Publications

2026

A finite element formulation for incompressible viscous flow based on the principle of minimum pressure gradient

J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 461, 119170 (2026)

Variational mesh smoothing via pseudo-strain energy minimization

K. Garanger, A. Mota, J. W. Foulk III, and J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 458, 119033 (2026)

Asymmetric tension–compression connectivity governs deformation delocalization in truss-based metamaterials

F. N. Ruffini and J. J. Rimoli

npj Metamaterials 2(1), 10 (2026)

2025

Divergent evolution of slip banding in CrCoNi alloys

B. Xie, H. Chen, P. Wang, C. Zhang, B. Xing, M. Xu, X. Wang, L. Valdevit, J. J. Rimoli, X. Pan, and P. Cao

Nature Communications 16(1), 3631 (2025)

2024

Decoupling stiffness and peak moment via hierarchical snapping structures designed with machine learning

K. Hector, P. S. Dasika, J. J. Rimoli, and P. Zavattieri

Materials & Design 244, 113189 (2024)

Symmetry-enforcing neural networks with applications to constitutive modeling

K. Garanger, J. Kraus, and J. J. Rimoli

Extreme Mechanics Letters 71, 102188 (2024)

Propagation of compression solitary waves on tensegrity-like lattices made of truncated octahedrons

J. de Castro Motta, K. Garanger, and J. J. Rimoli

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 162, 104716 (2024)

Integrity ratio: A damage mitigation control metric for component life extension

A. Shah, C. Mballo, J. V. R. Prasad, and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of the American Helicopter Society 69, 022006 (2024)

2023

A Computational Model for the Thermal Spallation of Crystalline Rocks

K. A. Hart and J. J. Rimoli

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 56(11), 8235-8254 (2023)

An elastica theory for compressible imperfect beams with application to mechanical metamaterials

J. Kraus and J. J. Rimoli

Mechanics Research Communications 131, 104147 (2023)

Dislocation mechanisms in strengthening and softening of nanotwinned materials

H. Wang, J. J. Rimoli, and P. Cao

Journal of Applied Physics 133(5), 055106 (2023)

Plasma-wall interaction model for erosion of materials under ion bombardment

H. Logarzo and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of Propulsion and Power 39(3), 438–453 (2023)

2022

Data-driven approach for dynamic homogenization using meta learning

A. Shah and J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 401, 115672 (2022)

Additive Manufacturing of Compliant Mechanisms for Deployable Aerospace Structures

C. A. Gebara, P. D. Lytal, and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 31, 6083–6091 (2022)

Smart parts: Data-driven model order reduction for nonlinear mechanical assemblies

A. Shah and J. J. Rimoli

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 200, 103682 (2022) Most Downloaded Finite Elements in Analysis and Design Articles

2021

Rotorcraft Dynamic Platform Landings Using Robotic Landing Gear

B. León, J. J. Rimoli, and C. V. Di Leo

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control 143(11), 111006 (2021)

Ground and Flight Tests of an Unmanned Rotorcraft with Cable-Driven Robotic Landing Gear

B. León, J. J. Rimoli, and C. V. Di Leo

Journal of the American Helicopter Society 66, 032000 (2021)

Optimization for energy absorption of 3-dimensional tensegrity lattice with truncated octahedral units

J. Zhang, M. Ohsaki, J. J. Rimoli, and K. Kogiso

Composite Structures 267, 113903 (2021)

Tensegrity Metamaterials: Toward Failure-Resistant Engineering Systems through Delocalized Deformation

J. Bauer, J. A. Kraus, C. Crook, J. J. Rimoli, and L. Valdevit

Advanced Materials 33(10), 2005647 (2021) Cover article

Formation and Impact of Microcracks in Plasma Erosion of M26 Boron Nitride

N. P. Brown, C. B. Whittaker, J. J. Rimoli, W. J. Ready, and M. L. R. Walker

Journal of Propulsion and Power 37, 59–67 (2021)

Smart Constitutive Laws: Inelastic Homogenization Through Machine Learning

H. Logarzo, G. Capuano, and J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 373, 113482 (2021) Most Downloaded Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Articles

2020

MicroStructPy: A Statistical Microstructure Mesh Generator in Python

K. A. Hart and J. J. Rimoli

SoftwareX 12, 100595 (2020)

Generation of Statistically Representative Microstructures with Direct Grain Geometry Control

K. A. Hart and J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 370, 113242 (2020) Most Downloaded Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Articles

Prestress-controlled asymmetric wave propagation and reciprocity-breaking in tensegrity metastructure

Y. Wang, W. Zhao, J. J. Rimoli, R. Zhu, and G. Hu

Extreme Mechanics Letters 37, 100724 (2020)

Design of a Crashworthy Cable-Driven Four-Bar Link Robotic Landing Gear System

C. V. Di Leo, B. León, J. Wachlin, M. Kurien, A. Krishnan, A. Krishnan, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Costello

Journal of Aircraft 57(2), 224–244 (2020)

2019

Multiscale lattices and composite materials: Optimal design, modeling and characterization

F. Fraternali, C. Daraio, and J. J. Rimoli

Frontiers in Materials 6, 199 (2019)

Elastomer Encapsulated Pressure Sensor with Engineered Air Cavity for Force Sensing

B. Leon, J. J. Rimoli, and C. V. Di Leo

IEEE Sensors Journal 19, 6628–6643 (2019)

Design and Impact Response of 3D-Printable Tensegrity-Inspired Structures

K. Pajunen, P. Johanns, R. K. Pal, J. J. Rimoli, and C. Daraio

Materials & Design 182, 107966 (2019)

New perspectives on the grain-size dependent yield strength of polycrystalline metals

C. V. Di Leo and J. J. Rimoli

Scripta Materialia 166, 149–153 (2019)

Smart finite elements: a novel machine learning application

G. Capuano and J. J. Rimoli

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 345, 363–381 (2019) Most Downloaded Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Articles

2018

Material symmetry phase transitions in three-dimensional tensegrity metamaterials

H. Salahshoor, R. K. Pal, and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 119, 382–399 (2018)

Tunable wave propagation by varying prestrain in tensegrity-based periodic media

R. K. Pal, M. Ruzzene, and J. J. Rimoli

Extreme Mechanics Letters 22, 149–156 (2018)

Modal-Based Finite Elements for Efficient Wave Propagation Analysis

G. Capuano, M. Ruzzene, and J. J. Rimoli

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 145, 10–19 (2018)

Non-Schmid effects and finite wavelength instabilities in single crystal metals

H. Salahshoor, R. K. Pal, and J. J. Rimoli

Extreme Mechanics Letters 20, 9–13 (2018)

Optical evaluation of the wave filtering properties of graded undulated lattices

G. Trainiti, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

Journal of Applied Physics 123(9), 091706 (2018)

2017

Mechanical response of 3-dimensional tensegrity lattices

J. J. Rimoli and R. K. Pal

Composites Part B: Engineering 115, 30–42 (2017)

Investigation of Plasma Material Erosion under Mechanical Stress

A. M. Schinder, J. J. Rimoli, and M. L. R. Walker

Journal of Propulsion and Power 33(2), 433–447 (2017)

2016

Wave Propagation in Undulated Structural Lattices

G. Trainiti, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

International Journal of Solids and Structures 97-98, 431–444 (2016)

A continuum model for nonlinear lattices under large deformations

R. K. Pal, M. Ruzzene, and J. J. Rimoli

International Journal of Solids and Structures 96, 300–319 (2016)

Exploiting Length-Dependent Effects for the Design of Single-Material Systems with Enhanced Thermal Transport Properties

J. B. Bouquet, F. Burgaud, and J. J. Rimoli

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 101, 1227–1236 (2016)

Effect of large deformation pre-loads on the wave properties of hexagonal lattices

R. K. Pal, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

Smart Materials and Structures 25(5), 054010 (2016)

Multiscale finite element analysis of wave propagation in periodic solids

F. Casadei, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 108, 81–95 (2016)

2015

Out-of-Plane Elastic Waves in 2D Models of Solids: A Case Study for a Nonlocal Discretization Scheme with Reduced Numerical Dispersion

