Applied Mechanics

The Division of Applied Mechanics is part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Applied mechanics is a broad field involving structures, solids and fluids. Our work mainly focuses on material and structural mechanics.

Welcome to Applied Mechanics

Seeing is believing, but measuring and computing are far more convincing! Modern experimental techniques, in combination with image analyses and high-precision computational methods, are our powerful tools for understanding the fundamental mechanical behavior of complex structures and materials over length and time scales.

Our research is multidisciplinary and spans from applied projects in close cooperation with industry to fundamental academic research. We develop computational models and use high-precision clusters for multiscale and multiphysics simulations. We develop experimental devices and capture three-dimensional deformation fields even at submicron scale. We fabricate and recycle composite materials with highest design freedom by additive manufacturing.

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Education

We teach in the Bachelor of Engineering programmes in civil engineering and mechanical engineering, as well as in mechanics courses in the Master of Engineering programmes.

We regularly give PhD courses in e.g. continuum mechanics and finite element modelling.

Information about programmes at the department can be found in the student entrance.

Undergraduate

Graduate

Post graduate

Research Methodology, FTN0412

Multiphysics Modeling and Computation of Coupled and Nonlinear Problems

Advanced Continuum Mechanics

Information about post graduate courses

Degree Project

At Applied Mechanics we can offer suitable project work for both master and bachelor theses as well as individual project courses.

If you are a student at Uppsala University, you are welcome to contact a faculty member at our department for more information. Contact information

Are you interested in doing your project/thesis work with us?

Have a look at our list of potential project topics pdf, 365 kB.

Doctoral studies

We regularly give doctoral courses in e.g. continuum mechanics and finite element modelling. If you want to become a doctoral student at the division, apply for an advertised doctoral position. We regularly give doctoral courses in e.g. continuum mechanics and finite element modelling.

More information about doctoral education at the department

Get to know our former PhD students

For more information about the specialisation, please contact Professor Kristofer Gamstedt.

Welcome to contact us

You are welcome to visit us at Ångströmlaboratoriet Regementsvägen 10, Uppsala.

Head of Division: Professor Mahmoud Mousav i, phone 018-471 62 82

People at the division

Publications

A mechanical perspective on the hymenium of the fungal species Fomes fomentarius: Surprising anisotropic elastic properties across multiple scales

Klemm, Sophie; Abali, Bilen Emek; Zaslansky, Paul; Völlmecke, Christina et al.

Part of Materials & design, p. 115280-115280, 2026
- DOI for A mechanical perspective on the hymenium of the fungal species Fomes fomentarius: Surprising anisotropic elastic properties across multiple scales
Damage Modeling in Batteries by Coupling Lithiation and Mechanics by Means of a Finite Element Method

Abali, Bilen Emek; Isaksson, Per

Part of Advances in Continuum Physics, p. 317-334, Springer, 2025
- DOI for Damage Modeling in Batteries by Coupling Lithiation and Mechanics by Means of a Finite Element Method
Toughening glass ceramics nanocomposites via engineering interfaces

Zhou, Huasi; Wang, Yiren; Yu, Haiyang; Fu, Le et al.

Part of Materials & design, 2025
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A comparative analysis for different finite element types in strain-gradient elasticity simulations performed on Firedrake and FEniCS

Sarar, B. Cagri; Yildizdag, M. Erden; Fabbrocino, Francesco; Abali, Bilen Emek

Part of Mathematics and mechanics of complex systems, p. 237-252, 2025
- DOI for A comparative analysis for different finite element types in strain-gradient elasticity simulations performed on Firedrake and FEniCS
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Groundwater flow impacts on very high temperature borehole thermal energy storage performance

Asan, Ece; Ozturk, Z. Fatih; Abali, Bilen Emek; Sisman, Altug

Part of Energy and Buildings, 2025
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Elastic-Wave Propagation in Chiral Metamaterials: A Couple-Stress Theory Perspective

Eskandari, Shahin; Xu, Wanmin; Chen, Slight; Abali, Bilen Emek et al.

