Computational and Multi-scale Mechanics Group

China LS-DYNA Users Conference

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, X Pan, Strength Analysis of DP980 Steel Spot Welds, Shanghai, 2019   PDF

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, Modeling of Ductile Failure in Destructive Manufacturing Processes Using the Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method, Shanghai, 2017   PDF

• Y Guo, CT Wu, W Hu, A Dynamic Ductile Failure Analysis of Shells Structures Using Extended Finite Element Method, Shanghai, 2017   PDF

• B Ren, CT Wu, LS-DYNA for Brittle Fracture Analysis Using the 3D Bond-Based Peridynamics Model, Shanghai, 2017   PDF

• CT Wu, W Hu, LS-DYNA Discrete Dislocation Dynamics (DDD), Shanghai, 2015   PDF

• CT Wu, B Ren, E Askari, LS-DYNA Peridynamics for Brittle Fracture Analysis, Shanghai, 2015

• Y Guo, CT Wu, W Hu, LS-DYNA Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method, Shanghai, 2015   PDF

• W Hu, CT Wu, Adaptive Meshfree Galerkin Method for the Simulation of Friction Stir Welding Process, The 1st China LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dalian, Liaoning, 2013

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European LS-DYNA Users Conference

• H Wei, CT Wu, D Lyu, W Hu, F-H Rouet, K Zhang, P Ho, H Oura, M Nishi, T Naito, L Shen, Multiscale Simulation of Short-Fiber-Reinforced Composites: From Computational Homogenization to Mechanistic Machine Learning in LS-DYNA, the 13th European LS-DYNA Conference, Ulm, Germany, 2021  PDF

• S Hayashi, CT Wu, W Hu, Y Wu, X Pan, H Chen, New Methods for Compression Molding Simulation and Component Strength Validation for Long Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics, The 12th European LS-DYNA Conference, Koblenz, 2019    PDF

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, B Ren, Y Guo, Z Liu, Recent Advances in Finite Element and Meshfree Methods for Material Failure Analysis, Invited Keynote, The 12th European LS-DYNA Conference, Koblenz, 2019

• S Hayashi, H Chen, W Hu, Compression Molding Analysis of Long Fiber Reinforced Plastics Using Coupled Method of Beam and 3D Adaptive EFG in LS-DYNA, Salzburg, 2017   PDF

• B. Ren, CT Wu, W Hu, LS-DYNA 3D Discontinuous Galerkin FEM with the Bond-based Peridynamics Model for Dynamic Brittle Failure Analysis, Salzburg, 2017   PDF

• CT Wu, New Features in LS-DYNA EFG Method for Solids and Structural Analysis, Salzburg, 2009   PDF

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International LS-DYNA Users Conference

• Z Liu, H Wei, T Huang, CT Wu, Intelligent multiscale simulation based on process-guided composite database, 16th International LS-DYNA® Users Conference, ANSYS SimuLive, 2020   PDF

• J Xu, W Hu, B Ren, Y Wu, X Pan, CT Wu,  Adaptive Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Higher Order Kernel Function in LS-DYNA®, 16th International LS-DYNA® Users Conference, ANSYS SimuLive, 2020   PDF

• L Huang, Y Wu, G Huff, A Ilinich, A Freis, S Huang, G Luckey, Sensitivity Study of Self-Piercing Rivet Insertion Process Using Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method, 16th International LS-DYNA® Users Conference, ANSYS SimuLive, 2020   PDF

• Y Wu, W Hu, X Pan, CT Wu, Recent Developments of Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method for Joint Modeling, 16th International LS-DYNA® Users Conference, ANSYS SimuLive, 2020   PDF

• L Huang, Y Wu, G Huff, S Huang, A Ilinich, A Freis, G Luckey, Simulation of Self-Piercing Rivet Insertion Using Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• B Ren, CT Wu, A Peridynamic Model for Damage Prediction of Fiber Reinforced Composite Laminate, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• Y Guo, CT Wu, An Enhancement of LS-DYNA XFEM Shells for Dynamic Ductile Failure Analysis, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• Z Liu, CT Wu, Multiscale Simulations of Material with Heterogeneous Structures Based on Representative Volume Element Techniques, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• Y Wu, CT Wu, Parametric and Convergence Studies of the Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method in Semi-brittle and Ductile Material Failure Analyses, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• X Pan, CT Wu, Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method with a Momentum-Consistent Smoothing Algorithm for Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• W Hu, CT Wu, S. Hayashi, The Immersed Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method in LS_DYNA for Material Failure Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Solid Structures, Detroit, 2018   PDF

• Y Wu, Y Guo, CT Wu, W Hu, J Magallanes, Analysis of High Velocity Impact Penetration Using the Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method, Detroit, 2016 

• Y Guo, CT Wu, W Hu, LS-DYNA Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method with Strain Galerkin Stabilization and Thermal Effects, Detroit, 2016 

• B Ren, CT Wu, LS-DYNA Peridynamics for Brittle Fracture Analysis, Detroit, 2016

• W Hu, CT Wu, HP Wang, H Lu, An adaptive meshfree Galerkin method for the three-dimensional thermo-mechanical flow simulation of friction stir welding process, Detroit, 2014   PDF

• CT Wu, Y Guo, W Hu, An introduction to the LS-DYNA smoothed particle Galerkin method for severe deformation and failure analysis in solids, Detroit, 2014   PDF

• H Lu, JY Zhao, XW Wang, X Lei, CT Wu, Y Wu, Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Structure under Impact Loading using Meshfree Cohesive Failure Approach, Detroit, 2012   PDF

• H Lu, CT Wu, An Improved 3D Adaptive EFG Method for Forging and Extrusion Analysis with Thermal Coupling in LS-DYNA, Detroit, 2010   PDF

• Y Guo, CT Wu, XFEM and EFG Cohesive Fracture Analysis for Brittle and Semi-Brittle Materials, Detroit, 2010   PDF

• S Hu, CT Wu, Y Guo, Engine Impeller Sub-fragmentation Simulation Using EFG Method, 2010   PDF

• W Hu, CT Wu, K Saito, LS-DYNA Meshfree Interactive Adaptivity and Its Application, Detroit, 2010   PDF

• CK Park, CT Wu, CD Kan, Meshfree Analysis Using Generalized Meshfree (GMF) Approximation, 2010

• H Lu, CT Wu, J Xu, Forging and Extrusion Analysis with LS-DYNA Using 3D Adaptive EFG Method, Detroit, 2008   PDF

• H Lu, CT Wu, A Grid-Based Adaptive Scheme for the Three-dimensional Forging and Extrusion Problems with the EFG Method, Detroit, 2006   PDF

• CT Wu, Y Guo, HP Wang, ME Botkin, A Mesh-free Analysis of Shell Structures, Detroit, 2004   PDF

• CT Wu, ME Botkin, HP Wang, Development of a Coupled Finite Element and Mesh-free Method in LS-DYNA, Detroit, 2002   PDF

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Japan LS-DYNA Users Conference

• CT Wu, LS-DYNA Meshfree Methods in Solids and Structures: Current, Future and Its Industrial Applications, Tokyo, 2008

• CT Wu, Recent Development of Particle Methods in LS-DYNA, Tokyo, 2002

• CT Wu, Recent Developments of Particle Methods in LS-DYNA, Invited Keynote, Tokyo, 2001

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Taiwan LS-DYNA Users Conference

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, Y Guo, B Ren, X Pan, Z Liu, Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method for Large Deformation Material Failure Analysis, Invited Keynote, Taipei, 2017

• CT Wu, W Hu, Y Guo, B Ren, Y Wu, Overview of LS-DYNA Advanced FEM and Meshfree Methods for Solid and Structural Analysis, Taipei, 2016

• CT Wu, Modeling Large Deformation Problems in Solids Using Meshfree and Meshfree-enriched Finite Element Method, Invited Keynote, Taipei, 2012

• CT Wu, An Introduction to Meshfree Methods in LS-DYNA and Their Applications, Invited Keynote, Taipei, 2010

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U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics

• CT Wu, H Wei, D Lyu, W Hu, T-H Su, H Oura, M Nishi, T Naito, L Shen, K Zhang, P Ho, Z Liu, T Huang, Mechanistic Machine Learning-based Multiscale Simulation of Short-Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Chicago, Illinois, 2021

• CT Wu, X Pan, W Hu, Y Wu, Z Liu, The Momentum-Consistent Smoothed Particle Galerkin (MC-SPG) Method for the Extreme Thread Forming Simulation in Flow Drill Screwing Process, Austin, Texas, 2019

• Z Liu, CT Wu, Advances in Immersed Particle Method and Deep Material Network for Data-Driven RVE Analysis, Austin, Texas, 2019

• S Hayashi, CT Wu, W Hu, H Chen, Y Wu, X Pan, Compression Molding Simulation and Component Strength Analysis for Long Fiber Reinforced Plastics Using Meshfree and Particle Methods in LS-DYNA, Austin, Texas, 2019