A. Martowicz, M. Ruzzene, W. J. Staszewski, J. J. Rimoli, and T. Uhl

Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2015 (2015)

Wave Propagation in Periodically Undulated Beams and Plates

G. Trainiti, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

International Journal of Solids and Structures 75, 260–276 (2015)

A length-dependent model for the thermomechanical response of ceramics

J. B. Bouquet and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 82, 82–96 (2015)

Abstract

Abstract We present a length-dependent model for the thermomechanical response of ceramics through a concurrent multiscale scheme that accounts for: (i) the locally varying values of the sub-grain thermal conductivity tensor due to the interaction of phonons with microstructural features such as grain boundaries, and (ii) a continuum model of thermal stresses that explicitly resolves the polycrystalline structure of the material. At the sub-grain level, we compute the values of the thermal conductivity tensor using the Boltzmann transport equation under the relaxation time approximation. At the continuum level, the polycrystalline structure of the specimen is resolved explicitly by a finite element mesh and the texture of the polycrystal is assumed to be given. At this level, we adopt a Fourier model of heat conduction which utilizes values of thermal conductivity obtained at the lower scale. The mechanical response of the grains is modeled as elastic and anisotropic. The capabilities of the model are demonstrated through a series of examples, which highlight the potential of our approach for designing materials with improved thermomechanical response.

Meshing strategies for the alleviation of mesh-induced effects in cohesive element models

J. J. Rimoli and J. J. Rojas

International Journal of Fracture 193(1), 29-42 (2015)

2014

Analysis of thermomechanical response of polycrystalline HMX under impact loading through mesoscale simulations

D. B. Hardin, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Zhou

AIP Advances 4(9), 097136 (2014)

Three-Dimensional model for erosion of a Hall Effect thruster discharge channel wall

A. M. Schinder, M. L. .. R. Walker, and J. J. Rimoli

Journal of Propulsion and Power 30(5), 1373–1382 (2014)

Multiscale finite element analysis of elastic wave scattering from localized defects

F. Casadei, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 88, 1–15 (2014)

Plasma Induced Erosion on Ceramic Wall Structures in Hall Effect Thrusters

T. Burton, A. M. Schinder, G. Capuano, J. J. Rimoli, M. L. R. Walker, and G. B. Thompson

Journal of Propulsion and Power 30(3), 690–695 (2014)

2013

An approach for incorporating classical continuum damage models in state-based peridynamics

M. R. Tupek, J. J. Rimoli, and R. Radovitzky

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 263, 20–26 (2013)

A geometric multiscale finite element method for the dynamic analysis of heterogeneous solids

F. Casadei, J. J. Rimoli, and M. Ruzzene

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 263, 56–70 (2013)

Anisotropy-induced broadband stress wave steering in periodic lattices

F. Casadei and J. J. Rimoli

International Journal of Solids and Structures 50(9), 1402–1414 (2013)

2011

Wet-sand impulse loading of metallic plates and corrugated core sandwich panels

J. J. Rimoli, B. Talamini, J. J. Wetzel, K. P. Dharmasena, R. Radovitzky, and H. N. G. Wadley

International Journal of Impact Engineering 38(10), 837–848 (2011)

A duality-based method for generating geometric representations of polycrystals

J. J. Rimoli and M. Ortiz

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 86(9), 1069–1081 (2011)

Nonlocal Superelastic Model of Size-Dependent Hardening and Dissipation in Single Crystal Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloys

L. Qiao, J. J. Rimoli, Y. Chen, C. A. Schuh, and R. Radovitzky

Physical Review Letters 106(8), 085504 (2011)

2010

A three-dimensional multiscale model of intergranular hydrogen-assisted cracking

J. J. Rimoli and M. Ortiz

Philosophical Magazine 90(21), 2939–2963 (2010) James Clerk Maxwell Young Writers Prize

Shock-induced subgrain microstructures as possible homogenous sources of hot spots and initiation sites in energetic polycrystals

J. J. Rimoli, E. Gürses, and M. Ortiz

Physical Review B 81(1), 014112 (2010)