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Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trung Kien

Senior lecturer | Hochiminh City | Viet Nam

Email: kiennt@hcmute.edu.vn

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Member of GACES (Group of Advanced Computations in Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTE)
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Viet Nam
Adress: 1 Vo Van Ngan, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam

Educations:

2008 : PhD, University of Paris-Est, France

2005 : Master of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, ENPC, France

2003 : Master of Mechanics of Construction, University of Liège

2001 : Civil Engineer, University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Courses:

- Introduction to Construction Engineering Technology

- Design of Steel Structures I

- Design of Steel Structures II

- Mechanics of Advanced Composite Materials

Topics of research

- Mechanics of composite materials and structures

- Behaviors of functionally graded beams and plates

- Homogenization methods

- Navier solution method, Levy solution method, Ritz solution method, Finite element method

- Thin-walled Structures
- Nonlocal elasticity theory; Modified coupled stress theory; Beam and plates theories

Projects:

[1] UTE project (2004), Principal investigator, Dynamic simulation of a 3-axis parallel machine tool.

[2] UTE project (2012), Principal investigator, Studies on global behaviors of composite plates with periodic microstructures.

[3] UTE project (2013), Principal investigator, Behaviors of functionally graded beams and plates under thermo-mechanical loads

[4] UTE project (2014), Principal investigator, Effects of transverse shear deformation on behaviors of functionally graded beams

[5] UTE project (2015), Principal investigator, Analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams

[6] Newton fund (2015), Co-investigator, University of Nothumbria & HCMUTE, A non-local higher-order beam theory with application for bending, buckling and vibration of functionally graded nanobeams.

[7] Nafosted project (2013-2015), Principal investigator, Computational methods of heterogeneous plates

[8] Nafosted project (2016-2018), Principal investigator, Static, vibration and buckling analysis of composite beams using various shear deformation theories

Publications:

ISI papers with peer-reviews:

[43] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Huu-Tai Thai, P. Thuc Vo, A novel general higher-order shear deformation theory for static, vibration and thermal buckling analysis of the functionally graded plates, Doi.org/10.1080/01495739.2020.1869127, 2021 (SCI, Q1, online 25/1/2021).

[42] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P Vo, Lieu B. Nguyen, Bending, buckling and free vibration behaviors of thin-walled functionally graded sandwich and composite channel-section beams, Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2020.1859385, 2020 (SCIE - Q2, online 26/12/2020)

[41] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Thuc P Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, An improved shear deformable theory for bending and buckling response of thin-walled FG sandwich I-beams resting on the elastic foundation, Composite Structures, 254, 112823, 2020 (SCIE - Q1)

[40] Thanh Chu-Dinh, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen-Van, Hoang Lan Ton-that, A MITC3+ element improved by edge-based smoothed strains for analyses of laminated composite plates using the higher-order shear deformation theory, Acta Mechanica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-020-02834-0, 2020 (SCI-Q1)

[39] Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Seunghye Lee, Vipulkumar Ishvarbhai Patel and Thuc P. Vo, Review of nonlinear analysis and modelling of steel and composite structures, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 20 (4), 2030003, 2020 (SCIE)

[38] TK Nguyen, BD Nguyen, TP Vo, HT Thai, A novel unified model for laminated composite beams, Composite Structures 238, 111943, 2020 (SCIE, Q1)

[37] ND Nguyen, TK Nguyen, TP Vo, TN Nguyen, S Lee, Vibration and buckling behaviours of thin-walled composite and functionally graded sandwich I-beams, Composites Part B: Engineering 166, 414-427, 2019 (SCI, Q1).

[36] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Van-Hau Nguyen, Thanh Chau-Dinh, Cell- and node-based smoothing MITC3-finite elements for static and free vibration analysis of laminated composite and functionally grade plates, International Journal of Computational Methods, doi.org/10.1142/S0219876218501232, online 6/2018 (SCIE, Q1-Q2).

[35] Luan C. Trinh, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Poologanathan Keerthan, State-space Levy solution for size-dependent static, free vibration and buckling behaviours of functionally graded sandwich plates, Composites Part B: Engineering, 149, 144-164, 2018 (SCI, online 5/2018, Q1).

[34] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, A Ritz type solution with exponential trial functions for laminated composite beams based on the modified couple stress theory, Composite Structures, 191, 154-167, 2018 (SCIE, online 2/2018, Q1).

