Nonlinear Solid Mechanics Group

The main research lines of NSM are:

• The experimental characterization of the mechanical behavior and fracture of metals and alloys at high strain rates.
• The formulation of constitutive theories to describe the mechanical response of ductile materials.
• the development of numerical algorithms for the implementation of constitutive theories into computational codes.
• The formulation of analytical models to describe the inception of instabilities in engineering materials.
• The simulation of penetration and perforation processes in metallic structures.
• The analysis of large-amplitude nonlinear vibrations in elastic structures.