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20092025
most citedThermodynamics-based Artificial Neural Networks for constitutive modeling

421 citations

52 papers

math.NA2025

Data-driven material identification in micromorphic continua

Jacinto Ulloa, Laurent Stainier

We introduce a data-driven framework for identifying material behavior from full-field kinematics and external force measurements in generalized (micromorphic) continua. The aim is…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Assessment of Hybrid RANS-LES and WALE Formulations for Wake and Resistance Prediction of the BB2 Submarine

Noh Zainal Abidin, Frederic Grondin, Pol Muller +1

Submarine hydrodynamics presents unique challenges in accurately predicting flow separation, wake structure, and resistance due to complex geometry and turbulent behaviour at high…

cs.LG2025

Hybrid Adaptive Modeling in Process Monitoring: Leveraging Sequence Encoders and Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Mouad Elaarabi, Domenico Borzacchiello, Philippe Le Bot +2

In this work, we explore the integration of Sequence Encoding for Online Parameter Identification with Physics-Informed Neural Networks to create a model that, once trained, can be…

cs.LG2025★ 4 cited

Adaptive parameters identification for nonlinear dynamics using deep permutation invariant networks

Mouad Elaarabi, Domenico Borzacchiello, Yves Le Guennec +2

The promising outcomes of dynamical system identification techniques, such as SINDy [Brunton et al. 2016], highlight their advantages in providing qualitative interpretability and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

A damage mechanics model for quasi brittle materials based on the structured deformation theory

M. L. M. François

The structured deformation theory is used within the thermodynamics of irreversible processes framework in order to build a damage model relevant for quasi-brittle materials. The c…

cs.CE2024★ 15 cited

Data-driven methods for computational mechanics: A fair comparison between neural networks based and model-free approaches

Martin Zlatić, Felipe Rocha, Laurent Stainier +1

We present a comparison between two approaches to modelling hyperelastic material behaviour using data. The first approach is a novel approach based on Data-driven Computational Me…

physics.class-ph2024★ 3 cited

miniBLAST: a novel experimental setup for laboratory testing of structures under blast loads

Ahmad Morsel, Filippo Masi, Emmanuel Marché +3

We present a novel experimental setup called miniBLAST, which enables systematic and repeatable laboratory tests of structures subjected to blast loads. The explosive source is bas…

math.NA2024

Sparse approximations for contact mechanics

Kiran Sagar Kollepara, José V. Aguado, Yves Le Guennec +2

Low-rank model order reduction strategies for contact mechanics show limited dimensionality reduction due to linear inseparability of contact pressure field. Therefore, a dictionar…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Path differences between quasistatic and fatigue cracks in anisotropic media

Xinyuan Zhai, Thomas Corre, Ataollah Mesgarnejad +2

The propagation path of quasistatic cracks under monotonic loading is known to be strongly influenced by the anisotropy of the fracture energy in crystalline solids or engineered m…

math.NA2024★ 18 cited

Data-driven micromorphic mechanics for materials with strain localization

Jacinto Ulloa, Laurent Stainier, Michael Ortiz +1

This paper explores the role of generalized continuum mechanics, and the feasibility of model-free data-driven computing approaches thereof, in solids undergoing failure by strain…

eess.SY2023★ 4 cited

Insights of using Control Theory for minimizing Induced Seismicity in Underground Reservoirs

Diego Gutierrez-Oribio, Ioannis Stefanou

Deep Geothermal Energy, Carbon Capture, and Storage and Hydrogen Storage have significant potential to meet the large-scale needs of the energy sector and reduce the CO emissio…

math.NA2022★ 4 cited

A two-scale solver for linear elasticity problems in the context of parallel message passing

Alexis Salzman, Nicolas Moës

This paper pushes further the intrinsic capabilities of the GFEM global-local approach introduced initially in [1]. We develop a distributed computing approach using MPI (Me…

cs.CE2022★ 63 cited

Evolution TANN and the identification of internal variables and evolution equations in solid mechanics