Part of Advanced Engineering Materials, 2025
- DOI for Elastic-Wave Propagation in Chiral Metamaterials: A Couple-Stress Theory Perspective
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Prismatic dislocation loop and helical dislocation generation from ellipsoidal inclusion in inhomogeneous materials: A comprehensive discrete dislocation dynamics simulation

Liu, Lei; Mo, Shangnan; Zhu, Chenxi; Zheng, Xueru et al.

Part of International journal of plasticity, 2025
- DOI for Prismatic dislocation loop and helical dislocation generation from ellipsoidal inclusion in inhomogeneous materials: A comprehensive discrete dislocation dynamics simulation
Inverse Analysis for Determining Curing Phenomenon in Composite Thermosetting Polymers

Abali, Bilen Emek; Afshar, Reza; Athanasopoulos, Christos; Penayo, Francisco

Part of Applied Composite Materials, p. 1351-1363, 2025
- DOI for Inverse Analysis for Determining Curing Phenomenon in Composite Thermosetting Polymers
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Analysing π-π stacking interactions in lignin nanoparticles from molecular simulations – insights and lessons learned

Hackenstrass, Klara; Tabudlong Jonasson, Nil; Hartwig-Nair, Marie; Rosén, Tomas et al.

Part of Faraday discussions, 2025
- DOI for Analysing π-π stacking interactions in lignin nanoparticles from molecular simulations – insights and lessons learned
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On the improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance in stress relieved laser powder bed fused 316L stainless steel over the hot isostatic pressed equivalent

Deconinck, Liesbet; Ferreiros, Pedro A.; Yu, Haiyang; Soundararajan, Chandrahaasan et al.

Part of Corrosion Science, 2025
- DOI for On the improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance in stress relieved laser powder bed fused 316L stainless steel over the hot isostatic pressed equivalent
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Predicting the long-term viscoelastic response by short-term tests in polymers

Afshar, Reza; Ebi, Nikhil; Abali, Bilen Emek

Part of Discover Applied Sciences, 2025
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Holomech: an extended reality tool for supporting student motivation and perceived spatial reasoning in structural mechanics

Amouzgar, Kaveh; Mousavi, Mahmoud

Part of Virtual Reality, 2025
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Dynamic fractures in rock-like materials analyzed by high-speed photography and a dynamic phase-field finite element model

Hesammokri, Parnian; Ershadrad, Soheil; Isaksson, Per

Part of International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2026
- DOI for Dynamic fractures in rock-like materials analyzed by high-speed photography and a dynamic phase-field finite element model
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High-strain-rate fracture behavior of rock-like materials: Insights from Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar testing and dynamic phase-field modeling

Hesammokri, Parnian; Lukic, Bratislav; Isaksson, Per

Part of Theoretical and applied fracture mechanics (Print), 2026
- DOI for High-strain-rate fracture behavior of rock-like materials: Insights from Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar testing and dynamic phase-field modeling
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Modelling lined rock caverns subject to hydrogen embrittlement and cyclic pressurisation in fractured rock masses

Zhao, Chenxi; Yu, Haiyang; Zhang, Zixin; Lei, Qinghua

Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, 2025
- DOI for Modelling lined rock caverns subject to hydrogen embrittlement and cyclic pressurisation in fractured rock masses
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Acoustic analysis of wood cell structures

Yang, Bo; Gamstedt, E. Kristofer; Mousavi, Mahmoud

Part of Wood Science and Technology, 2025
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Deposition rates in thermal laser epitaxy: simulation and experiment

Smart, Thomas J.; Abali, Bilen Emek; Boschker, Hans; Braun, Wolfgang

Part of Journal of Physics D, 2025
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Design of auxetic metamaterial for enhanced low cycle fatigue life and negative Poisson's ratio through multi-objective Bayesian optimization

Kang, Sukheon; Moon, Hyeonbin; Shin, Seonho; Mousavi, Mahmoud et al.

