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40
Citations
6889
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7285
National Ranking
1989

Overview

Paul R. Heyliger is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Civil and Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The researcher's work covers several main topics including Structural Response to Dynamic Loads, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis, Mechanical Stress and Fatigue Analysis, Combustion and Detonation Processes, and Wood Treatment and Properties.

Several recent publications highlight the scope and focus of their research efforts:

  • Structural performance of a wood-sand-wood wall for blast protection, 2020, Engineering Structures
  • Modal dynamics of twisted cables, 2021, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Evidence for contributions of lack-of-fusion defects and dislocations to acoustic nonlinearity and loss in additively manufactured aluminum, 2024, NDT & E International
  • Effects of crystalline anisotropy on resonant acoustic loss of torsional quartz viscometers, 2022, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Frequency order and modal shifts in sagged cables, 2022, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Paul R. Heyliger has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Prominent among these are Mohammed K. Alkharisi, Assal Hussein, Ward L. Johnson, Hussam Mahmoud, and Jake T. Benzing. These partnerships indicate multidisciplinary work that intersects structural mechanics, materials science, and acoustics.

Key publication venues for their research include:

  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • NDT & E International
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Best Publications

  • A higher order beam finite element for bending and vibration problems

    P.R. Heyliger;J.N. Reddy

  • FREE VIBRATIONS OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED AND MULTILAYERED MAGNETO-ELECTRO-ELASTIC PLATES

    E. Pan;P.R. Heyliger

  • Layerwise mechanics and finite element for the dynamic analysis of piezoelectric composite plates

    Dimitris A. Saravanos;Paul R. Heyliger;Dale A. Hopkins

  • Mechanics and Computational Models for Laminated Piezoelectric Beams, Plates, and Shells

    Dimitris A. Saravanos;Paul R. Heyliger

  • Free vibration response of two-dimensional magneto-electro-elastic laminated plates

    Fernando Ramirez;Paul R. Heyliger;Ernian Pan

  • Exact Solutions for Simply Supported Laminated Piezoelectric Plates

    P. Heyliger

  • Coupled layerwise analysis of composite beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators

    D. A. Saravanos;P. R. Heyliger

  • Exact free‐vibration analysis of laminated plates with embedded piezoelectric layers

    Paul Heyliger;D. A. Saravanos

  • Elastic constants of natural quartz.

    Paul Heyliger;Hassel Ledbetter;Sudook Kim

  • Static behavior of laminated elastic/piezoelectric plates

    Paul Heyliger

  • Exact Solutions for Laminated Piezoelectric Plates in Cylindrical Bending

    P. Heyliger;S. Brooks

  • Static analysis of functionally graded elastic anisotropic plates using a discrete layer approach

    Fernando Ramirez;Paul R. Heyliger;Ernian Pan

  • Exact solutions for magneto-electro-elastic laminates in cylindrical bending

    E. Pan;P.R. Heyliger

  • Free vibration of piezoelectric laminates in cylindrical bending

    Paul Heyliger;Stephen Brooks

  • Discrete Layer Solution to Free Vibrations of Functionally Graded Magneto-Electro-Elastic Plates

    Fernando Ramirez;Paul R. Heyliger;Ernian Pan

  • Modal analysis of magneto-electro-elastic plates using the state-vector approach

    Jiangyi Chen;Hualing Chen;E. Pan;P.R. Heyliger

  • Layerwise mechanics and finite element model for laminated piezoelectric shells

    Paul Heyliger;K. C. Pei;Dimitris Saravanos

  • Coupled discrete-layer finite elements for laminated piezoelectric platess

    Paul Heyliger;Guillermo Ramirez;Dimitris Saravanos

  • Cold plastic compaction of powders by a network model

    P.R Heyliger;R.M McMeeking

  • The free vibrations of inhomogeneous elastic cylinders and spheres

    P.R. Heyliger;A. Jilani

  • Nonlinear continuum mechanics for finite element analysis (2nd edn). Javier Bonet and Richard D. Wood, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. No. of pages: 318. ISBN: 978-0-521-83870-2

    P. Heyliger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hassel Ledbetter
Hassel Ledbetter University of Colorado Boulder
Ernian Pan
Ernian Pan National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Dimitris A. Saravanos
Dimitris A. Saravanos University of Patras
J. N. Reddy
J. N. Reddy Texas A&M University
Christopher L. Soles
Christopher L. Soles National Institute of Standards and Technology
Martin L. Dunn
Martin L. Dunn University of Colorado Denver
Alexei P. Sokolov
Alexei P. Sokolov University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wen-li Wu
Wen-li Wu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Robert M. McMeeking
Robert M. McMeeking University of California, Santa Barbara
Bryan D. Vogt
Bryan D. Vogt Pennsylvania State University

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