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1556
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Overview

Alexander Tessler is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of engineering and computer science, with a strong focus on civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, computer vision and pattern recognition, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The topics central to Tessler's work include:

  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Optical measurement and interference techniques
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Topology Optimization in Engineering

Their scholarly output includes publications in several prominent venues such as:

  • Sensors
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Computers & Structures
  • Composite Structures
  • Applied Sciences

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Tessler has worked alongside Marco Gherlone, Adnan Kefal, Rinto Roy, Cecilia Surace, and Faraz Ganjdoust. These collaborations have contributed to advances in shape sensing, damage detection, and structural monitoring methodologies.

Selected recent papers include:

  • A smoothed iFEM approach for efficient shape-sensing applications: Numerical and experimental validation on composite structures, 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • A novel delamination damage detection strategy based on inverse finite element method for structural health monitoring of composite structures, 2023, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Full-Field Strain Reconstruction Using Uniaxial Strain Measurements: Application to Damage Detection, 2021, Applied Sciences
  • Efficient shape sensing of plate structures using the inverse Finite Element Method aided by strain pre-extrapolation, 2022, Thin-Walled Structures
  • A robust four-node quadrilateral element for laminated composite and sandwich plates based on Refined Zigzag Theory, 2020, Computers & Structures

Best Publications

  • A least-squares variational method for full-field reconstruction of elastic deformations in shear-deformable plates and shells

    Alexander Tessler;Jan L. Spangler

  • A three-node mindlin plate element with improved transverse shear

    Alexander Tessler;Thomas J.R. Hughes

  • A Refined Zigzag Beam Theory for Composite and Sandwich Beams

    Alexander Tessler;Marco Di Sciuva;Marco Gherlone

  • A consistent refinement of first-order shear deformation theory for laminated composite and sandwich plates using improved zigzag kinematics

    Alexander Tessler;Marco Di Sciuva;Marco Gherlone

  • On a hierarchy of conforming timoshenko beam elements

    A. Tessler;S.B. Dong

  • Shape sensing of 3D frame structures using an inverse Finite Element Method

    Marco Gherlone;Priscilla Cerracchio;Massimiliano Mattone;Marco Di Sciuva

  • A quadrilateral inverse-shell element with drilling degrees of freedom for shape sensing and structural health monitoring

    Adnan Kefal;Erkan Oterkus;Alexander Tessler;Jan L. Spangler

  • Combined finite element and peridynamic analyses for predicting failure in a stiffened composite curved panel with a central slot

    Erkan Oterkus;Erdogan Madenci;Olaf Weckner;Stewart Silling

  • An improved treatment of transverse shear in the mindlin-type four-node quadrilateral element

    Alexander Tessler;Thomas J.R. Hughes

  • An inverse finite element method for beam shape sensing: theoretical framework and experimental validation

    Marco Gherlone;Priscilla Cerracchio;Massimiliano Corrado Mattone;Marco Di Sciuva

  • A Variational Principle for Reconstruction of Elastic Deformations in Shear Deformable Plates and Shells

    Alexander Tessler;Jan L. Spangler

  • C0 beam elements based on the Refined Zigzag Theory for multilayered composite and sandwich laminates

    Marco Gherlone;Alexander Tessler;Marco Di Sciuva

  • An enhanced inverse finite element method for displacement and stress monitoring of multilayered composite and sandwich structures

    Adnan Kefal;Alexander Tessler;Erkan Oterkus

  • Inverse FEM for Full-Field Reconstruction of Elastic Deformations in Shear Deformable Plates and Shells

    Alexander Tessler;Jan L. Spangler

  • Assessment of the Refined Zigzag Theory for bending, vibration, and buckling of sandwich plates: a comparative study of different theories

    L. Iurlaro;M. Gherlone;M. Di Sciuva;A. Tessler

  • A novel approach for displacement and stress monitoring of sandwich structures based on the inverse Finite Element Method

    Priscilla Cerracchio;Marco Gherlone;Marco Di Sciuva;Alexander Tessler

  • A smoothed iFEM approach for efficient shape-sensing applications: Numerical and experimental validation on composite structures

    Adnan Kefal;Isa Emami Tabrizi;Mehmet Yildiz;Alexander Tessler

  • C0 triangular elements based on the Refined Zigzag Theory for multilayer composite and sandwich plates

    Daniele Versino;Marco Gherlone;Massimiliano Mattone;Marco Di Sciuva

  • Refined Zigzag Theory for laminated composite and sandwich plates derived from Reissner’s Mixed Variational Theorem

    Luigi Iurlaro;Marco Gherlone;Marco Di Sciuva;Alexander Tessler

  • Refined zigzag theory for homogeneous, laminated composite, and sandwich beams derived from Reissner’s mixed variational principle

    Alexander Tessler

  • Refined Zigzag Theory for Laminated Composite and Sandwich Plates

    Alexander Tessler;Marco Di Sciuva;Marco Gherlone

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkan Oterkus
Erkan Oterkus Stony Brook University
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Erdogan Madenci
Erdogan Madenci University of Arizona
Ever J. Barbero
Ever J. Barbero West Virginia University
Paul M. Weaver
Paul M. Weaver University of Limerick
Stewart Andrew Silling
Stewart Andrew Silling Sandia National Laboratories

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