News:
+ Wystan Carswell receives prize at NE Geotech symposium (11/12)
+ Bamboo research featured in UMass In Pictures (11/12)
+ NSF awards grant to study hurricane risk to offshore wind turbines (9/12)
+ Prof. Arwade returns from trip to Switzerland with bridge and buildings pics (6/12).
+ Brooks Smith accepts position with WDP and Assoc. (5/12)
+ Wystan Carswell and Brooks Smith defend MS theses (4/12)
+ Wystan Carswell and TaKarra Green win wind energy IGERT fellowships and will be PhD students in the group next year (3/12)
+ Wind turbine reliability paper appears (11/11)
+ Wikipedia article on structural art published (1/12)
+ Prof. Arwade receives internationalization grant from UMass to establish study abroad in Switzerland (1/12)
+ Hernan Pinto receives grant from Chilean government to conduct collaborative research with Prof. Arwade (10/11)
Research Group (Spring 2012): ofMohamed Krem (PhD), Mohammadreza Moradi (alumnus), Prof. Arwade, Brooks Smith (MS), Wystan Carswell (MS), Alireza Amini (PhD).
Research Interests: Probabilistic mechanics; material mechanics; historic structures; structural reliability; computational solid mechanics; structural aspects of wind energy development, structural design of green buildings.
Research Projects:
7. Reliability-based Hurricane Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms (NSF, current)
6. UMass wind energy IGERT (NSF, current)
5. Reconfiguring steel structures: energy dissipation and buckling mitigation through the use of steel foams (NSF, current)
4. Modeling the design limit states of structural composite lumber (NSF, current) 3. Adaptive use of historic truss bridges for civil engineering education (NSF, completed), press release
2. Preliminary experiments on the structural application of metal foam (UMass, completed)
1. A framework for microstructural design using Bayesian classifiers (NSF, completed)
Teaching:
Current: CEE 630 Advanced Solid Mechanics;
Previous: CEE/MIE 605 Finite Element Analysis; CEE 331 Structural Analysis; CE 560.445 Advanced Structural Analysis; CE 560.729 Structural Mechanics; CE 560.141 Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures; CE 560.786 Structural Reliability; CE 560.728 Stochastic Micromechanics; CEE 693B Seminar; CEE 211 Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures; CEE 615 Probabilistic Methods in Structural Mechanics
Links/Interests:
Structural Art
A guide to the structures of Western Mass.
Stresses in deck-stiffened arches. notes, poster
Rubber bridge models. notes
Isler shell models
Isler-inspired ice shells
Online database of structures, structurae.net
The solar chimney. Schlaich's conception, Enviromission, wikipedia entry
Journal Publications:
28. Teferra K, Arwade SR, Deodatis G “Stochastic variability of effective properties via the generalized variability response function.” Computers and Structures 110-111:107-115 (2012) (pdf)
27. Krem* M, Hoque ST, Arwade SR, Bren ̃a SF “Structural configuration and building energy performance.” Journal of Architectural Engineering (in press)
26. Moradi* M, Arwade SR, Schafer BW “Computational evaluation of limit states of thin-walled channels made from steel foam.” Thin Walled Structures (in press)
25. Smith* BH, Szyniszewski S, Hajjar JF, Schafer BW, Arwade SR “A review of steel foam processing,
properties, and applications.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research 71:1-10 (2012) (pdf)
24. Szyniszewski S, Smith* BH, Hajjar JF, Arwade SR, Schafer BW “Local buckling strength of steel
foam sandwich panels.” Thin-Walled Structures 59:11-19 (2012) (pdf)
23. Mahdavi* M, Clouston PL, Arwade SR “A low-technology approach toward development of
laminated bamboo lumber.” Construction and Building Materials 29:257-262 (2012) (pdf)
22. Pinto H, Arwade SR, Veale* P “Response of open cell aluminum foams to fully reversed cyclic
loading.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 137:911-918 (2012) (pdf)
21. Pinto H, Arwade SR “A statistical model for the fatigue life of aluminum closed cell foams.” Fatigue
