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Jonathan Leung is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Vehicle Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on understanding and predicting fatigue damage behavior in engineering materials under extreme conditions and harsh environments. He develops custom computational tools to capture multi-physics mechanisms of damage formation and integrates system-level fatigue prediction tools to enhance the ability to predict influences of loading, material, and operational factors across multiple length scales. Jonathan possesses expertise in non-linear systems analysis, fretting fatigue, viscoelastic deformation, and damage development, particularly in the context of finite element and multibody simulation modeling. His research has applications in various sectors including rail transportation, green energy systems, electronic packaging, additive manufacturing, and machinery components. Working closely with industries like TIMKEN Bearings and Caterpillar, he focuses on predicting crack initiation in rails under rolling contact loading by integrating multibody simulations and finite element methods to simulate dynamic forces at the wheel-rail interface. This work aims to clarify the mechanisms of crack initiation and improve the accuracy of predictions related to rolling contact fatigue, ultimately enhancing maintenance operations and reducing costs while improving system sustainability.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology • Stockholm, Sweden
Research and teaching in the field of Vehicle Engineering and Material Science.
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