M.S.#1: Materials for Modern Energy Applications
M.S.#2: Computational Methods for Blast and Impact in Mechanics of Materials
M.S.#3: Comparison of Plasticity and Intermittency in Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
M.S.#4: Nano, Bio, Multiscale and Multifunctional Materials - Modeling and Characterization
M.S.#5: Atomistic Basis of Thermal Processes in Driven Systems
M.S.#6: Multi-Scale Materials Modeling for High-Rate Response
M.S.#7: Composites and Fracture
M.S.#8: Coarse-Grained Modeling of Soft Matter
M.S.#9: Structural Transformations in Solids
M.S.#10: Modeling Material Damage across Varying Physical Scales: Numerical Identification of Dominant Length Scale Parameters and Their Relevance to Higher Scales
M.S.#11: Microstructure based Modeling of Formability and Fracture in Polycrystalline Solids
M.S.#12: Uncertainty Quantification and Stochastic Mechanics in Multi-Scale Models
M.S.#13: Plasticity: Bridging the Scales from Micro to Macro
M.S.#14: General Topics in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)
M.S.#15: Material Architecture Design
M.S.#16: Analytical and Numerical Solution Techniques for Industry-Relevant Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Problems in Solids
M.S.#17: Computational Mechanics of Biomaterials
M.S.#1: Materials for Modern Energy Applications
Monday, 10:30 - 12:30
Energy Partitioning in Reticulated Structures under Finite Deformation |
Melt-Dispersion Mechanism of Reaction of Aluminum Nano- and Micron Scale Particles |
Determination of Thermal Spray Coating Property from In-Situ Curvature Measurements |
A Two-dimensional Jelly: Mechanical Properties of Graphyne |
Evaluation of drawability of tailor-welded blanks made of titanium alloys grade 2 || grade 5 |
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00
Thermal-Mechanical Modeling and Simulation of III-Nitride Semiconductors |
Predictive modeling of multi physics phenomena during fabrication of organic photovoltaics |
A multi-physics study of Li-ion battery material Li1+xTi2O4 |
Self-Consistent Strong Contrast Homogenization for Composite Microstructure Design |
M.S.#2: Computational Methods for Blast and Impact in Mechanics of Materials
Tuesday, 2:15 - 3:30
SPH implementation within a general purpose multi-physics solver and it’s applications to impact and explosion use cases |
Peridynamic modeling of intersonic crack propagation in an asymmetrically loaded unidirectional composite |
Peridynamic Simulations of Friction and Fracture in Shock Compressed Granular Ceramics |
Tuesday, 4:00 - 6:00
Numerical damping of spurious oscillations using the explicit dissipative Tchamwa-Wielgosz scheme |
Modeling of Cementitious Materials for Impact Problems |
A Non-Local Homogenization Method for Wave Dispersion and Dissipation in Viscoelastic Composite Materials |
Mesh Insensitive Formulation for Initiation and Growth of Shearbands Using Mixed Finite Elements |
Wednesday,10:30 - 12:30
Multi-scale modeling of foam-core sandwich structures subject to simulated blast |
Simulating shock response in polycrystalline piezoelectric media |
Wednesday,2:15 - 3:30
Prediction of Shear Band Formation in Weld Affected Zones and Layered Materials |
Response of Ship Hull Laminated Plates with Imperfections to Close Proximity Blast Loads |
Dynamic fracture of plates and shells subjected to impulsive loads |
M.S.#3: Comparison of Plasticity and Intermittency in Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
Monday, 10:30 - 12:30
Monday, 2:15 - 3:30
Modeling of Defects in Amorphous Solids |
The geometric asperity model for frictional granular packings |
Stick-slip failure in sheared granular materials |
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00
Topological Rigidity of Marginal Solids |
Experimental Exploration of Sheared Jammed Matter: Using Bubbles to Predict Earthquakes |
Point to Set Correlations in Static Packings Near the Unjamming Transition |
Implications of random matrix models for vibrational modes of glasses |
Isostatic Lattices and Random Packings |
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
Persistence of Force Networks in Compressed Granular Media |
Cavitation in Amorphous Solids |
Modelling Plastic Deformation and Shear Banding in Bulk Metallic Glasses |
Dislocation nucleation in the molecular crystal RDX |
Shear deformation of the Amorphous-Crystalline Nano-composites |
Tuesday, 2:15 - 3:30
Avalanches in strained amorphous solids: Does inertia destroy critical behavior? |
Crystal Plasticity and Self-organized Avalanche Oscillators |
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Elastic Deformation of Metallic Glasses |
M.S.#4: Nano, Bio, Multiscale and Multifunctional Materials - Modeling and Characterization
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
BRIDGING SCALE SIMULATION OF LATTICE DYNAMIC FRACTURE BASED ON EXTENDED SPACE-TIME FEM |
Sliding Dynamics and Surface Stabilization in ZnO Piezoelectric Nanogenerator |
Characterisation and Numerical Modelling of Deformation and Damage in Thermally Bonded Nonwovens |
Fracture mechanics of graphene at atomic scale |
Non-local linear elastic modeling of epoxy using atomistically informed kernel |
Tuesday, 4:00 - 6:00
Application of Nonlocal Theories to Dispersion of Wave Propagation |
Interfacial Properties in Amine Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Epoxy Composite through Ab Initio and Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
Computational Characterization of Energy dissipation in graphitic nanostructures |
Finite Element Analysis of Graphene Reinforced Nanocomposites |
Heat wave at nanoscale |
Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30
Identification Of Microscopic Material Parameters Within Nonlinear Computational Homogenization Using Gradient-based Optimization Algorithms |
Computer Simulations of Magnetic Response in Irradiated Fe-Cr Alloys: An Application of Phase-field Approach in Monitoring Nuclear Materials Degradation |
