Publications

Rama R.R. and Skatulla S. (2019), ”Towards the real-time modelling of the heart”, in Mohamed Hamdy Doweidar (Ed.), Advances in Biomechanics and Tissue Regeneration, Academic Press, pp. 139-180, ISBN: 978-0-12-816390-0

Sansour C. and Skatulla S. (2011), A Shell Theory with Scale Effects, Higher Order Gradients, and Meshfree Computations. In D. Mueller-Hoppe, S. Loehnert and S. Reese, Recent Developments and Innovative Applications in Computational Mechanics. Springer, Heidelberg, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-17483-4

Sansour C., Skatulla S. and Arunachalakasi A. (2010), ”A generalized framework and a multiplicative formulation of electro-mechanical coupling”, in: G. Maugin and A. Metrikine (Eds.), Mechanics of Generalized Continua: One Hundred Years after the Cosserats, Springer, New York, pp 287-294, ISBN: 978-1-4419-5694-1

Lumngwena, E., Parker, I., Mokaila, D., Skatulla, S. and Blackburn, J., (2022). The pathophysiology of RHD and outstanding gaps. SA Heart Journal, 19(1), pp.38-48. doi: https://doi.org/10.24170/19-1-5362

Skatulla, S., Audh, R.R., Cook, A., Hepworth, E., Johnson, S., Lupascu, D.C., MacHutchon, K., Marquart, R., Mielke, T., Omatuku, E. and Paul, F. (2022). Physical and mechanical properties of winter first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone along the Good Hope Line. The Cryosphere Discussions, pp.1-35.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-209

Skatulla S., Sansour C. and Limbert G. (2021), "Local micromorphic non-affine anisotropy for materials incorporating elastically bonded fibers", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 156:104576, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104576

Derkani, M.H., Alberello, A., Nelli, F., Bennetts, L.G., Hessner, K.G., MacHutchon, K., Reichert, K., Aouf, L., Khan, S. and Toffoli, A. (2021), "Wind, waves, and surface currents in the Southern Ocean: Observations from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition", Earth System Science Data. 13(3), pp.1189-1209, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1189-2021

Liu, Q., Babanin, A.V., Rogers, W.E., Zieger, S., Young, I.R., Bidlot, J.R., Durrant, T., Ewans, K., Guan, C., Kirezci, C., Lemos, G., MacHutchon, K., Moon, I.-J., Rapizo, H., Ribal, A., Semedo, A., and Wang, J. (2021), "Global Wave Hindcasts Using the Observation‐Based Source Terms: Description and Validation", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2021 13(8), doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002493

Marquart R., Bogaers A., Skatulla S., Alberello A., Toffoli A., Schwarz C. and Schwarz M. (2021), "A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for the Small-Scale Dynamics of Wave, Ice Floe and Interstitial Grease Ice Interaction", Fluids. 2021 6:176, doi:doi.org/10.3390/fluids6050176

Aremu O.O., Samuels P., Jermy S., Lumngwena E.N., Mutithu D., Cupido B.J., Skatulla S. and Ntusi N.A. (2021), "Cardiovascular imaging modalities in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic heart disease", International journal of cardiology. 2021 Feb 15;325:176-85, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.09.049

Paul F., Mielke T., Schwarz C., Schröder J., Rampai T., Skatulla S., Audh R.R., Hepworth E., Vichi M. and Lupascu D.C. (2021), "Frazil Ice in the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone", Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021, 9(6), p. 647, doi:doi.org/10.3390/jmse9060647

Alberello, A., Bennetts, L., Heil, P., Eayrs, C., Vichi, M., MacHutchon, K., Onorato, M. and Toffoli, A. (2020), "Drift of pancake ice floes in the winter Antarctic marginal ice zone during polar cyclones", Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2020 125(3), doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015418

Lumngwena E.N., Skatulla S., Blackburn J.M. and Ntusi N.A. (2020). ”Mechanistic implications of altered protein expression in rheumatic heart disease”, Heart Failure Reviews, doi:doi.org/10.1007/s10741-020-09993-1

Hopkins G., Skatulla S., Moj L., Ricken T. and Ntusi N.A. (2020), ”A biphasic model for full cycle simulation of the human heart: patient specific investigation into rheumatic heart disease chronology”, Computers and Structures, 232:105920, doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.02.012

von Hoegen M., Skatulla S. and Schröder J. (2020), ”A generalized micromorphic approach accounting for variation and dispersion of preferred material directions”, Computers and Structures, 232: 105888, doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2017.11.013

