1. Bellet, M., Rasty, J., Editors, "Volume 3: Composite Materials, Manufacturing, Fatigue, and Fracture," ASME Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ASME Publishing, 1996.

2. East, I.I., Veniali, F., Rasty, J., Gransberg, D.D., Ertas, A., Editors, "Integrated Design and Process Technology," Society for Design and Process Science Publishing, 1996.

3. Rasty, J., Book Section: "Residual (Internal) Stress Considerations in Design," The Engineering Design Process, A. Ertas, and J.C. Jones, John Wiley & Sons Publishing, 1993.

4. Bellet, M., Rasty, J., Editors, “Volume 3: Composite Materials, Manufacturing, Fatigue, and Fracture,” ASME Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ASME Publishing, 1996.

5. East, I.I., Veniali, F., Rasty, J., Gransberg, D.D., Ertas, A., Editors, “Integrated Design and Process Technology,” Society for Design and Process Science Publishing, 1996.

6. Rasty, J., Book Section: "Residual (Internal) Stress Considerations in Design," The Engineering Design Process, A. Ertas, and J.C. Jones, John Wiley & Sons Publishing, 1993.


1. Chwan-Li Shen, James K. Yeh, Jahan Rasty, Yong Li, and Bruce A. Watkins, “Protective effect of dietary long chain n-3 PUFA on bone loss in intact middle-aged male rats,” submitted to British Journal of Nutrition (June 2005). 

2. Barry J. Henry, MD, Mike Kenison, BS, Catherine McVay, PhD, Rial Rolfe, PhD, Suzanne Graham, MD, Jahan Rasty, PhD, James Slauterbeck, MD, Eugene J. Dabezies, MD, “The Effect of Local Hematoma Blocks on Early Fracture Healing,”  Feature Article in the Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 25, No. 11, November 2002, pp. 1259-1262. 

3. Dutta, N., and Rasty, J., “Strain Measurements in Elastic Field for Locating Elastic-Plastic Boundary Around Cold-Expanded Holes,” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology (JEMT), Accepted for publication. 

4. Sofuoglu, H., Rasty, J., "Flow Behavior of Plasticine used in Physical Modeling of Metal Forming Processes,”  Journal of Tribology International, Vol. 33, Issue 8, October 2000, pp. 523-529. 

5. Sofuoglu, H., Rasty, J., "On the Measurement of Friction Coefficient Utilizing the Ring Compression Test" Journal of Tribology International, Vol. 32, Issue 6, January 2000, pp. 327-335. 

6. Rasty, J., Kolarik, W., and Chen, B.M., "Designing Surface Mounted Components for High Reliability," Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 116, No. 3, September 1994, pp. 232-239. 

7. Rasty, J., and Tamhane, P., "Application of the Finite Element Method to the Quasi-Static Thermoelastic Analysis of Prestress in Multilayer Pressure Vessels," ASME Transactions, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 116, No. 3, August 1994, pp. 254-260. 

8. Hashemi, J., Rasty, J., Li, S., and Tseng, A.A., "Integral Hydro-Bulge Forming of Single and Multi-Layered Spherical Pressure Vessels," ASME Transactions, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 115, No. 3, August 1993, pp. 249-255. 

9. Sofuoglu, H., Rasty, J., "3-D Simulation of the Extrusion Process Utilizing the Physical Modeling Technique," Journal of Energy Sources Technology. Vol. 115, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 32-40. 

10. Rasty, J. and Chapman, D., "Isothermal and Thermomechanical Finite-Element Analysis of the Tube Drawing Process Utilizing a Fixed, Tapered Plug," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 1, No.4, August 1992, pp. 547-554. 

11. Rasty, J. and Sabbaghian, M., "The Effect of Imperfect Contact between Adjacent Layers on the Integrity of Multilayered Wrapped Vessels," Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 110, No. 3, August 1988, pp. 247-254.