• CT Wu, K Takada, H Okada, N Ma, W Hu, Y Guo, B Ren, Y Wu, A Robust Particle Galerkin Method for High-speed Metal Grinding Simulation, Montreal, Canada, 2017

• CT Wu, A Displacement Smoothing Induced Strain Gradient Stabilization for the Meshfree Galerkin Nodal Integration Method in Linear and Nonlinear analyses, San Diego, California, 2015

• W Hu, CT Wu, Cohesive Meshfree-enriched Finite Element Method for Explicit Dynamic Fracture Analysis in Solids, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2013

• CT Wu, W Hu, JS Chen, An Introduction to the Meshfree-enriched Finite Element Method, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011

• W Hu, CT Wu, Meshfree-enriched Triangular Element with Strain Smoothing for Approximating Compressible and Nearly Incompressible Materials, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011

• CK Park, CT Wu, CD Kan, Efficiency and Accuracy Study of Convex and Non-convex Approximations in Meshfree Methods, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011

• CT Wu, Y Guo, Application of Meskfree Methods in Crashworthiness and Metal Forming Simulations, Columbus, Ohio, 2009

• Y Guo, CT Wu, HP Wang, Meshfree Shells in Industrial Application, Columbus, Ohio, 2009

• CK Park, CT Wu, CD Kan, Cohesive Fracture Analysis by an Enriched Strong Discontinuity Meshfree Formulation Using Maximum Entropy Approximation, Columbus, Ohio, 2009

• M Koishi, CT Wu, D Lam, H Shimamoto, G Skinner, Application of EFG in LS-DYNA to Microscopic Simulation of Rubber Compounds under Periodic Boundary, San Francisco, 2007

• H Lu, CT Wu, A Generalized Grid-based Adaptive Meshfree Method for High Velocity Impact Problems, San Francisco, 2007

• Y Guo, CT Wu, P Zavattieri, Crack Analysis in Shell Structures with XFEM, San Francisco, 2007

• CT Wu, Y Guo, H Lu, J Xu, Computational Aspects of Fracture Simulation Using XFEM and Meshfree Method in LS-DYNA Code, San Francisco, 2007

• P Zavattieri, CT Wu, Y Guo, A Study of Crack Propagation Using a Cohesive-Zone Approach in XFEM and the Interface Element Method, San Francisco, 2007

• M Buyuk, S Kan, CT Wu, Application of Meshfree Methods for Ballistic Impact Performance Analysis of Ductile Materials, San Francisco, 2007

• HP Wang, CT Wu, H Schuyten, Y Guo, Efficient Element-free Galerkin Explicit Dynamic Simulations, San Francisco, 2007

• J Xu, CT Wu, HP Wang, A Massively Parallel Processing for Meshfree Method in LS-DYNA, San Francisco, 2007

• CT Wu, H Lu, Meshfree Simulation of Forging and Extrusion Problems, Austin, Texas, 2005

• HP Wang, ME Botkin, CT Wu, Y Guo, Parallelized Coupled Finite Element and Meshfree Simulation of Large Scale Crashworthiness Problems, Austin, Texas, 2005

• Y Guo, CT Wu, HP Wang, ME Botkin, Adaptive Meshfree Shell for Metal Forming Analysis, Austin, Texas, 2005

• HP Wang, ME Botkin, CT Wu, Y Guo, Coupled Finite Element and Meshfree Simulation of Manufacturing Problems, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003

• CT Wu, Y Guo, ME Botkin, HP Wang, A Coupled Finite Element and Meshfree Method for Solid and Shell Dynamic Explicit Analysis, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003

• CT Wu, Constrained Reproducing Kernel Approximation for Shear Deformable Plates and Shells, Dearborn, Michigan, 2001

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World Congress on Computational Mechanics

• CT Wu, Y Wu, W Hu, A Stable and Convergent Lagrangian Particle Method for Large Strain and Material Failure Analyses in Manufacturing Processes, New York, 2018

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, Industrial Applications of the Smoothed Particle Galerkin (SPG) Method in Ductile Failure Analysis, New York, 2018

• W Hu, CT Wu, X Pan, Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method with a Second-order Accurate Momentum-Consistnt Algorithm for Simulating Thermal Mechanical Flow Drill Screw Process, New York, 2018

• CT Wu, N Ma, K Takada, H Okada, Particle Modeling of Material Fracture Process Using a Strain-morphed Nonlocal Meshfee Method, WCCM XII and The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Seoul, Korea, 2016

