RESEARCH LINESComputational Modelling of Engineering Materials
Research Topic Principal Investigator
Constitutive models for metallic and frictional materials (concrete, rocks, soil, ceramics, etc). Multi-scale FEM analysis of materials. Optimum material design. X. Oliver
Constitutive models for FEM analysis of composite and bio-materials. Parameter identification in constitutive models. S.Oller
Material models for discrete element methods (DEM) E. Oñate
Relevant Publications

Lubliner J., Oliver J., Oller S. and Onate E. 
A plastic-damage model for concrete. 
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 25 (3), pp. 299-326, 1989

Oliver J. 
A consistent characteristic length for smeared cracking models. 
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 28 (2), pp. 461-474, 1989

Oller S., Oñate E., Oliver J. and Lubliner J. 
Finite element nonlinear analysis of concrete structures using a “plastic-damage model”.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 35 (1), pp. 219-231, 1990

Simo J.C., Oliver J. and Armero F. 
An analysis of strong discontinuities induced by strain-softening in rate-independent inelastic solids. 
Computational Mechanics, Vol. 12 (5), pp. 277-296, 1993

Luccioni B., Oller S. and Danesi R. 
Coupled plastic-damaged model. 
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 129 (1), pp. 81-89, 1996

Oliver J., Oller S. and Cante J.C. 
A plasticity model for simulation of industrial powder compaction processes. 
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 33 (20), pp. 3161-3178, 1996

Oliver J. 
Modelling strong discontinuities in solid mechanics via strain softening constitutive equations. Part 1: Fundamentals. 
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 39 (21), pp. 3575-3600, 1996

Oller S., Oñate E., Miquel J. and Botello S. 
A plastic damage constitutive model 1for composite materials.  
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 33 (17), pp. 2501-2518, 1996

Barbat A.H., Oller S., Oñate E. and Hanganu A. 
Viscous damage model for Timoshenko beam structures. 
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 34 (30), pp. 3953-3976, 1997

Faria R., Oliver J. and Cervera M. 
A strain-based plastic viscous-damage model for massive concrete structures. 
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 35 (14), pp. 1533-1558, 1998

Rodríguez J., Arrazola P., Cante J.C., Kortabarria A. and Oliver J. 
A sensibility analysis to geometric and cutting conditions using the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM). 
Procedia CIRP, Vol. 8, pp. 105-110, 2013

Eijo A., Oñate E. and Oller S. 
Delamination in laminated plates using the 4-noded quadrilateral QLRZ plate element based on the refined zigzag theory. 
Composite Structures, Vol. 108, pp. 456-471, 2014

Cante J., Dávalos C., Hernández J.A., Oliver J., Jonsén P.,  Gustafsson G. and Häggblad H-Å. 
PFEM-based modeling of industrial granular flows. 
Computational Particle Mechanics, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 47-70, 2014

Oliver J., Caicedo M.A., Roubin E., Hernández J.A. and Huespe A.E. 
Multi-scale (FE2) analysis of material failure in cement/aggregate-type composite structures. 
Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, Vol. 1, pp. 39, 2014

Oliver J., Dias I.F. and Huespe A.E. 
Crack-path field and strain-injection techniques in computational modeling of propagating material failure. 
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 274, pp. 289-348, 2014

Hernández J.A., Oliver J., Huespe A.E., Caicedo M.A. and Cante J.C. 
High-performance model reduction techniques in computational multiscale homogenization. 
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 276, pp. 149-189, 2014

Comellas E., Valdez S.I., Oller S. and Botello S. 
Optimization method for the determination of material parameters in damaged composite structures. 
Composite Structures, Vol. 122, pp. 417-424, 2015

Martinez X., Oller S., Barbu L.G., Barbat A,H. and de Jesus A.M.P. 
Analysis of ultra low cycle fatigue problems with the Barcelona plastic damage model and a new isotropic hardening law. 
International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 73, pp. 132-142, 2015

Otero F., Oller S., Martinez X. and Salomón O. 
Numerical homogenization for composite materials analysis. Comparison with other micro mechanical formulations. 
Composite Structures, Vol. 122, pp. 405-416, 2015

Rango R.F., Nallim L.G. and Oller S. 
Formulation of enriched macro elements using trigonometric shear deformation theory for free vibration analysis of symmetric laminated composite plate assemblies. 
Composite Structures, Vol. 119, pp. 38-49, 2015