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Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Biography:
P. Frank Pai is a C.W. LaPierre Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Missouri. Having joined Missouri after working three years at North Carolina A&T State University, Pai developed the MU Structural Mechanics and Controls Laboratory for advanced mechanical and aerospace structure research. Pai has received funding from the National Science Foundation, NASA Headquarters, NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Army Research Office, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Raytheon E-Systems. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina.
Research Interests:
Design of highly flexible deployable/inflatable structures; Structural damage inspection; Nonlinear dynamics; Finite element methods; Applications of smart materials
Education:
Ph.D Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S. National Taiwan University
Selected Publications (for more see the link, Prof. P. Frank Pai):
Book:
Ali H. Nayfeh and P. Frank Pai, Linear and Nonlinear Structural Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, 2008 763 pages
Pai, P. F., Highly Flexible Structures: Modeling, Computation, and Experimentation, AIAA Education Series, 2007
Journal Articles:
P. F. Pai and A. H. Nayfeh, "Nonlinear Flexural-Flexural-Torsional Dynamics of Metallic and Composite Beams," SECTAM XV. 1990 Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Atlanta, GA, March 22-23, 1990.
A. H. Nayfeh and P. F. Pai, "Nonlinear Vibrations of a Cantilever Composite Beam Under Planar Harmonic Base Excitation," Third Technical Workshop on Dynamics and Aeroelastic Stability Modeling of Rotorcraft Systems, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 12-14. 1990.
P. F. Pai and A. H. Nayfeh, "Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Vibrations of Beams," 62nd Shock and Vibration Symposium, Springfield, VA, October 29-31, 1991.
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. (1991). “A nonlinear composite plate theory.” Nonlinear Dyn., 2(6), 445–477.
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. (1992). “A nonlinear composite beam theory.” Nonlinear Dyn., 3(4), 273–303.
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. (1992). A Nonlinear Composite Shell Theory. Nonlinear Dynamics, 3:431–463.
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. Fully nonlinear model of cables. AIAA Journal, 30, 2993–2996 (1992).
K. Oh, P. F. Pai, A. H. Nayfeh, and M. L. Fripp, "Response of an Adaptive Structure to a Broadband Excitation" CCMS/CASS Review, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA, March 22-24, 1992.
K. Oh, A. H. Nayfeh, and P. F. Pai. "Control of the Resonant Response of a Cantilever Plate Using PVDF Films as the Sensor/Actuator System: An Experimental Study," Recent Advances in Adaptive and Sensory Materials and their Applications, VPI&SU. Blacksburg, VA, April 27-29, 1992.
P.F. Pai, A.H. Nayfeh, K. Oh and D.T. Mook 1993 Journal of Solids and Structures 30, 1603-1630. A Refined Nonlinear Model of Piezoelectric Plates.
P. F. Pai and A. H. Nayfeh, "A Geometrically-Exact Beam Theory Accounting for Warpings and 3-D Stress Effects," Fourth Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability, and Dynamics of Structures and Mechanisms, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA, June 7-11, 1992.
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. A fully nonlinear theory of curved and twisted composite rotor blades accounting for warpings and three-dimensional stress effects. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 31, 1309–1340 (1994).
Pai, P. F. and Nayfeh, A. H. A unified nonlinear formulation for plate and shell theories. Nonlinear Dynamics, 6, 459–500 (1994).
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