{"id":390,"date":"2019-07-12T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=390"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:58:50","slug":"ronald-e-miller","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/ronald-e-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald E. Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nanocomposites, high strain rate deformation of polymers, transparent armor; Effects of radiation on materials in nuclear reactors; Nano-mechanics; Multiscale and molecular dynamics simulations of materials; High-performance computing applications of multi-scale modeling in materials science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nanomechanics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational Mechanics of Materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molecular Dynamics and Multiscale Modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transparent Armor and Nanocomposites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oil antioxidants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atomistic Modeling of Crystal Defects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nanomechanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Group Website<\/a> (click the link)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"books\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelingmaterials.org\/the-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modeling Materials: Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale&nbsp;Techniques<\/a>\u201d E.B. Tadmor and R.E. Miller, Cambridge University Press, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelingmaterials.org\/the-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics: From Fundamental&nbsp;Concepts to Governing Equations<\/a>\u201d E.B. Tadmor, R.E. Miller and R.S. Elliott,&nbsp;Cambridge University Press, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"journal-articles-full-list-here-https-carleton-ca-nanomechanics-research-contributions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Journal Articles:<\/strong> Full list here: (<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nanomechanics\/research-contributions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/nanomechanics\/research-contributions\/<\/a>)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributed Papers in Refereed Journals (published):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>Alireza Rezvanpour<\/u>and\u00a0Ronald E. Miller, \u201cScaling analysis as a tool to validate CFD simulation of a lubricant flow in the bearing housing of a gas turbine,\u201d\u00a0<em>Thermal Science and Engineering Progress<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>36<\/strong>, 101513 (2022)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tsep.2022.101513\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tsep.2022.101513<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Rafaela Aguiar<\/u>, Oren E. Petel, Ronald E. Miller, \u201cEffect of a Halloysite-polyurethane nanocomposite interlayer on the ballistic performance of laminate transparent armour,\u201d\u00a0<em>Composites Part C: Open Access<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>7<\/strong>, 100231 (2022)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcomc.2022.100231\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcomc.2022.100231<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>A.N. Dewapriya<\/u>and R.E. Miller, \u201cMolecular Dynamics Study on the Shock Induced Spallation of Polyethylene,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Applied Physics<\/em>\u00a0<strong>131<\/strong>(2), 025102 (2022)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/5.0072249\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/5.0072249<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>A.N. Dewapriya<\/u>and R.E. Miller, \u201cQuantum and classical molecular dynamics simulations of shocked polyurea and polyurethane\u201d,\u00a0<em>Computational Materials Science<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>203<\/strong>, 111166 (2022)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.commatsci.2021.111166\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.commatsci.2021.111166<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u>Mohammadreza Heidari Pebdani<\/u>and Ronald E. Miller, \u201cMolecular dynamics simulation of pull-out Halloysite nanotube from polyurethane matrix,\u201d\u00a0<em>Advances in Mechanical Engineering<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>13<\/strong>(9), 1-10 (2021)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/16878140211044663\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/16878140211044663<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"chapters-in-books\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapters in Books:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><u>M.A.N. Dewapriya<\/u>\u00a0and R.E. 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