1. K.V. Ramkumar, and J. Rasty, “Effect of Combined Corrosion and Residual Stress on Fatigue Failure”, proceedings of the 2004 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) X International Congress, June 7-10, 2004, Costa Mesa, California.

2. J.F. Cardenas-Garcia, and J. Rasty, “The Indentation Test Revisited: Obtaining Poisson’s Ratio”, proceedings of the 2004 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) X International Congress, June 7-10, 2004, Costa Mesa, California.

3. Chawn-Le Shen, Dale M. Dunn, James, K. Yeh, Bruce A. Watkins, Yong Li, Ali Raja, and Jahan Rasty, “Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Prevent Aging-induced Bone Loss in Male Rats.”  To be presented at the Experimental Biology Conference, Washington D.C., April 2004.

4. David Hemmert, John Mankowski, Jahan Rasty, Andreas Neuber, Xiaobin Le, James Dickens, and Magne Kristiansen, “Conductivity Measurements of Explosively Shocked Aluminum and OFHC Copper Used for Armature Material in a Magnetic Flux Compression Generator,”  Presented at the Pulsed Power Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 16-18, 2003.

5. Jahan Rasty and Xiaobin Le, James Dickens, Andreas Neuber, and Magne Kristiansen, “Design Criteria for Prevention of Armature Turn-Skipping in Helical Magnetic Flux Compression Generators,” Presented at the Pulsed Power Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 16-18, 2003.

6. Rasty, J., Le, X., Neuber, A., Dickens, J., Kristiansen, M. “Microstructural Evolution of the Armature Material Subjected to Explosive Shock-Loading in Magnetic Flux Compression Generators,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics, Moscow-St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7-14, 2002, pp. 197-201.

7. Rasty, J., Le, X., Neuber, A., Dickens, J., Kristiansen, M. “Effect of Scaling on Armature Expansion Angle in Magnetic Flux Compression Generators,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics, Moscow-St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7-14, 2002, pp. 191-196.

8. Rasty, J., Le, X., “Failure Analysis of the Rear Axles in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV),” Symposium on Failure Analysis and Prevention, 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, New York, NY, November 11-16, 2001.

9. Rasty, J., Le, X., Neuber, A.,  Dickens, J., and Kristiansen, M." Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Armature/Stator Contact in Magnetic Flux Compression Generators,”  Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 17-22, 2001.

10. Le, X., Rasty, J., Neuber, A.,  Dickens, J., and Kristiansen, M." Calculation of Air Temperature and Pressure History During the Operation of a Flux Compression Generator,”  Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 17-22, 2001.

11. Hemmert, D., Rasty, J., Le, X., Neuber, A.,  Dickens, J., and Kristiansen, M." Conductivity Measurements of MFCG Armature Material Under Shock and High Strain Rates Utilizing a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus,”  Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 17-22, 2001.

12. Neuber, A.,  Dickens, J., Giesselmann, M., Freeman, B., Rasty, J., Le, X., Krompholz, H.,  and Kristiansen, M." Fundamental Studies of a Simple Helical Magnetic Flux Compression Generator ,”  Proceedings of the 27^th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, New Orleans, LA, June 4-7, 2000.

13. Rasty, J., Le, X., Neuber, A., Zhang, J., Dickens, J., "Measurement of Dynamic Electrical Conductivity of MFCG Armature Material under Conditions of Shock and High Strain Rate Loading,” Proceedings of the 12^th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, June 27-30, 1999, Monterey, CA, pp. 708-711.

14. Dutta, N., Rasty, J., "Determination of Elastic-plastic Boundary around Cold-expanded Holes Using Elastic Strain,” Proceedings of the 1999 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Spring Conference, June 7-9, 1999, Cincinnati, Ohio.

15. Dutta, N., Rasty, J., and Rassaian, M., “Evolution of Internal Stresses in Co-Drawing Bimetallic Rods,” Proceedings of the 1998 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Spring Conference, June 1-3, 1998, Houston, Texas.

