RESEARCH INTERESTS

Continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, mechanics of shells and thin films, material evolution, mechanics of high-strength fabric materials, biomechnaics, multi-scale modeling, Cosserat media.

PUBLICATIONS

W. Xia and B, Nadler, Three scales model of fabric material under impact conditions. Submitte Int. J. Eng. Sci.

B. Nadler, On the contact of a spherical membrane enclosing a fluid with regid parallel planes. Submitted Int. J. Non-linear Mech.

B. Nadler and M.B. Rubin, (2009) Analysis of constitutive assumptions for the strain energy of a simple elastic membrane in a nonlinear contact problem. J. Elasticity 97(1), 77-95.

B. Nadler and T. Tang, (2008) Decohesion of a rigid punch from nonlinear membrane undergoing finite axisymmetric deformation. Int. J. Non-linear Mech. 43, 716-721.

B. Nadler, (2007) Relative stiffness of elastic nets with Cartesian and Polar underlying structure. Int. J. Eng. Sci. 46(1), 1-9.

B. Nadler, (2007) A theory of the mechanics of two coupled surfaces. Math. Mech. of Solids - accepted for publication.

B. Nadler and D.J. Steigmann, (2006) Modeling the indentation, penetration and cavitation of elastic membranes. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 54, 2005-2029.

B. Nadler, P. Papadopoulos and D.J. Steigmann, (2006) Convexity of the strain-energy function in a two-scale model of ideal fabrics. J. Elasticity 84(3), 223-244.

B. Nadler, P. Papadopoulos and D.J. Steigmann, (2005) Multi-scale constitutive modeling and numerical analysis of fabric material. Int. J. Solids and Structures 43(2), 206-221.

B. Nadler and M.B. Rubin, (2004) Post-buckling behavior of nonlinear elastic beams and three-dimensional frames using the theory of a Cosserat point. Math. Mech. of Solids 9(4), 369-398.

B. Nadler and D.J. Steigmann, (2003) A model for frictional slip in woven fabrics. Comptes Rendus Mecanique 331, 797-804.

B. Nadler and M.B. Rubin, (2003) Determination of hourglass coefficientsin the theory of a Cosserat point for nonlinear elastic beams. Int. J. Solids and Structures 40(22), 6163-6188.

B. Nadler and M.B. Rubin, (2003) A New 3-D finite element for nonlinear elasticity using the theory of a Cosserat point. Int. J. Solids and Structures 40(17), 4585-4614.