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Overview

Haim Waisman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has concentrated research efforts primarily in the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. Their work integrates aspects of Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, extending also into Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research explores a range of specialized topics, including

  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Topology Optimization in Engineering
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Composite Material Mechanics

Haim Waisman has contributed publications in several reputable journals. Most frequently published venues include

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Waisman are:

  • Thermal-conductivity degradation across cracks in coupled thermo-mechanical systems modeled by the phase-field fracture method, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • A consistent phase field model for hydraulic fracture propagation in poroelastic media, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Rupture of 3D-printed hyperelastic composites: Experiments and phase field fracture modeling, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Brittle-ductile failure transition in geomaterials modeled by a modified phase-field method with a varying damage-driving energy coefficient, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • Adaptive phase field method using novel physics based refinement criteria, 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Waisman include

  • Mostafa E. Mobasher
  • Ameer Marzok
  • Jonathan B. Russ
  • Yijun Chen
  • João Paulo Pascon

Best Publications

  • From diffuse damage to sharp cohesive cracks: A coupled XFEM framework for failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials

    Yongxiang Wang;Haim Waisman

  • Fracture of viscoelastic solids modeled with a modified phase field method

    Rilin Shen;Rilin Shen;Haim Waisman;Licheng Guo

  • Experimental application and enhancement of the XFEM-GA algorithm for the detection of flaws in structures

    Eleni N. Chatzi;Badri Hiriyur;Haim Waisman;Andrew W. Smyth

  • Detection and quantification of flaws in structures by the extended finite element method and genetic algorithms

    Haim Waisman;Eleni Chatzi;Andrew W. Smyth

  • Uncertainty quantification in homogenization of heterogeneous microstructures modeled by XFEM

    Badri Hiriyur;Haim Waisman;George Deodatis

  • A unified model for metal failure capturing shear banding and fracture

    Colin McAuliffe;Haim Waisman

  • Mechanical considerations for polymeric heart valve development: Biomechanics, materials, design and manufacturing

    Richard L. Li;Jonathan Russ;Costas Paschalides;Giovanni Ferrari

  • Progressive delamination analysis of composite materials using XFEM and a discrete damage zone model

    Yongxiang Wang;Haim Waisman

  • A temperature dependent creep damage model for polycrystalline ice

    Ravindra Duddu;Haim Waisman

  • A nonlocal continuum damage mechanics approach to simulation of creep fracture in ice sheets

    Ravindra Duddu;Haim Waisman

  • Nondestructive identification of multiple flaws using XFEM and a topologically adapting artificial bee colony algorithm

    Hao Sun;Haim Waisman;Raimondo Betti

  • Thermal-conductivity degradation across cracks in coupled thermo-mechanical systems modeled by the phase-field fracture method

    Lampros Svolos;Curt A. Bronkhorst;Haim Waisman

  • Topology optimization of viscoelastic structures using a time-dependent adjoint method

    Kai A. James;Haim Waisman

  • A multiscale flaw detection algorithm based on XFEM

    Hao Sun;Haim Waisman;Raimondo Betti

  • A coupled phase field shear band model for ductile–brittle transition in notched plate impacts

    Colin McAuliffe;Haim Waisman

  • Failure Mitigation in Optimal Topology Design Using a Coupled Nonlinear Continuum Damage Model

    Kai A. James;Haim Waisman

  • Rupture of 3D-printed hyperelastic composites: Experiments and phase field fracture modeling

    Jonathan Russ;Viacheslav Slesarenko;Stephan Rudykh;Haim Waisman

  • A consistent phase field model for hydraulic fracture propagation in poroelastic media

    Liang-Ping Yi;Haim Waisman;Zhao-Zhong Yang;Xiao-Gang Li

  • Brittle-ductile failure transition in geomaterials modeled by a modified phase-field method with a varying damage-driving energy coefficient

    Tao You;Haim Waisman;Qi-Zhi Zhu

  • Adaptive phase field method using novel physics based refinement criteria

    H. Hirshikesh;A.L.N. Pramod;Haim Waisman;S. Natarajan

  • Parametric enrichment adaptivity by the extended finite element method

    Haim Waisman;Ted Belytschko

  • Stochastic analysis of polymer composites rupture at large deformations modeled by a phase field method

    Jie Wu;Jie Wu;Colin McAuliffe;Haim Waisman;George Deodatis

  • Combined stability analysis of phase-field dynamic fracture and shear band localization

    Miguel Arriaga;Haim Waisman

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond S. Tuminaro
Raymond S. Tuminaro Sandia National Laboratories
Raimondo Betti
Raimondo Betti Columbia University
Jacob Fish
Jacob Fish Columbia University
David E. Keyes
David E. Keyes King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Isaac Harari
Isaac Harari Tel Aviv University
Jeffrey W. Kysar
Jeffrey W. Kysar Columbia University
Haim Abramovich
Haim Abramovich Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
George Deodatis
George Deodatis Columbia University
John N. Shadid
John N. Shadid Sandia National Laboratories
Eleni Chatzi
Eleni Chatzi ETH Zurich

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