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38
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8315
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2218
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804

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Victor Birman is affiliated with the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of medicine and engineering, with a focus on areas such as surgery, mechanics of materials, orthopedics and sports medicine, civil and structural engineering, and epidemiology.

Their work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
  • Fire effects on concrete materials

They have published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication journals include:

  • Journal of Thermal Stresses
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Victor Birman include:

  • "Toughening mechanisms for the attachment of architectured materials: The mechanics of the tendon enthesis", 2021, Science Advances
  • "The effect of dental restoration geometry and material properties on biomechanical behaviour of a treated molar tooth: A 3D finite element analysis", 2021, Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • "Enthesis strength, toughness and stiffness: an image-based model comparing tendon insertions with varying bony attachment geometries", 2021, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "Stiffness of composites with coated inclusions", 2020, Composites Communications
  • "Thermal buckling and postbuckling of columns accounting for temperature effect on material properties", 2022, Journal of Thermal Stresses

Victor Birman has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with the most common co-authors being:

  • Guy M. Genin
  • Stavros Thomopoulos
  • Iden Kurtaliaj
  • Ethan D. Hoppe
  • Mikhail Golman

In recognition of their work, Victor Birman was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Modeling and Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials and Structures

    Victor Birman;Larry W. Byrd

  • Review of current trends in research and applications of sandwich structures

    Victor Birman;George A. Kardomateas

  • Review of Mechanics of Shape Memory Alloy Structures

    Victor Birman

  • Functional Grading of Mineral and Collagen in the Attachment of Tendon to Bone

    Guy M. Genin;Alistair Kent;Victor Birman;Brigitte Wopenka

  • Collagen fiber orientation at the tendon to bone insertion and its influence on stress concentrations

    Stavros Thomopoulos;Juan Pablo Marquez;Bradley Weinberger;Victor Birman

  • Properties and potential for application of steel reinforced polymer and steel reinforced grout composites

    X. Huang;V. Birman;A. Nanni;G. Tunis

  • ON THE CHOICE OF SHEAR CORRECTION FACTOR IN SANDWICH STRUCTURES

    Victor Birman;Charles W. Bert

  • Manufacturing and characterization of polyurethane based sandwich composite structures

    M. Mohamed;S. Anandan;Z. Huo;V. Birman

  • Evaluation of sandwich panels with various polyurethane foam-cores and ribs

    Hesham Tuwair;Matthew Hopkins;Jeffery Volz;Mohamed A. ElGawady

  • Modelling the mechanics of partially mineralized collagen fibrils, fibres and tissue

    Yanxin Liu;Stavros Thomopoulos;Changqing Chen;Victor Birman

  • An approach to optimization of shape memory alloy hybrid composite plates subjected to low-velocity impact

    Victor Birman;K. Chandrashekhara;Sukhendu Sain

  • Characterization of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by steel reinforced polymer and grout (SRP and SRG) composites

    Bryce L. Barton;Erin N. Wobbe;Lokeswarappa R. Dharani;Pedro Franco Silva

  • Parametric instability of thick, orthotropic, circular cylindrical shells

    Charles W. Bert;Victor Birman

  • Fibrocartilage tissue engineering: the role of the stress environment on cell morphology and matrix expression

    Stavros Thomopoulos;Rosalina Das;Victor Birman;Lester Smith

  • Mechanisms of Bimaterial Attachment at the Interface of Tendon to Bone

    Yanxin Liu;Victor Birman;Changqing Chen;Stavros Thomopoulos

  • Bi-material attachment through a compliant interfacial system at the tendon-to-bone insertion site

    Yanxin Liu;Stavros Thomopoulos;Victor Birman;Jr-Shin Li

  • Dynamic instability of shear deformable antisymmetric angle-ply plates

    Charles W. Bert;Victor Birman

  • Buckling and Post-buckling of Composite Plates and Shells Subjected to Elevated Temperature

    Victor Birman;Charles W. Bert

  • Stability of Functionally Graded Shape Memory Alloy Sandwich Panels

    Victor Birman

  • Effectiveness of z-pins in preventing delamination of co-cured composite joints on the example of a double cantilever test

    Larry W. Byrd;Victor Birman

  • Micro-mechanical properties of the tendon-to-bone attachment

    Alix C. Deymier;Yiran An;John J. Boyle;Andrea G. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stavros Thomopoulos
Stavros Thomopoulos Columbia University
Charles W. Bert
Charles W. Bert University of Oklahoma
K. Chandrashekhara
K. Chandrashekhara Missouri University of Science and Technology
George J. Simitses
George J. Simitses Georgia Institute of Technology
Isaac Elishakoff
Isaac Elishakoff Florida Atlantic University
Mohamed A. ElGawady
Mohamed A. ElGawady Missouri University of Science and Technology
George A. Kardomateas
George A. Kardomateas Georgia Institute of Technology
Dimitris A. Saravanos
Dimitris A. Saravanos University of Patras
Antonio Nanni
Antonio Nanni University of Miami
Ephraim Suhir
Ephraim Suhir Portland State University

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