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Selected recent publications of GEM Inc include:

  · Lua, J., W. Gregory, and J. Sankar, 2006. “Multi-Scale Dynamic Failure Prediction Tool for Marine Composite Structures,” J. of Material Science, DOI 10.1007/s10853-006-0207-7. 
 
· Lua, J, 2006. “Thermal-Mechanical Cell Model for Unbalanced Plain Weave Woven Fabric Composites,”, Composite Part A, in press. 
 
· Lua, J., J. O’Brien, C. Key, Y. Wu, and B. Y. Lattimer, 2006. “A Temperature and Mass Dependent Model for Fire Response Prediction of Marine Composites,” Composite Part A, 37 (7), 1024-1039. 
 
· Key, C. and J. Lua, 2006. “A Constituent Based Thermal-Mechanical Finite Element Analysis Tool for Composite Structures Subjected to Fire Conditions,” Composite Part A, 37 (7), 1005-1014. 
 
· Lua, J and P. Hess, 2005. “User’s Guide for PULSTR: A Probabilistic Version of ULTSTR,” Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, NSWCCD-65-TR-2005/01, Feb.  
 
· Lua, J. and P. Hess, 2005. “Hull Girder Strength Reliability Analysis of Four Navy Combatant Ships Using PULSTR,” Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWCCD-65-TR-2005/03, Feb. 
 
· Lua, J. and P. Hess, 2005. “First Failure Based Reliability Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis of a Naval Vessel Under Hogging,” J. of Ship Research, Vol. 50 (2), pp. 158-170. 
 
· Lua, J., 2006. “Durability Assessment of a Loaded Composite Sandwich Structure Subjected to a Fire,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Durability of Composite systems, Sept. 10-13, Blacksburg, VA. 
 
· Lua, J., P. Hess, R. Lopez-Anido, and H. J. Dagher, 2005. “Multi-Scale Analyzer for Assessing Processing Uncertainty on Maine Composite Structures,” IMECE2005-81573, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL. 
 
· Lua, J., 2002. “Probabilistic Design of Damage Tolerant Rotorcraft Components,” in 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Material Conferences, AIAA-2002-1473. 
 
· Lua, J., 2002. “Reliability-Based Inspection and Maintenance Planning for Damage Tolerant Rotorcraft Structural Components,” in Proceeding of 6th Joint FAA/DOD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, Sept., 2002. 
 
· Lua, Y. J. and P. Hess, 2001. “Probabilistic Analysis Tools for Surface Ships under Seaway and Extreme Dynamic Loads,” in the 8th International Symposium on Practical design of Ships and other Floating Structures. 
 
· Ghanem, R. & Shi, J., “Stochastic finite element analysis of stress concentration in random materials,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, 4(1), 163-173, 2001. 
 
· Shi, J. & Ghanem, R., “A stochastic nonlocal model for materials with multiscale behavior,” International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 501-519, 2006. 
 
· Shi, J., "Stochastic Error Estimation for Predictive Models, "Progress Report to Office of Naval Research, 2004. 
 
· Shi, J., "Stochastic Error Estimation for Predictive Models, "Final Report to Office of Naval Research, 2005. 
 













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