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Prof. Raul A Radovitzky
Jerome C Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Associate Director, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN)
Primary DLC
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
MIT Room:
33-406
(617) 252-1518
rapa@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Computational Solid Mechanics and Fluid
Structure Interaction
Mechanics of Materials
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
High-Performance and Massively Parallel Computing
Aerospace Structures
Numerical Methods
Continuum Mechanics
Explosives (Developing in 2 Phases; Only Become Explosive in the Mixing Phase and, Finding Substitutes)
Research Summary
Professor Radovitzky's Research includes:
* development of numerical models for the analysis of different manufacturing processes in the steel industry
* the formulation of efficient finite element interpolation schemes, the analysis of thermomechanical effects in welding processes
* the Lagrangian formulations of viscous flows with applications to sloshing and wave-breaking
* unstructured tetrahedral mesh generation algorithms
* error estimation and adaptive remeshing schemes for nonlinear dynamic problems
* electromagnetic riveting analysis
* dynamic fracture and fragmentation of glass rods
* dry sliding wear of metals
* efficient algorithms formulation for computation of exponential and logarithmic mappings of square matrices
* scalable Eulerian-fluid/Lagrangian-solid coupling algorithms and shock-capturing schemes for the Lagrangian analysis of shocks in solids.
* multiscale modeling and advanced simulation of material behavior
* polycrystalline plasticity and microstructural evolution
* scalable algorithms for the analysis of coupled fluid-solid problems
* interaction between high-speed flows and highly -deformable solids
* large scale distributed computing
* scalable fragmentation and contact algorithms
* adaptive procedures for nonlinear dynamic problem
* free-surface flows
Recent Work
Projects
April 18, 2014
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Layered/Graded Nanocrystalline and Superelastic-Fiber Alloys for Lightweight Protection
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
April 18, 2014
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Blast-Induced TBI -- Connections Among the Physical, Biological, and Behavioral Dimensions
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
April 18, 2014
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Electromechanical Interactions in Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
April 18, 2014
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Advanced Computational Tools for Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Multi-Threat Protective Systems
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
April 18, 2014
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
High-Performance Woven Fabrics and Woven Reinforced Composites for Soldier Protective Systems
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
July 9, 2007
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
A Numerical Approach for the Design of Nanomechanical Biodetectors
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
July 9, 2007
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Principal Investigator
Raul Radovitzky
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Visiting Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics