RESEARCH LINES Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics
Research Topic Principal Investigator
FEM for non-linear analysis of solids and structures. Fracture analysis in solids. M. Cervera
X. Oliver
Rotation-free shell elements. Meshless and particle-based methods in solid mechanics. Multifracture analysis of solids with the DEM and coupled DEM-FEM procedures. E. Oñate

Seismic vulnerability assessment of structures.

A. Barbat
Analysis, Design and evaluation of human implant using FEM. E. Soudah
Numerical simulation and constitutive modelling of human body tissues. S. Oller
Relevant Publications

Rodellar J., Barbat A.H. and Martín-Sánchez J.M.
Predictive control of structures .
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 113 (6), pp. 797-812, 1987

Oliver J., Cervera M., Oller S. and Lubliner J.
Isotropic damage models and smeared crack analysis of concrete .
II Int. Conference on Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Concrete, 1990

Oñate E. and Cervera M.
Derivation of thin plate bending elements with one degree of freedom per node: a simple three node triangle .
Engineering Computations, Vol. 10 (6), pp. 543-561, 1993

Oñate E., Cervera M. and Zienkiewicz O.C.
A finite volume format for structural mechanics .
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 181-201, 1994

Cervera M., Oliver J. and Faria R.
Seismic evaluation of concrete dams via continuum damage models .
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 24 (9), pp. 1225-1245, 1995

Barbat A.H., Moya F.Y., Canas J.A.
Damage scenarios simulation for seismic risk assessment in urban zones .
Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 12 (3), pp. 371-394, 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

Hurtado J.E. and Barbat A.H.
Monte Carlo techniques in computational stochastic mechanics .
Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Vol. 5 (1), pp. 3-29, 1998

Oliver J., Cervera M. and Manzoli O.
Strong discontinuities and continuum plasticity models: the strong discontinuity approach .
International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 15 (3), pp. 319-351, 1999

Carreño M.L., Cardona O.D. and Barbat A.H.
Urban seismic risk evaluation: a holistic approach .
Natural Hazards, Vol. 40 (1), pp. 137-172, 2007

Carreño M.L., Cardona O.D. and Barbat A.H.
A disaster risk management performance index .
Natural Hazards, Vol. 41 (1), pp. 1-20, 2007

Barbat A.H., Pujades L.G. and Lantada N..
Seismic damage evaluation in urban areas using the capacity spectrum method: application to Barcelona .
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 28 (10), pp. 851-865, 2008

Agelet de Saracibar C., Chiumenti M., Cervera M., Dialami N. and Seret A.
Computational modeling and sub-grid scale stabilization of incompressibility and convection in the numerical simulation of friction stir welding processes .
Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Vol. 21, pp. 3-37, 2014

Cervera M., Chiumenti M., Benedetti L. and Codina R.
mixed stabilized finite element methods in nonlinear solid mechanics. Part III: Compressible and incompressible plasticity .
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2015

Chiumenti M., Cervera M. and Codina R.
A mixed three-field FE formulation for stress accurate analysis including the incompressible limit.
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 283, pp. 1095-1116, 2015

Benedetti L., Cervera M. and Chiumenti M.
Stress-accurate Mixed FEM for soil failure under shallow foundations involving strain localization in plasticity .
Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 64, pp. 32-47, 2015