• CT Wu, M Koishi, An Immersed Particle Galerkin Method for Composite Solid Analysis, WCCM XI, ECCM V and ECFD VI, Barcelona, Spain, 2014

• CT Wu, M Koishi, G Skinner, H Shimamoto, A meshfree procedure for the microscopic simulation and design of rubber compounds and its application to multi-scale simulation of tires, Venice, Italy, 2008

• CT Wu, Y Guo, HP Wang, ME Botkin, Isogeometric Structural Analysis Using Meshfree Method and Its Application to Crashworthiness and Metal Forming Simulation, Los Angeles, 2006

• H Lu, CT Wu, A Grid-based Adaptive Meshfree Method for the Three-dimensional Forging and Extrusion Simulations including Spring-back Analysis, Los Angeles, 2006

• Y Guo, CT Wu, HP Wang, ME Botkin, Adaptive Meshfree Shell Simulation of Crashworthiness and Sheet Metal Forming, Los Angeles, 2006

• Y Guo, CT Wu, ME Botkin, HP Wang, Coupled FEM/Mesh-Free Shear-Deformable Shells for Nonlinear Analysis of Shell Structures, 2004

• ME Botkin, Y Guo, CT Wu, Coupled FEM/Mesh-Free shear-deformable shells for nonlinear analysis of ahell structures, 2004

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Workshops, Seminars and Other Conferences

• CT Wu, X Pan, W Hu, Y Wu, Particle Simulation of Modern Mechanical Fastening Processes and Their Failure Analyses in Automotive Applications, The 10th International Conference on Computational Methods, Singapore, 2019

• Y Wu, CT Wu, L Huang, G Huff, S Huang, A Ilinich, A Freis, G Luckey, A Particle Galerkin Formulation for Three Dimensional Analysis of Self-piercing Riveting, SAE WCX, Detroit, 2019

• W Hu, CT Wu, X Pan, Y Wu, S Hayashi, Meshfree Methods in LS-DYNA, Workshop on Meshfree Methods and Advances in Computational Mechanics, In Celebration of Professor J.S. Chen’s 60th Birthday, Pleasanton, California, 2019

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, X Pan, Failure Analysis of Spot Welds, Workshop on Meshfree Methods and Advances in Computational Mechanics, In Celebration of Professor J.S. Chen’s 60th Birthday, Pleasanton, California, 2019

• B Ren, CT Wu, A Peridynamic Laminate Model for Failure Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Workshop on Meshfree Methods and Advances in Computational Mechanics, In Celebration of Professor J.S. Chen’s 60th Birthday, Pleasanton, California, 2019

• Z Liu, CT Wu, Deep Material Network for Data-Driven Structure-Property Predictions, Workshop on Meshfree Methods and Advances in Computational Mechanics, In Celebration of Professor J.S. Chen’s 60th Birthday, Pleasanton, California, 2019

• D Lyu, S Li, B Ren, CT Wu, Comparison of Molecular Dynamics (MD) with Multiscale Crystal Defect Dynamics (MCDD) for Crystal Plasticity Modelling, USACM Thematic Conference on Meshfree and Particle Methods: Applications and Theory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018

• CT Wu, W Hu, Y Wu, L Huang, Computational Modeling of Joint Failure using Finite Element and Meshfree Methods, USACM Thematic Conference on Meshfree and Particle Methods: Applications and Theory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018

• X Pan, CT Wu, W Hu, Y Wu, Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method with a Momentum-Consistent Smoothing Algorithm for Explicit Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis, USACM Thematic Conference on Meshfree and Particle Methods: Applications and Theory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018

• CT Wu, Methods and Challenges of Material Failure Modeling and Multiscale Computation in Industrial Applications, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018

• Z Liu, CT Wu, Advances in RVE Large Deformation Analysis of Heterogeneous Structures Using an Immersed Particle Modeling Technique under Large Deformation and Mechanistic Machine Learning Technology, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018

• CT Wu, TL Luo, M Wang, CC Liao, W Hu, Y Wu, A Robust Particle Galerkin Method for High-speed Metal Grinding Simulation, The 9th International Workshop on Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Bonn, Germany, 2017

• CT Wu, Current Industrial Applications and Emergent Needs in Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, USACM Conference on Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, La Jolla, California, 2016

• CT Wu, N Ma, K Takada, H Okada, A Meshfree Continuous-discontinuous Approach for the Ductile Fracture Modeling in Explicit Dynamics Analysis, USACM Thematic Conference on Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, La Jolla, California, 2016

