Mechanics and Dynamics of Solids
MAE faculty research in this area spans a broad spectrum ranging from theoretical studies that shed new light on the mechanical behavior of materials at the nanoscale to advances in structural health monitoring for 21st century aerospace applications. Projects under investigation include modeling nanocomposites, development of energy harvesting systems, development of physics-based models of damage in metals, and studies of the nonlinear aeroelastic response of morphing wings, among many other examples. MAE faculty research in this area is accomplished using advanced experimental methods and new numerical simulation approaches.
| MAE Faculty | Research Focus |
| Aditi Chattopadhyay http://enpub.fulton.asu.edu/aims/ |
Structural health monitoring and material damage prognosis of metallic and composite aerospace structures, carbon nanotubes, SMA reinforced nanotubes, smart materials and adaptive structures, damage mechanics, mechanics of multifunctional materials, condition monitoring, machine learning. |
| Hanqing Jiang | Nanomechanics, thin film mechanics, micro-mechanics, mechanics of cytoskeleton, multiscale modeling, atomic-scale FEA, stretchable and flexible structures for electronics, mechanical-electrical coupling of carbon nanotubes. |
| Marc Mignolet | Nonlinear aeroelastic response of morphing wings, nonlinear response of functionally graded panels and wings, prediction of mistuning effects in bladed disks. |
| Pedro Peralta | Physics-based modeling of damage in metals, implementation of crystal plasticity into hydrocodes for shock loading models, development of 3D microstructure models, reconstruction for modeling of mesoscale damage in metals. |
| Jonathan Posner http://microfluidics.asu.edu |
Mechanics of biopolymers that make up the cytoskeleton. |
| Henry Sodano | Smart structures, structural health monitoring, multifunctional materials, energy harvesting, autonomous structures, biologically inspired systems, MEMS/NEMS sensors. |