Paper Accepted: Linear smoothed polygonal and polyhedral finite elements
Paper Accepted for Publication in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering A. Francis, A. Ortiz-Bernardin, SPA. Bordas, S. Natarajan, “Linear smoothed polygonal and polyhedral finite elements.” ABSTRACT It was observed in [1, 2] that the strain smoothing technique over higher order elements and arbitrary polytopes yields less accurate solutions than other techniques such as…
Read More »Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Mechanical Engineering at University of Chile
The Department of Mechanical Engineering (http://www.dimec.uchile.cl/) at University of Chile invites applications for one full time tenure-track faculty position in Mechanical Engineering. Applicants must have deep interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as the purpose to conduct long-term, externally funded research programs at international level. Candidates are also expected to maintain fruitful work…
Read More »PhD Scholarship at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
PhD project focuses on solid mechanics, biomechanics, computational mechanics, applied mathematics. [gview file=”https://camlab.cl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/PhDScholarship.pdf”] [gview file=”https://camlab.cl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Annex-4-DAAD-Guidelines-Applicants.pdf”]
Read More »Paper Accepted: A finite element analysis of some boundary value problems for a new type of constitutive relation for elastic bodies
Paper Accepted for Publication in Acta Mechanica S. Montero, R. Bustamante, A. Ortiz-Bernardin, “A finite element analysis of some boundary value problems for a new type of constitutive relation for elastic bodies.” ABSTRACT Recently, there has been interest in the study of a new class of constitutive relation, wherein the linearized strain tensor is assumed…
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Robust Meshfree Methods for Solid Mechanics Simulations
A talk given by A. Ortiz-Bernardin at the Encuentro de Elasticidad No Lineal, Homogenización y Fractura, June 23 – 24, 2015, Santiago, Chile. Robust Meshfree Methods for Solid Mechanics Simulations Alejandro Ortiz-Bernardin Department of Mechanical Engineering Universidad de Chile Av. Beauchef 851, Santiago, 8370456, Chile aortizb@ing.uchile.cl https://camlab.cl/people/camlab/alejandro/ ABSTRACT In this talk, I will present recent developments in meshfree…
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Paper Accepted: Improved robustness for nearly-incompressible large deformation meshfree simulations on Delaunay tessellations
Paper Accepted for Publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering A. Ortiz-Bernardin, M.A. Puso, N. Sukumar, “Improved robustness for nearly-incompressible large deformation meshfree simulations on Delaunay tessellations.” ABSTRACT A displacement-based Galerkin meshfree method for large deformation analysis of nearly-incompressible elastic solids is presented. Nodal discretization of the domain is defined by a Delaunay…
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