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Olivier Bauchau

Professor

Office: SST/Weber 212
Phone: 404.894.0042
olivier.bauchau@aerospace.gatech.edu
http://www.ae.gatech.edu/~obauchau

Education

B.S., Engineering, 1977, Université de l’Etat à Liège
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1977-78, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, 1981, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biography

Dr. Bauchau earned his B.S. degree in engineering from the Université de l’Etat à Liège (Belgium) in 1977, then the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA.) in 1978 and 1981, respectively. He was an Awardee of the Rotary Foundation of the ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 1977-78. He joined the faculty of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, first as an assistant professor then as associate professor. He is now professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering of the Georgia institute of Technology. His fields of expertise include: finite element methods for structural and multi-body dynamics, rotorcraft aero-elasticity, experimental mechanics and dynamics, and the design and manufacturing of composite materials and structures.

Research

Structural dynamics and multibody dynamics, with applications in the following:

  • Modeling of flexible multibody systems
  • Rotorcraft comprehensive aeromechanics simulation
  • Simulation and design of hydraulic and elastomeric dampers
  • New concepts for actuation and morphing of rotorcraft blades
  • Solution strategies for differential algebraic equations

Honors and Distinctions

  • Fellow of the ASME

    • Selected Publications

  • Bauchau O.A.:``A Self-Stabilized Algorithm for Enforcing Constraints in Multibody Systems.'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, 40, No 12 -- 13, pp 3253 -- 3271, 2003.
  • Bauchau O.A. and Rodriguez J., and Chen, S.Y.: ``Coupled Rotor-Fuselage Analysis with Finite Motions Using Component Mode Synthesis.'' Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 49, No 2, pp 201 -- 211, 2004.
  • Bauchau, O.A. and Laulusa A.: ``Review of Contemporary Approaches for Constraint Enforcement in Multibody Systems.'' Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 3, No 1, pp 011005 1--8, January 2008.
  • Bauchau, O.A., Epple, A. and Bottasso, L.: ``Scaling of Constraints and Augmented Lagrangian Formulations in Multibody Dynamics Simulations.'' Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 4, No 4, pp 021007-1--9, 2009.
  • Bauchau, O.A. and Craig, J.I.: Structural Analysis with Application to Aerospace Structures. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New-York. 2009. ISBN 978-90-481-2515-9

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