TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Zhou, K. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Superior thermal conductivity and extremely high mechanical strength in polyethylene chains from ab initio calculation JF - Journal of Applied Physics N2 - The upper limit of the thermal conductivity and the mechanical strength are predicted for the polyethylene chain, by performing the ab initio calculation and applying the quantum mechanical non-equilibrium Green’s function approach. Specially, there are two main findings from our calculation: (1) the thermal conductivity can reach a high value of 310 Wm−1 K−1 in a 100 nm polyethylene chain at room temperature and the thermal conductivity increases with the length of the chain; (2) the Young’s modulus in the polyethylene chain is as high as 374.5 GPa, and the polyethylene chain can sustain 32.85%±0.05% (ultimate) strain before undergoing structural phase transition into gaseous ethylene. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4729489 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 - Kerfriden, Pierre A1 - Schmidt, K.M. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain T1 - Statistical extraction of process zones and representative subspaces in fracture of random composites JF - International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering N2 - Statistical extraction of process zones and representative subspaces in fracture of random composites KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thai, Chien H. A1 - Nguyen-Xuan, Hung A1 - Nguyen-Thanh, Nhon A1 - Le, T.H. A1 - Nguyen-Thoi, T. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Static, free vibration and buckling analysis of laminated composite Reissner-Mindlin plates using NURBS-based isogeometric approach JF - International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering N2 - This paper presents a novel numerical procedure based on the framework of isogeometric analysis for static, free vibration, and buckling analysis of laminated composite plates using the first-order shear deformation theory. The isogeometric approach utilizes non-uniform rational B-splines to implement for the quadratic, cubic, and quartic elements. Shear locking problem still exists in the stiffness formulation, and hence, it can be significantly alleviated by a stabilization technique. Several numerical examples are presented to show the performance of the method, and the results obtained are compared with other available ones. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.4282 SP - 571 EP - 603 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Size-Sensitive Young’s Modulus of Kinked Silicon Nanowires JF - Nanotechnology N2 - We perform both classical molecular dynamics simulations and beam model calculations to investigate the Young's modulus of kinked silicon nanowires (KSiNWs). The Young's modulus is found to be highly sensitive to the arm length of the kink and is essentially inversely proportional to the arm length. The mechanism underlying the size dependence is found to be the interplay between the kink angle potential and the arm length potential, where we obtain an analytic relationship between the Young's modulus and the arm length of the KSiNW. Our results provide insight into the application of this novel building block in nanomechanical devices. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/18/185702 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Natarajan, S. A1 - Chakraborty, S. A1 - Thangavel, M. A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Size dependent free flexural vibration behavior of functionally graded nanoplates JF - Computational Materials Science N2 - Size dependent free flexural vibration behavior of functionally graded nanoplates KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 SP - 74 EP - 80 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ghasemi, Hamid A1 - Brighenti, Roberto A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Muthu, Jacob A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Sequential reliability based optimization of fiber content and dispersion in fiber reinforced composite by using NURBS finite elements JF - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization N2 - Sequential reliability based optimization of fiber content and dispersion in fiber reinforced composite by using NURBS finite elements KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nguyen-Thanh, Nhon A1 - Kiendl, J. A1 - Nguyen-Xuan, Hung A1 - Wüchner, R. A1 - Bletzinger, Kai-Uwe A1 - Bazilevs, Yuri A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Rotation free isogeometric thin shell analysis using PHT-splines JF - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering N2 - Rotation free isogeometric thin shell analysis using PHT-splines KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2011 SP - 3410 EP - 3424 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Beex, L.A.A. A1 - Kerfriden, Pierre A1 - Rabczuk, Timon A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain T1 - Quasicontinuum-based multiscale approaches for plate-like beam lattices experiencing in-plane and out-of-plane deformation JF - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering N2 - Quasicontinuum-based multiscale approaches for plate-like beam lattices experiencing in-plane and out-of-plane deformation KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER -