Professor Michael Accorsi

Professor Michael L. Accorsi
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Connecticut

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Classes: CE366/ME380

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Professor Michael L. Accorsi
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-2037

Phone: 860-486-5642
Fax: 860-486-2298
E-Mail: accorsi@engr.uconn.edu

(top) Research Interests

Computational Solid Mechanics
Finite Element Methods
Composite Materials
Parachute Mechanics & Simulation
Wave Propagation

(top) Research Examples

Computer Simulation of Parachute Dynamics

(top) Selected Publications

K. Lu, M. Accorsi, and J. Leonard (2000) “Finite Element Analysis of Membrane Wrinkling,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (in press).
K. Stein, R. Benney, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J.W. Leonard, and M.L. Accorsi (2000) “Parachute Fluid Structure Interactions: 3-D Computation,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (in press).
M.L. Accorsi, J.W. Leonard, R. Benney, and K.Stein, (2000) “Structural Modeling of Parachute Dynamics,” AIAA Journal 38, 139-146.
K. Stein, R. Benney, T. Tezduyar, M. Accorsi, and J. Leonard, "Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling of the US Army Personnel Parachute System" AIAA GN&C Conference, August 2000, Denver, Colorado.
R. Benney, K. Stein, W. Zhang, M. Accorsi and J. Leonard (1999) “Controllable Airdrop Simulations Utilizing a 3-D Structural Dynamics Model,” 15th CEAS/AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, June, 1999, Toulouse, France.
M. Accorsi, K. Lu, J. Leonard, R. Benney and K. Stein (1999) “Issues in Parachute Structural Modeling: Damping and Wrinkling,” 15th CEAS/AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, June, 1999, Toulouse, France.
K. Stein, R. Benney, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J. Leonard and M. Accorsi (1999) “3-D Computation of Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions: Performance and Control,” 15th CEAS/AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, June, 1999, Toulouse, France.
K. Stein, R. Benney, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J. Leonard, and M. Accorsi, “Parachute Fluid- Structure Interaction: Coupling Issues,” Proceedings, Int. Conf. On Computational Engineering Science 98, October, 1998, Atlanta.
Kun Lu, J.W. Leonard, M.L. Accorsi, R.J. Benney, and K.R. Stein (1998) “Special Kink and Fold Elements for Simulating Parachute Dynamics,” Fourth International Conference on Computational Structures, Edinburgh, August 1998.
R.J. Benney, K.R. Stein, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J.W. Leonard, and M.L. Accorsi (1998) “Parachute Performance Simulations: A 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction Model,” 21st Army Science Conference, June 1998, Best Papers Volume.
K. Stein, R. Benney, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J.W. Leonard, and M.L. Accorsi (1998) “3-D Computations of Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions,” Fourth Japan-US Symposium on Finite Element Methods in Large Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics, April 1998
R.J. Benney, K.R. Stein, J.W. Leonard, and M.L. Accorsi (1997) "Current 3D Structural Dynamic Finite Element Modelling Capabilities," 14th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Conference, San Francisco, 6/2/97-6/5/97.
C.H. Roche and M.L. Accorsi (1998) "A New Finite Element Method for Global Modeling of Delamination in Composites" Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 31, 165-177.
D.C. Winkler and M.L. Accorsi (1997) "Application of the Patch Test to Incompatible Laminated Finite Elements," Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 40, 4239-4257.
D.C. Winkler and M.L. Accorsi (1997) "Incompatible Finite Elements for Laminated Structures," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 27, 133-151.
M.L. Accorsi and M.S. Bennett (1997) "Wave Mode Conversion in Stiffened Cylindrical Shells with Periodic Axial Curvature," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 119, 180-184.
M.L. Accorsi, A. Pegoretti, and A.T. DiBenedetto (1996) "Dynamic Analysis of Fiber Breakage in Single and Multiple Fiber Composites," Journal of Materials Science 31, 4181-4187.
A. Pegoretti, M.L. Accorsi, and A.T. DiBenedetto (1996) "Fracture Toughness of Fiber-Matrix Interface in Glass-Epoxy Composites," Journal of Materials Science 31, 6145-6153.
R.A. LaFreniere and M.L. Accorsi (1996) "Eigenvalue Extraction for Large Finite Element Models using a New Conjugate Gradient Algorithm," Commun. Numer. Methods Eng. 12, 77-83.
A. Ghoshal, M.L. Accorsi, and M.S. Bennett (1996) "Wave Propagation in Circular Cylindrical Shells with Periodic Axial Curvature," Wave Motion 23, 339-352.
H.R. Adib-Jahromi, R.B. Malla, and M.L. Accorsi (1996) "Constrained Layer Damping of Tubular Truss Members," AIAA Journal 34, 1487-1493.
S.C.U. Ochi, M.L. Accorsi, and E.H. Jordan (1995) "Influence of Embedded Markers on the Response of the Host Material," Journal of Testing and Evaluation 23, 196-202.
A.T. DiBenedetto, S.M. Connelly, W.C. Lee, and M.L. Accorsi (1995) "The Properties of Organosiloxane/Polyester Interfaces at an E-Glass Fiber Surface," Journal of Adhesion 52, 41- 64.
R.B. Malla, H.R. Adib-Jahromi, and M.L. Accorsi (1995) "Simplified Design Method for Braced Double-Skinned Structure in Lunar Application," ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering 8, 189-195.
L.S. Beale and M.L. Accorsi (1995) "Power Flow in Two and Three Dimensional Frame Structures," Journal of Sound and Vibration 185, 685-702.
M.S. Bennett and M.L. Accorsi (1993) "Free Wave Propagation in Periodically Ring Stiffened Cylindrical Shells," Journal of Sound and Vibration 171, 49-66.
A.A. Gates and M.L. Accorsi (1993) "Automatic Shape Optimization of Three-Dimensional Shell Structures with Large Shape Changes," Computers & Structures 49, 167-178.
A. Anselmo, M.L. Accorsi, and A. DiBenedetto (1992) "The Effect of an Interphase on the Stress and Energy Distribution in the Embedded Single Fiber Test," Composites Science and Technology 44, 215-225.
M.L. Accorsi and M.S. Bennett (1991) "A Finite Element Based Method for the Analysis of Free Wave Propagation in Stiffened Cylinders," Journal of Sound and Vibration 148, 279-292.
M.L. Accorsi and R. Chamarajanagar (1991) "Numerical Evaluation of a Hybrid Finite Element Method Using Eigenstrain," Computers & Structures 41, 1065-1071.
E.F. Sarisley and M.L. Accorsi (1990) "Prestress Level in Stress-Laminated Timber Bridges," ASCE Journal of the Structural Division 116, 3003-3019.
M.L. Accorsi (1988) "A Method for Modelling Microstructural Material Discontinuities in a Finite Element Analysis," Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 26, 2187-2197.
A.D. Kerr and M. L. Accorsi (1987) "Numerical Validation of the New Track Equations for Static Problems," Int. J. Mech. Sci. 29, 15-27.
M.L. Accorsi and S. Nemat-Nasser (1986) "Bounds on the Overall Elastic and Instantaneous Elastoplastic Moduli of Periodic Composites," Mech. of Mat. 5, 209-220.
S. Nemat-Nasser, T. Iwakuma, and M. L. Accorsi (1986) "Cavity Growth and Grain Boundary Sliding in Polycrystalline Solids," Mech. of Mat. 5, 317-329.
A.D. Kerr and M. L. Accorsi (1985) "Generalization of the Equations for Frame-Type Structures, A Variational Approach," Acta Mechanica 56, 55-73.