[33] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Ritz-based analytical solutions for bending, buckling and vibration behavior of laminated composite beams, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 18 (11), 1850130, online 5/2018 (SCIE, Q1-Q2).

[32] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thien-Nhan Nguyen, Huu-Tai Thai, New Ritz-solution shape functions for analysis of thermo-mechanical buckling and vibration of laminated composite beams, Composite Structures, 184, 452-460, 2017 (SCIE, Q1).

[31] Luan C. Trinh, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Size-dependent vibration of bi-directional functionally graded microbeams with arbitrary boundary conditions, Composites Part B - Engineering, 134, 225-245, 2017 (SCI, Q1).

[30] Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Cao-Hung Pham, Explicit simulation of bolted endplate composite beam-to-CFST column connections, Thin-Walled Structures, 119, 749-759, 2017 (SCI).

[29] Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Domagoj Lanc, Armagan Karamanli, Flexural analysis of laminated composite and sandwich beams using a four-unknown shear and normal deformation theory, Composite Structures 176 (2017) 388–397 (SCIE).

[28] Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Seung-Eock Kim, A review of continuum mechanics models for size-dependent analysis of beams and plates, Composite Structures, 177, 196-219, 2017 (SCIE).

[27] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Ba-Duy Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Hygro-thermal effects on vibration and thermal buckling behaviours of functionally graded beams, Composite Structures, 176, 1050-1060, 2017 (SCIE).

[26] Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Tuan Ngo, A simple shear deformation plate theory, Composite Structures, 171 (2017) 277-285, 2017.

[25] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trigonometric-series solution for analysis of laminated composite beams, Composite Structures, 160, 142-151, 2017.

[24] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Van-Hau Nguyen, Thanh Chau-Dinh, Thuc P. Vo, H. Nguyen-Xuan, Static and vibration analysis of isotropic and functionally graded sandwich plates using an edge-based MITC3 finite elements, Composites Part B: Engineering, 107, 162–173, 2016 (SCI)

[23] Luan C. Trinh, Hoang X. Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Size-dependent behaviour of functionally graded microbeams using various shear deformation theories based on the modified couple stress theory, Composite Structures, 154, 556-572, 2016 (SCIE).

[22] Luan C. Trinh, Hoang X. Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, An analytical method for the vibration and buckling of functionally graded beams under mechanical and thermal loads, Composites Part B: Engineering, 100, 152-163, 2016 (SCI).

[21] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Ba-Duy Nguyen, Jaehong Lee, An analytical solution for buckling and vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams using a quasi-3D shear deformation theory, Composite Structures, 156, 238-252, 2016 (SCIE).

[20] Adelaja I. Osofero, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Jaehong Lee, Analytical solution for vibration and buckling of functionally graded sandwich beams using various quasi-3D theories, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 18 (1), 3-29, 2016 (SCIE).

[19] Trung-Kien Nguyen, T. Truong-Phong Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams by a new higher-order shear deformation theory, Composite Part B: Engineering, 76, 273-285, 2015 (SCI).

[18] Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Jaehong Lee, Size-dependent behavior of functionally graded sandwich microbeams based on the modified couple stress theory, Composite Structures 123, 337–349, 2015 (SCIE).

[17] Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Alireza Maheri, Jaehong Lee, Static behaviour of functionally graded sandwich beams using a quasi-3D theory, Composites Part B: Engineering, 68, 59-74, 2015 (SCI).

[16] Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Alireza Maheri, Jaehong Lee, A quasi-3D theory for vibration and buckling of functionally graded sandwich beams, Composite Structures, 119, 1-12, 2015 (SCIE).

[15] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Ba-Duy Nguyen, A new higher-order shear deformation theory for static, buckling and free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 17 (6), 613-631, 2015 (SCIE).

[14] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, A refined higher-order shear deformation theory for bending, vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates, Steel and Composite Structures, An International Journal, 18 (1), 91-120, 2015 (SCIE).

[13] Trung-Kien Nguyen, A higher-order hyperbolic shear deformation plate model for analysis of functionally graded materials, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 11 (2), 203-219, 2015 (SCIE).

[12] Van-Hau Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, A new inverse trigonometric shear deformation theory for isotropic and functionally graded sandwich plates, Composites Part B: Engineering, 66, 233-246, 2014 (SCI).