Filippo Masi, Ioannis Stefanou

Data-driven and deep learning approaches have demonstrated to have the potential of replacing classical constitutive models for complex materials. Yet, the necessity of structuring…

eess.SY2022★ 12 cited

Passivity-based control of underactuated mechanical systems with Coulomb friction: Application to earthquake prevention

Diego Gutierrez-Oribio, Ioannis Stefanou, Franck Plestan

Passivity property gives a sense of energy balance. The classical definitions and theorems of passivity in dynamical systems require time invariance and locally Lipschitz functions…

math.OC2022★ 21 cited

Earthquake Control: An Emerging Application for Robust Control. Theory and Experimental Tests

Diego Gutiérrez-Oribio, Georgios Tzortzopoulos, Ioannis Stefanou +1

This paper addresses the possibility of using robust control theory for preventing earthquakes through fluid injections in the earth's crust. The designed robust controllers drive…

cs.CE2021★ 17 cited

Lipschitz regularization for fracture: the Lip-field approach

N. Chevaugeon, N. Moes

The Lip-field approach is a new regularization method for softening material material models. It was presented first in a previous paper providing one-dimensional simulations for d…

physics.class-ph2021★ 1 cited

Analysis and visualization of traceless symmetric tensors. Application to the Hencky strain tensor for large strain tension-torsion

Etienne Le Mire, Erwan Verron, Bertrand Huneau +1

Cyclic multiaxial loadings of soft materials are usually studied throughout experiments involving machines that prescribe a combination of uniaxial tension and torsion. Due to the…

cs.CE2021★ 13 cited

The eXtreme Mesh deformation approach (X-MESH) for the Stefan phase-change model

Nicolas Moes, Jean-Francois Remacle, Jonathan Lambrechts +2

The eXtreme Mesh deformation approach (X-MESH) is a new paradigm to follow sharp interfaces without remeshing and without changing the mesh topology. Even though the mesh does not…

math.NA2021★ 124 cited

Residual-based adaptivity for two-phase flow simulation in porous media using Physics-informed Neural Networks

John M. Hanna, Jose V. Aguado, Sebastien Comas-Cardona +2

This paper aims to provide a machine learning framework to simulate two-phase flow in porous media. The proposed algorithm is based on Physics-informed neural networks (PINN). A no…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 177 cited

Multiscale modeling of inelastic materials with Thermodynamics-based Artificial Neural Networks (TANN)

Filippo Masi, Ioannis Stefanou

The mechanical behavior of inelastic materials with microstructure is very complex and hard to grasp with heuristic, empirical constitutive models. For this purpose, multiscale, ho…

cs.CE2021★ 19 cited

Lipschitz regularization for softening material models: the Lip-field approach

Nicolas Moes, Nicolas Chevaugeon

Softening material models are known to trigger spurious localizations.This may be shown theoretically by the existence of solutions with zero dissipation when localization occurs a…

physics.app-ph2021★ 1 cited

The role of viscous regularization in dynamical problems, strain localization and mesh dependency

Alexandros Stathas, Ioannis Stefanou

Strain localization is responsible for mesh dependence in numerical analyses concerning a vast variety of fields such as solid mechanics, dynamics, biomechanics and geomechanics. T…

math.NA2020★ 12 cited

Scaling laws for the rigid-body response of masonry structures under blast loads

Filippo Masi, Ioannis Stefanou, Victor Maffi-Berthier

The response of masonry structures to explosions can be hardly investigated relying only on numerical and analytical tools. Experimental tests are of paramount importance for impro…

cs.CE2020★ 66 cited

Efficient Data Structures for Model-free Data-Driven Computational Mechanics

Robert Eggersmann, Laurent Stainier, Michael Ortiz +1

The data-driven computing paradigm initially introduced by Kirchdoerfer and Ortiz (2016) enables finite element computations in solid mechanics to be performed directly from materi…