Recent publications

  • Romero, I., Andrés, E. M., & Ortiz-Toranzo, Á. (2021). Variational updates for general thermo–chemo–mechanical processes of inelastic solids. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 385, 114013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.114013.

  • Schiebl, M., & Romero, I. (2021). Energy-momentum conserving integration schemes for molecular dynamics. Computational Mechanics, 83(13), 2592–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-020-01971-6

  • Cantón-Sánchez, R., & Romero, I. (2021). Dimensionally reduced nonlinear solids with general loads and constitutive laws: theory and finite element formulation for rod-like bodies. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 210-211, 273–288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.11.024

  • Tapia-Fernández, Santiago, Alonso-Miyazaki, P. H., Romero, I., & García-Beltrán, Á. (2021). Strategy and algorithms for the parallel solution of the nearest neighborhood problem in shared-memory processors. Engineering with Computers, 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00366-021-01304-y

  • Elahi, M. S., Tavakoli, R., Boukellal, A. K., Isensee, T., Romero, I., Tourret, D. (2022). Multiscale simulation of powder-bed fusion processing of metallic alloys. Computational Materials Science, (209) 111383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111383

  • Elahi, S.M. and Tavakoli, R. and Romero, I. and Tourret, D. (2022). Grain growth competition during melt pool solidification — Comparing phase-field and cellular automaton models. Computational Materials Science (216) 111882. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111882

  • Romero, I. and Ortiz, M. (2023). Extended molecular dynamics: Seamless temporal coarse-graining and transition between deterministic and probabilistic paradigms. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids (97). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104858

  • Schenk, C., Portillo, D. and Romero, I. (2023). Linking discrete and continuum diffusion models: Well‐posedness and stable finite element discretizations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.7204.

  • de Pablos, J.L., Sabirov, I. and Romero, I. (2023). A methodology for the calibration of complex material models: application to thermo-elasto-plastic materials for high-velocity impact simulations. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11831-023-09888-y]]

  • Cantón-Sánchez, R., Portillo, D. and Romero, I. (2023). Dimensionally reduced, nonlinear dragged solids: Theory and finite elements for rigid and shell-like bodies. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, vol. 100, pg. 104980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.104980

  • Vasudevan, A., Rodríguez-Martínez, J., Romero, I. (2023). Analysis and design of bistable and thermally reversible metamaterials inspired by shape-memory alloys. International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112278

  • Romero, I. Schenk, C. (2023). Connecting beams and continua: variational basis and mathematical analysis. Meccanica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-023-01702-0

  • Cabral, N., Romero, I., Huespe, A. (2024). On the limit behavior of lattice-type metamaterials with bi-stable mechanisms. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 276 (109375). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.109375

  • Schenk, C. and Vasudevan, A. and Haranczyk, M. and Romero, I. (2024). Model-Based Reinforcement Learning Control of Reaction-Diffusion Problems, Optimal Control Applications and Methods. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oca.3196

  • Pandolfi, A. and Romero, I. and Ortiz, M. (2025). An optimal-transport finite-particle method for driven mass diffusion, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 442, 118013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116385

  • Romero, I. and Ortiz, M. (2025) An energy-stepping Markov Monte Carlo method, Meccanica. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11012-025-01997-1

  • E. Bell-Navas, D. Portillo, I. Romero (2025). A fully variational numerical method for structural topology optimization based on a Cahn-Hilliard model. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (445). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118233

  • Cantón-Sánchez, R. and Romero, I. (2025) Fluid-structure interaction between dimensionally-reduced nonlinear dragged solids and incompressible flows, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (446). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118211.

  • Castillón, M. and Romero, I. and Segurado, J. (2026). A phase-ield approach to fracture and fatigue analysis: bridging theory and simulation, International Journal of Fatigue, 205, 109397. https://10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.109397

  • Portillo, D. and Romero, I. (2026). Embedding structures in continua: linear models and finite element discretizations, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 451, 118683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118683

  • Romero, I. and Ortiz, M. (2026). A note on data-driven methods for mechanical problems with non-unique solutions, Meccanica, 61. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11012-026-02087-6