Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
AIMETA 2022
Eds. Mario Di Paola, Livan Fratini, Fabrizio Micari, Antonina Pirrotta
Materials Research Proceedings Volume 26
Publication Date 2023, 744 Pages
Print ISBN 978-1-64490-242-4 (release date April, 2023)
ePDF ISBN 978-1-64490-243-1
DOI: 10.21741/9781644902431
The book presents the proceedings of the XXV National Congress of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Palermo, September 2022). The topics cover theoretical, computational, experimental and technical-applicative aspects. Chapters: Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Mechanics of Machine, Computational Mechanics, Biomechanics, Masonry Modelling and Analysis, Dynamical Systems in Civil and Mechanical Structures, Control and Experimental Dynamics, Mechanical Modelling of Metamaterials and Periodic Structures, Novel Stochastic Dynamics, Signal Processing Techniques for Civil Engineering Applications, Vibration-based Monitoring and Dynamic Identification of Historic Constructions, Modeling and Analysis of Nanocomposites and Small-Scale Structures, Gradient Flows in Mechanics and Continuum Physics, Multibody Systems Vibration Analysis, Mechanics of Renewable Energy Systems, Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Techniques for Quantification and Prediction of Fluid Dynamic Noise, and Advanced Process Mechanics.
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Fluid Mechanics
A novel one domain approach for free fluid-porous medium transport simulation – preliminary results
Costanza Aricò, Martin Schneider, Tullio Tucciarelli, Rainer Helmig
Solid Mechanics
Mechanical properties of cables made with helically wound carbon-nanotube fibers for advanced structural applications
Giovanni Migliaccio, Reginald DesRoches, Gianni Royer-Carfagni
A variational model for plastic reorientation in fibrous material: numerical experiments on phase segregation
Andrea Rodella, Antonino Favata, Stefano Vidoli
A coupled thermo-mechanical and neutron diffusion numerical model for irradiated concrete
Finite Element Method, Neutron Diffusion, Irradiated Concrete, Coupled Problem
Fracturing process in an anisotropic layered geomaterial: theoretical and computational predictions
Martina Rinaldi, Marco Trullo, Francesco Tornabene, Rossana Dimitri
A 3D visco-elasto-plasto damage constitutive model of concrete under long-term effects
Beaudin Freinrich Dongmo, Gianluca Mazzucco, Beatrice Pomaro, Jiangkun Zhang, Carmelo Majorana, Valentina Salomoni
A multiscale model for anisotropic damage and hysteresis in biodegradable polymers
Vitucci Gennaro, De Tommasi Domenico, Di Stefano Salvatore, Puglisi Giuseppe, Trentadue Francesco
Multiscale approach to decohesion in cell-matrix systems
Salvatore Di Stefano, Ariel Ramirez-Torres, Luca Bellino, Vincenzo Fazio, Gennaro Vitucci, Giuseppe Florio
One century of theoretical and applied mechanics of concrete and stone materials permeability. What have we learned?
Michela Monaco, Roberto Serpieri
Supercontraction of spider silks as a humidity-driven phase transition
Vincenzo FAZIO, Giuseppe FLORIO, Nicola Maria PUGNO, Giuseppe PUGLISI
Rate-dependent response of axonal microtubules and tau proteins under shear forces
Luca Bellino, Giuseppe Florio, Alain Goriely, Giuseppe Puglisi
A moving cohesive interface model for brittle fracture propagation
Umberto De Maio, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Andrea Pranno
A fractional-order theory of phase transformation in presence of anomalous heat transfer
Gianmarco Nuzzo, Fabiana Amiri, Salvatore Russotto, Emanuela Bologna, Massimiliano Zingales
Structural Mechanics
An accurate and refined nonlinear beam model accounting for the Poisson effect
E. Ruocco, J.N. Reddy
The extended membrane analogy for an engineered evaluation of the torsional properties of multi-material beams
Laura GALUPPI, Gianni ROYER CARFAGNI
Flexural tensegrity: Field applications
Claudio Boni , Gianni Royer-Carfagni
Structural designs that required thinking
