzynski, J., "Time-Frequency Representation of Lamb Waves," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 109, No. 5, pp. 1841-1847, 2001. (Color Figures) .

Dokun, O.D., Jacobs, L.J. and Haj-Ali, R. "Ultrasonic Monitoring of Material Degradation in FRP Composites," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 126, No. 7, pp. 704-710, 2000.

Niethammer, M., Jacobs, L.J., Qu, Jianmin, and Jarzynski, J., "Time-Frequency Representation of Lamb Waves using the Reassigned Spectrogram, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 107, No. 5, pp. L19-L24, Acoustics Research Letters Online, 2000.

Heller, K., Jacobs, L.J. and Qu, Jianmin, "Application of Laser Generated and Detected Lamb Waves to Characterize Adhesive Bonds," NDT&E International, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 555-563, 2000.

Hurlebaus, S., Gaul, L. and Jacobs, L.J., "Wavelet Transform to Identify the Location of a Propagating Surface Crack in a Fatigue Specimen," Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 105-117, 2001.

Eisenhardt, C., Jacobs, L.J. and Qu, Jianmin "Application of Laser Ultrasonics to Develop Dispersion Curves for Elastic Plates," Journal of Applied Mechanics, (Abstract) Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 1043-1045, 1999.

Meyer, M.D. and Jacobs, L.J. "A Civil Engineering Curriculum for the 21st Century: The Georgia Tech Case," ASCE Journal of Professional Issues, Vol. 126, No. 2, pp. 74-778, 2000.

Jacobs, L.J. and Owino, J.O., "Effects of Aggregate Size on Attenuation of Rayleigh Waves in Cement-Based Materials," Journal Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 126, No. 11, pp. 1124-1130, 2000.

Shi, Zhiqiang, Jarzynski, J., Bair, S., Hurlebaus, S. and Jacobs, L.J., "Characterization of Acoustic Emission Signals from Fatigue Fracture," Journal of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Vol. 214, Part C, pp. 1141-1149, 2000.

Kley, M., Valle, C., Jacobs, L.J., Qu, J. and Jarzynski, J. "Development of Dispersion Curves for Two-Layered Cylinders using Laser Ultrasonics," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 582-588, 1999.

Qu, Jianmin, Berthelot, Y.H. and Jacobs, L.J., "Crack Detection in Thick Annular Components using Ultrasonic Guided Waves," Journal of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Vol. 214, Part C, pp. 1163-1171, 2000.

Owino, J.O. and Jacobs, L.J, "Attenuation Measurements in Cement-based Materials using Laser Ultrasonics," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 6, pp. 637-647, 1999.

Valle, C., Qu, J. and Jacobs, L.J., "Guided Circumferential Waves in Layered Cylinders," International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 37, pp. 1369-1387, 1999.

Littles, J.W., Jacobs, L.J. and Zurieck, A.H., "Single-Sided Ultrasonic Technique to Characterize Thick FRP Composites," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, (Abstract) Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 223-230, 1998.

Moser, F., Jacobs, L.J. and Qu, J, "Modeling Elastic Wave Propagation in Waveguides with the Finite Element Method," NDT&E International, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 225-234, 1999.

Bruttomesso, D.A. and Jacobs, L.J, "Transfer Functions to Remove the Effect of Corners on Rayleigh Waves," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 1, pp. 111-117, 1999.

Littles, J.W., Jacobs, L.J. and Zurieck, A.H., "Ultrasonic Techniques to Characterize Pultruded Composite Members," Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 126-131, 1998, Honorable Mention, Best Research Paper.

Hurlebaus, S., Jacobs, L.J. and Jarzynski, J., "Laser Techniques to Characterize the Effect of Geometry on Acoustic Emission Signals," Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 14, pp. 21-37, 1998.

Bruttomesso, D.A., Jacobs, L.J. and Fiedler, C., "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Interaction of Rayleigh Surface Waves with Corners," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 21-30, 1997.

Jacobs L.J. and Whitcomb, R., "Laser Generation and Detection of Ultrasound in Concrete," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 57-65, 1997.

Johnson, M.A., Berthelot, Y.H., Brodeur, P.H. and Jacobs, L.J., "Investigation of Laser Generation of Lamb Waves in Copy Paper," Ultrasonics, Vol. 34, pp. 703-710, 1996.

Littles, J., Jacobs, L.J., and Qu, J., "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Scattering from a Distribution of Cracks," Ultrasonics, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 37-43, 1995.

Costley, R.D., Berthelot, Y.H. and Jacobs, L.J., "Laser Based Techniques to Resolve Mode Propagation of Lamb Waves in Plates," Journal of Acoustic Emission, Vol. 12, No. 1/2, pp. 27-38,1994.

Costley, R.D., Berthelot, Y.H. and Jacobs, L.J. "Fresnel Arrays for the Study of Lamb Waves in Laser Ultrasonics," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 33-42, 1994.

Jacobs, L.J. and Woolsey, C.A., "Transfer Functions for Acoustic Emission Transducers using Laser Interferometry," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 94, No. 6, pp. 3506-3508, 1993.

Bruttomesso, D., Jacobs, L.J. and Costley, R.D., "Development of an Interferometer for Acoustic Emission Testing," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 119, No. 11, pp. 2303-2316, 1993.

Jacobs, L.J., Scott, W.R., Granata, D.M., and Ryan, M.J., "Experimental and Analytical Characterization of Acoustic Emission Signals," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 63-70, 1991.

Jacobs, L.J., "Characterization of Acoustic Emission Signals from a Mode I Crack," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 117, No. 8, pp. 1878-1889, 1991.

Jacobs, L.J. and Bieniek, M.P., "An Integral Equation Method for Dynamic Crack Growth Problems," International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 46, pp. 207-221, 1990.


BOOKS OR BOOK CHAPTERS:

 

Qu, Jianmin and Jacobs, L.J., “Cylindrical Waveguides and Their Applications in Ultrasonic Evaluation,” in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Engineering and Biological Material Characterization, T. Kundu, Editor, CRC Press, pp. 311-362, 2003. 

Voyiadjis, G.Z., Bank, L.C. and Jacobs, L.J. (Editors), Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Professor Maciej P. Bieniek at the ASCE-ASME-SES Joint Meeting, Studies in Applied Mechanics Vol. 35, Elsiver, Amsterdam, 1994.