Dr Angela Mihai
Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics
- Email:
- mihaila@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5570
- Location:
- M/2.14, 2nd Floor, Mathematics Institute, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
Groups and teams
Research interests
- Mathematics of solid mechanics
- Mathematical modelling of soft materials
- Numerical analysis and scientific computing
Posdoc opportunity
A 2-year PDRA position is available at Cardiff Mathematics, funded by EPSRC, to work with me on methodological advances and applications of uncertainty quantification in stochastic elasticity. The closing date for applications is 22 June 2019.
Career overview
I received my DPhil for research in numerical analysis from the University of Durham, UK, in 2005, then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universities of Strathclyde, Cambridge, and Oxford, where I developed my expertise in nonlinear elasticity. I have been on the faculty of the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University since 2011, and a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) in Applied Mathematics since 2016.
Honours and awards
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Outstanding Contribution Award, Cardiff University, 2015
Professional memberships
- Faculty adviser, SIAM-IMA Student Chapter at Cardiff University
Committees and reviewing
- Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
- Member, UKRI Future Leaders Peer Review College
- Associate Editor, Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications
- Associate Editor, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics
- Reviewer for a wide range of scientific journals
2019
- Mihai, L. A., Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely chirality of stochastic anisotropic hyperelastic tubes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 114, pp. 9-20. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.04.004)
- Mihai, L. A.et al. 2019. Likely equilibria of stochastic hyperelastic spherical shells and tubes. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 24(7), pp. 2066-2082. (10.1177/1081286518811881)
- Mihai, L. A., Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2019. Likely equilibria of the stochastic Rivlin cube. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences 377(2144), article number: 20180068. (10.1098/rsta.2018.0068)
- Wyatt, H.et al. 2019. Nonlinear scaling effects in the stiffness of soft cellular structures. Royal Society Open Science 6(1), article number: 181361.
- Mihai, L. A. 2019. Power in numbers: The rebel women of mathematics by Talithia Williams [Book Review]. London Mathematical Society Newsletter
- Mihai, A.et al. 2019. Likely oscillatory motions of stochastic hyperelastic solids. Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications
2018
- Schweickert, E., Mihai, L. A. and Neff, P. 2018. Homogeneous Cauchy stress induced by non-homogeneous deformations. Presented at: 89th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Munich, Germany, 19-23 March 2018. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM) Vol. 1. Wiley pp. 1-2., (10.1002/pamm.201800185)
- Safar, A. and Mihai, L. A. 2018. The nonlinear elasticity of hyperelastic models for stretch-dominated cellular structures. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 106, pp. 144-154. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2018.08.006)
- Mihai, L. A., Safar, A. and Wyatt, H. L. 2018. Debonding of cellular structures with fibre-reinforced cell walls under shear deformation. Journal of Engineering Mathematics 109(1), pp. 3-19. (10.1007/s10665-016-9894-2)
- Mihai, L. A. and Neff, P. 2018. Hyperelastic bodies under homogeneous Cauchy stress induced by three-dimensional non-homogeneous deformations. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 23(4), pp. 606-616. (10.1177/1081286516682556)
- Mihai, L. A., Woolley, T. and Goriely, A. 2018. Stochastic isotropic hyperelastic materials: constitutive calibration and model selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 474(2211), article number: 201708. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0858)
- Mihai, L. A.et al. 2018. Likely cavitation in stochastic elasticity. Journal of Elasticity (10.1007/s10659-018-9706-1)
2017
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2017. How to characterize a nonlinear elastic material? A review on nonlinear constitutive parameters in isotropic finite elasticity. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 473(2207), article number: 607. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0607)
- Mihai, L. A.et al. 2017. A family of hyperelastic models for human brain tissue. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 106, pp. 60-79. (10.1016/j.jmps.2017.05.015)
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. and Goriely, A. 2017. A microstructure-based hyperelastic model for open-cell solids. Siam Journal on Applied Mathematics 77(4), pp. 1397-1416. (10.1137/16M1098899)
- Safar, A., Wyatt, H. L. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Debonding of cellular structures under shear deformation. Presented at: 25th Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 11-13 April 2017.
- Mihai, L. A., Wyatt, H. L. and Goriely, A. 2017. Microstructure-based hyperelastic models for closed-cell solids. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 473(2200), article number: 20170036. (10.1098/rspa.2017.0036)
- Lee, C.et al. 2017. Strain smoothing for compressible and nearly-incompressible finite elasticity. Computers & Structures 182, pp. 540-555. (10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.05.004)
- Neff, P. and Mihai, L. A. 2017. Injectivity of the Cauchy-stress tensor along rank-one connected lines under strict rank-one convexity condition. Journal of Elasticity 127(2), pp. 309-315. (10.1007/s10659-016-9609-y)
- Mihai, L. A. and Neff, P. 2017. Hyperelastic bodies under homogeneous Cauchy stress induced by non-homogeneous finite deformations. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 89, pp. 93-100. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2016.12.003)
- Mihai, L. A. 2017. The ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th century society by Elisabetta Strickland [Book Review]. London Mathematical Society Newsletter March(467), pp. 29-30.
- Mihai, L. A., Alayyash, K. and Wyatt, H. L. 2017. The optimal density of cellular solids in axial tension. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 20(7), pp. 701-713. (10.1080/10255842.2017.1292352)
- Wyatt, H. L.et al. 2017. Optical strain measurement techniques for soft cellular structures. Presented at: BSSM 12th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Sheffield, UK, 29 - 31 August 2017.
2016
- Wyatt, H. L.et al. 2016. Computer modelling of cellular structures under uniaxial loading. Presented at: 24th Conference of the UK Association on Computational Mechanics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 31 March - 1 April 2016. Cardiff: pp. 184-187.
