@inproceedings{StaatTranPham2008,
  author    = {Staat, Manfred and Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Pham, Phu Tinh},
  title     = {Limit and shakedown reliability analysis by nonlinear programming},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {7th International Conference on Reliability of Materials and Structures (RELMAS 2008). June 17 - 20, 2008 ; Saint Petersburg, Russia. pp 354-358. Reprint with corrections in red Introduction Analysis of advanced structures working under extreme heavy loading such as nuclear power plants and piping system should take into account the randomness of loading, geometrical and material parameters. The existing reliability are restricted mostly to the elastic working regime, e.g. allowable local stresses. Development of the limit and shakedown reliability-based analysis and design methods, exploiting potential of the shakedown working regime, is highly needed. In this paper the application of a new algorithm of probabilistic limit and shakedown analysis for shell structures is presented, in which the loading and strength of the material as well as the thickness of the shell are considered as random variables. The reliability analysis problems may be efficiently solved by using a system combining the available FE codes, a deterministic limit and shakedown analysis, and the First and Second Order Reliability Methods (FORM/SORM). Non-linear sensitivity analyses are obtained directly from the solution of the deterministic problem without extra computational costs.},
  subject      = {Finite-Elemente-Methode},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TranPhamStaat2008,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Pham, Phu Tinh and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Reliability analysis of shells based on direct plasticity methods},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Abstracts der CD-Rom Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) and 5th Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008) 30.06. - 04.07.2008 Venedig, Italien. 2 Seiten Zusammenfassung der Autoren mit graph. Darst. und Literaturverzeichnis},
  subject      = {Finite-Elemente-Methode},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TranNovacekTolbaetal.2011,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Novacek, V. and Tolba, R. and Klinge, U. and Turquier, F. and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Experimental and Computational approach to study colorectal anastomosis. ISB2011, Proceedings of the XXIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Brussels, Belgium, July 3-7, 2011},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Summary: This paper presents a methodology to study and understand the mechanics of stapled anastomotic behaviors by combining empirical experimentation and finite element analysis. Performance of stapled anastomosis is studied in terms of leakage and numerical results which are compared to in vitro experiments performed on fresh porcine tissue. Results suggest that leaks occur between the tissue and staple legs penetrating through the tissue.},
  subject      = {Anastomose},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TranKreissigVuetal.2008,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Kreißig, R. and Vu, Duc Khoi and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Upper bound limit and shakedown analysis of shells using the exact Ilyushin yield surface},
  series = {Computer \& Structures. 86 (2008)},
  journal   = {Computer \& Structures. 86 (2008)},
  isbn      = {0045-7949},
  pages     = {1683 -- 1695},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{StaatTranKreissig2008,
  author    = {Staat, Manfred and Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Kreißig, R.},
  title     = {Load bearing capacity of thin shell structures made of elastoplastic material by direct methods},
  series = {Technische Mechanik. 28 (2008), H. 3-4},
  journal   = {Technische Mechanik. 28 (2008), H. 3-4},
  pages     = {299 -- 309},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TranKreissigStaat2009,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Kreißig, R. and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Probabilistic limit and shakedown analysis of thin plates and shells},
  series = {Structural safety. 31 (2009), H. 1},
  journal   = {Structural safety. 31 (2009), H. 1},
  publisher = {-},
  isbn      = {0167-4730},
  pages     = {1 -- 18},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TranPhamVuetal.2009,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Pham, Phu Tinh and Vu, D. K. and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Reliability Analysis of Inelastic Shell Structures Under Variable Loads},
  series = {Limit States of Materials and Structures : Direct Methods / Hrsg. Dieter Weichert; Hrsg. Alan Ponter},
  journal   = {Limit States of Materials and Structures : Direct Methods / Hrsg. Dieter Weichert; Hrsg. Alan Ponter},
  publisher = {Springer Netherland},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-1-4020-9633-4},
  pages     = {135 -- 156},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PhamVuTranetal.2010,
  author    = {Pham, Phu Tinh and Vu, Khoi Duc and Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {A primal-dual algorithm for shakedown analysis of elastic-plastic bounded linearly kinematic hardening bodies},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TranStaat2010,
  author    = {Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Staat, Manfred},
  title     = {Shakedown analysis of two dimensional structures by an edge-based smoothed finite element method},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NovacekTranKlingeetal.2012,
  author    = {Novacek, V. and Tran, Thanh Ngoc and Klinge, U. and Tolba, R. H. and Staat, Manfred and Bronson, D. G. and Miesse, A. M. and Whiffen, J. and Turquier, F.},
  title     = {Finite element modelling of stapled colorectal end-to-end anastomosis : Advantages of variable height stapler design},
  series = {Journal of Biomechanics},
  volume    = {45},
  journal   = {Journal of Biomechanics},
  number    = {115},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1873-2380},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.021},
  pages     = {2693 -- 2697},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {The impact of surgical staplers on tissues has been studied mostly in an empirical manner. In this paper, finite element method was used to clarify the mechanics of tissue stapling and associated phenomena. Various stapling modalities and several designs of circular staplers were investigated to evaluate the impact of the device on tissues and mechanical performance of the end-to-end colorectal anastomosis. Numerical simulations demonstrated that a single row of staples is not adequate to resist leakage due to non-linear buckling and opening of the tissue layers between two adjacent staples. Compared to the single staple row configuration, significant increase in stress experienced by the tissue at the inner staple rows was observed in two and three rows designs. On the other hand, adding second and/or third staple row had no effect on strain in the tissue inside the staples. Variable height design with higher staples in outer rows significantly reduced the stresses and strains in outer rows when compared to the same configuration with flat cartridge.},
  language  = {en}
}