Areas of Study

• Off-Road Tire Dynamics
• Contact Mechanics
• Vehicle Dynamics
• Multibody System Dynamics

Research

• Volumetric Off-Road Tire Model for Planetary Rover Application

Refereed Journal Publication

• Petersen, W., McPhee, J. Shape Optimization of Golf Clubface using Finite Element Impact Models. Sports Engineering, vol. 12, no. 2. pp 77--85, 2009.

Refereed Conference Publications

• Petersen, W., McPhee, J., "A volumetric contact model approach for off-road tire/soil dynamic simulation", ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2010.


• Petersen, W., McPhee, J., Salehian A., "Comparison of golf ball/driver impact models with respect to mechanical impedance matching" ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Oxnard, USA, 2009.


• Petersen, W., McPhee, J., "Shape Optimization of Golf Clubface using Finite Element Impact Models", 7th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Assosciation, Biarritz, France, 2008.


• Petersen, W., McPhee, J., "Comparison of Impulse-Momentum and Finite Element Models for Impact between Golf Ball and Clubhead", Science and Golf V: Proceedings of the World Scientific Congress of Golf, Phoenix, USA, 2008.

Magazine Articles

• Petersen, W., McPhee, J. Advanced Golf Clubhead Design. ASME ME Today, vol 11, no. 1, 2010.

Other Information

• Curriculum Vitae

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