and Fracture in Engineering Materials and Structures DOI 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2011.01591.x (2011) (pdf)
20. Krupka* MT, Arwade SR, Clouston PL “Length effects in tensile strength in the orthogonal directions
of structural composite lumber.” ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation 39: DOI
10.1520/JTE103261(2011) (pdf)
19. Arwade SR, Lackner M, Grigoriu M “Probabilistic models for wind turbine and wind farm
performance.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 133:10.1115/1.4004273. (2011) (pdf)
18. Mahdavi* M, Clouston PL, Arwade SR "Development of laminated bamboo lumber: a review of processing, performance, and economical considerations." Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 23:1036-1042 (pdf)
17. Arwade SR, Deodatis G "Variability response functions for effective material properties." Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 26:174-181 (2010) (pdf)
16. Kelton*, S. L., Arwade, S. R., Lutenegger, A. J. "Variability of the mechanical properties of wrought iron from historic American truss bridges." ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 23:638-647 (pdf)
15. Arwade, S. R., Winans*, R., & Clouston, P. L. "Variability of the compressive strength of Parallel Strand Lumber." Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 136:405-412 (2010) (pdf)
14. Arwade, S. R., Moradi*, M., Louhghalam*, A. "Variance decomposition and global sensitivity for structural systems," Engineering Structures 32:1-10 (2010) (pdf)
13. Louhghalam*, A, & Arwade, S. R. “Prediction of incipient damage sites in composites using classifiers.” International Journal of Damage Mechanics 19:233-260 (2010) (pdf)
12. Arwade, S. R., Clouston, P. L., & Winans*, R. “Measurement and stochastic computational modeling of the elastic properties of parallel strand lumber,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 135:897-905 (2009) (pdf)
11. Dorgan*, K. M., Arwade, S. R., & Jumars, P. A. “Worms as wedges: Effects of sediment mechanics on burrowing behavior.” Journal of Marine Research. 66:219-254 (2008) (pdf)
10. Arwade, S. R. & Popat*, M. “Statistics of simulated intergranular cracks.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 24:117-127 (2009) (pdf)
9. Tan*, L. & Arwade, S. R. “Response classification of simple polycrystalline microstructures.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 197:1397-1409 (2008) (pdf)
8. Dorgan*, K. M., Arwade, S. R., & Jumars, P. A. “Burrowing in marine muds by crack propagation: kinematics and forces.” Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(23):4198-4212 (2007) (pdf)
7. Liu*, H., Arwade, S. R., & Igusa, T. “Random composites classification and damage estimation using Bayesian classifiers.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 133(2):129-140 (2007) (pdf)
6. Arwade, S. R., Ariston*, L., & Lydigsen*, T. “Structural behavior of the Bollman truss bridge at Savage, Maryland.” Association for Preservation Technology Bul letin. 37(1):27-36 (2006) (pdf)
5. Ferrante*, F., Arwade, S. R., & Graham-Brady, L. “A non-stationary translation field model for composite microstructure.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 20(3):215-228 (2005) (pdf)
4. Arwade, S. R. “Translation vectors with non-identically distributed components.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 20(2):158-167 (2005) (pdf)
3. Arwade, S. R., & Grigoriu, M “Characterization and modelling of random polycrystalline microstructrues with application to intergranular fracture.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 130(9):997-1006 (2004) (pdf)
2. Arwade, S. R. & Grigoriu, M. “The ODF of kinematically determined planar polycrystals subject to random deformation.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 18(4):289-299 (2003) (pdf)
1. Grigoriu, M, Ditlevsen, O. & Arwade, S. R. “A Monte Carlo simulation model for stationary non-Gaussian processes.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 18(1): 87-95 (2003) (pdf)
* student co-author