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Michel Géradin

Michel Géradin

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
32
Citations
6772
World Ranking
3108
National Ranking
31

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Michel Géradin is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research primarily spans various aspects of engineering, with a strong emphasis on control and systems engineering. The work also covers significant areas within civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
  • Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
  • Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization

The publication record of Michel Géradin includes recent papers in the areas of flexible multibody dynamics and inertial force formulations related to beam elements and flexible bodies. Notable recent works include:

  • "A fresh look at the dynamics of a flexible body application to substructuring for flexible multibody dynamics" (2021, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering)
  • "Two-field formulation of the inertial forces of a geometrically-exact beam element" (2022, Multibody System Dynamics)
  • "A two-field approach to multibody dynamics of rotating flexible bodies" (2023, Multibody System Dynamics)
  • "Dynamics of a flexible body: a two-field formulation" (2021, Multibody System Dynamics)
  • "A Two-field Approach to Multibody Dynamics of Rotating Flexible Bodies" (2023, Research Square)

Frequent coauthors of Michel Géradin include Valentin Sonneville, with multiple collaborations, as well as Daniel J. Rixen, Carl Johan G. Nielsen, and André Preumont.

The researcher commonly publishes in venues such as Multibody System Dynamics, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, and Research Square.

Michel Géradin was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Mechanical Vibrations: Theory and Application to Structural Dynamics

    Michel Geradin;Daniel J. Rixen

  • Flexible Multibody Dynamics: A Finite Element Approach

    Michel Géradin;Alberto Cardona

  • A beam finite element non‐linear theory with finite rotations

    A. Cardona;M. Geradin

  • Théorie des vibrations : application à la dynamique des structures

    Michel Geradin;Daniel Rixen

  • Time integration of the equations of motion in mechanism analysis

    A. Cardona;M. Geradin

  • Finite element analysis of Supersonic panel flutter

    G. Sander;C. Bon;M. Geradin

  • A multiharmonic method for non‐linear vibration analysis

    Alberto Cardona;Thierry Coune;Albert Lerusse;Michel Geradin

  • ON THE GENERAL SOLUTION BY A DIRECT METHOD OF A LARGE-SCALE SINGULAR SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS : APPLICATION TO THE ANALYSIS OF FLOATING STRUCTURES

    Charbel Farhat;Michel Géradin

  • Kinematics and dynamics of rigid and flexible mechanisms using finite elements and quaternion algebra

    M. Geradin;A. Cardona

  • Finite element theory for curved and twisted beams based on exact solutions for three-dimensional solids. Part 1: Beam concept and geometrically exact nonlinear formulation

    E. Petrov;M. Géradin

  • Fast Fourier nonlinear vibration analysis

    A. Cardona;A. Lerusse;M. Géradin

  • On a component mode synthesis method and its application to incompatible substructures

    C. Farhat;M. Geradin

  • Modelling of superelements in mechanism analysis

    Alberto Cardona;Michel Geradin

  • Computational strategies for the solution of large nonlinear problems via quasi-newton methods

    M. Geradin;Sergio Idelsohn;M. Hogge

  • Rigid and flexible joint modelling in multibody dynamics using finite elements

    A. Cardona;M. Geradin;D.B. Doan

  • Optimality criteria and mathematical programming in structural weight optimization

    C. Feury;M. Geradin

  • Design of a new finite element programming environment

    A. Cardona;I. Klapka;M. Geradin

  • Energy Preserving Time Integration for Constrained Multibody Systems

    Elisabet V. Lens;Alberto Cardona;Michel Géradin

  • Parametrization of finite rotations in computational dynamics: a review

    Michel Géradin;Daniel Rixen

  • A new approach to finite element modelling of flexible rotors

    M. Geradin;N. Kill

  • Using a reduced number of Lagrange multipliers for assembling parallel incomplete field finite element approximations

    Charbel Farhat;M. Geradin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Cardona
Alberto Cardona National University of the Littoral
Charbel Farhat
Charbel Farhat Stanford University
Daniel J. Rixen
Daniel J. Rixen Technical University of Munich
Sergio Idelsohn
Sergio Idelsohn Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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