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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Research Interests:
Early topics related to: (1) structural form-finding and optimization; (2) the art and history of structures; (3) the design of civil infrastructure systems; (4) fiber-reinforced composites; (5) sustainable structural systems:
Recent efforts emphasized on (1) novel structural concepts; (2) bio-inspired method and biomimetics; (3) nonlinear mechanics and structural testing; (4) static buckling and instability; (5) smart structures and devices
Education:
2015 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Michigan State University; Dissertation: Tailoring of Elastic Postbuckling Response of Cylindrical Shells
Selected Publications:
Hu, N., and Burgueño, R. (2016). “Non-uniform Patterned Patches: A New Role in Controlling Elastic Postbuckling Behavior of Cylindrical Shells,” Thin-Walled Structures.
Hu, N., and Burgueño, R. (2016). “Toward the design of smart devices using the elastic postbuckling of cylindrical shells with seeded geometric imperfection,” Journal of Applied Mechanics.
Hu, N., and Burgueño, R. (2015). “Tailoring Of The Elastic Postbuckling Response of Cylindrical Shells: A Route for Exploiting Instabilities in Materials and Mechanical Systems,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 4, 103-110.
Hu, N., and Burgueño, R. (2015). “Elastic Postbuckling Behavior of Cylindrical Shells with Seeded Geometric Imperfection Design,” Thin-Walled Structures, 96, 256-268.
Hu, N., and Burgueño, R. (2015). “Buckling-induced Smart Applications: Recent Advances and Trends,” Smart Materials and Structures, 24(6), 063001.
Yan, B, Dai, G. L., Hu, N. (2015). "Recent Development of Design and Construction of Short-span High-speed Rail Bridges in China," Engineering Structures, 100, 707-717.
Burgueño, R., Hu, N, Heeringa, A, and Lajnef, N. (2014). "Tailoring the Elastic Postbuckling Response of Thin-walled Cylindrical Shell under Axial Compression," Thin-Walled Structures, 84, 14-25.
Nan Hu and Rigoberto Burgueño, “Buckling-induced smart applications: recent advances and trends”, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 24, No. 6, May 2015
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