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Professor Fred van Keulen

Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering
Delft University of Technology

See:
http://www.3me.tudelft.nl/?id=4037&L=1

Interests:
Mechanics, Structural optimization techniques, Fundamentals of micro- and nano-systems

Teaches the following Master’s Degree courses:
Stability of thin-walled structures, Numerical methods for Dynamics, Engineering optimization: concepts and applications, Engineering optimization 2, Mechanical analysis for engineering, Engineering mechanics fundamentals.

Selected publications:
• A. Bout, F. van Keulen, A mixed geometrically nonlinear shell element, In: Integration of Theory and Applications in Applied Mechanics, Eds. J.F. Dijksman and F.T.M. Nieuwstadt, pp. 269–276, Kluwer 1990.
• F. van Keulen, A bound on the error in classical theory of laminated plates. Int. J. Engng Science, Vol. 29, No.7, pp. 869-882, 1991, Pergamon Press.
• A.Bout, F. van Keulen, A mixed element for geometrically and physically nonlinear shell problems, Heron, Vol. 36, pp. 27-36, 1991, ISSN: 0046-7316
• F. van Keulen, A.Bout and L.J. Ernst, Nonlinear thin shell analysis using a curved triangular element. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng. 103 (1993), pp.315-343. • F. van Keulen, A geometrically nonlinear curved shell element with constant stress resultants. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng. 106 (1993), pp.315-352.
• F. van Keulen, A finite rotation triangular shell element, In: Topics of Applied Mechanics, Eds. J.F. Dijksman and F.T.M. Nieuwstadt, pp. 355–362, Kluwer 1993.
• F. van Keulen, On refined triangular plate and shell elements, Thesis, TU-Delft 1993, ISBN 90-370-0078-9.
• J. Booy and F. van Keulen, Consistent formulation of a triangular finite rotation shell element, Proceedings of the first International DIANA Conference on Computational Mechanics, In: DIANA Computational Mechanics ‘94, Eds. G.M.A. Kusters and M.A.N. Hendriks, pp. 235–244, Kluwer 1994.
• F. van Keulen, V.V. Toropov and A.A. Polynkine, Optimization of geometrically nonlinear shell structures using adaptivity, Proceedings of Fifth AIAA/USAF/ NASA/ISSMO Symposium, AIAA 94-4361, pp. 995–1006, 1994.
• A.A. Polynkin, F. van Keulen and V.V. Toropov, Optimization of geometrically nonlinear thin-walled structures using the multipoint approximation method. Structural Optimization 9 (2), pp. 105–112, 1995.
• A.A. Polynkine, F. van Keulen and V.V. Toropov, Optimization of Geometrically Nonlinear Structures based on Multi-point Approximation Method and Adaptivity, Engineering Computations, 13, (2/3/4), pp. 76–97, 1996.
• J.R. MacKay, F van Keulen; A Review of External Pressure Testing Techniques for Shells including a Novel Volume-Control Method, Experimental Mechanics 2010, 50(6), 753–772.
• J.R. Mackay, M.J. Smith, F. van Keulen, T.N. Bosman, N.G. Pegg; Experimental investigation of the strength and stability of submarine pressure hulls with and without artificial corrosion damage; Marine Structures 23 (2010), 339–359.

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