Part of Materials & design, 2025
- DOI for Design of auxetic metamaterial for enhanced low cycle fatigue life and negative Poisson's ratio through multi-objective Bayesian optimization
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Multiphysics simulation of crystal growth with moving boundaries in FEniCS

Wintzer, Arved; Abali, Bilen Emek; Dadzis, Kaspars

Part of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2025
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Analysis of solid lubricating materials microstructures properties in the frame of cylindrical coordinates system and reduced micromorphic model

El-Dhaba, A. R.; Awad, H. K.; Mousavi, S. Mahmoud

Part of Mechanics of time-dependant materials, p. 3237-3261, 2024
- DOI for Analysis of solid lubricating materials microstructures properties in the frame of cylindrical coordinates system and reduced micromorphic model
An extended Rice model for intergranular fracture

Zhao, Kai; Ding, Yu; Yu, Haiyang; He, Jianying et al.

Part of International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2025
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E-beam fluorinated CVD graphene: in-situ XPS study on stability and NH₃ adsorption doping effect

Malesys, V; Duan, T.; Denys, E.; Li, Hu et al.

Part of Nanotechnology, 2025
- DOI for E-beam fluorinated CVD graphene: in-situ XPS study on stability and NH₃ adsorption doping effect
Tailored energy dissipation with viscoelastic architectured materials

Welander, Aliae; Kinnunen, Isak; Daneryd, Anders; Hajek, Jan et al.

Part of Mechanics of materials, 2025
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A multi-scale homogenization framework for design and strain-gradient modeling of additively manufactured parts fabricated by particulate composites

Sarar, B. Cagri; Yildizdag, M. Erden; Abali, Bilen Emek

Part of Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, p. 1629-1643, 2024
- DOI for A multi-scale homogenization framework for design and strain-gradient modeling of additively manufactured parts fabricated by particulate composites
An experimental methodology to determine damage mechanics parameters for phase-field approach simulations using material extrusion-based additively manufactured tensile specimens

Álvarez-Blanco, Mario; Abali, B. Emek; Völlmecke, Christina

Part of Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2025
- DOI for An experimental methodology to determine damage mechanics parameters for phase-field approach simulations using material extrusion-based additively manufactured tensile specimens
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Damage Behavior in Additive Manufacturing based on Infill Pattern and Density with Carbon Particle Filled PolyLactic Acid (CF-PLA) Polymer Filaments

Abali, Bilen Emek; Afshar, Reza; Khaksar, Nima; Segersten, Daniel et al.

Part of State of the Art and Future Trends in Materials Modelling 2, p. 1-16, Springer, 2024
- DOI for Damage Behavior in Additive Manufacturing based on Infill Pattern and Density with Carbon Particle Filled PolyLactic Acid (CF-PLA) Polymer Filaments
Digital twin of surface acoustic wave transceivers for a computational design of an optimal wave guiding layer thickness

Baler, Ufuk Tan; Okyar, Ali Fethi; Abali, Bilen Emek

Part of Computational Mechanics, p. 15-31, 2024
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Investigating the Morphology of a Free-Falling Jet with an Accurate Finite Element and Level Set Modeling

Liu, Yiming; Yang, Hua; Abali, Bilen Emek; Mueller, Wolfgang H.

Part of Fluids, 2024
- DOI for Investigating the Morphology of a Free-Falling Jet with an Accurate Finite Element and Level Set Modeling
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Unraveling Ice-Solid Interface Rupture Dynamics: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Yu, Haiyang; Ma, Rui et al.

Part of Langmuir, p. 17090-17097, 2024
- DOI for Unraveling Ice-Solid Interface Rupture Dynamics: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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Lignin Hygroexpansion in Compression and Opposite Wood: a Molecular Dynamics study

Hartwig-Nair, Marie; Nasedkin, Alexandr; Hackenstrass, Klara; De Santis, Emiliano et al.

Part of Wood Science and Technology, 2025
- DOI for Lignin Hygroexpansion in Compression and Opposite Wood: a Molecular Dynamics study
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Modelling Hygroexpansion of Compression and Opposite Wood of Conifer Branches: Bridging the Gap between Molecular and Cell Wall Level

Hartwig-Nair, Marie; Florisson, Sara; Wohlert, Malin; Gamstedt, E. Kristofer
Structural analysis of compression and opposite wood lignin by X-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations

Hartwig-Nair, Marie; Andriani, Fika; Tabudlong Jonasson, Nil; Karlsson, Maria et al.
Structure and hygroelastic properties of conifer branch wood: A multiscale approach

Hartwig-Nair, Marie

2024
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Understanding the radial contraction and axial mechanical responses of carbon nanotube yarns under axial tensile loading

Pérez-Aranda, C.; Gamstedt, E. Kristofer; Avilés, F.