16. Dutta, N., Rasty, J., and Rassaian, M. "Finite Element Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Zone Around Cold-Expanded Holes," Post-Conference Proceedings of the 1997 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Spring Conference, June 2-5, 1997, Bellevue, Washington, pp. 108-115.

17. Rasty, J., Dutta, N., Dehghani, M., and Rassaian, M. "Finite Element Analysis of Residual Stresses and Interface Shear Strength in Co-Drawing of Tubular Components," proceedings of the 1997 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Spring Conference, June 2-5, 1997, Bellevue, Washington.

18. Rasty, J. and Sofuoglu, H., " On the Measurement of Friction Coefficient Utilizing the Ring Compression Test: Part II - Effect of Deformation Speed, Strain Rate and Barreling," Proceedings of the 1996 ASME European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA), Symposium on Manufacturing, July 1-4, 1996, Montpellier, France, PD-Vol. 75, pp. 189-197.

19. Rasty, J., H. Shin, "The Effect of Machining Operations on Changes in Curvature and Redistribution of Residual Stresses," Proceedings of the 1995 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on Recent Advances in Structural Mechanics, November 12-17, 1995, San Francisco, CA, PVP-Vol. 321/NE-Vol.18, pp. 65-78.

20. Sofuoglu, H., and Rasty, J. " On the Measurement of Friction Coefficient Utilizing the Ring Compression Test: Part I - Effect of Material Properties," Proceedings of the 1994 ASME European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA), Symposium on Design: Analysis, Synthesis, and Applications, July 4-7, 1994, London, England, PD - Vol. 64-8.1, pp. 55-62.

21. Rasty, J. "Application of the Sach's Boring-out and Finite Element Techniques to the Measurement of Residual Stresses In Oxygen-free High Conductivity Copper Tubes," First International Conference on Processing Materials for Properties, November 7-10, 1993, Honolulu, Hawaii.

22. Rasty, J. "Application of FEM to the Analysis of Tube Drawing Process:  I) Effect of Temper on Drawing and Residual Stresses," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1993 Spring Conference, June 6-11, 1993, Dearborn, Michigan, pp. 233-247.

23. Rasty, J., Hunter, D., and Roy, G. "Application of ABAQUS and ADINA Finite Element Codes to the Analysis of Residual Stresses Induced by Rapid Quenching," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1993 Spring Conference, June 6-11, 1993, Dearborn, Michigan, pp. 205-213.

24. Rasty, J., Hashemi, J., Hunter D.E. and Dehghani, M., "Finite Element and Experimental Analysis of Stresses due to Quenching Process," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on Computational Methods in Materials Processing, November 8-13, 1992, Anaheim, California, MD-Vol. 39 / PED-Vol.61, pp. 195-202.

25. Jiang, W., Dehghani, M., and Rasty, J. "An Investigation of Hydroforming of Sheet Metals with Varying Blankholding Loads," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on Computational Methods in Materials Processing, November 8-13, 1992, Anaheim, California, MD-Vol. 39 / PED-Vol.61, pp. 87-96.

26. Hashemi, J., Rasty, J., and Tseng, A.A. "Application of the Integrated Hydro-Bulge Forming  Process to the Manufacturing of Multilayered Spherical Pressure Vessels," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on Recent Advances in Structural Mechanics, November 8-13, 1992, Anaheim, CA, PVP-Vol. 248 / NE-Vol.10, pp.73-79.

27. Sofuoglu, H., and Rasty, J.,  "Three Dimensional Physical Modeling of Extrusion Process," ASME European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA, June 29-July 3, 1992, Istanbul, Turkey.  ASME - PD - Vol. 47-1, pp. 377-386

28. Rasty, J., Hashemi, J., Hunter, D., and Roy, G., "Quenching-Induced Residual Stresses in Forged 7150-Aluminum Blocks," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 8-11, 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada. pp. 756-765

29. Rasty, J. and Farahaninia, K., "Internal Stress Distributions Resulting From Cold Drawing of Aluminum Tubes," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 8-11, 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada. pp. 1793-1801.