• B Ren, CT Wu, An Interactive Adaptive FEM/Meshfree Coupling Approach for the Ductile Fracture Simulation in 3D Solid, USACM Thematic Conference on Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, La Jolla, California, 2016

• Y Wu, CT Wu, W Hu, Y Guo, B Ren, Analysis of Large Deformation Failure Processes Using Smoothed Particle Galerkin Formulation, USACM Thematic Conference on Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, La Jolla, California, 2016

• W Hu, CT Wu, Y Guo, B Ren, Y Wu, Overview of LS-DYNA Advanced FEM and Meshfree Methods for Solid and Structural Analysis, USACM Thematic Conference on Isogeometric Analysis and Meshfree Methods, La Jolla, California, 2016

• CT Wu, Practical Metal Forging and Extrusion Simulations Using a Combined Adaptive Finite Element and Particle Method, The 1st Workshop for the Meshfree Methods for Large-scale Computational Science and Engineering, Tampa, Florida, 2014

• W Hu, CT Wu, HP Wang, An Adaptive Meshfree Galerkin Method for Friction Stir Welding Simulation, Sheet Metal Welding Conference, American Welding Society, Livonia, Michigan, 2014

• W Hu, CT Wu, Y Guo, The Recent Update of LS-DYNA Meshfree and Advanced FEM for Manufacturing Application, The 13th LS-DYNA Forum, Bamberg, Germany, 2014   PDF

• CT Wu, Two Recent Progresses in Large Strain Simulation – An Implicit Adaptive FEM/Meshfree Method for Coupled Thermo-mechanical Flow Analysis and the Explicit Smoothed Particle Galerkin Method for Severe Deformation Involving Failure in Solids, Invited Keynote, The 3rd Symposium on LS-DYNA Applications and Developments, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014

• CT Wu, Overview on Recent Finite Element and Meshfree Developments in LS-DYNA, LS-DYNA China Forum, Shanghai, China, 2014

• CT Wu, W Hu, Finite Element Variational Multi-scale Method with Coarse-scale Global Residual-free Meshfree Enrichments for Acoustics, Asia-Pacific Congress for Computational Mechanics, Singapore, 2013

• CT Wu, Numerical Modeling of Composite Solids Using an Immersed Meshfree Galerkin Method, The 7th International Workshop on Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Bonn, Germany, 2013

• N Karajan, J Wang, Z Han, J Xu, CT Wu, Meshless Methods in LS-DYNA and Their Practical Applications, III International Conference on Particle-Based Methods - Fundamentals and Application, Stuttgart, Germany, 2013

• CT Wu, W Hu, Using LS-DYNA Adaptive Methods for the Finite Strain Analysis in Manufacturing Problems, Invited Keynote, The 3rd Symposium on LS-DYNA Applications and Developments, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013

• CT Wu, Meshfree-enriched Finite Element Method and Its Industrial Applications, Advances in Computational Mechanics, San Diego, 2013

• CT Wu, Meshfree-enriched Finite Element Methods for Near-incompressible Analyses of Solids, Invited Talk, The 3rd International Symposium on Computational Mechanics and 2nd Symposium on Computational Structural Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011

• CT Wu, EFG & XFEM Methods in LS-DYNA for Solids and Structures Analysis – Favorable Applications and New Features, ANSYS Conference & 27th CADFEM Users’ Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 2009

• CT Wu, Particle Methods in LS-DYNA-current & future, Invited Keynote, International Conference on Computational Methods, Hiroshima, Japan, 2007

• CT Wu, The Development of XFEM Fracture and Meshfree Adaptivity, The 5th LS-DYNA Forum, Ulm, Germany, 2006   PDF

• CT Wu, Recent Developments in LS-DYNA for Impact and Crashworthiness Analysis, Invited Plenary, The 17th Annual HP Symposium on Technology Trends in Computational Engineering, Los Angeles, 2006

• HP Wang, K Zhao, CT Wu, ME Botkin, Meshfree Simulation of Automotive Decklid Inner Panel, The 6th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Process, Detroit, Michigan, 2005

• HP Wang, CT Wu, S He, Coupled Finite Element and Meshfree Simulation of Manufacturing Problems, International Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, ASME, 2003

• CT Wu, Meshfree Methods in Automotive Modeling and Simulation, Invited Plenary, The 14th Annual Technology Trends in Automotive Engineering Symposium, Plymouth, Michigan, 2003

• CT Wu, A Coupled Finite Element and Meshfree Method in Automotive Modeling and Simulation, Invited Plenary, The 8th Annual HP CAE Asia Pacific Seminar, Seoul and Tokyo, 2003