[11] Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Alireza Maheri, Jaehong Lee, Finite element model for vibration and buckling of functionally graded sandwich beams based on a reﬁned shear deformation theory, Engineering Structures, 64, 12-22, 2014 (SCI).

[10] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates with improved transverse shear stiffness based on the first-order shear deformation theory. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 228 (12), 2110-2131, 2014 (SCI)

[9] Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Jaehong Lee, Analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates using a new first-order shear deformation theory, European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 45, 211-225, 2014 (SCI).

[8] Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, Trung-Kien Nguyen, A nonlocal sinusoidal plate model for micro/nanoscale plates, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 228 (14), 2652-2660, 2014 (SCI).

[7] Huu-Tai Thai, Thuc P. Vo, Tinh Q. Bui, Trung-Kien Nguyen, A quasi-3D hyperbolic shear deformation theory for functionally graded plates, Acta Mechanica, 225 (3), 951-964, 2014 (SCI).

[6] Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Fawad Inam (2013). Static and vibration analysis of functionally graded beams using refined shear deformation theory, Meccanica, 46 (1), 155-168, 2014 (SCI).

[5] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Static and free vibration of axially loaded functionally graded beams based on the first-order shear deformation theory, Composite Part B: Engineering, 55, 147-157, 2013 (SCI).

[4] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Karam Sab, Guy Bonnet, Bounds for the effective properties of heterogeneous plates. European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 28, 1051–1063, 2009 (SCI).

[3] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Karam Sab, Guy Bonnet, Green’s operator for a periodic medium with traction-free boundary conditions and computations of the effective properties of thin plates, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 6518–6534, 2008 (SCI).

[2] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Karam Sab, Guy Bonnet, First-order shear deformation plate models for functionally graded materials, Composite Structures, 83, 25-36, 2008 (SCIE).

[1] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Karam Sab, Guy Bonnet, Shear correction factors for functionally graded plates, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 14 (8), 567-575, 2007 (SCIE).

Other papers with peer-reviews:
[27] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Effects of transverse normal strain on bending of laminated composite beams, Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, 40 (3), 217-232, 2018.

[26] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thien-Nhan Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Bending analysis of laminated composite beams using hybrid shape functions, Proceeding of International Conference on Advances in Computational Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 503-517, 2018 (Scopus, online 2/2018).

[25] Đặng Xuân Hiếu, Nguyễn Ngọc Dương, Nguyễn Trung Kiên, Phân tích động lực học dầm composite trên nền đàn hồi dưới tác dụng tải trọng di động, Tạp chí Xây dựng, 8, 123-129, 2017 (online 8/2017).

[24] Ba-Duy Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Duc-Dai Mai, Vibration analysis of functionally graded nanobeams with various boundary conditions, Hội nghị Cơ học Toàn quốc, 12/2017, (volume to be updated).

[23] Nguyễn Văn Hậu, Nguyễn Trung Kiên, Phân tích ổn định tấm composite nhiều lớp bằng phần tử hữu hạn MITC3 cải tiến, Hội nghị Cơ học Toàn quốc, 12/2017, (volume to be updated).

[22] Ngoc-Duong Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thuc P. Vo, Hybrid-shape-functions for free vibration analysis of thin-walled laminated composite I-beams with different boundary conditions, Hội nghị Cơ học Toàn quốc, 12/2017, (volume to be updated).

[21] Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, Nguyễn Trung Kiên, Phân tích ứng xử dầm composite sử dụng lý thuyết biến dạng cắt bậc cao hai biến, Hội nghị Cơ học Toàn quốc, 12/2017, (volume to be updated).

[20] Nguyễn Trung Kiên, Sàn rỗng: Một giải pháp kết cấu hữu hiệu cho công trình xanh, Kỷ yếu Hội thảo CLB KHCN các trường ĐH Kỹ thuật lần 46, Hải Dương 3/2015, pp285-290, ISBN 978-604-67-0484-3

[19] Nguyen Trung Kien, Nguyen Anh Minh, A numerical approach for estimating the effective elastic properties of honeycomb structures, Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, VAST, 37 (4) 1-8, 2015

[18] Nguyen Trung Kien, Nguyen Ba Duy, An analytical solution for vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams with various boundary conditions, Hội nghị Cơ học kỹ thuật toàn quốc, 8/2015, Đà Nẵng

[17] Nguyen Trung Kien, Nguyen Van Hau, A refined first-order shear deformation theory for analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates resting on elastic foundations, Hội nghị Cơ học kỹ thuật toàn quốc, 8/2015, Đà Nẵng

[16] Nguyen Ba Duy, Nguyen Trung Kien, Thermo-mechanical behavior of functionally graded sandwich beams using a higher-order shear deformation theory, Hội nghị Cơ học vật rắn biến dạng toàn quốc, 8/2015, Đà Nẵng.

