Irene Arias
Associate Professor
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Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada III

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

 

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Campus Nord, Edifici C2

Jordi Girona 1-3

E-08034 Barcelona

Spain

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Education

·         Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, February 2003. Advisor: Jan D. Achenbach [thesis]

·         Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (B.S., M.S. minor in Structural Engineering), UPC, Barcelona, June 1998.

Academic experience

Research interests

·         Modeling of active materials

·         Dynamic fracture

·         Computational solid mechanics

·         Wave propagation

·         Non-destructive evaluation

Selected publications

  1. V.B. Chalivendra, S. Hong, I. Arias, J. Knap, A.J. Rosakis , M. Ortiz. Experimental validation of large-scale simulations of dynamic fracture along weak planes, Internacional Journal of Impact Engineering, 36 (2009) 888-898. [preprint]
  2. I. Arias  and M. Arroyo, Size dependent nonlinear elastic scaling of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Physical Review Letters 100, 085503 (2008). [preprint]
  3. M. Arroyo and I. Arias, Rippling and a phase-transforming mesoscopic model for multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56 (2008) 1224-1244.  doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2007.10.001  [preprint]
  4. I. Arias, J. Knap, V.B.  Chalivendra, S. Hong, M. Ortiz, A.J. Rosakis. Numerical modelling and experimental validation of dynamic fracture events along weak planes, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196 (2007) 3833-3840. [preprint]
  5. V.B.  Chalivendra, S. Hong, I. Arias, J. Knap, A.J. Rosakis, M. Ortiz. Experimental validation of large-scale simulations of dynamic fracture along weak planes, International Journal of Impact Engineering, in press. [preprint]
  6. I. Arias, S. Serebrinsky, M. Ortiz. A phenomenological cohesive model of ferroelectric fatigue, Acta Materialia, 54 (2006) 975-984. [preprint]
  7. I. Arias, S. Serebrinsky, M. Ortiz. A cohesive model of fatigue of ferroelectric materials under electro-mechanical cyclic loading, in: Dimitris C. Lagoudas (Ed.), Active Materials: Behavior and Mechanics, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5387, 2004, pp. 371–377. [preprint]
  8. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. A model for the ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking cracks by the Scanning Laser Source technique, in: Peter J. Shull and Andrew L. Gyekenyesi (Eds.), Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aerospace Materials and Composites III, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5393, 2004, pp. 123–131. [preprint]
  9. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. Rayleigh wave correction for the BEM analysis of two-dimensional elastodynamic problems in a half-space, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 60 (2004) 2131–2146. [preprint]
  10. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. Use of reciprocity considerations for the 2D BEM analysis of wave propagation in an elastic half-space with applications to acoustic emission, Wave Motion 39 (2004) 281–294. [preprint]
  11. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. A model for the ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking cracks by the Scanning Laser Source technique, Wave Motion 39 (2004) 61–75. [preprint]
  12. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. Thermoelastic generation of ultrasound by line-focused laser irradiation, International Journal of Solids and Structures 40 (2003) 6917–6935. [preprint]
  13. I. Arias, J.D. Achenbach. A theoretical model for the detection of surface-breaking cracks with laser-generated ultrasound, in: D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds.), Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 22, AIP Press, New York, 2003, pp. 281–288. [preprint]
  14. I. Arias, T.W. Murray, J.D. Achenbach. Near-field analysis of laser-generated ultrasound: the effects of thermal diffusion and optical penetration, in : D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds.), Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 21, AIP Press, New York, 2002, pp. 324–331. [preprint]

Last Updated: November 1st, 2008

Irene Arias

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Campus Nord, edifici C2

Jordi Girona 1-3 E-08034 Barcelona, Spain