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2016. Guaranteed upper and lower bounds on the uniform load of contact problems in elasticity. Siam Journal on Applied Mathematics 76(4), pp. 1558-1576. (10.1137/15M1046563)
- Wyatt, H. L., Alayyash, K. and Mihai, L. A. 2016. Optimising material density of cellular bodies in high elastic deformations. Presented at: 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, 21-25 August 2016.
2015
- Mihai, L. A.et al. 2015. A comparison of hyperelastic constitutive models applicable to brain and fat tissues. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12(10), pp. 1-12. (10.1098/rsif.2015.0486)
- Mihai, L. A., Alayyash, K. and Goriely, A. 2015. Paws, pads, and plants: The enhanced elasticity of cell-filled load-bearing structures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A 471(2178), article number: 20150107. (10.1098/rspa.2015.0107)
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2015. Finite deformation effects in cellular structures with hyperelastic cell walls. International Journal of Solids and Structures 53, pp. 107-128. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.10.015)
2014
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2014. Nonlinear Poisson effects in soft honeycombs. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 470(2169), article number: 20140363. (10.1098/rspa.2014.0363)
2013
- Mihai, L. A. 2013. Cardiff students hold first SIAM Chapter Day. SIAM News 2013(1 Apr)
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2013. Numerical simulation of shear and the Poynting effects by the finite element method: An application of the generalised empirical inequalities in non-linear elasticity. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 49, pp. 1-14. (10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2012.09.001)
2011
- Mihai, L. A. and Goriely, A. 2011. Positive or negative Poynting effect? The role of adscititious inequalities in hyperelastic materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 467(2136), pp. 3633-3646. (10.1098/rspa.2011.0281)
2010
- Mihai, L. A. 2010. A fixed-point approach to the limit load analysis of multibody structures with Coulomb friction. Computers & Structures 88(13-14), pp. 859-869. (10.1016/j.compstruc.2010.04.005)
2009
- Mihai, L. A. and Ainsworth, M. 2009. A finite element procedure for rigorous numerical enclosures on the limit load in the analysis of multibody structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199(1-4), pp. 48-60. (10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.018)
- Mihai, L. A. and Ainsworth, M. 2009. An adaptive multi-scale computational modelling of Clare College Bridge. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 198(21-26), pp. 1839-1847. (10.1016/j.cma.2008.12.030)
- Ainsworth, M. and Mihai, L. A. 2009. An adaptive multi-scale approach to the modelling of masonry structures. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 78(10), pp. 1135-1163. (10.1002/nme.2520)
- Mihai, L. A. and Craig, A. W. 2009. Alternate slice-based substructuring in three dimensions. Ima Journal of Numerical Analysis 29(3), pp. 508-538. (10.1093/imanum/drn023)
2007
- Ainsworth, M. and Mihai, L. A. 2007. Modeling and numerical analysis of masonry structures. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations 23(4), pp. 798-816. (10.1002/num.20253)
2006
- Ainsworth, M. and Mihai, L. A. 2006. A comparison of solvers for linear complementarity problems arising from large-scale masonry structures. Applications of Mathematics 51(2), pp. 93-128. (10.1007/s10492-006-0008-8)
- Mihai, L. A. and Craig, A. W. 2006. Alternate strip-based substructuring algorithms for elliptic PDEs in two dimensions. Ima Journal of Numerical Analysis 26(2), pp. 354-380. (10.1093/imanum/dri025)
2005
- Mihai, L. A. and Craig, A. W. 2005. A two-grid alternate strip-based domain decomposition strategy in two-dimensions. In: Kornhuber, R. et al. eds. Domain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering.. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 661-668., (10.1007/3-540-26825-1_71)
I am a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. My teaching at Cardiff University is in Applied Mathematics, and includes:
- Finite Elasticity (22 lectures + 11 example classes)
- MSc & Year 4 Mathematics
- Numerical Analysis (22 lectures + 6 example classes)
- Year 2 Mathematics
- Student projects
- MSc & Years 3-4 Mathematics
My research is in applied and computational mathematics at the interface with physical, engineering and life sciences. My primary expertise is in the mathematics of solid mechanics, including multiscale modelling, limit states analysis, optimisation, and uncertainty quantification. Important application fields include engineering, biomechanics, and materials science. For further details, please see my publications.
Recently Funded Projects
- Limit analysis of debonding states in multi-body systems of stochastic hyperelastic material, EP/S028870/1 (2019 - 2022)
- Limit analysis of collapse states in cellular solids, EP/M011992/1 (2015 - 2017)
Mottoes to Selected Papers
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"Denominetur motus talis, qualis omni momento temporis t praebet configurationem ca- pacem aequilibrii corporis iisdem viribus massalibus sollicitati, ‘motus quasi aequilibratus’. Generatim motus quasi aequilibratus non congruet legibus dynamicis et proinde motus verus corporis fieri non potest, manentibus iisdem viribus masalibus.” - C. Truesdell (1962) (10.1093/imatrm/tnz003)
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"The task of the theorist is to bring order into the chaos of the phenomena of nature, to invent a language by which a class of these phenomena can be described efficiently and simply." - C. Truesdell (1965) ((10.1098/rspa.2017.0607)
Research students
- Manal Alamoudi, DPhil student (2018 - Present)
- Danielle Fitt, DPhil student (2018 - Present)
- Alexander Safar, DPhil student (2015 - Present)
- Dr Khulud Alayyash, DPhil student (2013 - 2017)
Postdoctoral researchers
- FORTHCOMING, Postdoctoral research associate, EP/S028870/1 (2019 - 2021)
- Dr Hayley Wyatt, Postdoctoral research associate, EP/M011992/1 (2015 - 2017)
