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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:

  • DESN1000 - Engineering Design (T1)
  • CVEN2303 - Structural Analysis and Modelling (T3)

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

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 | 2026
      Hosseini R; Valipour HR; O’Shea D, 2026, 'Experimental, analytical and numerical study of hybrid timber-steel connections with steel fuses', Structures, 85, pp. 111028 - 111028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.111028
      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, 28, pp. 2342 - 2344, 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
    • Wave Propagation and Structural Dynamics
    • Hyperelasticity
    • Advanced Finite Element Methods
    • Shell Analysis
    • Fibre-Reinforced Composites

    My Teaching

    DESN1000

    CVEN4309

    CVEN2303

    CVEN9806