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Phu Nguyen
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3800
Phone: +61 3 9905 5989
Email: phu.nguyen@monash.edu
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Qualifications:

  • Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Hochiminh University of Technology, Vietnam, 1998.
  • Master in Computational Mechanics, University of Liege, Belgium, 2005.
  • PhD in Computational Mechanics, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 2011. 

Services

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  • Members of 
    -- editorial board of Engineering Fracture Mechanics (ScienceDirect)
    -- editorial board of Journal of Material Science and Technology Research (Zealpress)
    -- editorial board of Computers, Materials & Continua (Tech Science Press)
    -- Associate Editor of Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (Tech Science Press)
  • Reviewers for:
    -- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Elsevier, ERA A*, IF: 4.4)
    -- International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering (Wiley and Sons, A*, IF: 2.591)
    -- Finite Elements in Analysis and Design (Elsevier, A*, IF: 2.175)
    -- Engineering Computations (Emerald, A*, IF: 1.206)
    -- International Journal of Solids and Structures (Elsevier, A*, IF: 2.214) 
    -- Computational Materials Science (Elsevier, A, IF: 1.879)
    -- Engineering Structures (A*, IF: 1.767)
    -- Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Elsevier, B, IF: 0.86)
    -- Computers and Structures (Elsevier, A*, IF: 2.17)
    -- Advances in Engineering Softwares (Elsevier, IF: 3.198)
    -- Ocean Engineering (Elsevier, IF: 1.351)
    -- Computers and Concrete (B, IF: 0.637)
    -- International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design (B, IF: 1.196)
    -- Composite Structures (Elsevier, A, IF: 3.858)
    -- International Journal of Impact Engineering (Elsevier, IF: 2.938)
    -- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (Hindawi, IF: 1.3)
    -- Applied Sciences (MPDI, IF: 1.679) 
    -- Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Elsevier, IF: 1.357)
  • International conferences:
    -- Co-organiser of MS5 'Computational modeling of damage and failure in solids and structures' at ICDM3 (http://www.icdm3.cn)
    --     Scientific Committee, 2nd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, Turkey, 2021. 
    -- Scientific Committee, 1nd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, Turkey, 2019.
    -- Co-organiser of the Mini-Symposium titled “MS44: Advances in damage and failure mechanics” at the 10th International Conference on Computational Methods held in Singapore on 9-13 Jul 2019.
Research snapshots:
News
 

  • The article "J. Y. Wu, V.P. Nguyen, C.T. Chi, D. Sutulas, S. Sinaie and S. Bordas. Phase field modelling of fracture,  Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 53" is one of most cited articles in Advances in Applied Mechanics.

  • The article "A. de Vaucorbeail, V.P. Nguyen,  S. Sinaie and J. Y. Wu. Material point method after 25 years: theory, implementation, applications,  Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 53." is one of most cited articles in Advances in Applied Mechanics.

  • The article "T. K. Mandal, V. P. Nguyen and J. Y. Wu. Length scale and mesh bias sensitivity of phase-field models for brittle and cohesive fracture. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019." is one of most cited articles in Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

  • The article "T. K. Mandal,  V. P. Nguyen, and A. Heidarpour. Phase field and gradient enhanced damage models for quasi-brittle failure: a numerical comparative study. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2018." is one of most cited articles in Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

  • The article "J. Y. Wu, V. P. Nguyen, H Zhou and Y. Huang. On the BFGS monolithic algorithm for the unified phase field damage theory. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2020" is one of most cited articles in  Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, H. Lian, S. Bordas and T. Rabzuk. Modelling hydraulic fractures in porous media using flow cohesive interface elements. Engineering Geology, 225:68--82, 2017" is one of top downloaded articles in Engineering Geology.

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, C.T. Nguyen, T. Rabczuk and S. Natarajan. On a family of Convected Particle Domain Interpolations in the Material Point Method. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2016" is one of top downloaded articles in FEAD. 

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, C. Anitescu, S. Bordas and T. Rabczuk. Isogeometric analysis: An overview and computer implementation aspects. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 117:89-116, 2014" is the 5th most downloaded and 2nd most cited in the journal.

  • The article "V. P. Nguyen. An open source program to generate zero-thickness cohesive interface elements. Advances in Engineering Software, 74:27–39, 2014" was the 10th most downloaded in the journal. 

  • The article "V. P. Nguyen. Discontinuous Galerkin/Extrinsic cohesive zone modeling: implementation caveats and applications in computational fracture mechanics. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 128:37–68, 2014" was the 17th most downloaded in the journal. 

  • The article "V. P. Nguyen, M. Stroeven, and L. J. Sluys. Multiscale continuous and discontinuous modelling of heterogeneous materials: A review on recent developments. Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 3(4):1–42, 2012" is the 2nd most read and 3rd most cited in the journal. 

  • The article "V. P. Nguyen, M. Stroeven, and L. J. Sluys. Multiscale failure modelling of concrete: micromechanical modelling, discontinuous homogenization and parallel computations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 201– 204:139–156, 2012." ranks 13 in top 25 hottest articles in CMAME, full year of 2012. 

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, O. Lloberas-Valls, M. Stroeven, and L. J. Sluys. Homogenization-based multi- scale crack modelling: from micro-diffusive damage to macro-cracks. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200(9-12):1220-1236, 2011." ranks 25 in top 25 hottest articles in CMAME (October to December 2010).

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, O. Lloberas-Valls, M. Stroeven, and L. J. Sluys. Homogenization-based multi- scale crack modelling: from micro-diffusive damage to macro-cracks. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200(9-12):1220-1236, 2011." ranks 16 in top 25 hottest articles in CMAME (Jan to March 2011).

  • The article "V.P. Nguyen, T. Rabczuk, S. Bordas, and M. Duflot. Meshless methods: A review and computer implementation aspects. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 79(3):763-813, 2008" is the second most downloaded in the journal in the last 90 days.

Recent publications
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  • A discrete element model of concrete for cyclic loading. S. Sinaie, T. D. Ngo, and V.P. Nguyen.  Computers & Structures, 2017
  • Modelling hydraulic fractures in porous media using flow cohesive interface elements. V.P. Nguyen, H. Lian,T. Rabczuk and S. Bordas. Engineering Geology, 2017
  • On a family of Convected Particle Domain Interpolations in the Material Point Method. VP Nguyen, CT Nguyen, T Rabczuk and S Najataran. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, November, 2016.
  • Modelling interfacial cracking with non-matching cohesive interface elements. VP Nguyen, CT Nguyen, S Bordas and A Heidarpour. Computational Mechanics. link. 
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