Coupled multiphysics modelling of sensors for chemical, biomedical, and environmental applications with focus on smart materials and low-dimensional …

S Singh, R Melnik - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Low-dimensional nanostructures have many advantages when used in sensors compared
to the traditional bulk materials, in particular in their sensitivity and specificity. In such …

Dynamic thermo-mechanical coupling and size effects in finite shape memory alloy nanostructures

RP Dhote, RVN Melnik, J Zu - Computational Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, the dynamics of martensitic transformations in shape memory alloy (SMA)
constrained finite nanostructures is studied using a phase field model with the Ginzburg …

Machine learning for shape memory graphene nanoribbons and applications in biomedical engineering

C León, R Melnik - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Shape memory materials have been playing an important role in a wide range of
bioengineering applications. At the same time, recent developments of graphene-based …

3D coupled thermo-mechanical phase-field modeling of shape memory alloy dynamics via isogeometric analysis

RP Dhote, H Gomez, RNV Melnik, J Zu - Computers & Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper focuses on numerical simulation of the 3D phase-field (PF) equations for
modeling cubic-to-tetragonal martensitic transformations in shape memory alloys (SMAs) …

Nonlinear dynamics of shape memory alloy oscillators in tuning structural vibration frequencies

L Wang, RVN Melnik - Mechatronics, 2012 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloy (SMA) is one of the novel advanced functional materials that has an
increasing range of current and potential applications, including smart materials and …

Isogeometric analysis of a dynamic thermo-mechanical phase-field model applied to shape memory alloys

RP Dhote, H Gomez, RNV Melnik, J Zu - Computational Mechanics, 2014 - Springer
This paper focuses on the numerical simulation of martensitic transformations in shape
memory alloys (SMAs) using a phase-field model. We developed a dynamic thermo …

Thermo-mechanical wave propagations in shape memory alloy rod with phase transformations

LX Wang, RVN Melnik - Mechanics of Advanced Materials and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, a mathematical model is developed to analyze the wave propagation
processes in shape memory alloy rods. The first order phase transformations and associated …

Phase transitions in shape memory alloys with hyperbolic heat conduction and differential-algebraic models

RVN Melnik, AJ Roberts, KA Thomas - Computational Mechanics, 2002 - Springer
The dynamics of phase transitions and hysteresis phenomena in materials with memory are
described by a strongly nonlinear coupled system of partial differential equations which, in …

Applications of fully conservative schemes in nonlinear thermoelasticity: modelling shape memory materials

P Matus, RVN Melnik, L Wang, I Rybak - Mathematics and Computers in …, 2004 - Elsevier
In this paper, we consider a strongly coupled model of nonlinear thermoelasticity describing
the dynamics of materials with shape memory. The model is not amenable to analytical …

Hysteresis phenomena in shape memory alloys by non-isothermal Ginzburg–Landau models

RP Dhote, M Fabrizio, RNV Melnik, J Zu - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose the new one-and three-dimensional models for the description of
hysteretic phenomena in shape memory alloys (SMAs). These thermodynamic models are …