Nonlinear Solid Mechanics Research Group uri icon

  • Buckling behavior of beams with cracks and other defects
  • Development, calibration and implementation in numerical codes of nonlinear constitutive models to describe the mechanical behavior of metallic materials
  • Experimental and numerical study of dynamic perforation processes of metallic structures
  • Experimental characterization of the mechanical behavior of metallic materials under wide ranges of strain rate and temperature
  • Experimental, analytical and numerical study of damage and failure processes in metallic material subjected to complex loading conditions
  • Numerical analysis of nonlinear vibrations in elastic structures