PUBLICATIONS
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Books
B1. S.E. Bechtel and R.L. Lowe. 2014. Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Mechanical, Thermomechanical, and Smart Materials. Academic Press (Elsevier), San Diego.
Journal Articles (since 2019)
P7. C.G. Cooley and R.L. Lowe. Effect of Through-Thickness Axial Inertia on the In-Plane Nonlinear Vibration of Circular Dielectric Elastomer Membranes. Submitted, under review.
P6. C.G. Cooley and R.L. Lowe. 2022. In-Plane Nonlinear Vibration of Circular Dielectric Elastomer Membranes with Extreme Stretchability. European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids 96, 104660. [PDF]
P5. J.D. Seidt, C.-K. Park, M. Buyuk, R.L. Lowe, L. Wang, K.S. Carney, P. Du Bois, A. Gilat, and C.-D. Kan. 2022. An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of the State of Stress on the Ductile Fracture of 2024-T351 Aluminum. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 144(4), 041006. [PDF]
P4. C.G. Cooley and R.L. Lowe. 2022. Unusual Nonlinear Frequency Response in Circular Dielectric Elastomer Membranes Excited by Fluctuating Through-Thickness Voltages. Mechanics Research Communications 124, 103928. [PDF]
P3. L.X. Yang, L.B. Yang, and R.L. Lowe. 2021. A Viscoelasticity Model for Polymers: Time, Temperature, and Hydrostatic Pressure Dependent Young’s Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio Across Transition Temperatures and Pressures. Mechanics of Materials 157, 103839. [PDF]
P2. N. Spulak, R.L. Lowe, J.D. Seidt, A. Gilat, C.K. Park, and K.S. Carney. 2020. Ductile Fracture Under In-Plane Biaxial Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression. International Journal of Solids and Structures 202, pp. 234-242. [PDF]
P1. R.L. Lowe and C.G. Cooley. 2019. A Newtonian Mechanics Formulation for the Vibration of Translating and Rotating Elastic Continua. Journal of Vibration and Control 25(10), pp. 1639-1652. [PDF]
Conference Proceedings Articles (since 2019)
C12. B. Bielefeldt, R. Beblo, K. Lawson, and R. Lowe. 2022. Development of Material Property Feasibility Constraints for a Multiscale Topology Optimization Framework Using Radial Basis Function Interpolations. In Proceedings of the ASME 2022 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, paper ID: SMASIS2022-97312, V001T08A005. [PDF]
C11. B. Bielefeldt, R. Beblo, J. Deaton, K. Lawson, and R. Lowe. 2022. Exploring a Multiscale Topology Optimization Design Space Using a Parametric L-system Approach. AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, AIAA 2022-2524. [PDF]
C10. R.L. Lowe, J.G. Beckett, C.G. Cooley, Z. Bai, and P.E. Kladitis. 2021. Soft Piezoelectric Composites: Synthesis, Electro-Elastic Property Characterization, and Non-Linear Constitutive Modeling. In Proceedings of the ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vol. 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids, paper ID: IMECE2021-71197, V012T12A038. [PDF]
C9. C.G. Cooley and R.L. Lowe. 2021. Dynamic Stiffness of Dielectric Elastomer Isolators. In Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, paper ID: SMASIS2021-68371, V001T07A016. [PDF]
C8. A. Ul Hosna Meem, K. Rudolph, A. Cox, A. Andwan, T. Osborn, and R. Lowe. 2021. Impact of Process Parameters on the Tensile Properties of DLP Additively Manufactured ELAST-BLK 10 UV-Curable Elastomer. In Proceedings of the ASME 2021 16th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Vol. 2: Manufacturing Processes, paper ID: MSEC2021-64002, V002T06A031. [PDF]
C7. T.J. Whitney, A.R. Elsbrock, and R.L. Lowe. 2020. High Speed Puncture Properties of Additively Manufactured ULTEM 9085 Exposed to Hot/Wet Conditions. In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites – Thirty-Fifth Technical Conference on Composite Materials, DEStech Publications, pp. 121-134. [PDF]
C6. R.L. Lowe and C.G. Cooley. 2020. Nonlinear Dynamics of a Dielectric Elastomer Membrane Under Compressive Loading. In Proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Vol. 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids, paper ID: IMECE2020-24275, V012T12A032. [PDF]
C5. R.L. Lowe, L.D. Hoover, and C.A. Negri. 2020. Experimental Design for Negative Triaxialities: Ductile Fracture Under Combined Uniaxial Tension and Hydrostatic Pressure. In Proceedings of the 16th International LS-DYNA Conference. [PDF]
C4. C.G. Cooley and R.L. Lowe. 2020. Non-Linear Vibration of Thick Dielectric Membrane Disks with Radial Loads. In Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, paper ID: SMASIS2020-2326, V001T02A007. [PDF]
C3. T.J. Whitney, A.R. Elsbrock, and R.L. Lowe. 2019. Instrumented Impact Behavior of ULTEM 9085 Panels Produced by Additive Manufacturing. In A. Mouritz et al., editors, Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22 2019), Engineers Australia, pp. 4810-4821. [PDF]
C2. B. Hripko, L. Hoover, P. Damodara, T. Reissman, and R. Lowe. 2019. FDM 3D-Printed Thermoplastic Elastomers: Experiments, Modeling, and Influence of Process Parameters on Properties. In Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Vol. 2A: Advanced Manufacturing, paper ID: IMECE2019-11615, V02AT02A058. [PDF]
C1. N. Spulak, R. Lowe, J. Seidt, and A. Gilat. 2019. Failure Testing Under In-Plane Biaxial Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression. In J. Carroll et al., editors, Proceedings of the 2018 Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Vol. 6: Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Springer, pp. 17-19. [PDF]
Technical Reports
J.D. Seidt, J.L. Smith, N. Spulak, R.L. Lowe, and A. Gilat. 2022. Aluminum 2024-T351 Input Parameters for *MAT_224 in LS-DYNA, Part 2: Additional Tests to Determine Plastic Heating and Ductile Fracture Behavior Under Combined Loading. FAA Report No. DOT/FAA/TC-19/41, P2. [PDF]
Theses and Dissertations
T6. Lawson, K.R. 2022. Exploration of Data Clustering within a Novel Multi-Scale Topology Optimization Framework, Master's Thesis, University of Dayton.
T5. Beckett, J.G. 2022. Development and Validation of a Stereo Digital Image Correlation System for Large Deformation Soft Materials Testing, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Dayton.
T4. Fabe, P.A. 2021. Viability of Postconsumer Thermoplastics in Consumer Grade Additive Manufacturing, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Dayton.
T3. Meem, A.U.H. 2021. On the Mechanics and Dynamics of Soft UV-cured Materials with Extreme Stretchability for DLP Additive Manufacturing, Master's Thesis, University of Dayton.
T2. Negri, C.A. 2021. Ductile Fracture of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, Master's Thesis, University of Dayton.
T1. Hoover, L.D. 2021. Large Strain Plastic Deformation of Traditionally Processed and Additively Manufactured Aerospace Metals, Master's Thesis, University of Dayton.
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