Federico Bosetti, Massimo Maffeis, Gianni Royer-Carfagni
Fractional viscoelastic characterization of laminated glass
Luca Viviani, Mario Di Paola, Gianni Royer-Carfagni
A phase-field model for fracture in beams from asymptotic results in 2D elasticity
Giovanni Corsi, Antonino Favata, Stefano Vidoli
Static and free vibration analysis of anisotropic doubly-curved shells with general boundary conditions
Francesco TORNABENE, Matteo VISCOTI, Rossana DIMITRI
R-Funicularity of shells and effective eccentricity: Influence of tensile strength
Gloria Rita Argento, Stefano Gabriele, Valerio Varano
Tensile behaviour of rayon cords in different conditions
Lucas Pires da Costa, Giorgio Novati, Paola Caracino, Claudia Comi, Simone Agresti
Lower bound limit analysis through discontinuous finite elements and semi-analytical procedures
Zona Renato, Esposito Luca, Ferla Paolo, Palladino Simone, Totaro Elena, Vincenzo Minutolo
Finding damage in truss structures exploiting modal strains
Martina MODESTI, Antonio PALERMO, Cristina GENTILINI
Experimental analysis of new moment resisting steel connections
Salvatore Benfratello, Luigi Palizzolo, Santo Vazzano
Innovative devices for the protection of welded sections in steel structures
Salvatore Benfratello, Luigi Palizzolo and Santo Vazzano
Stress and strain fields in non-prismatic inhomogeneous beams
Giovanni Migliaccio
A simple procedure for the non-linear optimization of cable tension for suspended bridges
Ida MASCOLO, Mariano MODANO, Federico GUARRACINO
Mechanics of Machine
Experimental identification of a pneumatic valve-cylinder system for attitude control
Michele Gabrio ANTONELLI, Jacopo BRUNETTI, Walter D’AMBROGIO, Annalisa FREGOLENT, Francesco LATINI2
Performance evaluation of a Ball Screw mechanism through a multibody dynamic model
Antonio Carlo BERTOLINO, Andrea DE MARTIN, Massimo SORLI
Dynamic performance of an aerostatic pad with internal pressure control
Federico Colombo, Luigi Lentini, Terenziano Raparelli, Andrea Trivella
A novel prototype of diaphragm valve for passively compensated aerostatic pads
Federico Colombo, Luigi Lentini, Terenziano Raparelli, Andrea Trivella
Characterization of finger joints with underactuated modular structure
Gabriele Maria Achilli, Silvia Logozzo, Monica Malvezzi, Domenico Prattichizzo, Gionata Salvietti, Maria Cristina Valigi
On the effects of strain wave gear kinematic errors on the behaviour of an electro-mechanical flight control actuator for eVTOL aircrafts
Roberto Guida, Antonio C. Bertolino, Andrea De Martin, Andrea Raviola, Giovanni Jacazio, Massimo Sorli
Braking torque estimation through machine learning algorithms
Federico BONINI, Alessandro RIVOLA, Alberto MARTINI
Sizing and control system definition of an intelligent facility for qualification tests and prognostic research activities for electrical landing gear systems
Antonio Carlo Bertolino, Andrea De Martin, Giovanni Jacazio, Massimo Sorli
Novel approaches in computational mechanics
A mixed finite-element formulation for the elasto-plastic analysis of shell structures
Francesco S. LIGUORI, Antonio MADEO, Giovanni GARCEA
Geometrically nonlinear thermoelastic analysis of shells: modelling, incremental-iterative solution and reduction technique
F. LIGUORI, D. MAGISANO, L. LEONETTI,A. MADEO G. GARCEA
Extended virtual element method for elliptic problems with singularities and discontinuities in mechanics
Andrea CHIOZZI, Elena BENVENUTI, Gianmarco MANZINI N. SUKUMAR
An efficient plasticity-based model for reinforced concrete flat shells by a 4-nodes mixed finite element
Francesco S. LIGUORI, Antonella CORRADO, Antonio BILOTTA, Antonio MADEO
Automatic construction of structural meshes from photographic and laser surveys
Ivan PADUANO, Andrea MILETO, Egidio LOFRANO
An unconditionally stable time integration for the dynamics of elastic beams and shells in finite motions
Domenico MAGISANO, Leonardo LEONETTI,Giovanni GARCEA
Development of a multi-field computational tool for high-fidelity static aeroelastic simulations
