Activities – Structural Mechanics & Smart Materials Group

Energy Harvesting

Piezoelectric transducers convert ambient structural vibrations into usable electrical energy for self-powered systems…

Coupled electromechanical models and finite elements for piezoelectric composite laminates and smart structures…

Geometrically non-linear and stability analysis of composite structures under large displacements and rotations…

State-of-the-art numerical methods for the efficient simulation of static and dynamic phenomena in composite structures…

Passive and semi-active piezoelectric shunt circuits and tuned absorbers for suppressing structural vibrations…

Sensing and signal-based techniques for detecting damage and assessing the integrity of structures…

Modeling and characterization of the damping of laminated composite structures…

Prediction of the effective properties of composites from their constituents and microstructure…

Analysis of crack initiation and propagation in composite and smart materials…

Experimental and numerical study of structures under high-speed impact loading…

Constitutive models and finite elements for the thermomechanical behavior of SMA actuators and morphing structures…

Molecular-mechanics-based finite elements for graphene and carbon nanostructures…