I graduated in Mechanical Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1963 and joined British Rail, who later sponsored my research at Cambridge between 1965 and 1968 on the subject of thermal effects in braking systems. In 1969 I became a Lecturer and later Reader in Solid Mechanics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. I moved to the University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1981. My current research interests are in solid mechanics with particular reference to thermoelasticity, contact mechanics and tribology. I am a Chartered Engineer in the U.K., a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and have engaged extensively in consulting work in the field of stress analysis for engineering design. I am author of two books and numerous articles in the fields of Elasticity, Thermoelasticity, Contact Mechanics, Tribology, Heat Conduction and Elastodynamics. I am a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences and the Journal of Thermal Stresses
Daniel C. Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009
Invited General Lecturer, 6th International Conference on Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, Bath, UK, Institute of Physics, 2006
Chartered Engineer (U.K.)
Service Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2005
Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship, 2005
Invited Keynote Lecturer, W.E. Heraeus International Workshop on Contact and Fracture Problems, Bad Honneff, Germany, 2002
Invited General Lecturer, 3rd Contact Mechanics International Symposium, Peniche, Portugal, 2001
Invited Lecturer, 11th IUTAM Summer School on Friction and Instabilities, Udine, Italy, 2000
Professor of the Term, Pi Tau Sigma, Fall 2000
Invited Plenary Lecturer, Colloquium on Friction Materials and Braking Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1999
Invited General Lecturer, Thermal Stresses 1999, Cracow, 1999
Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999
A.F. Davis Silver Medal, American Welding Society, 1998
Invited Plenary Lecturer, Italian Association for Stress Analysis, 1997
Departmental Research Award, 1997
Departmental Service Award, 1995
Sc.D. (Cambridge), 1992
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (London), 1989
Solid mechanics including thermoelasticity; elasticity; solidification; contact mechanics; tribology; elastodynamics, fracture; stability of thermoelastic contact; friction, contact of rough surfaces.
J.R.Barber, Elasticity, Kluwer, Dordrecht 2nd edn. (2002), 410pp.
José Castillo and J.R.Barber, Contact problems involving beams, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 453 (1997), pp. 2397-2412.
Yong Hoon Jang, J.R.Barber and S.Jack Hu, Electrical conductance between dissimilar materials with temperature-dependent properties, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, Vol 31 (1998), pp. 3197-3205.
Hanbum Cho and J.R.Barber, Stability of the three-dimensional Coulomb friction law, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 455 (1999), pp. 839-861.
J.R.Barber and M.Ciavarella, Contact Mechanics, in Research Trends in Solid Mechanics, ( ed. G.Dvorak), International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.37 (2000), pp.29-43.
M.Ciavarella, G.Demelio, J.R.Barber and Yong Hoon Jang, Linear elastic contact of the Weierstrass profile, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 456 (2000), pp. 387-405.
Yun-Bo Yi, J.R.Barber and P.Zagrodzki, Eigenvalue Solution of Thermoelastic Instability Problems using Fourier Reduction, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 456 (2000), pp. 2799-2821.
Yun-Bo Yi, J.R.Barber and D.L.Hartsock, Thermoelastic instabilities in automotive disc Brakes - Finite element analysis and experimental verification, Proc. 3rd Contact Mechanics International Symposium, Peniche, Portugal, June 2001.
P.Zagrodzki, K.B.Lam, E.Al-Bahkali and J.R.Barber, Nonlinear transient behaviour of a sliding system with frictionally excited thermoelastic instability, ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 123 (2001), pp. 699-708.
Fotini V.Katopodes, J.R.Barber and Yansong Shan, Torsional deformation of an endoscope probe, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 457 (2001), pp. 2491-2506.
J.R.Barber, Bounds on the electrical resistance between contacting elastic rough bodies, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol. A 459 (2003), pp. 53-66.
Yong Hoon Jang and J.R.Barber, Effect of contact statistics on electrical contact resistance, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 94 (2003) , pp.7215-7221.
J.R.Barber, Stresses in a half space due to Newtonian gravitation, Journal of Elasticity, Vol.75 (2004) pp.187-192.
J.R.Barber, Three-dimensional elasticity problems for the prismatic bar Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol.462 (2006), pp.1877-1896.
Luciano Afferante, M.Ciavarella and J.R.Barber, Sliding thermoelastodynamic instability, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol.462 (2006), pp.2161-2176.
Donghee Lee and J.R.Barber, An automated procedure for determining asymptotic elastic fields at singular points, Journal of Strain Analysis, Vol.41 (2006), pp.287-295.
M.Ciavarella, A.Baldini, J.R.Barber and A.Strozzi, Reduced dependence on loading parameters in almost conforming contacts, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 48 (2006), pp. 917-925.
J.R.Barber, Three-dimensional elasticity solutions for isotropic and generally anisotropic bodies, Applied Mechanics of Materials, Vols. 5-6 (2006) pp. 541-550.
J.R.Barber and T.C.T.Ting, Three-dimensional solutions for general anisotropy, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol.55 (2007), pp. 1993-2006.
A.Klarbring, M.Ciavarella and J.R.Barber, Shakedown in elastic contact problems with Coulomb friction, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.44 (2007), pp.8355-8365.
Jon Kadish, J.R.Barber, P.D.Washabaugh and D.J.Scheeres, Stresses in accreted planetary bodies, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.45 (2008), pp.540-550.
Jon Kadish, Esteban Rougier, Ante Munjiza and J.R.Barber, Granular temperature as an energy dissipation mechanism in bodies of the Solar System, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), Vol.463 (2007), pp.2485-2493.
J.R.Barber, A.Klarbring and M.Ciavarella, Shakedown in frictional contact problems for the continuum, Comptes Rendus Mecanique , Vol.336 (2008), pp.34-41.
Yun-Bo Yi and J.R.Barber, HotSpotter, A windows-based software package for estimating the susceptibility of brake and clutch systems to thermoelastic instability.
Jiayin Li and J.R.Barber, Solution of transient thermoelastic contact problems by the fast speed expansion method, Wear, Vol.265 (2008), pp.402-410.
Donghee Lee, N.Triantafyllidis, J.R.Barber and M.D.Thouless, Surface instability of an elastic half space with material properties varying with depth, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol.56 (2008), pp.858-868.
Young Ju Ahn and J.R.Barber, Response of frictional receding contact problems to cyclic loading, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol.50 (2008), pp.1519-1525.
M.Ciavarella and J.R.Barber, Influence of longitudinal creepage and wheel inertia on short pitch corrugation: A resonance-free mechanism to explain the roaring rails pheonomenon, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J, Journal of Engineering Tribology, Vol.222 (2008), pp.171-181.
D. Dini, J.R. Barber, C.M. Churchman, A. Sackfield and D.A. Hills, The application of asymptotic solutions to contact problems characterised by logarithmic singularities, European Journal of Mechanics A-Solids, Vol.27 (2008), pp.847-858.
J.R.Barber, M.Ciavarella, L.Afferrante and A.Sackfield, Effect of small harmonic oscillations during the steady rolling of a cylinder on a plane, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol.50 (2008), pp.1344-1353.
Young Ju Ahn, Enrico Bertocchi, J.R.Barber, Shakedown of coupled two-dimensional discrete frictional systems, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol.56 (2008), pp.3433--3440.
J.R.Barber, Linear elasto-statics, in Continuum Mechanics, Jose Merodio and Giuseppe Saccomandi eds., in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK (2008), http://www.eolss.net