Part of Carbon, 2024
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Softwood branches modelled as a composite beam of compression and opposite wood: investigation of bending resistance

Hartwig, Marie; Gamstedt, E. Kristofer; Florisson, Sara; Wohlert, Malin

Part of Wood Material Science & Engineering, p. 979-986, 2024
- DOI for Softwood branches modelled as a composite beam of compression and opposite wood: investigation of bending resistance
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A self-consistent void-based rationale for hydrogen embrittlement

Yu, Haiyang; He, Jianying; Morin, David Didier; Ortiz, Michael et al.

Part of Scripta Materialia, 2025
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Load-bearing capacity of slender dowel-type fasteners in Timber-Concrete Composite connections

Pyykkö, Johan; Svensson, Staffan

Part of Engineering structures, 2024
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Characterisation of hygroelastic properties of compression and opposite wood found in branches of Norway spruce

Hartwig, Marie; Florisson, Sara; Wohlert, Malin; Gamstedt, Kristofer

Part of Wood Science and Technology, p. 887-906, 2024
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Multiphysics simulation of two-phase viscous fluid flow steered by electric field for jetting of microdroplets

Liu, Yiming; Abali, Bilen Emek; Mueller, Wolfgang H.

Part of International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024
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Tensile and Shear Creep Behavior of Structural Adhesives: Experiments and Modeling

Daisse, Gilda; Abali, Bilen Emek; Wan-Wendner, Roman

Part of Applied Composite Materials, p. 739-764, 2024
- DOI for Tensile and Shear Creep Behavior of Structural Adhesives: Experiments and Modeling
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Numerical analyses of brittle crack growth experiments in compression using a modified phase-field theory

Hesammokri, Parnian; Isaksson, Per

Part of International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2024
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Hydrogen Embrittlement as a Conspicuous Material Challenge: Comprehensive Review and Future Directions

Yu, Haiyang; Diaz, Andrés; Lu, Xu; Sun, Binhan et al.

Part of Chemical Reviews, p. 6271-6392, 2024
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Nonlinear dynamic behavior of carbon nanotubes incorporating size effects

Yang, Bo; Mousavi, Mahmoud

Part of International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024
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Nonlinear wave propagation in graphene incorporating second strain gradient theory

Yang, Bo; Fantuzzi, Nicholas; Bacciocchi, Michele; Fabbrocino, Francesco et al.

Part of Thin-walled structures, 2024
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Computational simulation and acoustic analysis of two-dimensional nano-waveguides considering second strain gradient effects

Yang, Bo; Bacciocchi, Michele; Fantuzzi, Nicholas; Luciano, Raimondo et al.

Part of Computers & structures, 2024
- DOI for Computational simulation and acoustic analysis of two-dimensional nano-waveguides considering second strain gradient effects
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Experimental and numerical study on hydrogen-induced failure of X65 pipeline steel

Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Wang, Dong; Diaz, Andres et al.

Part of Materials Science & Engineering, 2024
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Structure, flexibility and hydration properties of lignin dimers studied with Molecular Dynamics simulations

Hackenstrass, Klara; Hasani, Merima; Wohlert, Malin

Part of Holzforschung, p. 98-108, 2024
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Moisture gradients in sawn timber during aggressive kiln drying investigated with X-ray computed tomography

Poupet, Boris; Florisson, Sara; Couceiro, José; Sandberg, Dick

Part of Wood Material Science & Engineering, p. 2140-2149, 2023
- DOI for Moisture gradients in sawn timber during aggressive kiln drying investigated with X-ray computed tomography
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An overview of lab-based micro computed tomography aided finite element modelling of wood and its current bottlenecks

Florisson, Sara; Gamstedt, Erik Kristofer

Part of Holzforschung, p. 793-815, 2023
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Energy based methods applied in mechanics by using the extended Noether's formalism

Abali, Bilen Emek

Part of Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 2023
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