Marco Grifò, Andrea Da Ronch, Alberto Milazzo, Ivano Benedetti
Numerical modeling of dynamic crack propagation mechanisms using a moving mesh technique based on the ALE formulation
Arturo Pascuzzo, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Domenico Ammendolea, Giulia Sansone
Theoretical and applied biomechanics
A 3-year follow-up study on bone structure elastic quality
Francesca Cosmi, Simona Gentile, Sergio Carrato
Numerical simulation of coronary arteries blood flow: effects of the aortic valve and boundary conditions
Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi, Gianluca Zitti, Marco Pozzi, Maurizio Brocchini
A limit analysis approach for the prediction of the human proximal femur ultimate load
Aurora Angela Pisano, Paolo Fuschi
The role of the interstitial fluid content in bone remodeling
Esposito Luca, Zona Renato, Palladino Simone, Minutolo Vincenzo, Fraldi Massimiliano
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis of 3D printing personalized stent-graft for aortic endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)
Sara Ragusa, Katia Siciliano, Francesco P. Di Simone, Salvatore Russotto, Emanuela Bologna, Massimiliano Zingales
Fractional diffusion of membrane receptors in endocytosis pathway
Gianmarco Nuzzo, Emanuela Bologna, Kaushik Dayal, Massimiliano Zingales
Masonry modelling and analysis: from material to structures
Some recent advances and applications in Distinct Element modelling of masonry structures
Mattia Schiavoni, Ersilia Giordano, Francesco Clementi
Sequential linear analysis of no-tension masonry structures
Grigor Angjeliu, Matteo Bruggi, Alberto Taliercio
Gaussian process emulation for rapid in-plane mechanical homogenization of periodic masonry
Luis C.M. da Silva, André Jesus, Gabriele Milani
Impacts analysis in the rocking of masonry circular arches
Paolo Bisegna, Simona Coccia, Mario Como, Nicola Nodargi
Numerical strategies for modelling masonry arch bridges strengthened with PBO-FRCM composites
Enrico Compagnone, Salvatore Gazzo, Leopoldo Greco, Massimo Cuomo, Loredana Contrafatto
Numerical procedure for detecting the optimal stress state within the profile of a cracked arch
Stefano Galassi, Giacomo Tempesta
Multiscale analysis of masonry vaults coupling shell elements to 3D-Cauchy continuum
Daniela Addessi, Paolo Di Re, Cristina Gatta, Elio Sacco
Vulnerability assessment of historical masonry buildings to excavation-induced settlements: palazzo assicurazioni generali
Daniela ADDESSI, Paolo DI RE, Achille PAOLONE
Pure compressive solutions for masonry domes under gravity loads
Arsenio Cutolo, Enrico Babilio, Ida Mascolo,, Elio Sacco
Dynamical systems and applications in civil and mechanical structures
Some remarks on the evaluation of work and dissipated energy associated with rate-independent hysteretic forces
Raffaele Capuano, Nicolò Vaiana, Luciano Rosati
Classification and modeling of uniaxial rate-independent hysteresis phenomena: some preliminary results
Nicolò Vaiana, Luciano Rosati
Materials with memory: some new results in viscoelastic models
Sandra CARILLO
Direct dynamics of 2D cable-driven parallel robots including cables mass effect and its influence in the control performance
Guillermo Rubio Gómez, Andrea Arena, Erika Ottaviano, Vincenzo Gattulli
On the dynamic stability of elastic structures subjected to follower forces
Francesca Levi, Angelo Carini
An inhomogeneous inelastic beam-like model for dynamic analyses of multistorey buildings
Ilaria FIORE, Annalisa GRECO, Salvatore CADDEMI Ivo CALIO’
Using multiple singular values in topology optimization of dynamic systems
Paolo Venini
The dynamics of circular arches with multiple damage
Francesco CANNIZZARO, Ilaria FIORE, Annalisa GRECO, Salvatore CADDEMI, Ivo CALIO’
A reduced hysteretic model of stockbridge dampers
Francesco Bogani, Alex Sosio, Francesco Foti, Luca Martinelli
Explicit expressions of the eigenfrequencies of damaged frames
Francesco CANNIZZARO, Salvatore CADDEMI, Ivo CALIO’, Nicola IMPOLLONIA
