Dr. McVeigh previously worked as a design engineer for a fork lift truck manufacturer and now specializes in stress and failure analysis of complex structures via finite element analysis (numerical simulation). Dr. McVeigh has experience in developing constitutive models and applying numerical simulation techniques to solve complex problems requiring a multi-physics approach. In particular, he has conducted finite element analysis of various non-linear mechanical systems such as oil wells, consumer electronic device assemblies, and implantable medical devices, to assess structural integrity, fatigue life, buckling, vibration, fracture, heat transfer, and dynamic impact response. He has specific expertise analyzing dynamic and quasi-static non-linear events involving large deformations, plasticity, super-elastic effects (nitinol), and multi-part contact.
McVeigh C, Liu WK. Multiresolution continuum modeling of micro-void assisted dynamic adiabatic shear band propagation. J Mech Phys Solids 2009; in press.
James B, McVeigh C, Rosenbloom S, Guyer E, Lieberman S. Ultrasonic cleaning-induced failures in medical devices. Materials and Processes for Medical Devices, ASM International, Minneapolis MN, August 2009, in press.
McVeigh C, Liu WK. Multiresolution modeling of ductile reinforced brittle composites. J Mech Phys Solids 2009; 57(2): 244–267.
Yin X, Chen W, To A, McVeigh C, Liu WK. Statistical volume element method for predicting microstructure-constitutive property relations. Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 2008; 197(43–44):3516–3529.
McVeigh C, Liu WK. Linking microstructure and properties through a predictive multiresolution continuum. Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 2008; 197: 3268–3290.
Liu WK, McVeigh C. Predictive multiscale theory for design of heterogeneous materials. Comput Mech 2008; 42(2):147–170.
McVeigh C, To A, Liu WK. Predictive multiscale theory for design of heterogeneous materials. NANOMEC06, Bari, Italy, 2006.
McVeigh C, Vernerey F, Liu WK, Moran B. An interactive microvoid shear localization mechanism in high strength steels. J Mech Phys Solids 2007; 55(2):225–244.
Vernerey F, McVeigh C, Liu WK, Moran B, Tewari D. 3D computational modeling of shear dominated ductile failure of steel. J Miner 2006; 58(12):45–51.
McVeigh C, Vernerey F, Liu WK, Brinson LC. Multiresolution analysis for material design. Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 2006; 95(37–40):5053–5076.
McVeigh C, Liu WK. Prediction of central bursting during axisymmetric cold extrusion of a metal alloy containing particles. Int J Solids Struct 2006; 43(10).
Vernerey F, McVeigh C, Liu WK, Moran B. A multiscale continuum theory for heterogeneous materials. VIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS 2005.
Selected Presentations
McVeigh C. Multiresolution finite element theory. Presented at USNCCM9, San Francisco, CA, July 2007.
McVeigh C. Multiresolution continuum theory for hierarchical materials. Presented at USNCCM9, San Francisco, CA, July 2007.
McVeigh C. Multiscale failure analysis of nanomaterials. Presented at 5th Annual NanoMaterials for Defense Applications Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 2007.
McVeigh C. A multiscale theory for microstructural modeling. Presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Chicago, IL, November 2006.
McVeigh C. Multiresolution theory for heterogeneous materials. Presented at MS&T06, Cincinnati, OH, October 2006.
McVeigh C. A general theory for heterogeneous materials. Invited Keynote, presented at WCCMVII, Los Angeles, CA, July 2006.
McVeigh C. Multiresolution mechanics of materials. Presented at WCCMVII, Los Angeles, CA, July 2006.
McVeigh C. A general multiscale theory for heterogeneous materials. Presented at the USNCTAM06, Boulder, CO, June 2006.
McVeigh C. Prediction of defects due to void nucleation in an alloy. Presented at USNCCM8, Austin, TX, June 2005.
McVeigh C. Modeling shape memory alloy self healing composites. Presented at USNCCM8, Austin, TX, June 2005.