Continuum Mechanics
Various aspects of continuum mechanics are researched, especially in
connection with problems of computational interest.
Current specific interests include: development of fibrous solid models
to analyze the mechanical response of penetration-resistant materials,
such as Kevlar.
Related Publications:
R.E. Jones and P. Papadopoulos.
``On the Application of a Work Postulate to Frictional Contact'',
Arch. Mech., 53, pp. 275-279, (2001).
J. Lu and P. Papadopoulos.
``A Covariant Constitutive Description of Anisotropic Non-linear
Elasticity'',
Z. Angew. Math. Phys., 51, pp. 204-217, (2000).
J. Lu and P. Papadopoulos.
``Representations of Kronecker Power of Orthogonal Tensors with Application to
Material Symmetry'',
Int. J. Solids Struct., 35, pp. 3935-44, (1998).
J. Lu and P. Papadopoulos.
``On the Direct Determination of the Rotation Tensor from the Deformation
Gradient'',
Math. Mech. Sol., 2, pp. 17-26, (1997).