Optimal design of single-degree-of-freedom vibro-impact system under harmonic base excitation
Giuseppe Perna, Maurizio De Angelis, Ugo Andreaus
Control and experimental dynamics
Friction-induced parametric oscillations in automotive drivelines: experimental analysis and modelling
Manuel Tentarelli, Stefano Cantelli, Silvio Sorrentino, Alessandro De Felice
Identification of normal modes of a set of strongly nonlinear springs
Francesco Latini, Jacopo Brunetti, Walter D’Ambrogio, Annalisa Fregolent
Complex dynamics in non-Newtonian fluid-structure interaction
F. Pellicano, A. Zippo, G. Iarriccio
The minimum variance distortionless response beamformer for damage identification using modal curvatures
Annamaria Pau, Ugurcan Eroglu
Experimental characterisation and numerical modelling of axially loaded wire rope isolators
Davide Pellecchia, Nicolò Vaiana, Salvatore Sessa, Francesco Marmo, Luciano Rosati
Continuous particle swarm optimization for model updating of structures from experimental modal analysis
Francesco LO IACONO, Giacomo NAVARRA, Calogero ORLANDO, Angela RICCIARDELLO
Shake-table test assessment of a base-isolation device for the seismic protection of the Goddess of Morgantina statue
Elena ALBERTI, Francesco LO IACONO, Giacomo NAVARRA
Microcontroller design for active vibration control
Antonio Zippo, Francesco Pellicano, Giovanni Iarriccio
Static and dynamic response analysis of stay cables using terrestrial laser scanning and vibration measurements
Cecilia Rinaldi, Marco Lepidi, Vincenzo Gattulli
Mechanical modelling of metamaterials and periodic structures
Stability domain and optimal design of a metamaterial made-up of a beam lattice with diagonal cables
Francesco Trentadue, Domenico De Tommasi, Gianluca Caramia, Nicola Marasciuolo
Two-scale asymptotic homogenization of hierarchical locally resonant metamaterials in anti-plane shear conditions
David Faraci, Claudia Comi, Jean-Jacques Marigo
A single-variable approach for layered beams with imperfect interfaces
Ilaria Monetto, Roberta Massabò
Microgeometrical design of lightweight bioinspired nacre-like composite materials for wave attenuation tuning
Andrea PRANNO, Fabrizio GRECO, Raimondo LUCIANO, Umberto DE MAIO
Anisotropic behaviours and strain concentration in lattice material evaluated by means of discrete homogenization
Salvatore Gazzo, Loredana Contrafatto, Leopoldo Greco, Massimo Cuomo
One-dimensional metastructures composed of cables with scatter masses: waves, vibrations and band gaps
Marco Moscatelli, Claudia Comi, Jean-Jacques Marigo
Graded meta-waveguides for elastic energy splitting
Luca Iorio, Jacopo M. De Ponti, Raffaele Ardito, Alberto Corigliano
Design of architected materials composed by periodic surfaces
Massimo Cuomo, Golshan Farzi, Roberto Ruggeri, Leopoldo Greco
Novel stochastic dynamics methodologies & signal processing techniques for civil engineering applications
A distributed analysis of vibration signals for leakage detection in Water Distribution Networks
Gabriele Restuccia, Ilenia Tinnirello, Fulvio Lo Valvo, Giacomo Baiamonte, Domenico Garlisi, Costantino Giaconia
Fractional differential equations under stochastic input processes handled by the improved pseudo-force approach
Alba Sofi, Giuseppe Muscolino, Mario Di Paola
Stochastic analysis of double-skin façades subjected to imprecise seismic excitation
Federica Genovese, Alba Sofi
Digital simulation of multi-variate stochastic processes
Salvatore Russotto, Mario Di Paola, Antonina Pirrotta
Identification of tie-rod properties in monumental buildings under uncertainty
Chiara Pepi, Mircea D. Grigoriu, Massimiliano Gioffrè
Open issues on procedures and methodologies for the vibration-based monitoring and dynamic identification of historic constructions
Post-earthquake continuous dynamic monitoring of the twin belfries of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata of Camerino, Italy
Gianluca Standoli, Francesco Clementi, Carmelo Gentile, Stefano Lenci
Deep learning for structural health monitoring: An application to heritage structures
