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Lawrence N. Virgin

Lawrence N. Virgin

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
6569
World Ranking
1839
National Ranking
699

Overview

Lawrence N. Virgin is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has made scholarly contributions primarily within the field of Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, notably Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Building and Construction.

Their work encompasses various topics, including Structural Analysis and Optimization, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization, Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials, and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems.

Lawrence N. Virgin has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and has a record of papers that address structural behavior, stability, and materials science. Representative recent publications include:

  • On the elastic snapping of structural elements, 2022, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
  • Comparative structural stiffness: Exploiting 3D-printing, 2020, American Journal of Physics
  • Simultaneous Buckling, Contact, and Load-Carrying Capacity, 2021, Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative research include Charles Cervi, Ricardo Pérez, S. Michael Spottswood, Yawen Xu, and Yue Guan.

Lawrence N. Virgin's research has appeared most often in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • AIAA Journal
  • Aerospace Science and Technology

Their contributions cover experimental and theoretical studies related to structural mechanics. The research includes investigations into elastic snapping phenomena, buckling behavior, and structural stiffness, often employing innovative methods such as 3D printing and parametric experimental approaches.

Through a series of publications, they have addressed the dynamic response of structures under different conditions, contact mechanics, and the influence of geometric imperfections on stability.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear Behavior of a Typical Airfoil Section with Control Surface Freeplay: a Numerical and Experimental Study

    M.D. Conner;D.M. Tang;E.H. Dowell;L.N. Virgin

  • Vibration of Axially-Loaded Structures

    Lawrence N. Virgin

  • Introduction to Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics: A Case Study in Mechanical Vibration

    Lawrence N. Virgin

  • Resonances of a Harmonically Forced Duffing Oscillator with Time Delay State Feedback

    Haiyan Hu;Earl H. Dowell;Lawrence N. Virgin

  • Limit cycle behavior of an airfoil with a control surface

    D. Tang;E.H. Dowell;L.N. Virgin

  • Vibration isolation using buckled struts

    L.N. Virgin;R.B. Davis

  • Vibration-based damage assessment utilizing state space geometry changes: local attractor variance ratio

    M D Todd;J M Nichols;L M Pecora;L N Virgin

  • Vibration isolation using extreme geometric nonlinearity

    L.N. Virgin;S.T. Santillan;R.H. Plaut

  • Introduction to Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics

    L N Virgin

  • Use of chaotic excitation and attractor property analysis in structural health monitoring

    J. M. Nichols;M. D. Todd;M. Seaver;L. N. Virgin

  • THE NONLINEAR ROLLING RESPONSE OF A VESSEL INCLUDING CHAOTIC MOTIONS LEADING TO CAPSIZE IN REGULAR SEAS

    L.N. Virgin

  • Grazing bifurcations and basins of attraction in an impact-friction oscillator

    L.N. Virgin;C.J. Begley

  • Bragg grating-based fibre optic sensors in structural health monitoring.

    Michael D Todd;Jonathan M Nichols;Stephen T Trickey;Mark Seaver

  • Chaos and period-adding: Experimental and numerical verification of the grazing bifurcation

    Petri T. Piiroinen;Lawrence N. Virgin;Alan R. Champneys

  • Spatial chaos and localization phenomena in nonlinear elasticity

    J.M.T. Thompson;L.N. Virgin

  • Structural Health Monitoring Through Chaotic Interrogation

    J. M. Nichols;S. T. Trickey;M. D. Todd;L. N. Virgin

  • The stability of limit–cycle oscillations in a nonlinear aeroelastic system

    S. T. Trickey;L. N. Virgin;E. H. Dowell

  • A multivariate, attractor-based approach to structural health monitoring

    L. Moniz;J.M. Nichols;C.J. Nichols;M. Seaver

  • Accurate numerical integration of state-space models for aeroelastic systems with free play

    Mark D. Conner;Lawrence N. Virgin;Earl H. Dowell

  • Prediction of escape from a potential well under harmonic excitation

    Lawrence N. Virgin;Raymond H. Plaut;Ching-Chuan Cheng

  • Use of data-driven phase space models in assessing the strength of a bolted connection in a composite beam

    J M Nichols;C J Nichols;M D Todd;M Seaver

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond H. Plaut
Raymond H. Plaut Virginia Tech
Earl H. Dowell
Earl H. Dowell Duke University
Michael D. Todd
Michael D. Todd University of California, San Diego
Philip V. Bayly
Philip V. Bayly Washington University in St. Louis
Steven R. Bishop
Steven R. Bishop University College London
Gaëtan Kerschen
Gaëtan Kerschen University of Liège
Tod A. Laursen
Tod A. Laursen American University of Sharjah
J. M. T. Thompson
J. M. T. Thompson University of Cambridge
David A. Dillard
David A. Dillard Virginia Tech
Haiyan Hu
Haiyan Hu Beijing Institute of Technology

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