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Dr Antonio J. Gil

Specialist Subjects: Computational simulation of nonlinear structural membranes, Computational analysis of superplastic forming techniques, Numerical analysis of turbulent incompressible fluids, Numerical analysis of fluid structure interaction phenomena with special emphasis in large deformations.

Conference publications

  • Finite Element Analysis of prestressed hyperelastic Saint Venant-Kirchhoff membranes under large deformations, A. J. Gil. In Structural Membranes 2003 symposium, Barcelona (Spain), 30th June to 3rd July, 2003.
  • A comparison of prestressed membranes Finite Element Analysis with membrane and cable elements, A. J. Gil. In Structural Membranes 2003 symposium, Barcelona (Spain), 30th June to 3rd July, 2003.
  • Computer simulation of superplastic forming in restorative dentistry, R. D. Wood, R. V. Curtis, J. Bonet, R. Said, A. J. Gil et al. In Materials Science Forum, Vols. 447-448, pp. 131-138, Oxford (UK), 28-30 July 2003.
  • Structural analysis of cable and strut supported pre-stressed membranes', A. J. Gil and J. Bonet. In ACME conference, Cardiff, 5-6 April 2004.
  • Superplastic forming: practical issues, R. D. Wood, R. V. Curtis, J. Bonet, A. J. Gil et al. In EURO-SPF 2004 Proceedings, pp. 67-74 Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France, 7-9 July 2004.
  • Wrinkling analysis of prestressed hyperelastic Saint Venant-Kirchhoff membranes, A. J. Gil and  J. Bonet. In Shell and Spatial structures: from models to realization IASS, September 2004, Montpellier (France), 20-24 September, 2004.
  • An extended immersed boundary method for fluid-structure interaction, A. J. Gil et al, in IASS-IACM symposium, Salzburg, June 1-4, 2005.

Journal publications

  • Structural Analysis of prestressed Saint Venant-Kirchhoff hyperelastic membranes subjected to moderate strains, A. J. Gil, Computers and Structures, Volume 84, Issues 15-16, June 2006, pages 1012-1028.
  • Finite Element Analysis of prestressed structural membranes, A. J. Gil and J. Bonet, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Volume 42, Issues 8-9, May 2006, pages 683-697.
  • Simulating superplastic forming, J. Bonet, A. J. Gil et al, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume 195, Issues 48-49, October 2006, pages 6580-6603.
  • A parallel unsteady multigrid DES algorithm for the solution of 3D incompressible flows on unstructured grids, A. J. Gil et al, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 2006, pages 271-280.
  • Finite Element Analysis of partly wrinkled reinforced prestressed membranes, A. J. Gil and J. Bonet, Computational Mechanics, Volume 84, Issues 15-16, June 2006, pages 1012-1028.

Contribution to books

  • F.E.M. for Prestressed Saint Venant-Kirchhoff Hyperelastic Membranes, A. J. Gil. In Textile composites and membrane structures, ed. by E. Onate and B. Kroplin. Springer, 2005.

Awards or Prizes

  • National 1st Place awarded by the Education, Culture and Sport Ministry of Spain for the Undergraduate Degree of Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, throughout the years 1994-1999.
  • University 1st Place awarded by the University of Granada (Spain) for the Undergraduate Degree of Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, throughout the years 1994-1999.
  • Full Postgraduate Scholarship awarded by the Education, Culture and Sport Ministry of Spain (of one scholarship awarded to the School of Engineering, University of Granada)
  • Best Post-graduate Research Paper of the ACME conference Cardiff, 5-6 April 2004, with the paper Structural analysis of cable and strut supported pre-stressed membranes
  • Honorary Mention to the Hangai Medal in the conference Shell and Spatial structures: from models to realization, IASS, September 2004, Montpellier (France), 20-24 September, 2004 with the paper Wrinkling analysis of prestressed hyperelastic Saint Venant-Kirchhoff membranes

 

General Information

School of Engineering
Swansea
TEL: +44 (0) 01792 602552
FAX: +44 (0) 01792 295903
E-MAIL: a.j.gil@swansea.ac.uk

Courses Taught

  • EG-163: Design and Laboratory classes
  • EG-225: Structural Mechanics II (b)
  • EG-321: Geomechanics