Rama R.R. and Skatulla S. (2020), ”Real-time modelling of the passive and active behaviour of the human heart using PODI-based model reduction”, Computers and Structures, 232: 105897, doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.01.002

Vichi M., Eayrs C., Alberello A., Bekker A., Bennetts L., Holland D., de Jong E., Joubert W., MacHutchon K., Messori G., Mojica J., Onorato M., Saunders C., Skatulla S. and Toffoli A. (2019), ”Effects of an explosive polar cyclone crossing the Antarctic marginal ice zone.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082457

Babanin A. V., Rogers W. E., Camargo R., Doble M., Durrant T., Filchuk K., Ewans K., Hemer M., Janssen T., Kelly-Gerreyn B., Machutchon K., McComb P., Qiao F., Schulz E., Skvortsov A., Thomson J., Vichi M., Violante-Carvalho N., Wang D., Waseda T., Williams G. and Young I. R. (2019), ”Waves and Swells in High Wind and Extreme Fetches, Measurements in the Southern Ocean.” Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00361

Alberello A., Onorato M., Bennetts L., Vichi M., Eayrs C., MacHutchon K. and Toffoli A. (2019), ”Brief communication: Pancake ice floe size distribution during the winter expansion of the Antarctic marginal ice zone.” The Cryosphere, doi:doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-41-2019

Rama R.R. and Skatulla S. (2019), ”Real-time nonlinear solid mechanics computations for fast inverse material parameter optimization. Applications to cardiac mechanics”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 145(4): 04019020.1-17, doi:dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001568

Rama R.R. and Skatulla S. (2018), ”Towards real-time cardiac mechanics modelling with patient-specific heart anatomies”, Computers Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 328: 47-74, doi:10.1016/j.cma.

Skatulla S. and Sansour C. (2016), "On a path-following method for non-linear solid mechanics with applications to structural and cardiac mechanics subject to arbitrary loading scenarios", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 96: 181-191, doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.06.009

Rama R.R., Skatulla S. and Sansour C. (2016), "Real-time modelling of diastolic filling of the heart using the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition with Interpolation", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 96: 409-422, doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.04.003

Sack K., Skatulla S. and Sansour C. (2016), "Biological tissue mechanics with fibres modelled as one-dimensional Cosserat continua. Applications to cardiac tissue", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 81: 84-94, doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.11.009

Skatulla S., Sansour C. and Hjiaj M. (2015), "On Computational Shells with Scale Effects", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 283: 46-73, doi:10.1016/j.cma.2014.08.001

Legner D., Skatulla S., Mbewu J., Rama R.R., Reddy B.D., Sansour C., Davies N. and Franz T. (2014), "Studying the influence of hydrogel injections into the infarcted left ventricle using the element-free Galerkin method", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 30: 416-429, doi:10.1002/cnm.2610

Sansour C., Skatulla S. and Hjiaj M. (2013), "A Shell Theory with Scale Effects and Higher Order Gradients", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50: 2271-2280, doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.03.031

Skatulla S. and Sansour C. (2013), "A formulation of a Cosserat-like continuum with multiple scale effects ", Computational Materials Science, 67: 113-122, doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.08.040

Skatulla S., Sansour C. and Arunachalakasi A. (2012), "A multiplicative formulation for electro-mechanical coupling at finite strains", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 245-246: 243-255, doi:10.1016/j.cma.2012.07.002

Sansour C. and Skatulla S. (2010), "A formulation for the micromorphic continuum at finite inelastic strains", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47: 1546-1554, doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.02.017

Sansour C. and Skatulla S. (2009),  "A strain gradient generalised continuum approach for modelling elastic scale-effects", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 198: 1401-1412, doi:10.1016/j.cma.2008.12.031

Skatulla S., Arunachalakasi A. and Sansour C. (2009), "A nonlinear generalized continuum approach for electro-elasticity including scale effects", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57(1): 137-160, doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2008.09.014

Skatulla S. and Sansour C. (2008), "Essential boundary conditions in meshfree methods via a modified variational principle. Applications to shell computations", Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, 15: 123-142

Sansour C. and Skatulla S. (2007), "A higher gradient formulation and meshfree-based computation for elastic rock", Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2(1): 3-15, doi:10.1080/17486020601173185

Sansour C. and Skatulla S. (2007), "A nonlinear Cosserat continuum-based formulation and moving least square approximations in computations of size-scale effects in elasticity", Computational Materials Science, 41(4): 589-601, doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2007.05.024