Fabio Carrara, Fabrizio Falchi, Maria Girardi, Nicola Messina, Cristina Padovani, Daniele Pellegrini
Application of OMA technique to masonry slender towers: FEM updating and sensitivity analysis
Davide Li Rosi, Loredana Contrafatto, Salvatore Gazzo, Leopoldo Greco, Massimo Cuomo
A proposal of classification for machine-learning vibration-based damage identification methods
Francesca Marafini, Michele Betti, Gianni Bartoli, Giacomo Zini, Alberto Barontini, Nuno Mendes
Influence of a hemp biocomposite reinforcement on masonry vaults dynamic response
Massimiliano Gioffrè, Giacomo Navarra, Nicola Cavalagli, Francesco Lo Iacono, Roberta Scungio, Vittorio Gusella, Chiara Pepi
Modeling and analysis of nanocomposites and small-scale structures
Multiscale failure analysis of fiber-reinforced composite structures via a hybrid cohesive/volumetric nonlinear homogenization strategy
Daniele Gaetano, Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo
Line element-less method (LEM) for arbitrarily shaped nonlocal nanoplates: exact and approximate analytical solutions
Alberto DI MATTEO, Antonina PIRROTTA
Perturbations for vibration of nano-beams of local/nonlocal mixture
Ugurcan Eroglu, Giuseppe Ruta
Reaction-diffusion-drift equations and gradient flows in mechanics and continuum physics
An effective strategy to transform second-gradient equilibrium equations from the Eulerian to the Lagrangian configuration
Roberto Fedele, Francesco dell’Isola, Pierre Seppecher, Simon R. Eugster
New frontiers in multibody systems vibration analysis
A simple tool to forecast the natural frequencies of thin-walled cylinders
Marco Cammalleri, Antonella Castellano, Marco Abella
Multibody dynamics modeling of drivetrain components: On the caged-roller dynamics of centrifugal pendulum vibration absorbers
Mattia Cera, Marco Cirelli, Luca D’Angelo, Ettore Pennestrì, Pier Paolo Valentini
Modal analysis of a four-bar linkage MEMS microgripper with co-operative electrostatic actuation
Andrea Rossi, Nicola Pio Belfiore
Interface reduction in flexible multibody systems
Alessandro CAMMARATA, Pietro Davide MADDÌO, Rosario SINATRA
Dynamic analysis of lightweight gears through multibody models with movable teeth
Marco Cirelli, Alessio Cellupica, Mattia Cera, Oliviero Giannini, Pier Paolo Valentini, Ettore Pennestrì
Surface error correction of a mesh deployable reflector
Pietro Davide MADDIO, Pietro SALVINI, Rosario SINATRA, Alessandro CAMMARATA
Multibody simulations of a distributed-compliance helical transmission joint for largely misaligned shafts
Sorgonà Orazio, Giannini Oliviero, Cirelli Marco, Pier Paolo Valentini
Mechanics of renewable energy systems
Combining pendulum and gyroscopic effects to step-up wave energy extraction in all degrees of freedom
Giuseppe Giorgi, Fabio Carapellese, Mauro Bonfanti, Sergej Antonello Sirigu
On the manipulation of the magnetic forces for improving the contactless plucking in piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters
Michele Rosso, Filippo Pietro Perli, Alberto Corigliano, Raffaele Ardito
First offshore windfarm in the Mediterranean Sea – Italy
Luigi Severini, Alessandro Severini, Sara Bray, Simona Capozza
Advances in mathematical modeling and experimental techniques for quantification and prediction of fluid dynamic noise
Multi-modal noise generation in low Mach number orifice plates: an experimental investigation
Luca Nicola QUARONI, Islam RAMADAN, Simon RAMPNOUX, Stefano MALAVASI, Emmanuel PERREY-DEBAIN
Advanced process mechanics
Milling of alumina-based ceramic foams: tool material effects
Giovanna Rotella, Maria Rosaria Saffioti, Michela Sanguedolce, Flaviano Testa, Luigino Filice, Fabrizio Micari
Progresses in multi-materials billet manufacturing out of metal scraps through friction stir consolidation
Abdul Latif, Giuseppe Ingarao, Livan Fratini, Fabrizio Micari
Process mechanics in continuous friction stir extrusion process of aluminum alloy
Gianluca Buffa, Davide Campanella, Livan Fratini, Adnan Muhuammed, Fabrizio Micari
