TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Rafiee, Roham A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Uncertainty quantification for multiscale modeling of polymer nanocomposites with correlated parameters JF - Composites Part B: Engineering N2 - Uncertainty quantification for multiscale modeling of polymer nanocomposites with correlated parameters KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2015 SP - 446 EP - 464 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhang, Yancheng A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Stochastic predictions of interfacial characteristic of polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs) JF - Composites Part B Engineering N2 - Stochastic predictions of interfacial characteristic of polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs) KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 80 EP - 95 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Keitel, Holger A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Stochastic predictions of bulk properties of amorphous polyethylene based on molecular dynamics simulations JF - Mechanics of Materials N2 - Stochastic predictions of bulk properties of amorphous polyethylene based on molecular dynamics simulations KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 70 EP - 84 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Silani, Mohammad A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A unified framework for stochastic predictions of Young's modulus of clay/epoxy nanocomposites (PCNs) JF - Computational Materials Science N2 - A unified framework for stochastic predictions of Young's modulus of clay/epoxy nanocomposites (PCNs) KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2015 SP - 520 EP - 535 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Nguyen-Thoi, T. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A software framework for probabilistic sensitivity analysis for computationally expensive models JF - Advances in Engineering Software N2 - A software framework for probabilistic sensitivity analysis for computationally expensive models KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 19 EP - 31 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Nguyen-Xuan, Hung A1 - Chen, Lei A1 - Lee, C.K. A1 - Zi, Goangseup A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Liu, G.R. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A phantom-node method with edge-based strain smoothing for linear elastic fracture mechanics JF - Journal of Applied Mathematics N2 - This paper presents a novel numerical procedure based on the combination of an edge-based smoothed finite element (ES-FEM) with a phantom-node method for 2D linear elastic fracture mechanics. In the standard phantom-node method, the cracks are formulated by adding phantom nodes, and the cracked element is replaced by two new superimposed elements. This approach is quite simple to implement into existing explicit finite element programs. The shape functions associated with discontinuous elements are similar to those of the standard finite elements, which leads to certain simplification with implementing in the existing codes. The phantom-node method allows modeling discontinuities at an arbitrary location in the mesh. The ES-FEM model owns a close-to-exact stiffness that is much softer than lower-order finite element methods (FEM). Taking advantage of both the ES-FEM and the phantom-node method, we introduce an edge-based strain smoothing technique for the phantom-node method. Numerical results show that the proposed method achieves high accuracy compared with the extended finite element method (XFEM) and other reference solutions. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Steifigkeit KW - Bruchmechanik KW - Riss Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170426-31676 ER -