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Bernhard A. Schrefler

Bernhard A. Schrefler

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
65
Citations
16955
World Ranking
1511
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal)
  • 2010 - Euler Medal, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)

Overview

Bernhard A. Schrefler is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy, with a research focus primarily in engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields, including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, and biomedical engineering. Other areas of specialty include biomaterials and molecular biology.

Their research spans various interconnected topics, notably numerical methods in engineering, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, mathematical biology related to tumor growth, cellular mechanics and interactions, and 3D printing applied to biomedical research.

Bernhard A. Schrefler has published extensively in prominent venues such as:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Some recent papers include:

  • Hybrid FEM and peridynamic simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in saturated porous media, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Numerical simulation of forerunning fracture in saturated porous solids with hybrid FEM/Peridynamic model, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
  • A Peridynamic-enhanced finite element method for Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical coupled problems in saturated porous media involving cracks, 2023, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Drug delivery: Experiments, mathematical modelling and machine learning, 2020, Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Poro-mechanical model of strain hysteresis due to cyclic water freezing in partially saturated porous media, 2020, International Journal of Solids and Structures

Their frequent collaborators include Wolfgang A. Wall, Barbara Wirthl, Tao Ni, Mirco Zaccariotto, and Ugo Galvanetto.

Bernhard A. Schrefler's contributions have been recognized through awards such as the IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal) in 2016 and the Euler Medal from the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • The Finite Element Method in the Static and Dynamic Deformation and Consolidation of Porous Media

    R. W. Lewis;B.A. Schrefler

  • Multiscale Methods for Composites: A Review

    P. Kanouté;D. P. Boso;J. L. Chaboche;B. A. Schrefler

  • The Finite Element Method in the Deformation and Consolidation of Porous Media

    R. W. Lewis;B. A. Schrefler

  • Numerical analysis of hygro-thermal behaviour and damage of concrete at high temperature

    D. Gawin;C. E. Majorana;B. A. Schrefler

  • Elastoplastic soil constitutive laws generalized to partially saturated states

    G. Bolzon;Bernard Schrefler;O. C. Zienkiewicz

  • Modelling of hygro-thermal behaviour of concrete at high temperature with thermo-chemical and mechanical material degradation

    D. Gawin;F. Pesavento;B.A. Schrefler

  • The carbonation of concrete and the mechanism of moisture, heat and carbon dioxide flow through porous materials

    Anna V. Saetta;Bernhard A. Schrefler;Renato V. Vitaliani

  • Hygro‐thermo‐chemo‐mechanical modelling of concrete at early ages and beyond. Part I: hydration and hygro‐thermal phenomena

    Dariusz Gawin;Francesco Pesavento;Bernhard A. Schrefler

  • Modelling of heated concrete

    G. A. Khoury;C. E. Majorana;F. Pesavento;B. A. Schrefler

  • A FULLY COUPLED MODEL FOR WATER FLOW AND AIRFLOW IN DEFORMABLE POROUS MEDIA

    B. A. Schrefler;Zhan Xiaoyong

  • Mechanics and thermodynamics of saturated/unsaturated porous materials and quantitative solutions*

    BA Schrefler

  • Thermo‐hydro‐mechanical analysis of partially saturated porous materials

    Dariusz Gawin;Bernhard A. Schrefler;M. Galindo

  • Thermodynamic approach to effective stress in partially saturated porous media

    William G Gray;Bernhard A Schrefler

  • A fully coupled dynamic model for two-phase fluid flow in deformable porous media

    Bernhard A. Schrefler;Roberto Scotta

  • Coupled heat, water and gas flow in deformable porous media

    Dariusz Gawin;Paolo Baggio;Bernhard A. Schrefler

  • Hygro-thermo-chemo-mechanical modelling of concrete at early ages and beyond. Part II: Shrinkage and creep of concrete

    Dariusz Gawin;Francesco Pesavento;Bernhard A. Schrefler

  • On adaptive refinement techniques in multi-field problems including cohesive fracture

    Bernhard A. Schrefler;Stefano Secchi;Luciano Simoni

  • 2 — D model for carbonation and moisture/heat flow in porous materials

    Anna V. Saetta;Bernhard A. Schrefler;Renato V. Vitaliani

  • Analysis of the solid phase stress tensor in multiphase porous media

    William G. Gray;Bernhard A. Schrefler

  • A multiphase model for three-dimensional tumor growth.

    G. Sciumè;S. Shelton;William G Gray;Cass T Miller

  • Numerical methods in heat transfer

    R.W. Lewis;K. Morgan;B.A. Schrefler

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Zavarise
Giorgio Zavarise Polytechnic University of Turin
Roland W. Lewis
Roland W. Lewis Swansea University
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist
William G. Gray
William G. Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paolo Decuzzi
Paolo Decuzzi Italian Institute of Technology
Ugo Galvanetto
Ugo Galvanetto University of Padua
Peter Wriggers
Peter Wriggers University of Hannover
Fazle Hussain
Fazle Hussain Texas Tech University
Pierre Ladevèze
Pierre Ladevèze École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Lyesse Laloui
Lyesse Laloui École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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