Computational Mechanics

Thermo-mechanical response of the twisted and coiled polymer actuator (TCPA): a finite element analysis (FEA)
R. Hunt, Z. Olsen, and K. J. Kim. Smart Materials and Structures 30(6), 065017 (2021) [PDF] [DOI]

A reduced dimensional mapping approach for modeling IPMCs with computational efficiency and rapid design development Applications
Z. Olsen and K. J. Kim. Smart Materials and Structures 27(12), 125012 (2018) [PDF] [DOI]

hp-FEM Electromechanical Transduction Model of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites
 D. Pugal, P. Solin, K. J. Kim, and A. Aabloo. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 260,135-148 (2014) [PDF] [DOI]

Modeling Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites with Space-Time Adaptive Multimesh hp-FEM
D. Pugal, P. Solin, K. J. Kim, and A. Aabloo. Communications in Computational Physics 11(1), 249-270 (2012) [DOI]

Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites: III. Modeling and Simulation as Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators, Transducers, and Artificial Muscles
M. Shahinpoor and K. J. Kim. Smart Materials and Structures 13(6),1362-1388 (2004) [DOI]