30. Rasty, J., Kolarik, W., and Chen, B., "Designing Surface Mounted Components for High Reliability," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME Energy-Sources Technology Conference, Dynamics and Vibrations Symposium, January 26-29, 1992, Houston, Texas, ASME-PD-Vol. 44, pp. 41-52.

31. Kolarik, W., Rasty, J., Chen, B., and Kim, Y., "Electronics/Avionics Integrity: Definition, Measurement and Improvement," Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Reliability & Maintainability Conference, January, 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 460-467.

32. Rasty, J. and Pushkar, T., "Application of the Finite Element Method to the Quasi-Static Thermoelastic Analysis of Prestress in Multilayer Pressure Vessels," Proceedings of the 1991 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting - Pressure Vessel and Piping Symposium, December 1-6, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia. ASME-PVP-Vol. 225 / NE-Vol. 7, pp. 95-102.

33. Rasty, J. and Chapman, D., "Effect of Process Variables on the Tube Drawing Process and Product Integrity," Proceedings of the 1991 ASME/Winter Annual Meeting, December 1-6, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia, ASME-PVP-Vol. 225 / NE-Vol. 7, pp. 81-94.

34. Rasty, J. and Hartley, C. S., "Effect of Various Degrees of Cold Working on the Residual Stress Patterns of Drawn OFHC Copper Tubes," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 9-13, 1991, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pp. 392-404.

35. Rasty, J., Husband, M., Eggleston, E., and McCrea, A., "Experimental Measurement of Residual Stresses Induced by Nonuniform Cooling of Aluminum Blocks," Sixty-Seventh Annual Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division Symposium, SWARM, May 15-18, 1991, Lubbock, Texas.

36. Rasty, J., Alcouffe, D., and Handy, S., "Effect of Friction on Physical Modeling of Extrusion Process," Sixty-Seventh Annual Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division Symposium, SWARM, May 15-18, 1991, Lubbock, Texas.

37. Rasty, J. and Hartley, C. S., "A Parametric Study of the Tube Drawing Process Utilizing the Finite Element Method," Proceedings of the 1990 Pacific Conference on Manufacturing, December 17-21, 1990, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, pp. 243-254.

38. Rasty, J. and Sofuoglu, H., "On the Validity of Using PLASTICINE in Physical Modeling of Metalworking Processes," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 3-6, 1990, Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp. 638-640.

39. Rasty, J. and Sofuoglu, H., "Flow Characteristics of Various Types of PLASTICINE Used in the Physical Modeling Technique," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 3-6, 1990, Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp. 34-43.

40. Rasty, J. and Hartley, C. S., "Determination of Residual Stresses in Drawn OFHC Copper Tubes Using Electrochemical Machining (ECM)," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, May 28-June 1, 1989, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 893-900.

41. Rasty, J. and Cardenas-Garcia, J. F., "Development of a Walking Machine - A Tool for Promoting Interdisciplinary Cooperation Among Undergraduate Engineering Students," Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference, April 2-4, 1989, Lubbock, Texas, pp. 324-331.

42. Cardenas-Garcia, J. F., and Rasty, J., "An Automated Video Optical Diffractometry Technique for Measurement of Strain on Curved Surfaces," Texas Research Seminars Conference, April 24-25, 1989, Dallas, Texas.

43. Cardenas-Garcia, J. F., Rasty, J. and Moulder, J. C., "NDE Applications of an Optical Technique for Noncontact Measurement of In-Plane Strains," Proceedings of Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, August 1-5, 1988, pp. 768-779.

44. Rasty, J. and Hartley C. S., "Experimental Measurement of Residual Stresses in Nuclear-Fuel Cladding," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Spring Conference, June 19-23, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 254-263.

45. Rasty, J. and Sabbaghian, M., "The Effect of Imperfect Contact Between Adjacent Layers on the Integrity of Multilayer Wrapped Vessels," Proceedings of the 1985 ASME/Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 23-26, 1985, PVP-Vol. 98-8, pp. 167-176.