[15] Nguyễn Văn Hậu, Nguyễn Trung Kiên, A quasi-3D inverse trigonometric shear deformation theory for static analysis of functionally graded plates, Hội nghị Cơ học vật rắn biến dạng toàn quốc, 8/2015, Đà Nẵng.

[14] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Ba-Duy Nguyen, Free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams based on a high-order shear deformation theory, Journal of Science and Technology, 52 (2C), 240-249, 2014

[13] Van-Hau Nguyen, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Free vibration analysis of functionally graded plates based on physical neutral surface using first-order shear deformation theory, Journal of Science and Technology, 52 (2C), 92-102, 2014

[12] Nguyen Trung Kien, Vu Van Thanh, Elastic behaviors of biaxial hollow slabs: A computational method, Proceeding of International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, 30/10/2014 Ho Chi Minh City, 2, 313-318, 2014

[11] Nguyen Trung Kien, Vo Phuong Thuc, Thai Huu Tai, Nguyen Van Hau, A higher-order shear deformation theory for buckling and free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates, Proceeding of International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, 30/10/2014 Ho Chi Minh City, 2, 222-229, 2014

[10] Trung-Kien Nguyen, A higher-order shear deformation theory for static analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates, Tuyển tập công trình khoa học Hội nghị Khoa học toàn quốc Cơ học vật rắn biến dạng lần thứ XI, TPHCM 7-9/11/2013, 1, 645-655, 2013.

[9] Nguyen Trung Kien, Nguyen Ba Duy, Free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams based on a higher-order shear deformation theory, Tuyển tập công trình khoa học Hội nghị Khoa học toàn quốc Cơ học vật rắn biến dạng lần thứ XI, TPHCM 7-9/11/2013, 1, 392-400, 2013.

[8] Nguyen Van Hau, Nguyen Trung Kien, Buckling analysis of functionally graded plates based on first-order shear deformation theory and physical neutral surface, Tuyển tập công trình khoa học Hội nghị Khoa học toàn quốc Cơ học vật rắn biến dạng lần thứ XI, TPHCM 7-9/11/2013, 1, 446-454, 2013.

[7] Trung-Kien Nguyen, A variational principle for estimating the stiffness bounds of heterogeneous plates, Tuyển tập công trình khoa học Hội nghị Cơ học toàn quốc lần thứ 9, Hà Nội 8-9/12/2012, 2, 569-578, 2012.

[6] Trung-Kien Nguyen, A numerical method for estimating the effective properties of functionally graded plates, Tuyển tập công trình khoa học Hội nghị Cơ học toàn quốc lần thứ 9, Hà Nội 8-9/12/2012, 2, 559-568, 2012.

[5] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Karam Sab, Guy Bonnet, Representative volume element for plates with random microstructures, Proceeding of the International Conference on Advances in Computational Mechanics (Acome 2012), 14-16/8/2012 Ho Chi Minh City (ISBN: 978-604-908-577-2), 356-365, 2012

[4] Trung-Kien Nguyen, Improved transverse shear stiffness of the functionally graded Timoshenko beams, Proceeding of International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, 29-30/9/2012 Ho Chi Minh City, 1, 87-92, 2012

[3] Trung-Kien Nguyen, In-plane and out-of-plane stiffnesses of the hollow plates: a computational method, Proceeding of International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, 29-30/9/2012 Ho Chi Minh City, 1, 53-58, 2012

[2] Trung-Kien Nguyen, A new numerical approach for estimating the effective elastic properties of heterogeneous plates, Journal of Science and Technology, 59 (5A), 34-42, 2011

[1] Trung-Kien N., Karam S., Guy B., Reissner-Mindlin plate model for functionally graded materials, III European Conference on Computational Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5370-3_564, 2006