 |
 |
 |
Faculty and Personnel List
|
 |
 |
Florin Bobaru
Assistant Professor
W317.6 Nebraska Hall
Department of Engineering Mechanics
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0526
Phone: (402) 472-8348
Fax: (402) 472-8292
E-mail: fbobaru2@unl.edu |
|
Education
|
|
|
|
Cornell University, Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2001)
University of Bucharest, Romania, M.S. in Mathematics and Mechanics
(1997)
University of Bucharest, Romania, B.S. in Mathematics and Mechanics
(1995)
|
Research Interests
|
|
Meshless methods, shape and material optimization of solids, functionally
graded materials, inverse and ill-posed problems, numerical methods for
multiscale and multifield problems.
|
Selected Publications
|
|
- F. Bobaru and S. Rachakonda, "E(FG)2 : a new Fixed-Grid shape optimization method based on the Element-free Galerkin meshfree analysis", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization - under review (2005).
- R.K. Lakkaraju, F. Bobaru, and S.L. Rohde, "Optimization of Multilayer Wear-Resistant Thin Films Using Finite Element Analysis on Stiff and Compliant Substrates", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (A) - accepted (2005).
- F. Bobaru, S.A. Silling, and H. Jiang, "Peridynamic fracture and damage modeling of membranes and nanofiber networks", Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy, March 20-25, 5748: 1-6 (2005).
- S.A. Silling and F. Bobaru, "Peridynamic modeling of membranes and fibers", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 40(2-3): 395-409 (2005).
- F. Bobaru and S. Rachakonda, "Optimal shape profiles for cooling fins of high and low conductivity", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 47(23): 4953-4966 (2004).
- F. Bobaru and S. Rachakonda, "Boundary layer in shape optimization of convective fins using a meshfree approach", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60(7) 1215-1236 (2004).
- F. Bobaru and S.A. Silling, "Peridynamic 3D models of nanofiber networks and carbon nanotube-reinforced composites", in Materials Processing and Design: Proceedings of Numiform 2004, the 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, American Institute of Physics, pp:1565-1570 (2004).
- F. Bobaru and Subrata Mukherjee, "Meshless approach to shape optimization of linear thermoelastic solids", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 53(4), 765-796 (2002).
- F. Bobaru and S. Mukherjee, "Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Shape Optimization in Planar Elasticity Using the Element-Free Galerkin Method", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 190/32-33, (2001), pp. 4319-4337.
- F. Bobaru, "Prestressed Elastic Solid Containing a Crack, Subjected to Normal or Tangential Loadings," Revue Roumaine des Science Technique, Serie de Mecanique Applique, Tome 41, 5-6, (1996).
For more information about Dr. Bobaru, please click
here.
|
|
|
|
