• Olivier Bauchau
  • Professor

Contact Information

Office: SST/Weber 212
Phone: Phone: 404.894.0042

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

Selected Publications

  • Bauchau, O.A., Bottasso, C.L., and Nikishkov, Y.G.:  ``Modeling Rotorcraft Dynamics with Finite Element Multibody Procedures''. Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Vol 33, pp 1113-1137, 2001.
  • Bauchau O.A., Bottasso C.L. and Trainelli L.:``Robust Integration Schemes for Flexible Multibody Systems.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 192, pp 395 -- 420, 2003.
  • 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 Trainelli L.: ``The Vectorial Parameterization of Rotation.'' Nonlinear Dynamics, 32, No 1, pp 71 -- 92, 2003.
  • Bauchau O.A. and Rodriguez J.: ``Formulation of Modal Based Elements in Nonlinear, Flexible Multibody Dynamics.'' Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 1, No 2 \& 3 pp 161 -- 180, 2003.
  • Bauchau O.A. and Choi J.Y.: ``The Vectorial Parameterization of Motion.'' Nonlinear Dynamics, 33, No 1, pp 165-- 188, 2003.
  • Bauchau O.A., Rodriguez J., and Chen, S.Y.: ``Modeling the Bifilar Pendulum Using Nonlinear, Flexible Multibody Dynamics.'' Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 47, No 1, pp 53 -- 62, 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 Wang, Jielong: ``Stability Analysis of Complex Multibody Systems.'' Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 1, No 1, pp 71 -- 80, 2006.
  • Bauchau, O.A. and Liu, Haiying: ``On the Modeling of Hydraulic Components in Rotorcraft Systems.'' Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 51, No 2, pp 175 -- 184, 2006.