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Pinlei Chen

Assistant Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

215C Sackett Building

pzc216@psu.edu

814-863-4026

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Research Areas:

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Interest Areas:

Computational mechanics, Stabilized method, Multiphysics problems

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 2011
  • MS, Structural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
  • Ph D, Structural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, 2023, "Variationally Derived Discontinuous Galerkin Method: Application to Dynamic Thermoelasticity", International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
  • Wan Wan and Pinlei Chen, 2021, "Variational multiscale method for fully coupled thermomechanical interface contact and debonding problems", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 210-211, pp. 119-135
  • Pinlei Chen, Ignasius Pradipta Anugraha, Ian Tuttle and Arif Masud, 2020, "Interfacial Coupling Across Incompatible Meshes in a Monolithic Finite-Strain Thermomechanical Formulation", Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 79, (11)
  • Pinlei Chen, Ignasius P. A. Wijaya and Arif Masud, 2020, "Interfacial Fatigue and Discrete Interfacial Damage in a Finite Strain Thermomechanical Framework", International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 20, (14), pp. 2043013
  • Arif Masud and Pinlei Chen, 2019, "Thermoelasticity at Finite Strains with Weak and Strong Discontinuities", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Pinlei Chen, Timothy J. Truster and Arif Masud, 2018, "Interfacial stabilization at finite strains for weak and strong discontinuities in multi-constituent materials", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 328, pp. 717--751
  • Timothy J. Truster, Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, 2015, "On the algorithmic and implementational aspects of a Discontinuous Galerkin method at finite strains", Computers \& Mathematics with Applications, 70, (6), pp. 1266--1289
  • Timothy J. Truster, Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, 2015, "Finite strain primal interface formulation with consistently evolving stabilization", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 102, (3-4), pp. 278--315

Abstracts

  • Pinlei Chen and Wan Wan, , "A Stabilized Variational Multiscale DG Framework for Thermomechanical Modelling of Frictional Contact Problems", EMI2021
  • Pinlei Chen and Wan Wan, , "Modeling Cracks with Frictional Contact in Thermomechanics via Phase Field and Stabilized Variational Multiscale Method", USNCCM-16
  • Pinlei Chen and Hyeeun Kong, , "A Combined Variational Multiscale Stabilization and Enrichment Method for Problems with Material Heterogeneity", Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2022
  • Wan Wan and Pinlei Chen, , "A Combined Phase Field and Variational Multiscale Approach for Modeling Thermomechanical Frictional Cracks", Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2022
  • Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, , "A Framework for Embedding Interfacial Constitutive Models for Additively Manufactured Materials"
  • Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, , "Variational Coupling of DG and CG Methods for Local Damage in MultiConstituent Materials"
  • Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, , "Fatigue and Fracture at Composite Interfaces"
  • Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, , "Effect of Thermal Fields on Interface Strength: A DG method with Consistently Evolving Stabilization"
  • Pinlei Chen, Arif Masud and Harishanker Gajendran, , "Variational Coupling of DG and CG Methods for Local Damage in Multi Constituent Materials Modeled via Mixture Theory"
  • Pinlei Chen, Timothy Truster and Arif Masud, , "Friction and Damage with an Interface Formulation with Consistently Evolving Stabilization"
  • Timothy Truster, Pinlei Chen and Arif Masud, , "Interface Damage in Composites under Finite Strains"
  • Pinlei Chen and Wan Wan, , "A Stabilized DG Framework for Dynamic Thermomechanical Contact Mechanics with Interfaces"
  • Pinlei Chen and Wan Wan, , "A Stabilized Variational Multiscale DG Framework for Thermomechanical Contact Problems", Society of Engineering Science 2019
  • Pinlei Chen and Wan Wan, , "A Combined Variational Multiscale and Phase Field Approach for Coupled Thermomechanical Problems with Interface Separation, Crack Propagation, and Heat Transport"
  • Pinlei Chen and Hyeeun Kong, , "Physics-Informed Neural Network-based computational Solid Mechanics Model for Problems with Material Heterogeneity"

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