Dr. Allen's research is focused on the mechanics of inelastic solids, with emphasis on viscoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity, computational mechanics, damage and fracture mechanics, and coupled thermal/structural field problems.
Bazant, Z. P., Rajapakse, Y., Allen, D. H., Ballarini, R., Espinosa, H. D., Gao, H., ... Ulm, F. J.
(2002).Report on ONR Workshop on Fracture Scaling. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE.
113(4), 345-366.