A NOVEL MODEL FOR HEART VALVE BIOMATERIAL FATIGUE RESPONSE |
Material Design of AxBxC1-xD1-xO3 Nano Devices by Molecular Dynamics Simulation |
M.S.#5: Atomistic Basis of Thermal Processes in Driven Systems
Monday,10:30 - 12:30
An Ab-Initio Study of ZrB2-SiC Interface Strength as a Function of Temperature: Correlating Phononic and Electronic Thermal Contributions |
Effects of nano-void density, size, and spatial population on thermal conductivity |
Quasiharmonic analysis of anisotropic statistical mechanics of shocked RDX |
Homogeneous Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Methods for Thermal Conductivity Calculations |
Monday, 2:15 - 3:30
Negative thermal conductivity of chains of rotors with mechanical forcing |
A Langevin Dynamics for Systems Immersed in a Linear, Nonequilibrium Flow |
Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Arrays using a Coarse-Grain Approach |
M.S.#6: Multi-Scale Materials Modeling for High-Rate Response
Monday, 10:30 - 12:30
Questions in macroscale constitutive modeling that might be answered through mesoscale simulations |
The Use of Mesoscale Simulations to Inform a Macroscale Ceramic Model for Aluminum Oxynitride |
3D Mechanism-Based Modeling of the Brittle Material Failure under Dynamic Multiaxial Loading Guangli Hu, K.T. Ramesh |
Development and Implementation of a Micromechanics Based Damage Model for Simulating Brittle Material Failure Across Many Scales |
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00
3D Multi-scale Cohesive Failure Modeling of Heterogeneous Adhesives |
Experimental Mechanics and Multiscale Modeling of Brittle Materials: Focus on AlON |
Multiscale modeling of plate impact onto polycarbonate |
Explicit non-local damage computations in dynamics: on the importance of the choice of the non-local variable |
Computational Modeling of the Variability in Dynamic Failure Strength of Brittle Materials |
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
Multiscale modeling of the mechanical behavior of neutron-irradiated metals e |
Towards a predictive model for dynamic ductile failure |
Validation of amorphous glass properties using diamond anvil cell experiments |
Mechanisms of fragmentation in Al-W granular composites under dynamic loading |
Ab initio molecular dynamics study of strain in graphene layers with Stone- Wales defects |
M.S.#7: Composites and Fracture
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES UNDER COMBINED LOADING CONDITIONS |
Finite element analysis of the high strain rate testing of polymer nanocomposites |
Analysis of Free Damped Vibration of Delaminated Composite Ship Deck Plates |
Computational analysis of pulse heating for damage detection in micro structures |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF DAMAGE IN FRP LAMINATES UNDER DYNAMIC LOADING |
Modelling of the crack propagation in a monoclinic material
Eduard-Marius Craciun, Adrian Carabineanu, Erol Carjali, Remus Zagan, Eleonora Rapeanu
M.S.#8: Coarse-Grained Modeling of Soft Matter
Monday, 10:30 - 12:30
Classical and first-principles molecular dynamics simulation of shocked hydrocarbon polymers, foams and nanocomposites |
Evolution of Entanglements During Craze Formation |
Coarse-grained peridynamic model for high-strain rate dynamic behavior of glassy polymers |
Coarse-grained simulations of bio-inspired polymer assemblies |
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00
A molecular view of the mechanics of glassy polymer nanocomposites |
Multiscale Modeling of Deformation of Glassy Polymers |
Multi-scale simulations of fullerenes in aqueous solution employing the Adaptive Resolution Scheme |
Particle-based multiscale coarse graining with density-dependent potentials: Application to molecular crystals |
Mechanism of densification in silica glass under pressure as revealed by a bottom-up pairwise effective interaction model |
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
Multiscale characterization of glassy polycarbonate (PC) under various thermal aging |
Verification and Validation of hyperelastic behavior in elastomeric foams |
Coarse-graining and acceleration in molecular simulations of network polymers and biomolecules |
Development of Interfacial Strength and Entanglements During Welding of Polymers |
Understanding the relationship between forces, structures, and thermodynamics in coarse-grained models |
M.S.#9: Structural Transformations in Solids
Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30
Phase field approach to structural changes |
Phase-field Modeling of Phase Transformations and Microstructure Evolution in Two-phase Titanium Alloys |
Elastic Twinning in Calcite Cleavage Rhombs: Experimental Investigations |
A Phase Field Model of Deformation Twinning |
Tuesday, 2:15 - 3:30
Continuum Theory of Defects and Materials Response to Irradiation |
On instability of some isotropic and anisotropic nonlinear elastic solids |
Stress rate definitions with the four dimensional formalism of differential geometry |
Tuesday, 4:00 - 6:00
Atomistic Studies of Crack Growth in Silicon Carbide |
A material model for TRIP-steels under thermomechanical loading |
Experiments and peridynamic modeling of impact on a thin glass plate with a polycarbonate backing |
Investigating environmental crack growth mechanisms via ab-initio multiscale modeling |
Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30
The Gibbs Paradigm and the Electrochemical Tensors |
Kinetic Relations and Nucleation Associated with Phase Transformation and Twinning in Atomic Models |
3D Image-based Modeling of Residual Stresses in Hybrid Shape Memory Alloy / Ceramic Composites |
A constitutive material model for transformation plasticity in PSZ ceramics |
Finite Element Calculation of the Driving Force for Precipitation Hardening of Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steels |
