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Overview

Thomas Keller is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, focusing primarily on engineering research. Their publications span a broad spectrum of topics within the field, with a particular emphasis on mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, and building and construction.

Their recent work includes research on the mechanical behavior and structural response of composite materials. Notable recent papers include:

  • Design and foldability of Miura-based cylindrical origami structures, 2020, Thin-Walled Structures
  • Origami-inspired carbon fiber-reinforced composite sandwich materials - Fabrication and mechanical behavior, 2021, Composites Science and Technology
  • Tension-tension fatigue behavior of ductile adhesively-bonded FRP joints, 2021, Composite Structures
  • A novel fatigue life prediction methodology based on energy dissipation in viscoelastic materials, 2021, International Journal of Fatigue
  • Optimization of multi-directional fiber architecture for resistance and ductility of bolted FRP profile joints, 2020, Composite Structures

Keller's research covers numerous fields and subfields, including:

  • Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

Main research topics addressed by Keller consist of:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Structural Analysis of Composite Materials
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis

Keller has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Lulu Liu
  • João R. Correia
  • A. Vahid Movahedi-Rad
  • Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos
  • Zhishen Wu

The venues in which Keller most often publishes include:

  • Composite Structures
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Composites Part B Engineering

Keller has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by EPFL Press eBooks:

  • Composites in Structural Engineering and Architecture, 2024

Best Publications

  • USE OF FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

    Thomas Keller

  • Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites

    Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos;Thomas Keller

  • Recent all-composite and hybrid fibre-reinforced polymer bridges and buildings

    Thomas Keller

  • Neutron scattering study of the magnetic phase diagram of underdoped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+x

    D Haug;V Hinkov;Y Sidis;P Bourges

  • Modeling of stiffness of FRP composites under elevated and high temperatures

    Yu Bai;Thomas Keller;Till Vallée

  • Influence of the constant life diagram formulation on the fatigue life prediction of composite materials

    Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos;Behzad D. Manshadi;Thomas Keller

  • Flexural behavior of a hybrid FRP and lightweight concrete sandwich bridge deck

    Thomas Keller;Erika Schaumann;Till Vallée

  • Skyrmion lattices in metallic and semiconducting B20 transition metal compounds.

    C Pfleiderer;T Adams;A Bauer;W Biberacher

  • Adhesively bonded lap joints from pultruded GFRP profiles. Part I: stress-strain analysis and failure modes

    Thomas Keller;Till Vallée

  • Non-Fermi liquid metal without quantum criticality.

    C. Pfleiderer;P. Böni;T. Keller;U. K. Rößler

  • A review of the fire behaviour of pultruded GFRP structural profiles for civil engineering applications

    João R. Correia;Yu Bai;Thomas Keller

  • Modeling of thermal responses for FRP composites under elevated and high temperatures

    Yu Bai;Till Vallée;Thomas Keller

  • Structural Concept, Design, and Experimental Verification of a Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Sandwich Roof Structure

    Thomas Keller;Christoph Haas;Till Vallée

  • GFRP-Balsa Sandwich Bridge Deck: Concept, Design, and Experimental Validation

    Thomas Keller;Jan Rothe;Julia de Castro;Michael Osei-Antwi

  • Fatigue damage in angle-ply GFRP laminates under tension-tension fatigue

    A. Vahid Movahedi-Rad;Thomas Keller;Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

  • Adhesively bonded lap joints from pultruded GFRP profiles. Part II: joint strength prediction

    Thomas Keller;Till Vallée

  • Long-Term Performance of a Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Truss Bridge

    Thomas Keller;Yu Bai;Till Vallée

  • Stiffness degradation and fatigue life prediction of adhesively-bonded joints for fiber-reinforced polymer composites

    Ye Zhang;Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos;Thomas Keller

  • Effects of low and high temperatures on tensile behavior of adhesively-bonded GFRP joints

    Ye Zhang;Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos;Thomas Keller

  • Quasi-static and fatigue performance of a cellular FRP bridge deck adhesively bonded to steel girders

    Thomas Keller;Herbert Gürtler

  • Joining techniques for fiber reinforced polymer composite bridge deck systems

    Aixi Zhou;Thomas Keller

  • Composite action and adhesive bond between fiber- reinforced polymer bridge decks and main girders

    Thomas Keller;Herbert Gürtler

Frequent Co-Authors

Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos
Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Yu Bai
Yu Bai Peking University
João R. Correia
João R. Correia Instituto Superior Técnico
Fernando A. Branco
Fernando A. Branco Instituto Superior Técnico
Chao Wu
Chao Wu University of Wollongong
Horst Vogel
Horst Vogel Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Pascal Dumy
Pascal Dumy École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
Zhishen Wu
Zhishen Wu Southeast University
Albert Turon
Albert Turon University of Girona
Manfred Mutter
Manfred Mutter Debiopharm (Switzerland)

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