prof.dr.ir. I.M. Gitman (Inna)

My name is Inna Gitman, and I am a professor of Computational Design of Structural Materials.

Background

I graduated from Perm State Technical University (Russia) in 2002, where I studied Mathematical Modelling of Systems and Processes. In 2006, I was awarded my PhD degree in Computational Mechanics from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands). Following postdoctoral positions at the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield, I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, as an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in 2009 and was promoted to an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in 2018. In 2022, I joined the University of Twente as a full professor of Computational Design of Structural Materials.

Research

My main research interests are in the modelling of solid and bio-materials. My work is mostly computational. If I were to describe my research in one sentence, it would be “understanding, controlling and optimising the behaviour of a material by understanding, controlling and optimising its micro-structure”.

I also love uncertainty: realising that in the world around us most natural and man-made materials are far from being strictly deterministic and ordered, in my research I aim to incorporate this disorder and stochasticity into our models.

I work within a range of applications from man-made materials, such as concrete, composites and metals, to bio-materials, such as bones and teeth.

My two main research themes are:

Mechanics of Materials

Modelling material behaviour within a multi-scale modelling framework using concepts of homogenisation and Representative Volume Element.
Development and implementation of microstructurally-driven gradient-enriched continuum theories.
Modelling wave propagation through materials with periodic and random microstructure.

Computational analysis

Finite Element analysis within frameworks of multi-scale modelling and gradient-enriched continua.
Statistical analysis and stochastic characterisation of materials, fuzzy sets models and stochastic stability analysis.

Mathematics

# Bimaterial
# Continuum Model
# Gradient
# Gradient Elasticity
# Length Scale
# Microstructure

Engineering & Materials Science

# Composite Materials
# Elasticity

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Computational Design of Structural Materials (CDSM)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Sheffield, UK
Visiting Professor

Słodczyk, I., Fletcher, D. , Gitman, I., & Whitney, B. (2023). Fuzzy Inference Model for Railway Track Buckling Prediction. Transportation research record, 1-13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231184245

Li, Y. , Askes, H. , Gitman, I. M., Krynkin, A., & Wei, P. (2023). Band gaps of thermoelastic waves in 1D phononic crystal with fractional order generalized thermoelasticity and dipolar gradient elasticity. Waves in Random and Complex Media. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2023.2222189

Tu, R. , Gitman, I., & Susmel, L. (2023). Fuzzy set-based methodology for manufacturing parameter determination of 3D-printed polylactide components with user-specified strength, geometrical design, and cost requirements. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 46(8), 2754-2765. https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14029

Eraslan, S. , Gitman, I. , Askes, H., & de Borst, R. (2023). Effects of randomness and piezomagnetic coupling on the appearance of stop-bands in heterogeneous magnetorheological elastomers. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 93(8), 3259-3273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-023-02437-w

Eraslan, S. , Gitman, I. M., Xu, M. , Askes, H., & de Borst, R. (2023). Representative Volume Element Size and Length Scale Identification in Generalised Magneto-Elasticity. In H. Altenbach, A. Berezovski, F. Dell'Isola, & A. Porubov (Eds.), Sixty Shades of Generalized Continua: Dedicated to the 60th Birthday of Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev (pp. 159-170). (Advanced Structured Materials; Vol. 170). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26186-2_11

Nazemzadeh, N. , van Drongelen, M. , Akkerman, R. , & Gitman, I. (2022). Modelling of Recycled Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites. Poster session presented at 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022, Arnhem, Netherlands.

Karaseva, E. , Gitman, I. , Bor, T. C. , & Blume, A. (2022). Multiscale analysis of polymer composite materials filled with nanofiller using multigrid method. Poster session presented at 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022, Arnhem, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34656.56326/1

Eraslan, S. , Gitman, I. M. , Askes, H., & de Borst, R. (2022). Determination of representative volume element size for a magnetorheological elastomer. Computational materials science, 203, Article 111070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.111070

Oniskiv, V. D., Yakovlev, A. Y., Oniskiv, L. M. , & Gitman, I. M. (2022). Particular Problems of Gas Diffusion in Polyethylene. In T. Antipova (Ed.), Digital Science - DSIC 2021 (pp. 144-153). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 381 LNNS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_13

Makarevich, Y. L., Oniskiv, V. D., Stolbov, V. Y. , & Gitman, I. (2022). Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Strength Properties of Basalt Composites. Mechanics of composite materials, 58(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-022-10010-9

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