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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
38
Citations
8378
World Ranking
2217
National Ranking
803

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Francisco Armero is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a particular emphasis on mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering

Main topics explored in their research encompass:

  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming

Francisco Armero's publication record includes contributions to various peer-reviewed journals with frequent publication venues such as:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Computers & Structures
  • ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
  • Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Their recent papers include:

  • A finite element for nonlinear three-dimensional Kirchhoff rods (2024), Computers & Structures
  • A new structural model of warping torsion. II: Evaluation for a model problem (2022), International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • A new Hermite finite element for nonlinear Kirchhoff rods: The plane case (2024), International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • A new structural model of warping torsion. I: Formulation for prismatic elastic shafts (2022), International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • On the restrained torsional warping of thin-walled elastic shafts (2022), ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mark Ainsworth
  • M.H. Aliabadi
  • Ferdinando Auricchio
  • Klaus-Jürgen Bathe
  • Z. P. Bažant

Francisco Armero has been recognized by professional organizations, notably as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) since 2004.

Best Publications

  • An analysis of strong discontinuities induced by strain-softening in rate-independent inelastic solids

    J. C. Simo;J. Oliver;F. Armero

  • Geometrically non‐linear enhanced strain mixed methods and the method of incompatible modes

    J. C. Simo;F. Armero

  • Improved versions of assumed enhanced strain tri-linear elements for 3D finite deformation problems☆

    J.C Simo;F Armero;R.L Taylor

  • An analysis of strong discontinuities in multiplicative finite strain plasticity and their relation with the numerical simulation of strain localization in solids

    F. Armero;K. Garikipati

  • A new unconditionally stable fractional step method for non‐linear coupled thermomechanical problems

    F. Armero;J. C. Simo

  • Finite elements with embedded strong discontinuities for the modeling of failure in solids

    C. Linder;F. Armero

  • Formulation and analysis of conserving algorithms for frictionless dynamic contact/impact problems

    Francisco Armero;Eva Petőcz

  • An objective finite element approximation of the kinematics of geometrically exact rods and its use in the formulation of an energy-momentum conserving scheme in dynamics

    I. Romero;F. Armero

  • Formulation and finite element implementation of a multiplicative model of coupled poro-plasticity at finite strains under fully saturated conditions

    F. Armero

  • A priori stability estimates and unconditionally stable product formula algorithms for nonlinear coupled thermoplasticity

    F. Armero;J.C. Simo

  • Unconditional stability and long-term behavior of transient algorithms for the incompressible Navier-Stokes and Euler equations

    J.C. Simo;F. Armero

  • On the formulation of high-frequency dissipative time-stepping algorithms for nonlinear dynamics. Part I: low-order methods for two model problems and nonlinear elastodynamics

    F. Armero;I. Romero

  • On the formulation of high-frequency dissipative time-stepping algorithms for nonlinear dynamics. Part II: second-order methods

    F. Armero;I. Romero

  • On the formulation of enhanced strain finite elements in finite deformations

    S. Glaser;F. Armero

  • Numerical simulation of dynamic fracture using finite elements with embedded discontinuities

    Francisco Armero;Christian Linder;Christian Linder

  • Finite elements with embedded branching

    C. Linder;F. Armero

  • On the formulation of closest-point projection algorithms in elastoplasticity. Part II: globally convergent schemes

    A. Pérez-Foguet;F. Armero

  • A general framework for continuum damage models. I. Infinitesimal plastic damage models in stress space

    Francisco Armero;Sergio Oller

  • Finite element methods for the analysis of softening plastic hinges in beams and frames

    D. Ehrlich;F. Armero

  • Numerical modeling of softening hinges in thin Euler-Bernoulli beams

    F. Armero;D. Ehrlich

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan C. Simo
Juan C. Simo Stanford University
Sergio Oller
Sergio Oller National University of Salta
Jose Manuel Valverde
Jose Manuel Valverde University of Seville
Kaspar Willam
Kaspar Willam University of Houston
Adnan Ibrahimbegovic
Adnan Ibrahimbegovic University of Technology of Compiègne
Paul Steinmann
Paul Steinmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Javier Oliver
Javier Oliver Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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