Florin Bobaru

Professor

Hergenrader Distinguished Scholar

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

W355 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-8348
fbobaru2@unl.edu

Faculty Profile

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Education

Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2001
M.S., Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1997
B.S., Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1995

Research Interests

Damage and fracture with peridynamics
Modeling of corrosion damage and stress corrosion cracking
Damage in heterogeneous materials (fiber-reinforced composites, polycrystalline ceramics, etc.)
Dynamics of Granular Materials
Optimization of material composition and optimal shape design

Selected Publications

S. Jafarzadeh, J. Zhao, M. Shakouri, F. Bobaru, "A peridynamic model for crevice corrosion damage", Electrochimica Acta, 401, 139512 (2022). https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1e3KT33-eNnDv , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139512
J. Zhao, S. Jafarzadeh, M. Rahmani, Z. Chen, Y.-R. Kim, F. Bobaru, "A peridynamic model for galvanic corrosion and fracture", Electrochimica Acta, 391, 138968 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138968
P. Wu, F. Yang, Z. Chen, F. Bobaru, "Stochastically homogenized peridynamic model for dynamic fracture analysis of concrete", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 253, 107863 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2021.107863
F. Mousavi, S. Jafarzadeh, F. Bobaru, "An ordinary state-based peridynamic elastoplastic 2D model consistent with J2 plasticity", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 229, 111146 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111146
L. Wang, F. Bobaru, "Connections Between the Meshfree Peridynamics Discretization and Graph Laplacian for Transient Diffusion Problems", Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling, 3(4), 307-326 (2021) https://rdcu.be/chqHK, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42102-021-00053-2, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42102-021-00053-2
T. Mei, J. Zhao, Z. Liu, X. Peng, Z. Chen, F. Bobaru, "The Role of Boundary Conditions on Convergence Properties of Peridynamic Model for Transient Heat Transfer", Journal of Scientific Computing, 87, 50 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-021-01469-0
S. Jafarzadeh, L. Wang, A. Larios, F. Bobaru, "A fast convolution-based method for peridynamic transient diffusion in arbitrary domains", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 375, 113633, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113633
L. Wu, D. Huang, F. Bobaru, "A reformulated rate-dependent visco-elastic model for dynamic deformation and fracture of PMMA with peridynamics", International Journal of Impact Engineering, 149, 103791 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103791
S. Niazi, Z. Chen, F. Bobaru, "Crack nucleation in brittle and quasi-brittle materials: A peridynamic analysis", Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 112, 102855, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2020.102855
Z. Chen, S. Jafarzadeh, J. Zhao, F. Bobaru, "A coupled mechano-chemical peridynamic model for pit-to-crack transition in stress-corrosion cracking", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 146, 104203, (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104203

Books

Handbook of Peridynamic Modeling, Edited by Florin Bobaru, J.T. Foster, P.H. Geubelle, S.A. Silling. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2017.

Book Chapters

"Peridynamic Functionally Graded and Porous Materials: Modeling Fracture and Damage", Z. Chen, S. Niazi, G. Zhang, and F. Bobaru. In "Handbook of Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics for Materials and Structures", G.Z. Voyiadjis (ed.), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22977-5_36-1

Professor Hergenrader Distinguished Scholar Mechanical and Materials Engineering