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Dr Daniel O'Shea

Dr Daniel O'Shea

Lecturer
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Lecturer for the following subjects:

  • ENGG2400 - Mechanics of Solids (T1)
  • CVEN4309 - Sustainable Timber Engineering (T3)
  • CVEN2303 - Structural Analysis and Modelling (Summer)

Currently supervisor for Honours and Masters thesis students for hyperelastic modelling of biological tissues

Research Interests:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomechanics
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Hyperelasticity
  • Advanced Finite Element Methods
  • Shell Analysis
  • Fibre-Reinforced Composites

Doctoral Thesis (2019): "Hyperelasticity for Soft Biological Tissues and Fibre-reinforced Composites using Orthotropic Fourth-Order Tensors"
E-mail
d.oshea@unsw.edu.au
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20) Level 7, Room 708 Kensington Campus
  • Journal articles | 2025
    O'Shea D; Zhang X; Mohammadian S; Song C, 2025, 'A high-order implicit time integration method for linear and nonlinear dynamics with efficient computation of accelerations', Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.117831
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kellermann DC; Attard MM; O'Shea DJ, 2023, 'Addendum to "fourth-order tensor calculus operations and application to continuum mechanics" (jan 21, 10.1177/10812865221140939, 2023)', MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF SOLIDS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10812865231155638
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kellermann DC; Attard MM; O’Shea DJ, 2023, 'Fourth-order tensor calculus operations and application to continuum mechanics', Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 28, pp. 2029 - 2056, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10812865221140939
    Journal articles | 2022
    O'Shea DJ; Attard MM; Kellermann DC, 2022, 'On fibre dispersion in anisotropic soft biological tissues using fourth-order structural tensors', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 236-237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111052
    Journal articles | 2022
    O'Shea DJ; Attard MM, 2022, 'A unified structure-based constitutive model for both tension and shear of passive myocardium', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111951
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zhang B; Kellermann D; Webb L; O'Shea D; Pearce G, 2022, 'A Continuum-mechanics solution of laminate free edges based on asymmetric stress and strain tensors', Composite Structures, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116112
    Journal articles | 2021
    Kellermann DC; Attard MM; O’Shea DJ, 2021, 'Fourth-order tensor algebraic operations and matrix representation in continuum mechanics', Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91, pp. 4631 - 4668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00419-021-01926-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    O'Shea DJ; Attard MM; Kellermann DC; Sansour C, 2020, 'Nonlinear finite element formulation based on invariant-free hyperelasticity for orthotropic materials', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 185-186, pp. 191 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.08.010
    Journal articles | 2020
    O'Shea DJ; Attard MM; Kellermann DC, 2020, 'Anisotropic hyperelasticity using a fourth-order structural tensor approach', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 198, pp. 149 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.03.021
    Journal articles | 2018
    O'Shea DJ; Attard MM; Kellermann DC, 2018, 'Hyperelastic constitutive modelling for transversely isotropic composites and orthotropic biological tissues', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 169, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.07.013
  • Preprints | 2024
    O'Shea D; Zhang X; Mohammadian S; Song C, 2024, A high-order implicit time integration method for linear and nonlinear dynamics with efficient computation of accelerations, http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13397v1
    Conference Papers | 2019
    O'Shea D, 2019, 'Invariant-free hyperelasticity using a fourth-order structural tensor approach', in Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications, CRC Press, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, presented at SEMC2019, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 02 September 2019 - 04 September 2019
    Conference Papers | 2017
    O’Shea DJ; Kellermann DC; Attard MM, 2017, 'Finite element implementation of intrinsic field tensors: An examination of free-edge singularities in composite laminates', in ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Research interests include:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomechanics
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Hyperelasticity
  • Advanced Finite Element Methods
  • Shell Analysis
  • Fibre-Reinforced Composites

My Teaching

DESN1000

CVEN4309

CVEN2303

CVEN9806